Common Words 1-6 - Tricky

Question 1

prevaricate

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verb - to speak in an evasive way

Question 2

acrimony

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noun - bitterness and ill will

Question 3

venality

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noun - condition of being susceptible to bribes or corruption

Question 4

venerate

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verb - to respect deeply

Question 5

galvanize

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verb - to excite or inspire (someone) to action

Question 6

mercurial

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adj - (of a person) prone to unexpected and unpredictable changes in mood

Question 7

demur

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verb - to object or show reluctance

Question 8

castigate

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verb - to reprimand harshly

Question 9

restive

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adj - restless

Question 10

aberration

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noun - a deviation from what is normal or expected

Question 11

profligate

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adj - spending resources recklessly or wastefully

Question 12

upbraid

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verb - to reproach; to scold

Question 13

laconic

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adj - (describes a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words

Question 14

intimate

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verb - to suggest something subtly

Question 15

calumny

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noun - making a false statement meant to injure a person’s reputation

Question 16

gainsay

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verb - to deny or contradict; speak against or oppose

Question 17

deferential

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adj - showing respect

Question 18

mawkish

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adj - overly sentimental to the point that it is disgusting

Question 19

gossamer

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adj - characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy

Question 20

perfidy

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noun - an act of deliberate betrayal; a breach of trust

Question 21

germane

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adj - relevant and appropriate

Question 22

recondite

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adj - difficult to penetrate/understand

Question 23

culpability

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noun - a state of guilt

Question 24

vociferous

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adj - conspicuously and offensively loud; given to a vehement outcry

Question 25

incisive

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adj - having or demonstrating the ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

Question 26

volubility

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noun - quality of talking or writing easily and continuously

Question 27

guileless

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adj - free of deceit

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ascetic

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adj - practicing self denial

Question 29

ephemeral

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adj - lasting a very short time

Question 30

supplant

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verb - to take or move into the position of

Question 31

contrive

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

Question 32

refractory

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adj - stubbornly resistant to authority or control

Question 33

quotidian

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adj - found in the ordinary course of events

Question 34

fallacious

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adj - of a belief that is based on faulty reasoning

Question 35

avaricious

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adj - excessively greedy

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spurious

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adj - plausible but false

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travesty

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noun - an absurd presentation of something; a mockery

Question 38

eminent

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adj - standing above others in quality or position

Question 39

subsume

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verb - contain or include; consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle

Question 40

disaffected

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adj - discontented as toward authority

Question 41

forlorn

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adj - marked or showing hopelessness

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tantamount

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adj - being essentially equal to something

Question 43

jingoism

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noun - fanatical patriotism

Question 44

haughty

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