Vocab 1

Question 1

Aberrant

Answer 1

deviating from the norm

Question 2

Approbation

Answer 2

approval or praise

Question 3

Assuage

Answer 3

to ease or lessen; to appease

Question 4

Canonical

Answer 4

in agreement with accepted, traditional standards

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Capricious

Answer 5

erratic, unpredictable

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Censure

Answer 6

to criticize severely

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Disabuse

Answer 7

to set right

Question 8

Discordant

Answer 8

conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound

Question 9

Effrontery

Answer 9

Extreme boldness; presumptuousness

Question 10

Enervate

Answer 10

to weaken; to reduce in vitality

Question 11

Ennui

Answer 11

dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

Question 12

Equivocate

Answer 12

using vague language with deceptive intent

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Erudite

Answer 13

learned or scholarly

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Exigent

Answer 14

Urgent or pressing

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Fulminate

Answer 15

to loudly attack or denounce

Question 16

Ingenuous

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innocent and unsuspecting

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Inured

Answer 17

accustomed to accepting something undesirable

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Irascible

Answer 18

easily angered

Question 19

Magnanimity

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being generously noble in mind and heart, especially forgiving

Question 20

Nebulous

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vague, cloudy, lacking a clearly defined form

Question 21

Neologism

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new word or expression

Question 22

Obviate

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to anticipate and remove (a need or difficulty)

Question 23

Paean

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a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving

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Perfidy

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intentional breach of faith; treachery

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Perspicacious

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acutely perceptive

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Prevaricate

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to mislead; deliberately avoid the truth

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Relegate

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to forcibly assign, especially to a lower position

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Reticent

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quiet, reserved, reluctant to express thoughts and feelings

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Solicitous

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concerned and attentive; eager

Question 30

Tortuous

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winding, twisting; excessively complicated

Question 31

Truculent

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fierce, cruel; eager to fight