Vocabulary Association-G

Question 1

Gain Favor

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Answer 1

ingratiate - gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts

placate- cause to be more favorable inclined; gain the good will of

propitious- presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success

sycophant- a person who tires to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage

Question 2

Generous

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Answer 2

largess- extreme generosity and giving
magnanimous - noble and generous in spirit especially towards a rival or someone less powerful
munificent- very generous
unstinting- very generous

Question 3

Gloomy

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Answer 3

bleak- having a depressing or gloomy outlook
morose- ill tempered and not inclined to talk, gloomy
saturnine- morose or gloomy

Question 4

Greed

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Answer 4

avaricious- excessively greedy
avarice- greed (one of the seven deadly sins)
cupidity- greed for money

Question 5

Group

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Answer 5

internecine- (of conflict) within a group or organization

perquisite- a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (hereditary)

Question 6

Growth
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Answer 6

burgeon- grow and flourish
coalesce- fuse or cause to grow together
check- to limit; modifying growth; the condition of being held back or limited

Question 7

Guilt

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Answer 7

culpability- state of guilt
exonerate- pronounce not guilty of criminal charge
extenuaing- making less guilty or more forgivable