Higher Order Words

Question 1

Knee-jerk reaction

Answer 1

Very quick, immediate reaction

Question 2

Platitudes

Answer 2

A remark, or statement, that has been overused negatively

Question 3

Assuage

Answer 3

Make an unpleasant feeling less intense

Question 4

Reprehensible

Answer 4

Deserving condemnation

Question 5

Vitriol

Answer 5

Bitter criticism, malice

Question 6

Relinquish

Answer 6

Voluntarily give up

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Insular

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Ignorant of other cultures

Question 8

Facile

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Easily achieved

Question 9

Poignant

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Keen sense of sadness, regret

Question 10

Indelible mark

Answer 10

cannot be removed/undone

Question 11

Mammoth task

Answer 11

extremely large task

Question 12

symptomatic

Answer 12

showing symptoms of

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egregious

Answer 13

shocking, horrific

Question 14

daunting

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difficult in prospect

Question 15

ingratiate

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to gain favor with deliberate effort

Question 16

sentinel (metaphoric)

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A soldier that stands and keeps watch

Question 17

redactive

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to oversimplify information

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omnipresent

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widespread or encountered commonly

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satiate

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to satisfy fully

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furtive

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secretive, avoiding guilt

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pique

Answer 21

a slight on ones pride

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blasphemy

Answer 22

anti-god

Question 23

contemporary

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living or occuring at the same time

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vain

Answer 24

showing a hihh view of oneself

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shepherding

Answer 25

careful management of resources

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hysteria

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uncontrolled emotion

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coterminous

Answer 27

same boundaries for space time or mean

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dessiminate

Answer 28

spread widely

Question 29

pedagogy

Answer 29

method of teaching, practical

Question 30

paramount importance

Answer 30

extremely important

Question 31

internecine

Answer 31

equally destructive to both parties

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mitigate

Answer 32

make something bad less severe

Question 33

vis a vis

Answer 33

related to

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trajectory

Answer 34

path followed by an object

Question 35

vilify

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speak about in a negative way

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systemic changes

Answer 36

radical change

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succinct

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briefly expressed

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zenith

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the peak/climax

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Pontificate

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Express opinions in a pompous way

Question 40

Procrastinate

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Delay/put off doing something

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Candour

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Being frank, open and honest

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Reciprocate

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respond to an action

Question 43

Eulogise

Answer 43

Praise highly in speech or writing

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Presage

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Sign or warning of a bad event to come

Question 45

Trepidation

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Feeling of fear of something that may happen

Question 46

Prescient

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Showing knowledge of an event that may happen

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Frenentic

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Fast paced, wild and uncontrolled

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Impervious

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Unaffected by

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Extol

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Praise enthusiastically

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Muster

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Collect, gather up

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Accost

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Approach or address someone aggressively

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Beligerent

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Hostile and aggressive

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Paroxsym

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Sudden attack/outburst of emotion/pain

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Spasmodically

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Subject to outbursts of emotional excitement or spasms

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Ascetic

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Severe self-discipline or abstination

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Ruse

Answer 56

An action intended to deceive someone

Question 57

Forgo

Answer 57

go without something

Question 58

Ostracised

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Exclude someone from a group

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Innate

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Natural (Character Trait)

Question 60

Totemic Figure

Answer 60

Emblem that represents great things, used to positively describe someone

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Shard

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A broken off piece

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Invictus

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Unconquerable, undefeatable

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Egocentric

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Thinking only of oneself

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Proclivity

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Tendency to do something regularly

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Xenial

Answer 65

Friendly relationship between two people

Question 66

Xenk currency

Answer 66

A foreign currency that is traded or exchanged outside of a country