Chapter 1

Question 1

wafted

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to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium heavenly aromas wafted from the kitchen

Question 2

enticements

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to attract

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injunction

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the act or an instance of enjoining : order, admonition

Question 4

perused

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: to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study

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entrance

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the act of entering

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consecrated

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dedicated to a sacred purpose

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inuring

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: to accustom to accept something undesirable children inured to violence

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dispelled

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to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering or dissipate

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acquitted

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to discharge completely (as from an accusation or obligation) The court acquitted the prisoner.

Question 10

capacious

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ca-pay-cious

Question 11

dross

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the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal; impurity- rotten matter

Question 12

suppliant

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to make a humble entreaty; especially : to pray to God
transitive verb
1 : to ask humbly and earnestly of

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inexorable

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: not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless

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gales

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a strong current of air

Question 15

solicitude

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: the state of being concerned and anxious

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capitulated

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to surrender often after negotiation of terms The enemy was forced to capitulate unconditionally.

Question 17

trifling

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lacking in significance or solid worth: such as

Question 18

conciliating

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: appease
… urgently counseled conciliating the peasants … —William Taubman
2 : to gain (something, such as goodwill) by pleasing acts

Question 19

culled

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to select from; to reduced size of by removal

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choicest

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the act of choosing

Question 21

evinced

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to display clearly : reveal

Question 22

paroxysm

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a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion a paroxysm of grief

Question 23

quelling

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reduce (pacify)

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ameliorate

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to make better

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irrevocably

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not possible to revoke; an irrevocable decision

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syndic

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a municipal magistrate in some countries

2 : an agent of a university or corporation

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rankling

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to cause anger and irration

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exertion

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a great effort- any show to effort

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plait

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to arrange in a pattern; knit

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subsistence

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means of living on minimum for a living

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vale

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valley; world

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disconsolate

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uncheerful and desolate

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penury

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a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money); especially : severe poverty
2 : extreme and often stingy frugality

Question 34

vagrant

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one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support

• hunter gatherers

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sepulchre

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place of burial

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filial

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: of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter

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semblance

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outward and often specious appearance or show : form

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entrench

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: to place within or surround with a trench especially for defense

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chimerical

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not real - based on imahination

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imbued

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to permeate by dyeing

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repined

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to show dejection; to complain

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preceptor

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teacher; tutor

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slough (“slew”)

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somewhere with deep mud

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multifarious

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occurring in great variety; very diverse “I participated in multifarious activities in high school”

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progeny

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descendants; offspring of animals or plants

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prognosticate

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to foretell based on signs;

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befit

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to be proper

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countenance

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demeanor; calm composure; calm expression

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irreparable

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not reparable “irreparable damage”

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debar

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to preclude

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uncouth

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not familiar; rare

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imbued

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to influence

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imbibed

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to retain in the mind

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reprobated

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to condemn strongly

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panegyric

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a eulogistic oration or writing

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transmuted

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alter in form

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chimera

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an illusion or fabrication of the mind

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mien

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attitude or personality; air

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parapet

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a wall, rampart, or elevation of earth or stone to protect soldiers

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sentry

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gaurd

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facetious

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treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant.

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indigent

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poor; needy

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scruple

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a feeling of doubt or hesitation with regard to the morality or propriety of a course of action.

Question 64

sanction

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a threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule.
“a range of sanctions aimed at deterring insider abuse”
synonyms: penalty, punishment, deterrent; More
2.
official permission or approval for an action.