Advanced Words IV

Question 1

Glacial

Answer 1

Pertaining to glaciers; cold, icy, slow, unsympathetic

Question 2

Glower

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Stare in an angry, sullen way

Question 3

Goad

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Spur on, stimulate, encourage; urge on with a pointed or electrically charged stick

Question 4

Gouge

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Scooping or digging tool, like a chisel, or a hole made with such a tool; cut or scoop out; force out a person’s eye with one’s thumb; swindle, extort money from

Question 5

Graft

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Insert part of a plant into another plat, where it continues to grow; join living tissue to part of the body where it will continue to live and grow; attach as if by grafting; the part so grafted; the act of acquiring money or other benefits through illegal means, esp. by abusing one’s power.

Question 6

Grandiloquent

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Relating to lofty speech, esp. to the point of being pompous, overblown, bombastic

Question 7

Grandstand

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Perform showily in an attempt to impress onlookers

Question 8

Grating

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Irritating; harsh or discordant; scraping

Question 9

Grievous

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Causing grief or suffering; very serious, grave; flagrant, outrageous

Question 10

Grouse

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Complain or grumble; a reason for complaint

Question 11

Grovel

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Creep or crawl with one’s face to the ground, prostrate oneself as a token of subservience, degrade or abase oneself

Question 12

Halcyon

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Calm and peaceful, carefree; prosperous, successful, happy

Question 13

Hallmark

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A mark indicating quality, purity, genuineness, etc.; any distinguishing characteristic

Question 14

Hand-wringing

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Grasping, squeezing, etc. of the hands as an expression of nervousness, guilt, etc.; extend debate over what to do about an issue

Question 15

Hapless

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Unlucky, unfortunate

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Harangue

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Long, intense verbal attack, esp. when delivered publicly; to speak to in a forceful way

Question 17

Harrow

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Farming tool that breaks up soil; painfully disturb or distress

Question 18

Hedge

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Avoid commitment by leaving provisions for withdrawal or changing one’s mind; protect a bet by also betting on the other side

Question 19

Hegemony

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Domination, authority; influence by one country over others socially, culturally, economically, ect.

Question 20

Hermetic

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Airtight, sealed, isolated; reclusive; pertaining to alchemy, occult

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Hew

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Strike, chop, or hack; make or shape something with a cutting tool

Question 22

Hoary

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Very old, gray or white as from old age

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Homage

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Honor or respect demonstrated publicly

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Hoodwink

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Trick, deceive

Question 25

Hotly

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In an intense, fiery, or heated way

Question 26

Husband

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Manage prudently, sparingly, or economically; conserve

Question 27

Iconoclast

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Attacker of cherished beliefs or institutions

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Idolatry

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Idol worship; excessive or unthinking devotion or adoration

Question 29

Idyllic or idyll

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Presenting a positive, peaceful view of rural life; pleasant in a natural, simple way; a happy, enjoyable experience

Question 30

Ignoble

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Not noble; having mean, base, low motives; low quality

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Imbue

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Permeate or saturate, as dye in a fabric; influence throughout

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Immutable

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Unchangeable

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Impasse

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Position or road from which there is no escape; deadlock

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Impassive

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Not having or not showing physical feeling or emotion

Question 35

Impecunious

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Poor, without money

Question 36

Imperious

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Commanding, domineering; acting like a high-ranking person; urgent

Question 37

Impermeable

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Impassable, not allowing passage through

Question 38

Imperturbable

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Calm, not able to be upset or agitated

Question 39

Impervious

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Impenetrable, not able to be harmed or emotionally disturbed

Question 40

Impetuous

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Passionately impulsive, marked by sudden, hasty emotion; forceful, violent

Question 41

Impious

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Not religious, lacking reverence, ungodly

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Implacable

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Relentless, unstoppable; not able to be appeased, calmed, or satisfied

Question 43

Imprecation

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Curse; prayer for harm to come to someone

Question 44

Impugn

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Attack the truth or integrity of

Question 45

Impute

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Credit, attribute; lay blame or responsibility for

Question 46

Incarnadine

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Blood red or flesh-colored

Question 47

Inconstancy

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Fickleness, unreliability; the state of changing without good reason

Question 48

Inculcate

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Teach persistently, implant in a person

Question 49

Indefatigable

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Untiring, not able to become fatigued

Question 50

Indigence

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Extreme poverty