Cmc vocab quiz 3

Question 1

pancacea

Answer 1

a solution/cure to all problem or disease

Question 2

exile

Answer 2

to force (someone) to go to live in a distant place or foreign country

Question 3

timorous

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easily frightened; full of fear

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strident

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sounding harsh and unpleasant

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ascendancy

Answer 5

a position of power in which someone can control or influence other people

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austere/austerity

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not fancy ,not much money

Question 7

myriad

Answer 7

too much to count, ongoing amount

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consternation

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anxiety at something unexpected.

Question 9

veritable

Answer 9

true or real [often used to emphasize in a metaphor]

Question 10

stupefy

Answer 10

o shock or surprise (someone) very much to cause (someone) to become confused or unable to think clearly

Question 11

injunction

Answer 11

an order from a court of law that says something must be done or must not be done

Question 12

torpor

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a state of not being active and having very little energy

Question 13

mercenary

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a soldier who will fight for any group or country that hires him

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sinister

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having an evil appearance

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paroxysm

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increase of symptoms of a disease (such as pain, coughing, shaking, etc.) that often occurs again and again

Question 16

complaisant

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willing to please other people easily convinced to do what other people want

Question 17

nonchalant

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relaxed and calm in a way that shows that you do not care or are not worried about anything
(dread heads for example..!)

Question 18

prosaic

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dull or ordinary

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ingrate

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an ungrateful person

Question 20

disciple

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: someone who accepts and helps to spread the teachings of a famous person
(spreading the gospel for example!)

Question 21

fugitive

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a person who is running away to avoid being captured;

Question 22

infatuate

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short-lived love or admiration for someone.

Question 23

phlegmatic

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not easily upset, excited, or angered

Question 24

oblique

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: not direct; not stated directly

Question 25

infamy/infamous

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known for doing bad things or being evil

Question 26

throng

Answer 26

a large group of people

Question 27

machination

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a plot or scheme.

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presentiment

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a feeling or belief that something is going to happen

Question 29

infallible/fallible/fallacy

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certain to work properly or succeed / capable of making mistakes or being wrong / a wrong belief : a false or mistaken idea

Question 30

phosphorescence

Answer 30

think the phosphorescence sea :)

Question 31

sublime

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very beautiful or good

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sonorous

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having a sound that is deep, loud, and pleasant

Question 33

pallor

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very pale in color

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palpitations

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avid

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Very eager, greedy, desperate for something

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avarice

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Desire for money

Question 37

allay

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Put in rest, calm, quiet down,relief

Question 38

cleave

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Cut, divide, split OR put together, stick

Question 39

sylph

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A slender graceful women OR supernatural beings

Question 40

convalescence

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Recovery of health after illness

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oscillate

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To move back and fourth, to keep changing

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decorum

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To fix manners Show respect

Question 43

ample

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providing or doing more than what is needed

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insolent

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showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect.

Question 45

apathy

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ndifferent, Uninterested, emotionless

Question 46

flagrant

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Noticeable, obvious, bad

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concierge

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guardian, watchman, bodyguard, doors person

Question 48

exposition

Answer 48

clear explanation

Question 49

gallows

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Wooden frame, execution machine

Question 50

foundlings

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an infant thats been abandoned and is discovered and cared for by others.

Question 51

ruse

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a trick or act to trick someone

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repent

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to feel or show that you are sorry for something bad or wrong that you did and that you want to do what is right

Question 53

audacious

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a confident and daring quality that is often seen as shocking or rude

Question 54

substantiate

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to establish by proof or competent evidence to support something

Question 55

averse

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dislike, or distaste

Question 56

chasm

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deep hole or opening in the surface of the earth

Question 57

filial

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of or relating to a son or daughter

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livid

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very angry or dark in color

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affable

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friendly and easy to talk to, appraochable

Question 60

reparations

Answer 60

money that a country or group that loses a war pays because of the damage, injury, deaths, etc.