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1
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Define:

Pique

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v. stimulate interest; feel irritated or resentful

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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to envy; to give resentfully

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Begrudge

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Begrudge

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v. to envy; to give resentfully

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Disingenuous

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adj. not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does

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Austere

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adj. severe or strict manner, attitude, or appearance

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Arboreal

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adj. concerned with trees

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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. walking slowly and heavily; uninspired

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Plodding

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Sinewy

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adj. vigorous; having well-developed muscles

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Define:

Assay

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v. to try; to assess impurity or nature of something

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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. very dark

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Stygian

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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. (of a person or their actions) criminal or villainous

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Flagitious

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Lugubrious

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adj. looking or sounding sad or dismal

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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. concerned with the body

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Somatic

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Venal

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adj. corrupt; can be bribed

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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to hinder and prevent; hesitate over

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Balk

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Plaintive

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adj. sounding sad and mournful

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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does

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Disingenuous

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Baying

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v. (of a group of people) shout loudly, typically to demand something

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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. very religious

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Pious

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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to show irritation; (of hair or fur) stand upright away from the skin

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Bristle

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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. job which pays salary but requiring little effort

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Sinecure

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Define:

Aver

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v. allege as a fact

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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. stimulate interest; feel irritated or resentful

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Pique

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Lofty

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adj. snooty

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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. concerning interpretation especially of the bible or literary texts

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Hermeneutic

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Define:

At loggerheads

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in stubborn dispute or disagreement

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Define:

Insipid

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adj. lacking flavor, vigor, interest

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17
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to do something that one considers to be beneath one’s dignity

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Deign

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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. greed for money or material gain

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Avarice

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Define:

Exegetic

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n. critical explanation of a text

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Define:

Upshot

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n. the final or eventual outcome or conclusion of a discussion, action, or series of events

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Define:

Pedant

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n. person who insists on strict adherence to rules or with displaying academic learning

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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. a feeling of irritation or resentment resulting from a slight, esp. to one’s pride

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Piques

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19
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. con man

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Shyster

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Pariah

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n. outcast from society

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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. critical explanation of a text

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Exegetic

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Define:

Balk

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v. to hinder and prevent; hesitate over

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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. concerned with the sense of touch

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Tactile

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Simpatico

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adj. compatible; having shared interests or attributes

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25
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. person who insists on strict adherence to rules or with displaying academic learning

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Pedant

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Define:

Forbearing

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adj. (of a person) patient and restrained

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26
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. divide a region or body into smaller mutually hostile states or groups

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Balkanized

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Define:

Senescence

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n. condition or process of deterioration with age

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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. looking or sounding sad or dismal

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Lugubrious

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Define:

Forage

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v. to search for food

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29
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. type of fishing net

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Seine

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30
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Define:

Sinecure

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n. job which pays salary but requiring little effort

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31
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to express disapproval of; criticize

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Deprecate

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Define:

Polemical

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adj. causing debate or argument

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34
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. anything soothing

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Balm

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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. a statement that is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true

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Axioms

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Define:

Ponderous

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adj. weighty; slow and heavy

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38
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. cowardly

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Pusillanimous

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Define:

Bastion

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n. fortress; stronghold

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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. run with long strides

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Lope

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42
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. prophetess

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Sibyl

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43
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Define:

Tactile

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adj. concerned with the sense of touch

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Define:

Unprepossessing

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adj. not particularly attractive or appealing to the eye; unattractive

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Define:

Plodding

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v. walking slowly and heavily; uninspired

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Define:

Compendious

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adj. containing or presenting the essential facts of something in a comprehensive but concise way

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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. the final or eventual outcome or conclusion of a discussion, action, or series of events

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Upshot

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Define:

Portent

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n. warning sign

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Define:

Shrewd

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adj. having sharp powers of judgment

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Define:

Bristle

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v. to show irritation; (of hair or fur) stand upright away from the skin

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Define:

