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Question 1

brev

Answer 1

short, brief

Question 2

brevity

Answer 2

shortened word

Question 3

chrom

Answer 3

color

Question 4

monochromatic

Answer 4

of one color

Question 5

cap, capt, cepte, cip

Answer 5

take

Question 6

chrono

Answer 6

time

Question 7

ced, cede, cess

Answer 7

yield, go

Question 8

concede

Answer 8

yield

Question 9

recess

Answer 9

go out

Question 10

corp

Answer 10

body

Question 11

corpulent

Answer 11

fat

Question 12

dem

Answer 12

people

Question 13

hom homo

Answer 13

man

Question 14

homage

Answer 14

honor a man

Question 15

homogenous

Answer 15

of the same kind

Question 16

gen

Answer 16

kind birth origin race

Question 17

engender

Answer 17

found or begin

Question 18

generic

Answer 18

universal

Question 19

man

Answer 19

hand

Question 20

manuscript

Answer 20

by hand , original

Question 21

manipulate

Answer 21

move by hand

Question 22

hem

Answer 22

blood

Question 23

aberration

Answer 23

n, a departure from what is normal

justins bad grade was an aberration from his straight a’s

Question 24

evanescent

Answer 24

adj, disappearing after only a short time, likely to vanish

stellar phenomena are evanescent, they disappear after a few seconds

Question 25

capricious

Answer 25

adj, unpredictable, impulsive

his capricious behavior led us from work to skydiving

Question 26

pontificate

Answer 26

v, to speak about something in a knowing and self important way, often without qualification
a well respected history teacher mrs h pontificated about art

Question 27

diatribe

Answer 27

n, a bitter and verbal attack, a denunciation

after being caught shoplifting, the shopper launched a diatribe on the police

Question 28

anathema

Answer 28

n, someone or something that is greatly disliked, detested, or shunned. cursed to excommunicated
the events of the holocaust are anathema to all moral and civilized citizens

Question 29

effontry

Answer 29

n, an attitude or action notable for being bold

audacity

Question 30

zenith

Answer 30

n the highest point or climax of a thing or event

its hard to predict the zenith of an athlete’s career

Question 31

fractious

Answer 31

adj irritable and quarrelsome, likely to misbehave

boys will be fractious, especially teens

Question 32

ameliorate

Answer 32

v, in improve or upgrade, to make better or put right

the counselor tries to ameliorate conflicts between the husband and wife

Question 33

placate

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v, to make someone less angry, upset, or hostile usually by saying or doing something to please
soothe

Question 34

cavalier

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adj, arrogant, with disregard or lack of respect for someone or something. unconcerned about things considered important to others
the athletes cavalier attitude towards school may interfere with his dream of playing in college

Question 35

disparate

Answer 35

adj. things or people so dissimilar they cannot be compared 2 fundamentally different things
the disparate teammates need to overcome their differences

Question 36

inculcate

Answer 36

v. to fix something firmly in someone’s mind using frequent and forceful repetition
he inculcates himself with information to prepare for the test

Question 37

pecuniary

Answer 37

n. relating or pertaining to money, involving a financial penalty
pecuniary matters are rarely associated with wealthy families