Vocab

Question 1

Adage

Answer 1

Old saying

Question 2

Apprise

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To give notice, to inform

Question 3

Chasm

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A deep hole

Question 4

Contrition

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Remorse for having done wrong

Question 5

Explicate

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Unfold the meaning of sense, to explain, to clarify

Question 6

Fortitude

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Mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty or danger

Question 7

Pragmatic

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Pertaining to a practical point of view or practical considerations

Question 8

Prescience

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Knowing things before they exist or happen

Question 9

Surly

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Rude

Question 10

Voracity

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Consume great amounts of food

Question 11

Divest

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To take away from a person

Question 12

Fecund

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Fruitful in offspring or vegetation

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Insuperable

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Incapable of being passed over

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Interlope

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To intrude or interfere wrongly

Question 15

Myriad

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Indefinite number

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Onerous

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Troublesome

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Panacea

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A cure-all

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Precocious

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Mature in development

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Querulous

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Complaining

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Rue

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To feel regret

Question 21

Assail

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To attack violently with blows or words

Question 22

Capitulate

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Agreed upon terms

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Circumspect

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Cautious, prudent, wary

Question 24

Clamber

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To climb using both feet, climb with effort or difficulty

Question 25

Heterogeneous

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Composed of dissimilar elements, parts, or ingredients

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Malcontent

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Uneasy, dissatisfied

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Obsequious

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Obedient or attentive to a fawning, submissive degree

Question 28

Quintessence

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The pure and concentrated essence of something

Question 29

Tutelage

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Act of guarding or protecting

Question 30

Visage

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Look of a person or animal

Question 31

Affable

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Easy to talk to

Question 32

Alacrity

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Cheerful readiness

Question 33

Craven

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Lacking courage, being cowardly

Question 34

Ineffectual

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Unavailing

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Meander

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To follow a winding or intricate course

Question 36

Nuance

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A subtle distinction of variation

Question 37

Null

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Invalid

Question 38

Patrician

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1. ) Taste in manor | 2. ) A person of high birth

Question 39

Placate

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To calm and sooth

Question 40

Repartee

Answer 40

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