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Question 1

Leaping

Answer 1

Jump
<i> leaped over the wall; salmon leaping upriver.</i>

To move quickly or abruptly from one condition or subject to another
<i> always leaping to conclusions </i></i>

Question 2

Exposure

Answer 2

An act of subjecting or an instance of being subjected to an action or an influence
<i>their first exposure to big city life.</i>

Appearance in public or in the mass media
<i>an actor with much recent exposure in television.</i></i>

Question 3

Impoverish

Answer 3

Reduced to poverty; poverty-stricken.See Synonyms at poor
<i>an impoverished speech; a region impoverished by drought.
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Question 4

Obedient

Answer 4

<b>obedient, biddable, compliant, acquiescent, submissive, docile, amenable, tractable
These adjectives mean carrying or willing to carry out the orders, requests, or wishes of another.</b>

Question 5

Delineate

Answer 5

To draw or trace the outline of; sketch out.

If you delineate something such as an idea or situation, you describe it or define it, often in a lot of detail.
<i>The relationship between Church and State was delineated in a formal agreement.</i>

<b>Represent</b>

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Question 6

Wag

Answer 6

1.
To move briskly and repeatedly from side to side, to and fro, or up and down.
<i>The dog was biting, growling and wagging its tail.
To move rapidly in talking. Used of the tongue.
<i>If you wag your head, you move it from side to side, often because you are unhappy about a situation.
<i>If tongues are wagging, people are talking a lot about someone and their behaviour.</i></i></i>

To walk with a clumsy sway; waddle.

2.
A humorous or droll person; a wit.

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Question 7

Comparative

Answer 7

Estimated by comparison; relative
Relating to, based on, or involving comparison.
<i>a comparative newcomer.</i>