Advanced Vocabulary

Question 1

Adulate

Answer 1

To praise or admire excessively (Verb)

Question 2

Ambivert

Answer 2

A person whose personality has a balance of extrovert and introvert features. (Noun)

Question 3

Bumptious

Answer 3

Self-assertive or proud to an irritating degree. (Adjective)

Question 4

Aberration

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(N.) Something that differs from the norm.

Question 5

Abhor

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(V.) To hate and detest.

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Acquiesce

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(V.) To agree without protesting.

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Alacrity

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(N.) Eagerness, speed

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Amiable

Answer 8

(Adj.) Friendly

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Appease

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(V.) To calm, satisfy

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Arcane

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(Adj.) Obscure, Secret, Known only by a few

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Avarice

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(N.) Excessive greed

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Brazen

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(Adj.) Excessively bold, brash, clear and obvious

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Brusque

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(Adj.) Short, abrupt, dismissive

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Cajole

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(V.) To urge, coax

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Callous

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(Adj.) Harsh, cold, unfeeling

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Candour

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(N.) Honesty, frankness

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Chide

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(V.) To voice disapproval

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Circumspect

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(Adj.) Cautious

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Clandestine

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(Adj.) Secret

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Coerce

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(V.) To make someone do something by force or threat

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Coherent

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(Adj.) Logically consistent, Intelligible

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Complacency

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(N.) Self-satisfied ignorance of danger

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Confidant

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(N.) A person entrusted with secrets

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Connive

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(V.) To plot, scheme

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Cumulative

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(Adj.) Increasing, Building upon itself

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Cynical

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(Adj.) Believing the worst of others, especially that all acts are selfish

Question 27

Debase

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(V.) To lower the quality or esteem of something

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Decry

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(V.) To criticise openly

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Deferential

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(Adj.) Showing respect for another’s authority

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Demure

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(Adj.) Quiet, modest, reserved

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Deride

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(V.) To laugh at mockingly, Scorn

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Despot

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(N.) One who has total power and rules brutally

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Diligent

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(Adj.) Showing care in doing one’s work

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Elated

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(Adj.) Overjoyed, thrilled

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Eloquent

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(Adj.) Expressive, articulate, moving

Question 36

Embezzle

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(V.) To steal money by falsifying records