list 5

Question 1

accede

Answer 1

verb take on duties or office; to agree or express agreement; submit or yield to another’s wish or opinion

Question 2

accrue

Answer 2

verb grow by addition; come into the possession of

Question 3

affinity

Answer 3

noun a natural attraction or feeling of kinship; inherent resemblance between persons or things; the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule;(immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody; a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character; (biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts; (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship

Question 4

ameliorate

Answer 4

verb get better; to make better

Question 5

anhydrous

Answer 5

adj. without water; especially without water of crystallization

Question 6

appease

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verb make peace with; overcome or allay; cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

Question 7

ascendant

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adj. most powerful or important or influential; tending or directed upward; noun position or state of being dominant or in control; someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

Question 8

au courant

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adj. up to date with the current fashion.

Question 9

bastion

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noun projecting part of a rampart or other fortification; a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle; a group that defends a principle

Question 10

beseech

Answer 10

verb ask for or request earnestly

Question 11

biped

Answer 11

adj. having two feet; noun an animal with two feet

Question 12

broach

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noun a decorative pin worn by women; verb bring up a topic for discussion

Question 13

cantankerous

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adj. having a difficult and contrary disposition; stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate

Question 14

chameleon

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noun lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue; a changeable or inconstant person; a faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Apus and Mensa

Question 15

churlish

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adj. having a bad disposition; surly; rude and boorish

Question 16

cogent

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adj. powerfully persuasive

Question 17

complicity

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noun guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense

Question 18

conglomerate

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adj. composed of heterogeneous elements gathered into a mass; noun a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization; a composite rock made up of particles of varying size; verb collect or gather

Question 19

corporeal

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adj. having material or physical form or substance; affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit

Question 20

cryptic

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adj. having a puzzling terseness; of an obscure nature; having a secret or hidden meaning

Question 21

defalcate

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verb appropriate (as property entrusted to one’s care) fraudulently to one’s own use

Question 22

defoliate

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adj. deprived of leaves; verb strip the leaves or branches from

Question 23

desuetude

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noun a state of inactivity or disuse

Question 24

dilatory

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adj. wasting time; inclined to waste time and lag behind; using cautious slow strategy to wear down opposition; avoiding direct confrontation

Question 25

dissertation

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noun a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree

Question 26

doughy

Answer 26

adj. having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking

Question 27

effrontery

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noun audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to

Question 28

emaciated

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adj. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

Question 29

ephemeral

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adj. lasting a very short time; noun anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form

Question 30

erudite

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adj. having or showing profound knowledge

Question 31

facetious

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adj. cleverly amusing in tone

Question 32

exult

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verb feel extreme happiness or elation; to express great joy

Question 33

fiat

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noun a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)

Question 34

firmament

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noun the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected

Question 35

gambit

Answer 35

noun a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position; an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker; a maneuver in a game or conversation

Question 36

frowzy

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adj. negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt

Question 37

gingerly

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adj. with extreme care or delicacy; adv. in a gingerly manner

Question 38

gullible

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adj. easily tricked because of being too trusting; naive and easily deceived or tricked

Question 39

hedonist

Answer 39

noun someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures

Question 40

impervious

Answer 40

adj. not admitting of passage or capable of being affected