Deck9

Question 1

Quiescent

Answer 1

motionless

Question 2

Quixotic

Answer 2

overly idealistic; impractical

Question 3

Quotidian

Answer 3

occurring daily; commonplace

Question 4

Raconteur

Answer 4

witty, skillful storyteller

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Rarefy

Answer 5

to make thinner or sparser

Question 6

Redress

Answer 6

relief from wrong or injury

Question 7

Rejoinder

Answer 7

response

Question 8

Repast

Answer 8

meal or mealtime

Question 9

Replete

Answer 9

abundantly supplied, complete

Question 10

Repose

Answer 10

rexlation; leisure

Question 11

Repudiate

Answer 11

to reject the validity of

Question 12

Requite

Answer 12

to return or repay

Question 13

Restive

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impatient, uneasy, or restless

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Reticent

Answer 14

silent; reserved

Question 15

Rhetoric

Answer 15

effective writing or speaking

Question 16

Ribald

Answer 16

humorous in a vulgar way

Question 17

Rococo

Answer 17

very highly ornamented; relating to an 18th century artistic style of elaborate ornamentation

Question 18

Rustic

Answer 18

rural

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Sacrosanct

Answer 19

extremely sacred; beyond criticism

Question 20

Sagacious

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shrewd; wise

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Salient

Answer 21

prominent; of notable significance

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Salubrious

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healthful

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Sanguine

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ruddy; cheerfully optimistic

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Sardonic

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cynical; scornfully mocking

Question 25

Satiate

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to satisfy fully or overindulge

Question 26

Scintilla

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trace amount

Question 27

Sedition

Answer 27

behavior that promotes rebellion or civil disorder against the state

Question 28

Sentient

Answer 28

aware; conscious; able to perceive

Question 29

Seraphic

Answer 29

angelic; sweet

Question 30

Sinecure

Answer 30

a well-paying job or office that requires little or no work

Question 31

Slake

Answer 31

to calm down or moderate

Question 32

Sobriquet

Answer 32

nickname

Question 33

Solecism

Answer 33

gtrammatical mistake; blunder in speech

Question 34

Soporific

Answer 34

causing sleep or lethargy

Question 35

Spartan

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highly self-disciplined; frugal; austere

Question 36

Specious

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deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious

Question 37

Sportive

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frolicsome; playful

Question 38

Stasis

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a state of static balance or equilibrium; stagnation

Question 39

Stentorian

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extremely loud

Question 40

Stigma

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a mark of shame or discredit

Question 41

Stolid

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unemotional; lacking sensitivity

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Stratagem

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trick designed to deceive an enemy

Question 43

Sublime

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lofty or grand

Question 44

Sully

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to tarnish; taint

Question 45

Supplant

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to replace (another) by force; to take the place of

Question 46

Surfeit

Answer 46

excessive amount

Question 47

Surly

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rude and bad-tempered

Question 48

Sybarite

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a person devoted to pleasure and luxury

Question 49

Sycophant

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a self-serving flatterer; yes-man

Question 50

Symbiosis

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cooperation; mutual helpfulness