Vocab 6

Question 1

satire

Answer 1

a literary work attacking human vice

Question 2

scavenge

Answer 2

to search through

Question 3

sectarian

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narrow-minded

Question 4

seditiousness

Answer 4

relating to language rebelling against authority

Question 5

seminal

Answer 5

highly influential

Question 6

severe

Answer 6

strict

Question 7

shirked

Answer 7

avoided or neglected

Question 8

skeptical

Answer 8

questioning

Question 9

slighting

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disparaging

Question 10

slights

Answer 10

deliberate discourtesies

Question 11

slovenly

Answer 11

untidy

Question 12

sneer

Answer 12

to make a contemptuous expression

Question 13

solicitous

Answer 13

full of desire, careful

Question 14

somnolence

Answer 14

sleepiness

Question 15

sonorous

Answer 15

producing a deep, rich sound

Question 16

soporific

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to induce sleep

Question 17

spare

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to treat mercifully

Question 18

spirit

Answer 18

the essence of something

Question 19

spontaneous

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not predictable

Question 20

spurious

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not genuine

Question 21

stalwarts

Answer 21

one who supports a cause

Question 22

staple

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a basic dietary item

Question 23

stigmatized

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characterized as disgraceful

Question 24

stimulation

Answer 24

creating sensation

Question 25

strenuous

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requiring great effort

Question 26

strident

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loud or shrill

Question 27

subjective

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taking place in a person’s mind

Question 28

subservience

Answer 28

subordination

Question 29

subsidence

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the act of sinking to a lower level

Question 30

substantiate

Answer 30

to support with proof

Question 31

substantive

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not subordinate

Question 32

subtle

Answer 32

not immediately obvious

Question 33

succumb to

Answer 33

to submit to an overwhelming force

Question 34

summation

Answer 34

addition

Question 35

superficial

Answer 35

near the surface

Question 36

supine

Answer 36

lying on the back and facing upward

Question 37

synergy

Answer 37

combining 2+ agents to have a greater force

Question 38

tabernacle

Answer 38

a place of worship

Question 39

taciturn

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silent

Question 40

tactile

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tangible

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temperate

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moderate behavior

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tendentious

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partisan

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tenuous

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flimsy

Question 44

tractable

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easily handled or controlled

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traverse

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to pass over or through

Question 46

trendsetter

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one who initiates a style or trend

Question 47

trite

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lacking power to evoke interest

Question 48

trivialized

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reduced to the quality of little significance

Question 49

trove

Answer 49

a collection of valuable items

Question 50

truncated

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to be cut off at the end

Question 51

tumult

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disorderly commotion

Question 52

ubiquitous

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widespread

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unanticipated

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not expected

Question 54

unconcerned

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indifferent

Question 55

unconventional

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out of the ordinary

Question 56

uncorroborated

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not strengthened with evidence

Question 57

underdog

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one at a disadvantage

Question 58

understatement

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a disclosure that is incomplete

Question 59

undistinguished

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ordinary

Question 60

unequivocal

Answer 60

clear and unambiguous