finals vocabulary

Question 1

sagacity

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soundness of judgement/ acuteness or mental discernment

Question 2

pith

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core/ heart
significant weight
strength of voice

Question 3

impropriety

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quality of being improper

inappropriateness

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ignominy

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public shame or disgrace

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bane

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something causing misery or death

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verdure

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green foliage

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sedulous

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marked by care and persistent effort

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petulant

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easily irritated or annoyed

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precocity

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intelligence achieved far ahead of normal development

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scintillating

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marked by high spirits or excitement

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satiate

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fill to satisfaction

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vestige

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indication that something has been present

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mollify

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make less rigid or softer

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pallor

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lack of color in the skin

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duplicity

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acting in bad faith

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dissolute

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unrestrained by convention or morality

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effervescent

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marked by high spirits or excitement

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jocular

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characterized by jokes and good humor

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depredation

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act of plundering and pillaging and maudering

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animadversion

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harsh criticism or disapproval

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consternation

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fear resulting from the awareness of danger

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apotheosize

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deify or glorify

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repudiate

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refuse to acknowledge ratify or recognize as valid

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deleterious

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harmful to living things

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inauspicious

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contrary to your interests or welfare

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indubitably

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in a manner or to a degree that could not be doubted

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sumptuary

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regulating or controlling expenditure or personal behavior

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brazen

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unrestrained by convention or propriety

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iniquity

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morally objectionable behavior

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haughty

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having or showing arrogant superiority to

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impediment

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something immaterial that interferes with action or progress

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exhort

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force or impel in an indicated direction

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tremulous

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quivering as from weakness or fear

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premptory

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not allowing contradiction or refusal

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requital

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returning in kind

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expostulation

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act of expressing earnest opposition or protest

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inscrutable

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of an obscure nature

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intangible

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hard to pin down or identify

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ascetic

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practicing great self denial

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imbibe

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receive into the mind and retain

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callous

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emotionally hardened

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insidious

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intended to entrap

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contumacious

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willfully obstinate stubbornly disobedient

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dexterity

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adroitness using the hands

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procure

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get by special effort

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despondency

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feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless

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prolific

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bearing in abundance especially offspring

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adverse

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contrary to your interests or welfare

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imperious

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having or showing arrogant superiority to

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dauntless

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invulnerable to fear or intimidation

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cabalistic

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secret or hidden meaning

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exigency

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sudden unforeseen crisis that requires immediate attention

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expatiate

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add details as to an account or idea

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depravity

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moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

Question 55

zeal

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feeling of strong eagerness

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affinity

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close connection marked by community of interests

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erudition

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profound scholarly knowledge

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vilify

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spread negative information about

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commodious

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large and roomy

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inimical

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not friendly

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propagate

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multiply sexually or asexually

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palliate

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lessen or try to lessen the seriousness or extent of

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latent

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not presently active

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odious

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unequivocally detestable

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antipathy

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feeling of intense dislike

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defile

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spot stain or pollute

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impute

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attribute or credit to

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admonish

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warn strongly put on hairs

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beseech

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ask for or request earnestly

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replete

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deeply filled or permeated

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scurrilous

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expressing offensive reproach

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portent

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sign of something about to happen

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despotic

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having the characteristics of a tyrannical ruler

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benign

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pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence