GregMat New Additions

Question 1

Belie

Answer 1

Fail to give a true notion or impression of something; disguise or contradict; fail to fulfill or justify a claim

The notebooks belie Darwin’s later recollection
His lively alert manner belied his years

Question 2

Punctilious

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Showing great attention to detail or correct behavior

Question 3

Scrupulous

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Very concerned to avoid doing wrong; diligent, thorough, attentive to detail

Question 4

Clangor

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A continuous loud banging or ringing sound

Question 5

Pertinacious

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Holding firmly to an opinion or course of action

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Indolent

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Wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy

Question 7

Comity

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An association of nations for their mutual benefit; courtesy and considerate behavior towards others

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Fecundity

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The ability to produce an abundance of offspring, new growth, or new ideas; fertility

Question 9

Ascribe

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Attribute something to a cause, a particular person, etc.

Question 10

Somnolent

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Sleepy, drowsy

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Droll

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Curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement

Question 12

Mawkish

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Sentimental in a feeble or sickly way

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Obeisance

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Deferential respect

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Fungible

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Replaceable by another identical item

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Verisimilitude

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The appearance of being true or real

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Numinous

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Having a strong religious or spiritual quality

Question 17

Animus

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Hostility or ill feeling; motivation to do something

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Torpor

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Lethargy

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Apropros

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Concerning; with reference to

Question 20

Antedate

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Precede in time; come before something in date

Question 21

Synoptic

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Forming a general summary of synopsis

Question 22

Impugn

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Dispute the truth, validity or honesty of

Question 23

Abet

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Encourage or assist someone to do something wrong

Question 24

Manacle

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A metal band, chain, or shackle for prisoners

Question 25

Recrudescent

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Breaking out again; reviving or reappearing

Question 26

Modish

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Conforming to or following what is popular (negative connotation)

Question 27

Callow

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Inexperienced; immature

Question 28

Deportment

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A person’s behavior or manners

Question 29

Fallow

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Plowed and harrowed but left unsown for a period to restore its fertility (farmland); characterized by inaction, unproductive (time)

Question 30

Temerity

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Excessive confidence or boldness; audacity

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Expatiate

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Speak or write at length or in detail

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Meritorious

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Deserving reward or praise

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Foment

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To spur to action

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Propagate

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Spread and promote widely

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ssail

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Make a concerted or violent attack on

Question 36

Contravene

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Violate the prohibition or order of; conflict with something to its own detriment

Question 37

Subsume

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Include or absorb in something else

Question 38

Lugubrious

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Looking or sounding sad or dismal

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Turpitude

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Depravity; wickenedess

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Peccadillo

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A small, relatively unimportant offense or sin

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Abeyance

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A state of temporary disuse or suspension

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Abrogate

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Repeal or do away with; evade

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Sinecure

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A position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit

Question 44

Voluble

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Talking fluently, readily, or incessantly