Manhattan 3

Question 1

squalid

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(of places) extremely dirty and unpleasant, often because of lack of money:
(of situations and activities) not moral; involving sex and drugs, etc. in an unpleasant way:

Question 2

lunatic

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someone who behaves in a silly or dangerous way:

a person who is mentally ill

Question 3

asylum

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protection or safety, especially that given by a government to people who have been forced to leave their own countries for their safety or because of war:
a hospital for people with mental illnesses

Question 4

hinterland

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an undesirable place

Question 5

tony

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stylish and expensive:

Question 6

auxiliary

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a person whose job is to give help or support to other workers:

Question 7

effete

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weak and without much power:

Question 8

whet

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to make keen or eager; stimulate:

Question 9

accrue

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to increase in number or amount over a period of time:

Question 10

astounding

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very surprising or shocking:

Question 11

botched

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(of a task) carried out badly or carelessly.

Question 12

booming

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making a deep and loud hollow sound:

increasing or becoming successful and producing a lot of money very quickly:

Question 13

groaning

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a deep, long sound showing great pain or unhappiness:

a complaining noise or phrase:

Question 14

patrimony

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the property that someone gets from their father after his death

Question 15

Bedizen

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dress up or decorate gaudily.

Question 16

irate

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very angry:

Question 17

Cahoots / collude / conspire

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to act together secretly or illegally in order to deceive or cheat someone:

Question 18

solipsistic

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relating to or characteristic of solipsism (= the belief that only your own experiences and existence can be known or are important):

Question 19

fulmination

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strong criticism or protest:

Question 20

Ululation / ululate

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To make noise with mouth and tounge

Question 21

sophistry

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the clever use of arguments that seem true but are really false, in order to deceive people

Question 22

boosterism

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the keen promotion of a person, organization, or cause.

Question 23

muckraking

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the action of searching out and publicizing scandal about famous people.

Question 24

prosecution

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the process of officially accusing someone in a court of law of committing a crime:

Question 25

prattle

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a lot of silly talk about things that are not important:

Question 26

Agog

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very eager or curious to hear or see something.

Question 27

mutinous

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refusing or not willing to do what you are told to do:

Question 28

indelicate

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showing a lack of awareness of socially correct behavior: / indecent

Question 29

plangent

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(of sounds) deep, low, and expressing sadness:

Question 30

seething

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extremely angry but unable or unwilling to express it clearly:

Question 31

farcical / farce

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very silly, unlikely, or unreasonable, often in a way that is humorous:

Question 32

ecumenical

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tending to support and encourage unity among different religions:

Question 33

evocative

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making you remember or imagine something pleasant:

Question 34

stygian

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extremely and unpleasantly dark:

Question 35

unkempt

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untidy; not cared for:

Question 36

adumbrate

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to give only the main facts and not the details about something, especially something that will happen in the future:

Question 37

ratify

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(especially of governments or organizations) to make an agreement official:

Question 38

purportedly

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in a way that is stated to be true, although this may not be the case:
pretended to be

Question 39

Risqué / ribald

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(of jokes or stories) slightly rude or shocking, especially because of being about sex

Question 40

Pander to someone

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to please other people by doing or saying what you think they want you to do or say

Question 41

congenial

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friendly and pleasant:

Question 42

fester

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(of a negative feeling or a problem) become worse or more intense, especially through long-term neglect or indifference.
(of a wound or sore) become septic

Question 43

gallivant

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go around from one place to another in the pursuit of pleasure or entertainment.

Question 44

tergiversate

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equivocate

Question 45

traipse

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to walk from one place to another, often feeling tired or bored:

Question 46

Passé

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no longer fashionable:

Question 47

sere

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dry

Question 48

disgraced

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having lost people’s respect because of bad behaviour that has been made public:

Question 49

defile

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to spoil the goodness or beauty of something:

Question 50

wallow

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To wallow in an emotion or situation is to stay in that state without trying to change:
(esp. of animals) to lie or roll about slowly in deep, wet earth, sand, or water: