Testtakers 350- FINISH!!

Question 0

Meander

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To wander aimlessly

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Deprecate

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To belittle, express disapproval of

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Affected

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Pretended or taken on to impress others

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Archaic

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Ancient; out of date

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Retention

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The act of keeping

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Commodious

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Roomy

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Decorous

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Proper, socially acceptable

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Fetid

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Foul smelling, stinky

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Jettison

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To get rid of, discard

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Lithe

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Flexible, limber

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Maladroit

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Clumsy; inept; ungainly

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Pugnacious

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Quarrelsome, eager to fight.

Contentious, antagonistic, cantankerous.

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Quixotic

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Pursuing unreachable ideals

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Rue

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To regret. You’ll rue this day, you’ll rue it…

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Sinuous

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Curvy; graceful in movement; undulating

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Squalor

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Filth; misery.

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Stasis

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Balance; motionlessness. Stagnation

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Tantamount

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Equivalent in effect

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Truncate

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To shorten. If you lol all the branches off a tree, you’ve truncated it by making it into a trunk.

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Grant

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To give

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Render

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To make, become

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Serene

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Calm, peaceful. Tranquil.

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Parody

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A humorous imitation of a work of art

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Disgruntled

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Dissatisfied, irritated

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Eccentric

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Abnormal, strange, peculiar

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Auspicious

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Favorable; promising success.

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Restraint

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Holding back in feelings or behavior. Suppression, reserve

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Congeal

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To solidify, freeze, jell

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Vex

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To irritate, annoy. Exasperate, pique

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Intricate

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Complex

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Extravagant

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Given to excessive spending. Prodigal, lavish. Antonym: frugal

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Dubious

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Doubtful; questionable.

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Piety

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Religiousness, devoutness.

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Sect

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A small group united by religious belief

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Resent

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To be annoyed as a result of injury

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Disparity

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Difference; discrepancy. NOT disparage!

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Flourish

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To grow quickly, prosper. Burgeon, proliferate

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Virtuoso

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A highly skilled musician. Virtuoso comes from the same root as virtue. The idea that virtuoso is someone who has the virtue of being a great musician.

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Amorphous

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Formless, shapeless

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Dissuade

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To discourage; to talk out of. Dissuade sounds like persuade, but with the prefix dis-which means not.

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Enmity

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Hatred, hostility. Enmity sounds like enemy. Synonyms: antagonism, rancor, loathing

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Opportune

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Suitable, well timed. Something which is opportune represents a good opportunity. Fortuitous.

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Presumptuous

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Overly forward, overly bold

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Hilarity

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Merriment. Hilarity comes from the same root as hilarious.

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Altercation

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An argument or quarrel

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Discrepancy

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Lack of agreement, difference. Discord, disparity.

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Taper

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To lessen, to become smaller at one end. Contract, diminish.

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Spurn

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To reject with scorn. Repudiate. To spurn someone is to show your contempt or disdain or him or her.

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Prominent

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Important, well known

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Sustain

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To support, keep alive, prolong.