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Question 1

deviate

Answer 1

V: Differ, diverge, verge; depart from an established course.

“you must not deviate from the agreed route”

A: different from accepted standards; deviant.

“their deviate behavior

Question 2

deviant

Answer 2

A: abnormal. divergent; departing from usual or accepted standards, especially in social or sexual behavior.

“deviant behavior”

Question 3

enigma

Answer 3

N: a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand.

“Madeleine was still an enigma to him”

Question 4

frugal

Answer 4

A: thrifty, tightfisted, sparing or economical with regard to money or food.
2. plain and costing little.

“he led a remarkably frugal existence”
2. “a frugal meal”

Question 5

dignity

Answer 5

N: nobility; he state/quality of being worthy of honor or respect.

“a man of dignity and unbending principle”

Question 6

epitome

Answer 6

N: representation, paradigm, model; a person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type.
2. a summary of a written work; an abstract.

“she looked the epitome of elegance and good taste”
2. an epitome of a larger work

Question 7

equity

Answer 7

N: the quality of being fair and impartial.
2. rights, ownership; the value of the shares issued by a company.
3. the value of a mortgaged property after deduction of charges against it.
4. (in the US, UK, and several other countries) a trade union to which most professional actors belong.
“an Equity card”

“equity of treatment”

2. “he owns 62% of the group’s equity”
3. “people who have built up a significant amount of equity in their homes”

Question 8

genial

Answer 8

V: friendly and cheerful.

“waved to them in genial greeting”

Question 9

genuine

Answer 9

A: authentic, real truly what something is said to be; authentic.
2. (of a person, emotion, or action) sincere.

“each book is bound in genuine leather”
3. “a genuine attempt to delegate authority”

Question 10

hinder

Answer 10

V: create difficulties for (someone or something), resulting in delay or obstruction.

“various family stalemates were hindering communication”

A: (especially of a bodily part) rear; hind.

the hinder end of its body”

Question 11

haughty

Answer 11

A: arrogantly superior and disdainful; snobbish.

“a look of haughty disdain”

Question 12

esteem

Answer 12

N/V: respect and admiration, typically for a person.

“he was held in high esteem by colleagues”

“many of these qualities are esteemed by managers”