Vocab

Question 1

To irritate, annoy, provoke

Answer 1

Vex

Question 2

Disdainfully proud, snobbish or scornfully arrogant

Answer 2

Haughty

Question 3

The formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence or proof

Answer 3

Conjecture

Question 4

To invoke or call down evil or curses as upon a person

Answer 4

Imprecate

Question 5

Unwavering as in resolution, faith or adherence

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Steadfast

Question 6

To putrify or rot

Answer 6

Fester

Question 7

The act of killing one’s father, mother or other close relative

Answer 7

Parricide

Question 8

A group of persons or things gathered or collected

Answer 8

Assemblage

Question 9

An excess or excessive amount

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Surfeit

Question 10

A traveller, esp. on foot

Answer 10

Wayfarer

Question 11

Any cause of destruction, impairment, ruin or frustration

Answer 11

Blight

Question 12

The means by which atonement or reparation is made

Answer 12

Expiation

Question 13

Authority, rightful status, independence or prerogative

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Sovereignty

Question 14

A person who is habitually lazy or inactive

Answer 14

Sluggard

Question 15

To stop as at an obstacle and refuse to proceed or do something

Answer 15

Balk

Question 16

A false and malicious statement designed to injure the reputation of someone

Answer 16

Calumny

Question 17

To plan with ingenuity, devise or invent

Answer 17

Contrive

Question 18

Soothsayer or prophet

Answer 18

Augur

Question 19

A disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations

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Quarrel

Question 20

Full of or showing malice, spiteful

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Malicious

Question 21

To prove to be false as an opinion or charge

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Refute

Question 22

A written declaration upon an oath made before an authorized official

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Affidavit

Question 23

Lacking some element or characteristic

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Deficient

Question 24

A person who questions, interrogator

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Interlocutor

Question 25

Giving forth utterances or decisions as if by special inspiration or authority

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Oracular

Question 26

Strongly emotional, intense or passionate

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Vehement

Question 27

Of little or no weight or importance

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Frivolous

Question 28

Contemptuously rude or impertinent behavior or speech

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Insolence

Question 29

Fervor for a person, cause or object

Answer 29

Zeal

Question 30

Reverence for God, fulfillment of religious obligations

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Piety

Question 31

Deprive right of citizenship

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Disenfranchise

Question 32

Pray or petition humbly

Answer 32

Supplicate

Question 33

Willful giving of a false testimony

Answer 33

Perjury

Question 34

Deficient in respect or veneration

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Irreverent

Question 35

Give urgent advice, recommendations, warning

Answer 35

Exhort

Question 36

Not within limits, excessive

Answer 36

Inordinate

Question 37

Speak damaging of, defame, criticize

Answer 37

Denigrate

Question 38

Speak abusively

Answer 38

Revile

Question 39

Pleasing in appearance, attractive, fair

Answer 39

Comely

Question 40

Characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance

Answer 40

Haphazard

Question 41

To move or act with haste

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Hasten

Question 42

To imprison, confine

Answer 42

Incarcerate

Question 43

A seeking request for truth, information or knowledge

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Inquiry

Question 44

To deprive something of value or effectiveness

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Nullify

Question 45

To find fault with or reproach severely

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Upbraid

Question 46

Agreeable, suitable or pleasing in nature or character

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Congenial

Question 47

Concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading, fraud, cheating

Answer 47

Deceit

Question 48

To establish oneself in the favor or good graces of someone, esp. with deliberate effort

Answer 48

Ingratiate

Question 49

Being in that place or over there, being that or those over there

Answer 49

Yonder

Question 50

To cause or produce as an effect

Answer 50

Beget

Question 51

A strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance or antipathy

Answer 51

Aversion

Question 52

Outward aspect or appearance

Answer 52

Semblance

Question 53

To attribute or ascribe

Answer 53

Impute

Question 54

To find fault with or blame

Answer 54

Reproach

Question 55

To accustom as to a particular situation

Answer 55

Habituate

Question 56

Abundance of money, property and other material goods; riches or wealth

Answer 56

Affluence

Question 57

To disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate

Answer 57

Perturb

Question 58

To indicate in advance; to foreshadow

Answer 58

Portend

Question 59

High in station, rank or repute

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Eminent

Question 60

To confuse or puzzle completely; perplex

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Bewilder

Question 61

Utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating or wretched

Answer 61

Abject

Question 62

Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous as a person or facial expression

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Supercilious

Question 63

Disturbed, as in one's composure or self-possession; perturbed, ruffled

Answer 63

Disconcerted

Question 64

To perplex or amaze, especially by sudden disturbance or surprise

Answer 64

Confound

Question 65

A disposition or bent, especially of the mind or will

Answer 65

Inclination

Question 66

Anxious or concerned (usually followed by about, for, etc.)

Answer 66

Solicitous

Question 67

To accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain; toughen or harden

Answer 67

Inure

Question 68

To affect with sharp irritation and resentment, especially by some wound to pride; to excite

Answer 68

Pique