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Question 0

mobility

Answer 0

ability to move or be moved

Question 1

marred

Answer 1

impaired the perfection of

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negate

Answer 2

to destroy the validity of something

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nullify

Answer 3

to make invalid or worthless

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obliterate

Answer 4

to wipe out, remove all traces

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ominous

Answer 5

signaling something evil is about to happen

Question 6

premonition

Answer 6

a feeling that something is about to happen

Question 7

sluggish

Answer 7

lacking energy

Question 8

speculation

Answer 8

the act of thinking about or pondering something

Question 9

supremacy

Answer 9

the state of being supreme, or having the most power

Question 10

synchronize

Answer 10

to cause to occur at the same time

Question 11

unethical

Answer 11

having bad moral principles

Question 12

unheralded

Answer 12

unnoticed or unappreciated

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unprecedented

Answer 13

without parallel

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vanquish

Answer 14

overpower an enemy completely

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condemn

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to express strong disapproval of

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conformity

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the act of becoming similar or identical to

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conventional

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traditional, mundane

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detrimental

Answer 18

causing damage or harm

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exacerbate

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to make worse

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implausible

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not possible, not imaginable

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infallible

Answer 21

unable to be proven wrong

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mitigate

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to make less severe

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opaque

Answer 23

not transparent, hard to understand

Question 24

pastiche

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piece of music, writing, or art combining several different sources or styles

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plagiarist

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a person who presents someone else’s work as his or her own

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soporific

Answer 26

causing sleep

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inaudible

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too quiet to be heard

Question 28

persecution

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tormenting a person because of his or her beliefs

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provincial

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having a narrow scope

Question 30

provoke

Answer 30

anger, arouse, bring to action

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rectify

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fix, correct

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renounce

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to give up or put aside

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sanctuary

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a safe place or a room for worship

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slothful

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lazy

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tantamount

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equivalent in effect or meaning

Question 36

vulnerable

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capable of being hurt