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Question 1

moderation

Answer 1

the quality of being moderate; restraint; avoidance of extremes or excesses; temperance.

Question 2

sentiments

Answer 2

an attitude toward something; regard; opinion.

Question 3

preferment

Answer 3

the act of preferring.

Question 4

ridicule

Answer 4

speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.

Question 5

venerable

Answer 5

commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity; worthy of veneration or reverence, as because of high office or noble character

Question 6

dispositions

Answer 6

the predominant or prevailing tendency of one’s spirits; natural mental and emotional outlook or mood; characteristic attitude

Question 7

parliamentary

Answer 7

of or relating to a parliament or any of its members.

Question 8

exertions

Answer 8

vigorous action or effort

Question 9

vex

Answer 9

to irritate; annoy; provoke

Question 10

obtruding

Answer 10

to thrust (something) forward or upon a person, especially without warrant or invitation

Question 11

solitude

Answer 11

the state of being or living alone; seclusion

Question 12

alliance

Answer 12

the act of allying or state of being allied.

Question 13

casuistry

Answer 13

the application of general ethical principles to particular cases of conscience or conduct.

Question 14

logos

Answer 14

the rational principle that governs and develops the universe.

Question 15

claim

Answer 15

an assertion of something as a fact

Question 16

enthrallment

Answer 16

to captivate or charm

Question 17

shame

Answer 17

the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another

Question 18

wry

Answer 18

produced by a distortion or lopsidedness of the facial features

Question 19

asyndeton

Answer 19

the omission of conjunctions, as in “He has provided the poor with jobs, with opportunity, with self-respect.”

Question 20

protrude

Answer 20

to project.