Vocab 2

Question 1

espy

Answer 1

catch a glimpse of

Question 2

covetous

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greedy; want wealth and possessions (covetous of power)

Question 3

tenebrous

Answer 3

dark, shadowy and obscure

Question 4

prostrate

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reduce someone to extreme physical weakness; to be completely overcome with stress

Question 5

gauche

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lacking grace, manners and sophistication

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anodyne

Answer 6

innocuous, harmless

Question 7

balk

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hesitate or unwilling to accept an idea

Question 8

gamely

Answer 8

in a brave manner

Question 9

contiguous

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sharing the same border; adjacent

Question 10

sophistry

Answer 10

the use of fallacious arguments to deceive

Question 11

effusive

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expressing feelings of gratitude in an unrestrained, heartfelt manner (sincere obsequiousness)

Question 12

enjoin

Answer 12

to urge someone to do something

Question 13

abnegate

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to renounce or reject; repudiate

Question 14

calumny

Answer 14

making false statements to ruin someone’s reputation

Question 15

accede

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agree to a demand or request

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doleful

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mournful, sorrowful

Question 17

effluvia

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an unpleasant odor

Question 18

sentient

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able to perceive or feel things

Question 19

defamatory

Answer 19

calumny (misinterpretation to harm someone’s reputation)

Question 20

disinterested

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not interested

Question 21

excoriate

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to censure

Question 22

mercenary

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focussing on money; avaricious; greedy

Question 23

dour

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stern, harsh

Question 24

adulation

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excessive flattery (obsequious)

Question 25

captious

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tending to find faults in others

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decorous

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good taste and propriety; polite

Question 27

fallacious

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based on mistaken beliefs

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condole

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express sympathy for someone

Question 29

reprobate

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an unprincipled person; a sinner

Question 30

cede

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to give up (relinquish, bequeath, abdicate, abjure)

Question 31

ersatz

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made or used as a substitute; not genuine or real

Question 32

cull

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select from a large quantity; eclectic

Question 33

amity

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friendship

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enmity

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animosity; hostility

Question 35

ascendancy

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occupation of a position of power

Question 36

atrophy

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waste away

Question 37

bungle

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carry out a task clumsily (cursory)

Question 38

burgeon

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begin to grow or increase rapidly

Question 39

capitulate

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to surrender

Question 40

capricious

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mercurial

Question 41

clemency

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forgiveness, mercy, lenience

Question 42

coalesce

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combine into one whole

Question 43

jingoism

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belligerent patriotism

Question 44

jugular

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pertaining to the throat

Question 45

lax

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not stringent or severe

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piteous

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compassionate

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pious

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religiously devout

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platitude

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hackneyed, trite, commonplace

Question 49

refractory

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rebellious

Question 50

disaffected

Answer 50

rebellious