chapter 7-9

Question 0

earnest or emphatic care in dwelling upon, maintaining, or demanding something; persistent

Answer 0

insistent

Question 1

a slip or error, often of a trival sort; failure

Answer 1

lapse

Question 2

unsure; uncertain; not definite or positive; hesitant

Answer 2

tentative

Question 3

suddent or unexpected

Answer 3

abrupt

Question 4

uproar; disorder; highly distressing agitation of mind or feeling

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tumult

Question 5

ominous, predictive of future bad events

Answer 5

portentous

Question 6

not respectful; critical of what is generally accepted or respected

Answer 6

irreverent

Question 7

taking the place of another person person or thing ; acting or serving as a substitute

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vicarious

Question 8

resentment or ill will; hatred; malice

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rancor

Question 9

great strength; forceful; powerful

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formidable

Question 10

a container or storage room for cigars or other preparations of tobacco, fitted with means for keeping the tobacco suitably moist

Answer 10

humidor

Question 11

cannot be seen or perceived clearly; imperceptible

Answer 11

indiscernible

Question 12

a seat for two or more persons, having a back and usually arms, and often upholstered

Answer 12

settee

Question 13

in partnership; in league with; in conspiracy

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in cahoots

Question 14

a piece of turf gouged out with a club in making a stroke

Answer 14

divot

Question 15

excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, esp. about trival matters

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garrulous

Question 16

without logical or meaningful connection; disjointed; rambling

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incoherent

Question 17

imaginable; believeable

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conceivable

Question 18

desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance

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forlorn

Question 19

burdened; loaded down

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laden

Question 20

a satire or lampoon, esp. one posted in a public place

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pasquinade

Question 21

to disturb the condition, action, or function of; to make insane

Answer 21

derange

Question 22

to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess

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surmise

Question 23

being more than is sufficient or required; excessive; unnecessary or needless

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superfluous

Question 24

a person’s manner of speaking or reading aloud in public

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elocution

Question 25

unspeakable; beyond expression

Answer 25

unutterable

Question 26

difficult to perceive or understand

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subtle

Question 27

at the height of emotional excitement

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orgastic

Question 28

carried

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borne

Question 29

with out stopping or pausing; unendingly; incessantly

Answer 29

ceaselessly