Text Completion

Question 1

insurmountable

Answer 1

too great to be overcome

Question 2

inane

Answer 2

silly; stupid

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trivial

Answer 3

of little value or importance

Question 4

ineffable

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too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words

Question 5

obscurantist

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a person who strives to prevent the increase and spread of knowledge

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arcane

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understood by few; mysterious or secret

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canonical

Answer 7

authorized; recognized; accepted

Question 8

judicious

Answer 8

having, showing, or done with good judgment

Question 9

clairvoyants

Answer 9

having or claiming to have the power of seeing objects or actions beyond the range of natural vision

Question 10

specious

Answer 10

1. superficially plausible, but actually wrong

2. misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive

Question 11

venial

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forgivable; pardonable

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pervasive

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spreading widely throughout an area or group of people

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hedge

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1. something that provides protection or defense

2. a calculatedly noncommittal or evasive statement

Question 14

shoulder

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to deal with or accept (something) as your responsibility or duty

Question 15

mitigate

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1. make less severe, serious, or painful

2. lessen the gravity of (an offense or mistake)

Question 16

unexceptionable

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not open to objection

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jaundice

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bitterness, resentment, or envy

Question 18

inexorably

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not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped

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paradigm

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1. a typical example or pattern of something; a model

2. a set of linguistic items that form mutually exclusive choices in particular syntactic roles

Question 20

axiom

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a statement of proposition that is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true

Question 21

wary

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feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems

Question 22

precipitous

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1. dangerously high or steep

2. done suddenly and without careful consideration

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overt

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1. done or shown openly

2. plainly or readily apparent, not secret or hidden

Question 24

certitude

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something that someone firmly believes is true

Question 25

dogma

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principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true

Question 26

extraneous

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irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with

Question 27

inherent

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existing in something as a permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute

Question 28

avert

Answer 28

1. turn away (one’s eyes or thoughts)

2. prevent or ward off (an undesirable occurrence)