Beyond pR 1

Question 0

Brook

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To tolerate, put up with something difficult

I will not brook insults from my own employees

Question 1

Alloy v

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To temper, moderate, reduce purity of

Iron alloys well (iron blends well)

Question 2

Chauvinist

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Extreme patriot

Question 3

Damp

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Deprive of intellectual or emotional vitality.
Reduce or weaken in strength or feeling
Didn’t let the setbacks damp my drive for success
Nothing seemed to damp the unwelcome attentions of her suitor

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Die n

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A tool

Question 5

Essay v

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To attempt
To put to test
He had been in gymnastics for a long time before even attempting to essay that move

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Exact v

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To demand and get (like payment or revenge)
From them has been exacted the ultimate sacrifice
Every war inevitably exacts greatest sacrifice
The govt exacts a heavy fine for littering

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Fell ADJ

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Deadly; violent or unfriendly
The fell disease Ebola ravaged the nation
The native Americans died in a scuffle with the fell European explorers

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Fell VERB

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To strike, knock down , kill
He was felled by a heart attack at age 35
Are you strong enough to fell a cow?

Question 9

Flag

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Fall or drop, become spiritless

Flagging stock prices

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Flip

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Sarcastic

Flip remark

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Ford

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To cross a shallow body of water

Slaves forded thr Mississippi River

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Grouse

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Complain, grumble

She’s been grousing to her boss about her wages

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Guy

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A rope or cord

Question 14

Intimate

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Suggest indirectly

Tried to intimate that an illicit relatjonship was happening between the boss and secretary

Question 15

List VERB

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To tilt or lean to one side , esp of a boat or a ship

Question 16

Lumber verb

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Move heavily and clumsily

Question 17

Meet adj

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Fitting, proper

In the eyes of John McCain sending ground troops is a meet response to IS threat

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Mince v

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To euphemize, speak too cArefully

To walk with quick short steps

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Nice adj

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Exacting, extremely precise
The noticebaly nice folding of the napkins at the dinner table
She’s far too nice about her clothes to even consider giving her clothing for her birthday

Question 20

Obtain

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To be established, fitting, customary

Question 21

Occult

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Hidden, concealed. Beyond comprehension

Occult form of worship

Question 22

Pedestrian ADJ

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Commonplace

PedestriAn plots stolen from older and better series

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Pied adj

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Multicolored
A pied horse
Joseph’s pied coat almost cost him his life

Question 24

Plastic

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Moldable, not rigid | Malleable

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Pluck n

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Courage, spunk, fortitude | She showed pluck by testifying against her abusive husband in court

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Prize VERB

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To pry, press (like with a lever) | Something taken by force, spoils

Question 27

Rent asj

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Torn

Question 28

Quail

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To lose courage, become frightened | Mindy quailed at the sight of a mountain lion

Question 29

Qualify v

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To limit | Qualifying the noun with a descriptive adj would help

Question 30

Scurvy

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Contemptible, Such a scurvy trick! You scurvy bastard!

Question 31

Singular

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Exceptional, odd The air had a singular chill Michael jCkson possessed singular talent

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Stand

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Group of trees

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Strut noun

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Supporting structural cross part of a wing

Question 34

Tender v

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To offer, extend | The coach tendered his resignation and started a new career as a physical therapist

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Waffle

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Equivocate, change ones position

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Wag n

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Wit, joker

Question 37

Excoriate

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Criticize very harshly He was afraid of being excoriated by the community for opposing the deliberate attempt to attract black customers to the neighborhood

Question 38

Efficacious

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Effective