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Question 1

Acquiesce

Answer 1

(V) to submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent - acquiescing, acquiesced, acquiescingly (adv)

Question 2

Zealous

Answer 2

(adj)full of zeal (enthusiasm); devoted; diligent; zealously (adv), zealousness (n)

Question 3

Pragmatic

Answer 3

(Adj) - of or relating to a practical point of view or practical considerations; pragmatically - (adv)

Question 4

Censure

Answer 4

(n) strong disapproval; official reprimand / (v) censured, censuring: to criticize or reproach in a harsh manner; to blame

Question 5

Meander

Answer 5

(V) to wander aimlessly; ramble; to proceed by or take a winding indirect course / meanders / meandering

Question 6

Apocryphal

Answer 6

(Adj.) of doubtful authorship or authenticity / apocryphally (Adv)

Question 7

Didactic

Answer 7

(adj.) intended for instruction; inclined to teach / didactically (adv)

Question 8

Novel

Answer 8

(adj) of a new and unusual kind; different from anything seen or known before NOT THE BOOK

Question 9

Dearth

Answer 9

(n) an inadequate supply; scarcity; lack of

Question 10

Reprehensible

Answer 10

(adj.) deserving of rebuke; blameworthy; open to criticism or rebuke

Question 11

Innocuous

Answer 11

(Adj.) not harmful or injurious; harmless; not likely to irritate or offend / innocuously (adv)

Question 12

Efface

Answer 12

(V) effaced, effacing - to wipe out; do away with; to rub out; obliterate

Question 13

Rescind

Answer 13

(v) rescinding, rescinded, rescinds - to revoke, repeal, to invalidate

Question 14

Bastion

Answer 14

(n) fortification; a fortified place; anything seen as preserving or protecting some quality, condition, etc.

Question 15

Aesthetic

Answer 15

(adj.) aesthetically - having a sense of the beautiful; characterized by a love of beauty