English 1H WotD Final

Question 1

Fool around, dawdle

Answer 1

lollygag

Question 2

Nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation

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proximity

Question 3

Deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable

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odious

Question 4

The essential part: core

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pith

Question 5

An area of soft, muddy ground; swamp or swamplike region

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slough

Question 6

A statement that does not agree with logic

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non sequitur

Question 7

Notably of brilliantly outstanding because of dignity or achievements or actions

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illustrious

Question 8

To remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely

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obliterate

Question 9

An error in chronology; especially: a chronological misplacing of persons, events, objects, or customs in regard to each other

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anachronism

Question 10

Using or given to coarse language

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scurrilous

Question 11

Archaic: a person sent ahead to provide lodgings

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harbinger

Question 12

Having the form of an animal

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zoomorphic

Question 13

Penetrable: having pores or openings that permit liquids or gases to pass through

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permeable

Question 14

To laugh loudly

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cachinnate

Question 15

To allege or prove to be of unsound mind and hence not responsible

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stultify

Question 16

Lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid, flat

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vapid

Question 17

A day of celebration; holiday

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fete

Question 18

directly oppose or contrasted; opposite

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antithetical

Question 19

A usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a move, a sale, etc.; pitch

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spiel

Question 20

To make weak or feeble; enfeeble

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debilitate

Question 21

To overcome the distrust of; placate; win over

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conciliate

Question 22

Marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior

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flamboyant

Question 23

The proprietor of a hotel, nightclub, or restaurant

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boniface

Question 24

Suggestive of repose (leaning, resting)

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recumbent

Question 25

Of, relating to, or resembling a homily

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homiletic

Question 26

To check or stop the flowing of

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stanch

Question 27

Characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance

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intrepid

Question 28

To soothe or mollify especially by concessions: appease

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placate

Question 29

Worthy of or deserving very strong criticism

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reprehensible

Question 30

Companion or colleague

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cohort

Question 31

Having a milky iridescence

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opalescent

Question 32

Mentally adroit and skillful: clever

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dexterous

Question 33

To bring or combine together into a single body

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amalgamate

Question 34

To depart secretly and hid oneself

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abscond

Question 35

To deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title

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divest

Question 36

Existing outside of nature

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preternatural

Question 37

A strutting supercilious person

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popinjay

Question 38

Described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes

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anthropomorphic

Question 39

Indistinct, vague

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nebulous

Question 40

Full of danger or risk

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parlous

Question 41

an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports

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embargo

Question 42

A dispute over or about words

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logomachy

Question 43

exceeding the customary orappropriatelimits in intensity, quality, amount, or size

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exorbitant

Question 44

A place of burial: tomb

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sepulcher

Question 45

The act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought

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digression

Question 46

To restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles: impede

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hamper

Question 47

Harsh-sounding

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cacophonous