Deign

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v. to do something that one considers to be beneath one’s dignity

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Define:

Bedizened

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adj. dressed up or decorated guadily

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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. done pompously to impress

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Portentous

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54
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. lacking originality

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Banal

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Define:

Sidle

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v. walk in a furtive manner

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Define:

Pluck

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n. spirited and determined courage

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Define:

Somatic

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adj. concerned with the body

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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. sounding sad and mournful

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Plaintive

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60
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. severe or strict manner, attitude, or appearance

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Austere

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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. paying attention to small details

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Punctilious

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Define:

Hermeneutic

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adj. concerning interpretation especially of the bible or literary texts

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62
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to trim

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Prune

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63
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to measure depth of

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Plumb

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63
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. a cause of great distress or annoyance

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Bane

64
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Define:

Piques

A

n. a feeling of irritation or resentment resulting from a slight, esp. to one’s pride

65
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to grieve

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Pine

66
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Define:

Bard

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n. poet

66
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Define:

Brook

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v. to tolerate or allow; n. a small stream

67
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Define:

Plaudit

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n. praise

68
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Define:

Becloud

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v. to make more obscure

69
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Define:

Epistolary

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adj. concerned with letters

70
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Define:

Ebullient

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adj. very lively; cheerful

71
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Define:

Pallid

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adj. (of a person’s face) pale, typically because of poor health

72
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to make more obscure

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Becloud

73
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Define:

Expatiate

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v. to speak or write at great length

74
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. (of something considered wrong or immoral) conspicuously (clearly) or obviously offensive

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Flagrancy

76
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Define:

Shyster

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n. con man

77
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to search for food

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Forage

78
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Define:

Modish

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adj. conforming to or following what is currently popular and fashionable

78
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. a person who is concerned with the views of ordinary people

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Populist

79
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Define:

Unequivocal

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adj. leaving no doubt; unambiguous

80
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. dressed up or decorated guadily

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Bedizened

81
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to speak or write at great length

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Expatiate

83
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj.difficult to please; critical

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Carping

85
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Define:

Verisimilar

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adj. true to life

87
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Define:

Pious

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adj. very religious

88
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. feathers of a bird

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Plumage

89
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. poet

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Bard

90
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Define:

Portentous

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adj. done pompously to impress

90
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one’s advantage

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Astute

91
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. allege as a fact

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Aver

92
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. leaving no doubt; unambiguous

A

Unequivocal

94
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Define:

Deprecate

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v. to express disapproval of; criticize

95
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. unable or unwilling to believe something

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Incredulous

96
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. laze around; hang out

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Loll

97
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Define:

Pine

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v. to grieve

98
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable

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Ineluctable

99
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree; unnatural or abnormal

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Prodigious

100
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Define:

Prodigious

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adj. remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree; unnatural or abnormal

101
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. very eager or curious to hear or see something

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Agog

102
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to try; to assess impurity or nature of something

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Assay

103
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Define:

Lint

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n. soft material used to cover wounds

104
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. condition or process of deterioration with age

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Senescence

105
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Define:

Epaulet

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n. ornamental piece on clothing

106
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Define:

Lissome

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adj. thin, supple, and graceful

107
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Define:

Lubricious

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adj. offensively displaying or intended to arouse sexual desire

108
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Define:

Plumage

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n. feathers of a bird

109
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Define:

Carping

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adj.difficult to please; critical

110
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. having sharp powers of judgment

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Shrewd

112
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. praise

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Plaudit

113
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. ornamental piece on clothing

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Epaulet

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Define:

Prune

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v. to trim

116
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. self-taught person

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Autodidacts

117
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. (of a sound) loud, and reverberating, and often melancholy

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Plangent

118
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Define:

Baleful

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adj. threatening harm

119
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Define:

Avarice

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n. greed for money or material gain

120
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Define:

Repartee

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n. conversation or speech characterized by quick witty comments

121
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Define:

