Kaplan

Question 1

indolence

Answer 1

laziness

Question 2

impudence

Answer 2

the trait of being rude and impertinent

Question 3

eminence

Answer 3

high status importance owing to marked superiority

, high rank

Question 4

treatise

Answer 4

formal essay

Question 5

profundity

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the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas

Question 6

poignancy

Answer 6

a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)

Question 7

pejoratives

Answer 7

(Adj) Expressing disapproval

Question 8

vitriol

Answer 8

subject to bitter verbal abuse

Question 9

disparagement

Answer 9

criticism

Question 10

unassailable

Answer 10

impossible to dispute or disprove; undeniable

Question 11

vindicated

Answer 11

proved correct, freed from blame

Question 12

impunity

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exemption from punishment or loss, freedom from punishment or harm

Question 13

capriciousness

Answer 13

unpredictable behavior

Question 14

DESICCATE

Answer 14

remove water from

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DEBILITATE

Answer 15

make weak

Question 16

augur

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to predict

Question 17

ANODYNE

Answer 17

a medicine used to relieve pain

Question 18

SOPORIFIC

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sleep inducing

Question 19

DILUVIAL

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relating to a flood

Question 20

DERISIVE

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ridiculing, mocking

Question 21

BRIGAND

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an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band

Question 22

EXPURGATE

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edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate, to censor

Question 23

saturnine

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gloomy

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titan

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a person of exceptional importance and reputation

Question 25

demotic

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relating to ordinary people

Question 26

HIERATIC

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priestly

Question 27

SECULAR

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non-religious

Question 28

dorian

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Member of a group of people who migrated into the greek mainland

Question 29

seraphic

Answer 29

angelic, heavenly, celestial