randomized

Question 1

frugal

Answer 1

cheap, economical

Question 2

boorish

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crude, insensitive

Question 3

enigmatic

Answer 3

mysterious, cryptic

Question 4

lugubrious

Answer 4

sad

Question 5

ebullient

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very happy

Question 6

exasperating

Answer 6

extremely annoying

Question 7

weariness

Answer 7

fatigue

Question 8

pejorative

Answer 8

merendahkan

Question 9

placid

Answer 9

calm, tranquil (root: plac means placate, peace)

Question 10

incensed

Answer 10

burning mad

Question 11

to carp

Answer 11

to criticize little things

Question 12

laud

Answer 12

to praise, like applaud

Question 13

ponder

Answer 13

wonder

Question 14

grouse

Answer 14

to complain, to grumble

Question 15

resilience

Answer 15

ability to recover

Question 16

lampoon

Answer 16

to ridicule (think lampu, lampoon)

Question 17

reticent

Answer 17

shy, holding back

Question 18

effrontery

Answer 18

shameless, boldness, audacity
you have effrontery when you ask your boss for a raise right after he or she chews you out for bungling a project and costing the company money

Question 19

commensurate

Answer 19

equivalent to or proportionate

Question 20

precipitate

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overly quick, leaping before looking

Question 21

loquacious

Answer 21

overly talkative

Question 22

unequivocal

Answer 22

not equivocal, have only one meaning, clear

Question 23

solecism

Answer 23

inconsistency, mistake

Question 24

refute

Answer 24

to disprove or show to be false

Question 25

prognosticate

Answer 25

to predict | pro- means before, gnos means knowledge, ate to make (make knowledge before)

Question 26

divulge

Answer 26

to reveal

Question 27

duplicity

Answer 27

deception (being two faced) | a traitor is noted for his or her duplicity

Question 28

ferret out

Answer 28

to search dilligently (as a detective ferrets out clues to help his client)

Question 29

scanty

Answer 29

barely sufficient

Question 30

dearth of

Answer 30

lack of

Question 31

vestigial

Answer 31

functionless (the tailbone of humans is a vestigial tail)

Question 32

impartial

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neutral, neither good or bad

Question 33

abstemious

Answer 33

indulging very moderately in something, like food or drink

Question 34

ascetic

Answer 34

characterized by severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.

Question 35

anachronous

Answer 35

something out of proper time | like Robin Hood had a flashlight

Question 36

avarice

Answer 36

desire to hoard wealth

Question 37

assiduous

Answer 37

hardworking

Question 38

austere

Answer 38

stern, unadorned

Question 39

craven, pusillanimous

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cowardly

Question 40

artless

Answer 40

honest, natural

Question 41

deferent

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giving in out of respect for another (like deferential)

Question 42

mealy-mouthed

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insincere

Question 43

diatribe

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a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something

Question 44

harangue

Answer 44

lengthy aggressive speech

Question 45

diffidence

Answer 45

lack of confidence

Question 46

equivocation

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the use of intentionally vague language

Question 47

indigent, mendicant

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poor, destitute

Question 48

mendacious

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dishonest

Question 49

misanthropic

Answer 49

antisocial

Question 50

morose

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sullen (bad tempered, sulky, bad mood)

Question 51

quiescent

Answer 51

at rest