Vocab

Question 1

Bilk

Answer 1

To swindle money

Question 2

Clemency

Answer 2

Mercy

Question 3

Contrite

Answer 3

Regretful

Question 4

Impute

Answer 4

To attribute the fault or responsibility

Question 5

Iniquity

Answer 5

Wickedness

Question 6

Redress

Answer 6

To right a wrong

Question 7

Reprehensible

Answer 7

Deserving of blame

Question 8

Restitution

Answer 8

Compensation for a loss

Question 9

Vindicate

Answer 9

To clear of blame

Question 10

Adduce

Answer 10

To cite an example or means of proof in argument

Question 11

Confound

Answer 11

To mix up

Question 12

Construe

Answer 12

To interpret

Question 13

Conundrum

Answer 13

A self-contradictory problem, a dilemma

Question 14

Cryptic

Answer 14

Having hidden meaning

Question 15

Equivocate

Answer 15

To use evasive language to mislead

Question 16

Paradox

Answer 16

Something departing from normal form

Question 17

Eccentricity

Answer 17

The quality of straying what is conventional

Question 18

Endemic

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Common in or unique to a certain location or population

Question 19

Incongruous

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Lacking in harmony

Question 20

Mundane

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Commonplace

Question 21

Outlandish

Answer 21

Strikingly bizarre

Question 22

Paragon

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Model of perfection

Question 23

Ubiquitous

Answer 23

Seeming to be everywhere at the same time

Question 24

Unwanted

Answer 24

Not habitual or ordinary, unusual

Question 25

Abscond

Answer 25

To leave quickly and secretly, often to avoid arrest