Stygian

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adj. very dark

122
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. (of a group of people) shout loudly, typically to demand something

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Baying

123
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. causing debate or argument

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Polemical

124
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to tolerate or allow; n. a small stream

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Brook

125
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. containing or presenting the essential facts of something in a comprehensive but concise way

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Compendious

127
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Define:

Lithe

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adj. flexible; supple

128
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. soft material used to cover wounds

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Lint

129
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. offensively displaying or intended to arouse sexual desire

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Lubricious

131
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. not particularly attractive or appealing to the eye; unattractive

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Unprepossessing

132
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. spirited and determined courage

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Pluck

133
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Define:

Pusillanimous

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adj. cowardly

134
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. weighty; slow and heavy

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Ponderous

136
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Define:

Simulacrum

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n. an unsatisfactory imitation or substitute

137
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. compatible; having shared interests or attributes

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Simpatico

138
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

in stubborn dispute or disagreement

A

At loggerheads

139
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Define:

Seine

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n. type of fishing net

140
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. flexible; supple

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Lithe

141
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. outcast from society

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Pariah

142
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Define:

Sibyl

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n. prophetess

143
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. corrupt; can be bribed

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Venal

146
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Define:

Bane

A

n. a cause of great distress or annoyance

147
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. conforming to or following what is currently popular and fashionable

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Modish

148
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. warning sign

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Portent

149
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Define:

Banal

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adj. lacking originality

150
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Define:

Agog

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adj. very eager or curious to hear or see something

151
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Define:

Vagrant

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n. a wanderer

152
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. threatening harm

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Baleful

154
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Define:

Axioms

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n. a statement that is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true

155
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. (of a person’s face) pale, typically because of poor health

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Pallid

156
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to spread to other sites

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Metastasize

157
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Define:

Lope

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v. run with long strides

158
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. concerned with trees

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Arboreal

160
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Define:

Metastasize

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v. to spread to other sites

161
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. walk in a furtive manner

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Sidle

162
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to speak pompously or dogmatically

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Pontificate

163
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Define:

Punctilious

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adj. paying attention to small details

164
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. concerned with letters

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Epistolary

165
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. a wanderer

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Vagrant

166
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. fortress; stronghold

A

Bastion

168
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Define:

Loll

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v. laze around; hang out

169
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Define:

Pontificate

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v. to speak pompously or dogmatically

170
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. conversation or speech characterized by quick witty comments

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Repartee

171
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Define:

Astute

A

adj. having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one’s advantage

172
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Define:

Balkanized

A

v. divide a region or body into smaller mutually hostile states or groups

173
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. thin, supple, and graceful

A

Lissome

174
Q

Define:

Incredulous

A

adj. unable or unwilling to believe something

175
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. vigorous; having well-developed muscles

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Sinewy

176
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. lacking flavor, vigor, interest

A

Insipid

177
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. (of a person) patient and restrained

A

Forbearing

178
Q

Define:

Flagrancy

A

adj. (of something considered wrong or immoral) conspicuously (clearly) or obviously offensive

180
Q

Define:

Flagitious

A

adj. (of a person or their actions) criminal or villainous

182
Q

Define:

Plangent

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adj. (of a sound) loud, and reverberating, and often melancholy

183
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. snooty

A

Lofty

184
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. an unsatisfactory imitation or substitute

A

Simulacrum

185
Q

Define:

Plumb

A

v. to measure depth of

186
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. true to life

A

Verisimilar

187
Q

Define:

Ineluctable

A

adj. unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable

188
Q

Define:

Fettle

A

n. condition; v. make or repair

190
Q

Define:

Populist

A

n. a person who is concerned with the views of ordinary people

191
Q

Define:

Autodidacts

A

n. self-taught person

192
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. condition; v. make or repair

A

Fettle

193
Q

Define:

Balm

A

n. anything soothing

194
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. very lively; cheerful

A

Ebullient

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