Manhattan 500

Question 1

adumbrate

Answer 1

reveal only partial, onscure

Question 2

Affectations

Answer 2

fake behaviour

Question 3

antedate

Answer 3

be older

Question 4

apocryphal

Answer 4

of questionable authenticity

Question 5

approbation

Answer 5

formal approval or praise

Question 6

arrogate

Answer 6

to take without the right to do so

Question 7

asperity

Answer 7

sharpness of tone

Question 8

aspersions

Answer 8

damaging remarks

Question 9

augury

Answer 9

telling future through supernatural means

Question 10

aver

Answer 10

declare

Question 11

axiom

Answer 11

self evident truth requiring no evidence

Question 12

belie

Answer 12

contradict or misrepresent

Question 13

bilk

Answer 13

cheat or fraud

Question 14

blight

Answer 14

disease that kills plants rapidly, ruin or cause to wither

Question 15

blithe

Answer 15

joyous, merry, excessively carefree

Question 16

brook

Answer 16

suffer

Question 17

brandish

Answer 17

shake wave or flourish as a weapon

Question 18

circumspect

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cautious

Question 19

cloying

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disgustingly sweet

Question 20

compendium

Answer 20

concise but complete summary

Question 21

condone

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accept (behaviour that is considered morally wrong or offensive).

Question 22

confer

Answer 22

consult

Question 23

contumacious

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rebellious, stubbornly disobedient

Question 24

covert

Answer 24

secret veiled undercover

Question 25

declaim

Answer 25

give a formal speech

Question 26

declivity

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downward slope

Question 27

opp of declivity is

Answer 27

crescendo

Question 28

delimit

Answer 28

fix

Question 29

diaphanous

Answer 29

very sheer; fine, translucent

Question 30

din

Answer 30

loud confused noise for a long period of time

Question 31

disabuse

Answer 31

persuade (someone) that an idea or belief is mistaken.

“he quickly disabused me of my fanciful notions”

Question 32

discriminating

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having or showing refined taste or good judgement.

Question 33

disingenuous

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not sincere

Question 34

disparage

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belittle, put down

Question 35

disparate

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distinct, different

Question 36

dissemble

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mislead

Question 37

distaff

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female

Question 38

distend

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swell, expand, bloat

Question 39

dither

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act indecisively

Question 40

diurnal

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happening in the day

Question 41

divest

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deprive or strip naked of

Question 42

doff

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remove one’s hat as a gesture

Question 43

dyspeptic

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suffering from the indigestion

Question 44

efficacy

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the quality of being able to produce the intended result

Question 45

effrontery

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shameless boldness

Question 46

egress

Answer 46

an exit or action of exiting

Question 47

encomium

Answer 47

a formal expression of praise

Question 48

exculpate

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clear from guilt or blame

Question 49

exigent

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excessively demanding

Question 50

expurgate

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censor

Question 51

extraneous

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irrelevant

Question 52

facetious

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joking

Question 53

Fastidious

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excessively particular

Question 54

fatuous

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foolish in a complacent manner

Question 55

fecund

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fertile

Question 56

fetid, noisome, molodorous

Answer 56

having an offensive smell

Question 57

ford

Answer 57

a shallow end of the river where the waters are shallow enough to cross

Question 58

fortuitous

Answer 58

lucky

Question 59

fractious

Answer 59

irritable, unruly

Question 60

furtive

Answer 60

done secretly