New Words

Question 1

Rapport

Answer 1

D: a close and harmonious relationship in which people understand each other’s feelings or ideas and communicate well.
S: bond, empathy, understanding, affinity.
The teacher was trying to establish a close rapport with her students.

Question 2

Falx

Answer 2

D: Shaped like a sickle, a gold of dura mater separating the two cerebralhemispheres

Question 3

Amoral

Answer 3

D: Neither moral not immoral, having no relation to morality.

Question 4

Abhor

Answer 4

D: to hate or detest

Question 5

Abstruse

Answer 5

Hard to understand, secret, hidden.

Question 6

Acerbic

Answer 6

Sour or astringent in taste, harsh in temper.

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Acrimonious

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Caustic, stinging, bitter in nature.

Question 8

Acumen

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Mental sharpness, quick of wit

Question 9

Exacerbate

Answer 9

To Increase bitterness or violence; aggravate

Question 10

Prodigal

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Waste fully or recklessly extravagant

Question 11

Accede

Answer 11

Yield to a demand

Question 12

Allegory

Answer 12

The figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another

Question 13

Altruist

Answer 13

A person who is selflessly concerned for the welfare of others

Question 14

Amorous

Answer 14

Inclined to love especially sexual love

Question 15

Ambulatory

Answer 15

Of, pertaining to, or capable of walking.

Question 16

Equanimity

Answer 16

Mental or emotional stability, especially under tension.

Question 17

Magnanimous

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Generous in forgiving an insult or injury

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Annuity

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A specified income payable at stated intervals

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Antebellum

Answer 19

Before the war, especially American civil war.

Question 20

Antedate

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Precede in time

Question 21

Androgen

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Any substance that promotes masculine characteristics

Question 22

Anthropocentric

Answer 22

Regarding humanity as the central fact of the universe

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Misanthrope

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One who hates humans or humanity

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Philanderer

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One who carries on flirtations

Question 25

Antipodal

Answer 25

On the opposite side of the globe

Question 26

Apocryphal

Answer 26

Of doubtful authorship or authenticity

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Apogee

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The highest or most distant point

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Apostasy

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A total desertion of ones religion, principles. Party, cause, etc.

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Subaqueous

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Underwater

Question 30

Oligarchy

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A state or society ruled by a select group

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Ardor

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Flame, passion

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Autocrat

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An absolute ruler

Question 33

Belie

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To misinterpret, to contradict.

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Bemoan

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To moan for, to lament

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Belligerent

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Warlike, given to waging war

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Benign

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Having a kindly disposition

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Biennial

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Happening every two years

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Bipartisan

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Representing two parties

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Bountiful

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Generous

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Brevet

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An honorary promotion with no additional pay

Question 41

Breviloquent

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Laconic, concise in ones speech

Question 42

Bursar

Answer 42

Treasurer