Magoosh Advanced 2

Question 1

Dovetail

Answer 1

fit together tightly, as if by means of an interlocking joint

Question 2

Effervescent

Answer 2

marked by high spirits or excitement

Question 3

Effrontery

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

Question 4

Enjoin

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give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority

Question 5

Epigram

Answer 5

a witty saying

Question 6

Enormity

Answer 6

an act of extreme wickedness

Question 7

Eponym

Answer 7

the name derived from a person (real or imaginary); the person for whom something is named

Question 8

Exiguity

Answer 8

the quality of being meager

Question 9

Expansive

Answer 9

communicative, and prone to talking in a sociable manner

Question 10

Expurgate

Answer 10

to remove objectionable material

Question 11

Factitious

Answer 11

artificial; not natural

Question 12

Fell

Answer 12

terribly evil

Question 13

Firebrand

Answer 13

someone who deliberately creates trouble

Question 14

Flippant

Answer 14

showing inappropriate levity

Question 15

Gambit

Answer 15

a maneuver or risk in a game or conversation, designed to secure an advantage

Question 16

Graft

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corruption, usually through bribery

Question 17

Grandiloquent

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puffed up with vanity

Question 18

Gumption

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resourcefulness and determination

Question 19

Hagiographic

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excessively flattering toward someone’s life or work

Question 20

Halcyon

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idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquility; marked by peace and propersity

Question 21

Hauteur

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overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors

Question 22

Hector

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to bully or intimidate

Question 23

Hoary

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ancient

Question 24

Imbibe

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to drink or absorb as if drinking

Question 25

Impecunious

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lacking money; poor

Question 26

Imperious

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having or showing arrogant superiority and disdain to those one views as unworthy

Question 27

Impute

Answer 27

attribute (responsibility or fault) to someone

Question 28

Indigent

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poor; having very little

Question 29

Ineffable

Answer 29

too sacred to be uttered; defying expression or description

Question 30

Ineluctable

Answer 30

impossible to avoid or evade

Question 31

Insouciance

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lack of concern

Question 32

Internecine

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within a group or organization

Question 33

Inure

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to make accustomed to something unpleasant

Question 34

Jejune

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immature; childish

Question 35

Jingoist

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a person who thinks their country should be at war

Question 36

Kowtow

Answer 36

to bow or act in a subservient manner

Question 37

Lascivious

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lecherous; sexually perverted

Question 38

Limpid

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clarity in terms of expression

Question 39

Litany

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a long and tedious account of something

Question 40

Malapropism

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the confusion of a word with another word that sounds similar

Question 41

Malingerer

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someone shirking their duty by pretending to be sick or incapacitated

Question 42

Martinet

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a strict disciplinarian

Question 43

Maunder

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speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly; babble

Question 44

Mellifluous

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smooth and sweet-sounding