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Question 1

abundance

Answer 1

a large quantity that is more than enough

Question 2

adept

Answer 2

adept (at/in doing something) good at doing something that is quite difficult

Question 3

boon

Answer 3

boon (to/for somebody)- something that is very helpful and makes life easier for you

Question 4

coalesce

Answer 4

coalesce (into something) - to come together to form one larger group, substance, etc.

Question 5

conjure up

Answer 5

conjure something up - to make something appear as a picture in your mind

Question 6

deft

Answer 6

clever and showing skill

Question 7

disseminating

Answer 7

: the act of spreading information or knowledge so that it reaches many people

Question 8

elicited

Answer 8

elicit something (from somebody) - to get information or a reaction from somebody, often with difficulty

Question 9

erudite

Answer 9

having or showing great knowledge that is gained from academic study

Question 10

evoked

Answer 10

evoke something - to bring a feeling, a memory or an image into your mind

Question 11

explicated

Answer 11

explicate something - to explain an idea or a work of literature in a lot of detail

Question 12

germinal

Answer 12

being in the earliest stage of development

Question 13

hallmark

Answer 13

a feature or quality that is typical of somebody/something

Question 14

ingenious

Answer 14

very suitable for a particular purpose and resulting from clever new ideas

Question 15

obscurity

Answer 15

the state in which somebody/something is not well known or has been forgotten

Question 16

outstrips

Answer 16

outstrip something - to become larger, more important, etc. than somebody/something

Question 17

pithy

Answer 17

short but expressed well and full of meaning

Question 18

provoked

Answer 18

provoke something - to cause a particular reaction or have a particular effect

Question 19

quirks

Answer 19

an aspect of somebody’s personality or behaviour that is a little strange