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Drivel

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Nonsense

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Sedulous

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Meticulous, showing dedication & diligence

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Coveted

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Greatly desired or envied

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Extol

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Praise Enthusiastically

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Unbidden

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Done without command or invite

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Contentious

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Causing or likely to cause arguments

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Outmoded

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New thinking replaced old ones

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Foolhardy

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Bold but uncalculated, no knowledge of risks

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Resplendent

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Attractive or impressive through being colorful

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Loquacious

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Tending to talk a great deal

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Spartan

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Denying yourself luxury

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Salutory

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Helpful, beneficial

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Absconded

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Quit, left a position

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Brio

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Vigor or Vivacity of style and performance

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Disapprobation

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Strong disapproval on moral grounds

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Itelligentsia

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Influence through highly educated group

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Solemnity

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The quality of being serious and dignified

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Stratification

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Classification into different groups

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Prosaic

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commonplace, lacking imagination and originality

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Beyond Reproach

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Too good to criticize

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Beneath Reproach

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Too bad to criticize

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Hobnobbing

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Socialize with people with high social status

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Muckracking

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Searching and spreading scandals of famous people

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Schmoozing

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Talking in a freindly way to impress people

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Verisimilitude

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The appearance of being true or real

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Pageantry

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Show elaborate display

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Monolithic

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Large, powerful ,slow to change, one aspect

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Subterfuge

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Deceit in order to achieve ones goal

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Fulsome

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Complimentary or flattery to an excessive degree

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Sartorial

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Relating to tailoring, clothing and style of dress

Question 31

Dithering

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Delaying in making a decision.

Question 32

Cursory

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Done in a hasty way, not thorough or detailed.

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Notwithstanding

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In spite of

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Personage

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A charachter in a play or other work.

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Contemporaneous

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Living or occuring in the same time period

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Countermand

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Object, Cancel or Revoke

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Overt

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Out in the open

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Posterity

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Future generation of people

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Apogee

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Highest Point

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Nadir

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Lowest Point

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Sublimated

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Take an impulse or drive and make something meaningful

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Superannuated

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Outdated

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Vignettes

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A brief evocative description

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Staid

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Buttoned down, serious person

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Foil

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Opposite to you

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Insatiable

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Impossible to satisfy

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Remiss

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Negligent in someway, overlooking ones responsibilities

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Cognizant

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Aware

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Evocative

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Bringing strong images to mind

Question 50

Antithesis

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Directly opposite of something, proposition that constrasts.