Internet Words II

Question 1

Aquiline

Answer 1

shaped like an eagle’s beak; hooked.

Question 2

Arcadian

Answer 2

rural, rustic, or pastoral, especially suggesting simple, innocent contentment.

Question 3

Arid

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being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:

Question 4

Arresting

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attracting or capable of attracting attention or interest; striking:

Question 5

Artful

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slyly crafty or cunning; deceitful; tricky:

Question 6

Articulate

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to utter clearly and distinctly; pronounce with clarity.

Question 7

Artifacts

Answer 7

any object made by human beings, especially with a view to subsequent use.

Question 8

Artifices

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a clever trick or stratagem; a cunning, crafty device or expedient; wile.

Question 9

Artisans

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a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.

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Artless

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free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous:

Question 11

Ascertain

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to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine:

Question 12

Ascetic

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a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons.

Question 13

Askance

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with suspicion, mistrust, or disapproval:

Question 14

Assent

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to agree or concur; subscribe to (often followed by to):

to give in; yield; concede:

Question 15

Asserts

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to state with assurance, confidence, or force; state strongly or positively; affirm; aver:

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Assiduous

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constant in application or effort; working diligently at a task; persevering; industrious; attentive:

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Assuage

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to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate:

Question 18

Austerity

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austere quality; severity of manner, life, etc.; sternness.

Question 19

Autodidact

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A self-taught person.

Question 20

Avant garde

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the advance group in any field, especially in the visual, literary, or musical arts, whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental methods.

Question 21

Avaricious

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characterized by avarice; greedy; covetous.

Question 22

Aver

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to assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner.

Question 23

Averse

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having a strong feeling of opposition, antipathy, repugnance, etc.; opposed:

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Aversion

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a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually followed by to):

Question 25

Balkanized

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to divide (a country, territory, etc.) into small, quarrelsome, ineffectual states.

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Banal

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devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite:

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Bane

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a person or thing that ruins or spoils:

death; destruction; ruin.

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Baneful

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destructive; pernicious:

Question 29

Pernicious

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fatal

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Baroque

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of or relating to a style of architecture and art originating in Italy in the early 17th century

of or relating to the musical period following the Renaissance, extending roughly from 1600 to 1750.

Question 31

Bask

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to lie in or be exposed to a pleasant warmth:

Question 32

Bedlam

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a scene or state of wild uproar and confusion.

Question 33

Beguiled

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to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.

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Belie

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to misrepresent:

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Belletristic

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literature regarded as a fine art, especially as having a purely aesthetic function.

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Bellicose

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inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.

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Besmirch

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to soil; tarnish; discolor.

to detract from the honor or luster of:

Question 38

Besotted

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intoxicated; drunk:

infatuated or obsessed:

Question 39

Bifurcated

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to divide or fork into two branches.

Question 40

Blandishments

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something, as an action or speech, that tends to flatter, coax, entice, etc.:

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Blatant

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offensively noisy or loud; clamorous:

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Blithe

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joyous, merry, or happy in disposition; glad; cheerful:

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Blunt

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to weaken or impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility of:

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Bodes

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to announce beforehand; predict.

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Bombastic

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High-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious.

Question 46

Bonobo

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pygmy chimpanzee.

Question 47

Boondoggle

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work of little or no value done merely to keep or look busy.

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Boorish

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of or like a boor; unmannered; crude; insensitive.

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Brandishes

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to shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish:

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Bucolic

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of or relating to shepherds; pastoral.

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Buoyancy

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the power to float or rise in a fluid; relative lightness.

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Burgeoning

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to grow or develop quickly; flourish:

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Bustle

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to move or act with a great show of energy

Question 54

Buttress

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any external prop or support built to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts, especially a projecting support built into or against the outside of a masonry wall.