Test Words 6

Question 1

Humdrum

Answer 1

Lacking excitement or variety, monotonously boring

Question 2

Pore

Answer 2

Porous, small opening in suface thourgh which gases or liquid can pass

Question 3

Base

Answer 3

Ignoble, Comtemptable

Question 4

Pall

Answer 4

Cloth spread over a coffin, a dark cloud of smoke and dust

Question 5

Hubris

Answer 5

excessive pride

Question 6

Attrition

Answer 6

Back and forth

Question 7

Complacency

Answer 7

A feeling of smug satisfaction with ones achievements

Question 8

Usurpation

Answer 8

Take over power

Question 9

Lampoon

Answer 9

Make fun of

Question 10

Aphoristic

Answer 10

Short proverb or saying

Question 11

Sardonic

Answer 11

Bitterly sarcastic

Question 12

Abstemious

Answer 12

Indulging very moderately in food or drink

Question 13

Hagiography

Answer 13

The writing about the lives of saints

Question 14

Obsteperous

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Noisy and difficult to control

Question 15

Mettlesome

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Full of spirit and courage

Question 16

Graft

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Corruption

Question 17

Probity

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Honesty

Question 18

Dessicate

Answer 18

Removal done to preserve something, to remove moisture from

Question 19

Inoculate

Answer 19

Immunize someone from a disease by injecting infective material

Question 20

Incensed

Answer 20

Angry

Question 21

Restitution

Answer 21

Restoration of Something lost to proper owner

Question 22

Ethos

Answer 22

The characteristic spirit of a culture, era or community

Question 23

Repose

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A state of rest, sleep or tranquility

Question 24

Antipathy

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A deep seated feeling of aversion

Question 25

Besotted

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Strongly infatuated

Question 26

Ardour

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Great enthusiasm or passion

Question 27

Neophyte

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A person who is new to a subject or activity

Question 28

Posterity

Answer 28

All future generations of people

Question 29

Bandied

Answer 29

Pass or discuss something in a casual uninformed way

Question 30

Subsist

Answer 30

Support oneself in a minimum level

Question 31

Supple

Answer 31

Flexible, Bending and moving easily

Question 32

Coeval

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Contemporary, having the same age or date of origin

Question 33

Foci

Answer 33

The center of Interest or activity

Question 34

Allegory

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A story, poem or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning

Question 35

Lexicons

Answer 35

The Vocabulary of a person, language or branch of knowledge

Question 36

Ennobled

Answer 36

Give a noble rank or title

Question 37

Stultifying

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Cause to lose enthusiasm

Question 38

Eponyms

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A person, place or thing after which a discovery, invention or place is named

Question 39

Sated

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Full

Question 40

Pathos

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A quality that evokes sadness

Question 41

Self-effacing

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Modest, Not claiming attention

Question 42

Deluge

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Overwhelmed with flood

Question 43

Simpering

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Wearing a childish grin

Question 44

Affable

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Freindly

Question 45

Provocative

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Causing irritation

Question 46

Emphatically

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In a forceful way, without doubt clearly

Question 47

Expeditiously

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Think quickly and efficiently

Question 48

Urbane

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Courteous and refined in manner

Question 49

Lurid

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Unpleasantly bright, create harsh effect

Question 50

Coda

Answer 50

Part of a book or musical peice, which comes at the end