Troublesome words

Question 1

the killing of important people

Answer 1

assassination

Question 2

group with shared characteristic

Answer 2

cohort

Question 3

gradual increase culminating in a climax

Answer 3

crescendo

Question 4

the destruction of a large part of smth

Answer 4

decimate

Question 5

impartial

Answer 5

disinterested

Question 6

not interested

Answer 6

uninterested

Question 7

stronger than severe, harsh

Answer 7

draconian

Question 8

with a satisfactory result

Answer 8

effectively

Question 9

death by electric shock

Answer 9

electrocution

Question 10

great wickedness, outrage

Answer 10

enormity

Question 11

clearing buildings for safety

Answer 11

evacuate

Question 12

to put to death after a legal process

Answer 12

execute

Question 13

formal legal opinion handed down by a Muslim religious leader or court

Answer 13

fatwa

Question 14

belonging to the courts of law

Answer 14

forensic

Question 15

gushing, cloying, effusive or sickenly fawning

Answer 15

fulsome

Question 16

disappear and vanish

Answer 16

go missing

Question 17

to resonate down the decades

Answer 17

historic

Question 18

in a hopeful manner

Answer 18

hopefully

Question 19

to sacrifice ir give up smth in exchange for smth else

Answer 19

immolate

Question 20

for a moment

Answer 20

momentarily

Question 21

a miss that came very near to being a collision

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near miss

Question 22

to prove a statement wrong

Answer 22

refute

Question 23

substitute

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surrogate

Question 24

capable of living and surviving

Answer 24

viable

Question 25

anti-abortion

Answer 25

pro-life

Question 26

change with a suggestion of improvement

Answer 26

reform