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Question 1

burgeon

Answer 1

to grow or develop quickly

Question 2

bereft

Answer 2

deprived and made desolate

Question 3

belie

Answer 3

to show to be false

Question 4

belabor

Answer 4

to explain or work at something beyond what is necessary

Question 5

banal

Answer 5

lacking originality

Question 6

austere

Answer 6

severe in manner or appearance

Question 7

augment

Answer 7

to make larger

Question 8

astute

Answer 8

having practical intelligence

Question 9

assuage

Answer 9

to make milder or less severe

Question 10

ardent

Answer 10

having intense or passionate feeling

Question 11

appropriated

Answer 11

to take possession of

Question 12

apathetic

Answer 12

having or showing little emotion

Question 13

apprehensive

Answer 13

uneasy or fearful

Question 14

animosity

Answer 14

a feeling of strong dislike

Question 15

anachronism

Answer 15

something out of place in historical time

Question 16

amiable

Answer 16

showing pleasant or good nartured qualities

Question 17

ambivalent

Answer 17

uncertainty or fluctuation, mixed feelings

Question 18

altruism

Answer 18

unselfish concerns for others

Question 19

allegation

Answer 19

an assertion made with little or no proof

Question 20

alacrity

Answer 20

cheerful willingness

Question 21

affluence

Answer 21

abundance of wealth

Question 22

affable

Answer 22

easy to approach or talk to

Question 23

adulation

Answer 23

excessive adoration or admiration

Question 24

adroit

Answer 24

expert, skilled, or nimble

Question 25

adept

Answer 25

skilled

Question 26

acquiesce

Answer 26

to submit without protest

Question 27

abstruse

Answer 27

hard to understand