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Question 1

MACHINATION

Answer 1

plot or scheme

Question 2

MAELSTROM

Answer 2

whirlpool; turmoil; agitated state of mind

Question 3

MAGNATE

Answer 3

powerful or influential person

Question 4

MALEDICTION

Answer 4

a curse; a wish of evil upon another

Question 5

MALINGER

Answer 5

to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill

Question 6

MALLEABLE

Answer 6

capable of being shaped

Question 7

MANNERED

Answer 7

artificial or stilted in character

Question 8

MAR

Answer 8

to damage or deface; spoil

Question 9

MARTINET

Answer 9

strict disciplinarian; one who rigidly follows rules

Question 10

MAUDLIN

Answer 10

overly sentimental

Question 11

MENDACIOUS

Answer 11

dishonest

Question 12

MENDICANT

Answer 12

beggar

Question 13

MERCURIAL

Answer 13

quick, shrewd, and unpredictable

Question 14

MERETRICIOUS

Answer 14

gaudy; falsely attractive

Question 15

METAPHOR

Answer 15

figure of speech comparing two different things

Question 16

METICULOUS

Answer 16

extremely careful; fastidious; painstaking

Question 17

MILITATE

Answer 17

to operate against; work against

Question 18

MIRTH

Answer 18

frivolity; gaiety; laughter

Question 19

MISANTHROPE

Answer 19

a person who dislikes others

Question 20

MISSIVE

Answer 20

a written note or letter

Question 21

MITIGATE

Answer 21

to soften; to lessen

Question 22

MOLLIFY

Answer 22

to calm or make less severe

Question 23

MOLT

Answer 23

to shed hair, skin, or an outer layer periodically

Question 24

MONASTIC

Answer 24

extremely plain or secluded

Question 25

MONOTONY

Answer 25

no variation; tediously the same

Question 26

MORES

Answer 26

fixed customs or manners; moral attitudes

Question 27

MULTIFARIOUS

Answer 27

diverse

Question 28

MYOPIC

Answer 28

lacking foresight; having a narrow view or lang-range perspective