Common 3

Question 1

magnanimous

Answer 1

noble and generous in spirit, especially towards a rival or someone less powerful;

Question 2

precocious

Answer 2

characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity; (especially in mental aptitude);

Question 3

supplant

Answer 3

take the place or move into the position of;

Question 4

fallacious

Answer 4

of a belief that is based on faulty reasoning;

Question 5

immutable

Answer 5

not able to be changed;

Question 6

quotidian

Answer 6

found in the ordinary course of events;

Question 7

staunch

Answer 7

firm and dependable especially in loyalty;

Question 8

circumvent

Answer 8

cleverly find a way out of one’s duties or obligations;

Question 9

travesty

Answer 9

an absurd presentation of something; a mockery;

Question 10

itinerant

Answer 10

traveling from place to place to work;

Question 11

jubilant

Answer 11

full of high-spirited delight because of triumph or success;

Question 12

forlorn

Answer 12

marked by or showing hopelessness;

Question 13

heretic

Answer 13

a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field;

Question 14

spurious

Answer 14

plausible but false;

Question 15

elucidate

Answer 15

make clearer and easier to understand;

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refractory

Answer 16

stubbornly resistant to authority or control;

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ascetic

Answer 17

practicing self-denial; one who practices great self-denial;

Question 18

panache

Answer 18

distinctive and showy elegance;

Question 19

ameliorate

Answer 19

make something bad better;

Question 20

eclectic

Answer 20

comprised of a variety of styles;

Question 21

treacherous

Answer 21

tending to betray; dangerously unstable and unpredictable;

Question 22

vilify

Answer 22

spread negative information about;

Question 23

derivative

Answer 23

not original but drawing strongly on something already in existence, especially in reference to a creative product;

Question 24

apathy

Answer 24

an absence of emotion or enthusiasm;

Question 25

incongruous

Answer 25

lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness

Question 26

avaricious

Answer 26

excessively greedy;

Question 27

unequivocal

Answer 27

admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion;

Question 28

contrive

Answer 28

to pull off a plan or scheme, usually through skill or trickery;

Question 29

belligerent

Answer 29

characteristic of one eager to fight;

Question 30

languid

Answer 30

not inclined towards physical exertion or effort; slow and relaxed;

Question 31

jingoism

Answer 31

fanatical patriotism;

Question 32

guileless

Answer 32

free of deceit;

Question 33

haughty

Answer 33

having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy;

Question 34

derive

Answer 34

come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; reason by deduction; establish by deduction;

Question 35

tenacious

Answer 35

stubbornly unyielding;

Question 36

abstain

Answer 36

choose not to consume or take part in;

Question 37

subsume

Answer 37

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