Magoosh common 5

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tempered

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adjective: moderated in effect

Question 2

rescind

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verb: cancel officially

Question 3

hegemony

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noun: dominance over a certain area

Question 4

tractable

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adjective: readily reacting to suggestions and influences; easily managed (controlled or taught or molded)

Question 5

Winsome

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adjective: charming in a childlike or naive way

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audacity

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noun: aggressive boldness in social situations

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arbitrary

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adjective: based on a random, groundless decision

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accolade

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noun: an award or praise granted as a special honor

Question 9

circumscribe

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verb: restrict or confine

Question 10

arcane

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Understood by few; mysterious or secret

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poignant

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adjective: emotionally touching

Question 12

being pedestrian

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adjective: lacking imagination

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vacillate

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Alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive.

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inscrutable

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adjective: not easily understood; unfathomable

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ravenous

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adjective: extremely hungry; devouring or craving food in great quantities

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scrupulous

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adjective: characterized by extreme care and great effort

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gauche

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adjective: lacking social polish

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propitious

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adjective: presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success

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sanction

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verb: give authority or permission to

Question 20

obsequious

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adjective: attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

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sycophant

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noun: a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage

Question 22

trite

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adjective: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

Question 23

prodigious

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adjective: so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe

Question 24

foment

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instigate or stir up (an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action).
“they accused him of fomenting political unrest”

Question 25

dilettante

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noun: an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge

Question 26

subversive

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adjective: in opposition to an established system or institution.

Question 27

insolent

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adjective: rude and arrogant

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irrevocable

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adjective: incapable of being retracted or revoked

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intrepid

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fearless

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garrulous

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adjective: full of trivial conversation

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taciturn

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adjective: habitually reserved and uncommunicative

Question 32

pernicious

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adjective: exceedingly harmful; working or spreading in a hidden and injurious way

Question 33

repudiate

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verb: reject as untrue or unfounded

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haphazard

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adjective: marked by great carelessness; dependent upon or characterized by chance

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inveterate

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habitual

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reverent

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adjective: feeling or showing profound respect or veneration

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munificent

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adjective: very generous

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resurgent

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adjective: rising again as to new life and vigor

Question 39

lionize

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verb: assign great social importance to

Question 40

precipitous

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adjective: done with very great haste and without due deliberation

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inimical

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hostile

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admonish

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verb: to warn strongly, even to the point of reprimanding

Question 43

constituent

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noun: a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes

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antithetical

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adjective: sharply contrasted in character or purpose

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prolific

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adjective: intellectually productive

Question 46

myriad

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large indefinite number

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brazen

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adjective: unrestrained by convention or propriety

Question 48

sporadic

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adjective: recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances

Question 49

austere

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adjective: practicing self-denial

Question 50

tractable

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(of a person) easy to control or influence. (of a situation or problem) easy to deal with.

Question 51

ostracize

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verb: exclude from a community or group