PH VOCAB 1-7

Question 1

Of or belonging to the time of the biblical flood. Ridiculously old-fashioned

Answer 1

Antediliuvan

Question 2

Approval or praise

Answer 2

Approbation-

Question 3

Any classes or group of people who inherit privileges or are perceived as socially distinct

Answer 3

Caste

Question 4

a person or nation engaged in fighting during a war.

Answer 4

Combatants

Question 5

the branch of law concerned with the preparation of documents for the transferring of property.

Answer 5

Conveyancing

Question 6

he customary code of polite behavior in society or among members of a particular profession or group.

Answer 6

Etiquette-

Question 7

inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable.

Answer 7

Formidable-

Question 8

period of two weeks.

Answer 8

Fortnight.

Question 9

a small settlement, generally one smaller than a village.

Answer 9

Hamlet

Question 10

incapable of making mistakes or being wrong. Never failing always effective

Answer 10

Infallible

Question 11

clumsy. Stupid person.

Answer 11

lummox

Question 12

the fact or condition of being magnanimous; generosity

Answer 12

Magnanimity-

Question 13

ostentatiously rich and luxurious or lavish. wealthy

Answer 13

Opulent

Question 14

the quality of being religious or reverent. A belief or point of view that is accepted with unthinking conventional reverence.

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piety

Question 15

an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances.

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precedent

Question 16

a member or follower of any of the western Christian churches that are separate from the roman catholic church .

Answer 16

protestant

Question 17

an act of retaliation.

Answer 17

reprisals

Question 18

ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly

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Supplicating

Question 19

very hot and dry.

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torrid

Question 20

a person who is staying or working in a place for only a short time.

Answer 20

Transients-

Question 21

leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others.

Answer 21

Hegemony-

Question 22

the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or regiones

Answer 22

Vernacular

Question 23

the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize peoples stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

Answer 23

Satire-

Question 24

one’s opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute.

Answer 24

Adversaries

Question 25

given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior.

Answer 25

Capricious-

Question 26

a child believed to have been secretly substituted by fairies for the parents' real child in infancy.

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Changelings-

Question 27

conflict or war.

Answer 27

Conflagration-

Question 28

ready to accept control or instruction; submissive.

Answer 28

docile

Question 29

trick.

Answer 29

dupe

Question 30

an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of person or thing mentioned.

Answer 30

epithet

Question 31

express strong disapproval or disagreement.

Answer 31

Expostulated

Question 32

irritable and quarrelsome.

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Fractious

Question 33

make rude mocking remarks, 

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jeers

Question 34

very vivid in color especially so as to create an unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect.

Answer 34

lurid

Question 35

obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.

Answer 35

Obsequiousness-

Question 36

stated or appearing to be true but not necessarily true

Answer 36

Ostensible

Question 37

action or speech that makes someone annoyed or angry, especially deliberately. .

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Provocation

Question 38

the authority to represent someone else, especially in voting.

Answer 38

Proxy-

Question 39

investment in stocks, property, or other ventures in the hopes of gain but with the risk of loss

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Speculations

Question 40

person who takes position of power or importance illegally or by force.

Answer 40

Usurper-

Question 41

increasing size in size or importance

Answer 41

Ascending-

Question 42

harshness of tone or manner. 

Answer 42

Asperity

Question 43

doing arithmetic

Answer 43

Cipher-

Question 44

a soldier armed with grenades or a grenade launcher. 

Answer 44

Grenadier

Question 45

unable to be comforted.

Answer 45

Implacability

Question 46

a person's natural tendency or urge to act or feel in a particular way, a disposition or propensity.

Answer 46

Inclination

Question 47

inconvenience

Answer 47

Incommode

Question 48

not in harmony or keeping with the surrounding or other aspects of something.

Answer 48

Incongruous

Question 49

wanting to avoid activity or exertion: lazy. 

Answer 49

Indolent-

Question 50

he crux or central point of a matter a small lump or protuberance.

Answer 50

Nub-

Question 51

pale because of poor health.

Answer 51

Pallid

Question 52

a person, especially a young one, endowed with exceptional qualities or abilities.

Answer 52

Prodigies

Question 53

remarkably or impressively great in extant, size, or degree. Unnatural or abnormal.

Answer 53

Prodigious

Question 54

having or proceeding from an extreme or fanatical support of or belief in something. Affected with rabies.

Answer 54

Rabid

Question 55

make or become hard or solid. Make strong; reinforce.

Answer 55

Solidified

Question 56

drink alcohol, especially habitually.

Answer 56

Tippling

Question 57

the quality of being attractive, lively and animated.

Answer 57

Vivacity

Question 58

habitual; usual.

Answer 58

Wonted

Question 59

tell a long story.

Answer 59

Yarns