ABCL

Question 1

apposite

Answer 1

highly appropriate, relevant or suitable

Question 2

aspersion

Answer 2

damaging remarks, defamation, slander

Question 3

august

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venerable, majestic

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bay

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howling in a deep way, like a dog or wolf

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bilk

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cheat or defraud

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brook

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suffer or tolerate

Question 7

bucolic

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pertaining to shepherds; suggesting a peaceful and pleasant rural view of rural life

Question 8

chicanery

Answer 8

trickery, deception by knowing false arguments ( the defense lawyer’s strategy for getting her client acquitted by knowingly misinterpreting words in an obscure precedent was nothing but chic any

Question 9

coda

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final part of a musical composition; an ending , esp. one that sums up what has come before

Question 10

compendium

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concise but complete summary; a list or collection

Question 11

contumacious

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(esp. of a defendant’s behavior) stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority.

Question 12

coterie

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a small group of people with shared interests or tastes, esp. one that is exclusive of other people: a coterie of friends and advisers.

Question 13

curmudgeon n) curmudgeonly adj

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a bad-tempered or surly person.

Question 14

larceny

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theft

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limpid

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clear, transparent; completely calm

Question 16

lissome

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flexible, supple, agile

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listless

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spiritless, lacking interest or energy

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livid

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furiously angry, enraged

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lumber

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walk in a heavy or clumsy way

Question 20

lurid

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gruesome or excessively vivid; sensational, shocking, unrestrained