Vocab 3

Question 1

plebeian

Answer 1

unrefined or coarse in nature; related to commoners

Question 2

demure

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reserved, modest, shy

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vainglorious

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inordinate pride in oneself; excessive vanity

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remiss

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lacking care or attention

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temerarious

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reckless, imprudent

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insouciant

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indifferent; showing lack of concern

Question 7

culpable

Answer 7

deserving blame (culprit-able)

Question 8

heedful

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be aware or attentive to

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provident

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to be prudent and proactive

Question 10

querulous

Answer 10

complaining in a petulant manner

Question 11

provisional

Answer 11

temporary

Question 12

quiescent

Answer 12

dormant, inactive

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ireful

Answer 13

full of anger; bitter

Question 14

ornery

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bad-tempered, pugnacious

Question 15

cantankerous

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mercurial

Question 16

undefiled

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pure, unspoiled

Question 17

sportive

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playful, light-hearted

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snub

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ignore disdainfully

Question 19

rebuff

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reject something in an abrupt, ungracious manner

Question 20

truculent

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quarrelsome

Question 21

oppugn

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question the validity of

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propitiate

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to win or regain the favour of a person by doing something the pleases them

Question 23

palliate

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make a disease or its symptoms less severe (allay, mitigate etc.)

Question 24

accede

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to assent or agree to a demand

Question 25

upbraid

Answer 25

criticize, scold

Question 26

lambaste

Answer 26

criticize, censure harshly

Question 27

excoriate

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censure severely

Question 28

flay

Answer 28

censure severely

Question 29

denigrate

Answer 29

criticize unfairly

Question 30

furtive

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to avoid attention due to guilt

Question 31

castigate

Answer 31

reprimand/criticize

Question 32

tout

Answer 32

attempt to sell something usually by pestering in an aggressive manner

Question 33

panegyrize

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to praise in writing (exalt, extol, eulogize)

Question 34

whet

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to sharpen the blade of a knife; to excite or stimulate

Question 35

vilification

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abusively disparaging speech or writing

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tantamount

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equivalent in magnitude TO

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stymie

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to hinder or hamper

Question 38

spurn

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to reject with disdain (repudiate)

Question 39

rescind

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revoke, cancel or repeal

Question 40

recant

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to say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief

Question 41

profusion

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abundance or surplus of something

Question 42

prodigious

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impressively great in extent, size or degree

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pulverize

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reduce to small particles, to defeat utterly

Question 44

proclivity

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a propensity or tendency

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penury

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destitution, indigent, impoverished

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nefarious

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wicked, callous

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maladroit

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ineffective, clumsy

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aplomb

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self-assurance

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bounteous

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generous, munificent, magnanimous

Question 50

kindle

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arouse or inspire