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Question 1

aberration

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noun an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image; a disorder in one’s mental state; a state or condition markedly different from the norm

Question 2

acquiesce

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verb to agree or express agreement

Question 3

aesthetic

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adj. concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste; aesthetically pleasing; relating to or dealing with the subject of aesthetics; noun (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful

Question 4

amorphous

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adj. without real or apparent crystalline form; lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies; having no definite form or distinct shape

Question 5

anachronism

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noun an artifact that belongs to another time; a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age; something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred

Question 6

apposite

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adj. being of striking appropriateness and pertinence

Question 7

arrant

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adj. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

Question 8

august

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adj. profoundly honored; of or befitting a lord; noun the month following July and preceding September

Question 9

baroque

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adj. having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; noun. elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century

Question 10

beleaguer

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verb surround so as to force to give up; annoy persistently

Question 11

blithe

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adj. carefree and happy and lighthearted; lacking or showing a lack of due concern

Question 12

bowdlerize

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verb edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

Question 13

camaraderie

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noun the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability

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celerity

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noun a rate that is rapid

Question 15

chicanery

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noun the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

Question 16

coadjutor

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noun an assistant to a bishop

Question 17

conflagration

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noun a very intense and uncontrolled fire

Question 18

contemn

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verb look down on with disdain

Question 19

convoluted

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adj. rolled or coiled together; highly complex or intricate

Question 20

cursive

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adj. having successive letter joined together; noun rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper

Question 21

debase

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verb lower in value by increasing the base-metal content;corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

Question 22

deluge

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noun the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; a heavy rain; an overwhelming number or amount; verb fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; fill or cover completely, usually with water; charge someone with too many tasks

Question 23

derelict

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adj. failing in what duty requires; in deplorable condition;forsaken by owner or keeper; worn and broken down by hard use;noun a person unable to support himself; a ship abandoned on the high seas

Question 24

disconsolate

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adj. causing dejection; sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled

Question 25

diurnal

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adj. having a daily cycle or occurring every day; belonging to or active during the day

Question 26

drone

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noun stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen; a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone; an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control; an unchanging intonation; someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind; verb talk in a monotonous voice; make a monotonous low dull sound

Question 27

eclectic

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adj. selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas; noun someone who selects according to the eclectic method

Question 28

emulous

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adj. eager to surpass others; characterized by or arising from emulation or imitation

Question 29

entity

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noun that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

Question 30

euphonious

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adj. having a pleasant sound; (of speech or dialect) pleasing in sound; not harsh or strident

Question 31

exacerbate

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verb exasperate or irritate; make worse

Question 32

expunge

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verb remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line

Question 33

fetid

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adj. offensively malodorous

Question 34

flagellate

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adj. having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum); noun a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals; verb whip

Question 35

forbearance

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noun a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

Question 36

gauche

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adj. lacking social polish

Question 37

harlequin

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noun a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell’arte); verb variegate with spots or marks

Question 38

homophonic

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adj. having a single melodic line with accompaniment; having the same sound

Question 39

germane

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adj. having close kinship and appropriateness

Question 40

grovel

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verb show submission or fear