Vocabulary 5

Question 1

Lacuna

Answer 1

An un filled space; a gap

Question 2

Proletariat

Answer 2

working-class people regarded collectively (often used with reference to Marxism).

Question 3

Obfuscating

Answer 3

gerund or present participle: obfuscating

make obscure, unclear, or unintelligible.

bewilder (someone).

Question 4

Secular

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Not connected with religious or spiritual matters

(Of clergy) Not subject to or bound by religious rule; not belonging to or living in a monastic or other order.

Question 5

Covenant

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An agreement

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Angst

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A feeling of deep anxiety or dread, typically an unfocused one about the human condition or the state of the world in general.

a feeling of persistent worry about something trivial.

Question 7

Rescind

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Take back, cancel.
Revoke, or repeal.

Question 8

Dilettante

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Dabbler

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Gumption

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Resourcefulness

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Pithy

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Concise yet expressive

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Tractable

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Easily managed

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Internecine

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Marked by internal strife

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Trenchant

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Incisive

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Hackneyed

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Cliche

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Acerbic

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Harsh

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Piquant

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Pungent in taste

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Guileless

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Without deceit

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Churlish

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Ill-mannered

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Paucity

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Lack of

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Anathema

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Defeated person

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Dissemble

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Act deceitfully

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Coterminous

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Equal in scope

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Heretic

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Dissenter

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Quail

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Draw back in fear

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Embroiled

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In an argument

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Frivolous

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Not serious

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Untrammelled

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Not limited to

Question 28

Espouse

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Support a cause

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Vindicate

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Clear of blame

Question 30

Ineluctable

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Unavoidable

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Duress

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Compulsory force

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Abstruse

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Incomprehensible

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Macabre

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Gruesome

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Fortuitous

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Based on chance

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Demure

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Modest, shy

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Litany

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Long account

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Untoward

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Inconvenient

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Untoward

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Inconvenient

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Derelict

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Avoiding duties

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Grovel

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Show fear

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Apostate

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Rejector of faith

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Qualm

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Uneasiness

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Frivolous

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Not serious

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Maunder

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Wander

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Hector

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Bully

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Culpability

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State of guilt

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Provincial

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Unsophisticated

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Supplant

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Take the place of

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Bumbling

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Clumsy

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Sybarite

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Lover of luxury

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Glib

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Insincere

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Incumbent

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Necessary

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Recrudesce

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Relapse

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Aberration

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Deviation

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Saturnine

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Gloomy

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Craven

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Cowardly

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Arriviste

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Upstart

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Finagle

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Get through trickery

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Tenacious

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Not giving up

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Fractious

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Broken into parts

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Panache

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Distinctive style