Part1 Defin

Question 1

to shorten, to diminish

Answer 1

abridge

Question 2

friendly, courteous, amiable

Answer 2

affable

Question 3

one who practices medieval chemistry or tries to change metals into gold

Answer 3

alchemist

Question 4

to move upward, to rise from a lower station

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ascend

Question 5

an omen or prophecy

Answer 5

augury

Question 6

the quality of lacking higher values

Answer 6

baseness

Question 7

to hand down, to give or to leave in a will

Answer 7

bequeath

Question 8

to make greater or to supplement

Answer 8

augment

Question 9

to grant or to give

Answer 9

bestow

Question 10

loud noise or shouting

Answer 10

clamor

Question 11

excessively high opinion of one’s own worth or ability

Answer 11

conceit

Question 12

to cause one to become confused

Answer 12

confound

Question 13

something that causes impurity; something that defiles or pollutes

Answer 13

contaminant

Question 14

secret, concealed

Answer 14

convert

Question 15

to desire intensely

Answer 15

crave

Question 16

scoffing at, mockery, ridicule

Answer 16

derision

Question 17

to give or to bestow something such as the right to vote or citizenship

Answer 17

enfranchise

Question 18

to cause, to produce, to create

Answer 18

engender

Question 19

a plea, an earnest request

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entreaty

Question 20

to glorify, to praise, to raise in rank

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exalt