Vocabulary

Question 1

(adj.) skillful; nimble

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deft

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(adj.) sincere; real; without pretense

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unfeigned

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(adj.) filthy; wretched; debased

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squalid

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(n.) treachery; deceitfulness

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duplicity

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(adj.) disorderly; riotous; violent; stormy

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turbulent

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(v.) to yield to; to assume an office or dignity

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accede

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(adj.) easily bent; flexible; easily influenced

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pliable

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(v.) to affirm openly; to state belief in; to claim, pretend

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profess

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(v.) to include or contain; to be made up of

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compromise

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(n.) a period of rest or relief

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respite

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(adj.) quarrelsome; inclined to argue

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contentious

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(adj.) open to or marked by bribery or corruption

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venal

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(adj.) still existing; not exterminated; destroy or lost

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extant

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(adj.) meddling; excessively forward in offering services or assuming authority

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officious

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(adj.) dignified; majestic

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stately

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(adj.) abundant; plentiful; wordy; verbose

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copious

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(adj.) prone to act in a hasty manner; impudent

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brash

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(adj.) deeply affecting; touching; keen or sharp in taste or smell

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poignant

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(v.) to inflict physical punishment, as a means of correction; to scold severely

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chastise

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(adj.) hasty; not thorough

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cursory

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(adj.) old and feeble; worn-out; ruined

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decrepit

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(n.) the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example

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quintessence

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(n.) an injury done in return for an injury

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reprisal

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(adj.) clear, transparent; readily understood

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limpid

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(adj.) intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous

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insidious

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(v.) to walk heavily or slowly; to work slowly

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plod

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(adj.) having a deep-seated distaste; opposed; unwilling

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averse

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(v.) to do without; give up voluntarily; to put off temporarily; defer

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waive

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(adj.) given to much talking; tediously chatty

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garrulous

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(n.) a payment for damage or loss

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indemnity

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(adj.) shy; lacking self-confidence; modest, reserved

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diffident

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(n.) a state of perplexity or doubt

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quandary

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(adj.) causing a sharp sensation; stinging or biting

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pungent

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(n.) a strict disciplinarian; a stickler for the rules

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martinet

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(adj.) very enthusiastic; impassioned

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ardent

Question 36

(v. ) to utter taunting words | (n. ) an expression of scorn

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gibe

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(v. ) to take great pleasure in | (n. ) a wild celebration

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revel

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(v.) to praise extravagantly

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extol

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(adj.) rumpled, mussed; hanging in disorder

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disheveled

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(adj.) inflicting or aiming at punishment

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punitive

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(n.) a lack, scarcity, inadequate supply; a famine

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dearth

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(adj.) possible; able to be done

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feasible

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(adj., part.) deprived of; made unhappy through loss

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bereft

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(adj.) stubbornly disobedient; resisting authority

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recalcitrant

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(adj.) spiteful; showing ill will

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malevolent

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(adj.) roomy; spacious

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commodious

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(adj.) unconquerable; refusing to yield

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indomitable

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(v.) to see clearly; recognize

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discern

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(v.) to make larger; increase

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augment

Question 50

(v. ) to regard highly | (n. ) a highly favorable opinion or judgement

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esteem

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(adj.) full, deep, or rich in sound; impressive in style

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sonorous

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(v.) to anticipate and prevent; to remove; dispose of

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obviate

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(adj.) proud and contemptuous; showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority

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supercilious

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(v.) to rejoice greatly

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exult

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(n.) strong dislike; bitter hostility

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animosity

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(adj.) not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance

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impervious

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(adj.) deprived of the necessities of life; lacking in

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destitute

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(v. ) to turn aside; to stray from the norm (n. ) one who departs from the norm (adj. ) differing from the norm; heterodox; unconventional

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deviate