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Question 1

Ubiquitous

Answer 1

Being everywhere simultaneously

Synonyms: inescapable, omnipresent

Question 2

Umbrage

Answer 2

Offense, resentment

Synonyms: asperity, dudgeon, ire, pique, rancor

Question 3

Uncanny

Answer 3

So keen and perceptive as to seem supernatural, peculiarly unsettling

Synonyms: weird, eerie

Question 4

Unconscionable

Answer 4

Unscrupulous, shockingly unfair or unjust

Synonyms: dishonorable, indefensible

Question 5

Unctuous

Answer 5

Greasy, oily, smug and falsely earnest

Synonyms: fulsome, phony, smarmy

Question 6

Unfetter

Answer 6

To free from restrictions

Synonyms: free

Question 7

Unfrock

Answer 7

To dethrone, especially of priestly power

Synonyms: demote, degrade

Question 8

Unheralded

Answer 8

Unexpected, not publicized

Synonyms: unannounced

Question 9

Universal

Answer 9

Applicable to anything

Synonyms: worldwide

Question 10

Unkempt

Answer 10

Sloppily maintained

Synonyms: messy

Question 11

Unparalleled

Answer 11

Having no equal or match

Synonyms: peerless

Question 12

Unscrupulous

Answer 12

Devoid of honor

Synonyms: unethical

Question 13

Untenable

Answer 13

Indefensible

Synonyms: uninhabitable

Question 14

Unyielding

Answer 14

Firm, resolute

Synonyms: determined, implacable

Question 15

Upbraid

Answer 15

To scold sharply

Synonyms: berate, chide, reproach, rebuke, tax

Question 16

Urbane

Answer 16

Courteous, refined, suave

Synonyms: cosmopolitan, debonair, elegant, polite, soigné

Question 17

Usurp

Answer 17

To seize by force

Synonyms: appropriate, arrogate, assume, preempt

Question 18

Usury

Answer 18

The practice of lending money at exorbitant rates

Synonyms: loan-sharking, interest

Question 19

Utilitarian

Answer 19

Efficient, functional, useful

Synonyms: practical, pragmatic