row one and a half

Question 1

abate

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(v) to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish

Question 2

accolade

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(n) any award, honor, or laudatory notice

Question 3

acquiesce

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(v) to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent

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acrid

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(adj) sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent

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acrimony

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(n) sharpness, harshness, or bitterness of nature, speech, disposition, etc.:

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aggregate (v)

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(v) to bring together; collect into one sum, mass, or body.

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amorphous

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(adj) lacking definite form; having no specific shape; formless

Question 8

anachronistic

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(adj) pertaining to or containing something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time

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anomaly

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(n) a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form

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antediluvian

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(adj) very old, old-fashioned, or out of date; antiquated; primitive

Question 11

apocryphal

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adj. of doubtful authorship or authenticity.

Question 12

arable

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adj. capable of producing crops; suitable for farming; suited to the plow and for tillage

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ardent

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adj. characterized by warmth of feeling typically expressed in eager; zealous support or activity

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assiduous

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adj. constant in application or effort; working diligently at a task; persevering

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assuage

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v. to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease

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atrophy

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v. to affect with or undergo degeneration, decline, or decrease, as from disuse

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audacious

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adj. extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless

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avarice

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n. insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth.

Question 19

avert

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v. to ward off; prevent; to turn away or aside

Question 20

beguile

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v. to influence by trickery or flattery; mislead; delude

Question 21

bequeath

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v. to hand down; pass on; to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will

Question 22

bleak

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adj cold and piercing; raw; without hope or encouragement; depressing; dreary

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blighted

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adj. suffering from a disease; destroyed

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bombastic

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adj. high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious

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buttress

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v. to support by a buttress; prop up.

Question 26

cacophonous

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adj. having a harsh or discordant sound.

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carping

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v. to find fault or complain querulously or unreasonably; be niggling in criticizing

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certitude

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n. freedom from doubt, especially in matters of faith or opinion; certainty

Question 29

charlatan

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n. a person who pretends or claims to have more knowledge or skill than he or she possesses; quack.

Question 30

circumlocution

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n. a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea

Question 31

cliche

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n. a trite, stereotyped expression; a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or common thought or idea, that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse

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coalesce

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v. to blend or come together

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colloquial

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adj. characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal

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combustible

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adj. capable of catching fire and burning; inflammable; flammable

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complementary

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adj. forming a complement; completing

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confluence

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v. a flowing together of two or more streams, rivers, or the like; their place of junction

Question 37

conjecture

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(v) to conclude or suppose from grounds or evidence insufficient to ensure reliability.

Question 38

converge

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(v) to tend to a common result, conclusion, etc.

Question 39

corrode

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(v) to impair; deteriorate

Question 40

corrugated

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adj. wrinkled; furrowed.

Question 41

culpable

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adj deserving blame or censure; blameworthy.

Question 42

debilitate

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(v) to make weak or feeble; enfeeble

Question 43

debunk

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(v) to expose or excoriate (a claim, assertion, sentiment, etc.) as being pretentious, false, or exaggerated

Question 44

dehydrate

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(v) to remove water from; to deprive of spirit, force, or meaning; render less interesting or effectual

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depose

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(v) to remove from office or position, especially high office

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desiccate

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(v) to dry thoroughly; dry up.

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diffidence

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(n) the quality or state of lacking confidence in one’s own ability, worth, or fitness

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dilatory

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(adj) tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.

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discourse

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(n) communication of thought by words; talk; conversation; a formal discussion

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discrepancy

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(n) an instance of difference or inconsistency

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disquiet

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(v) to deprive of calmness, equanimity, or peace; disturb; make uneasy

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deleterious

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(adj.) harmful; injurious