week 5

Question 0

brusque

Answer 0

-characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner

Question 1

Abstruse

Answer 1

-Hard to understand because of being extremely complex, intellectually demanding, highly abstract

Question 2

deter

Answer 2

-to turn aside, discourage, or prevent from acting

Question 3

elliptical

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-In the shape of an ellipse, which is basically an oval.

Question 4

futile

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-incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless

Question 5

lewd

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-Sexually unchaste or licentious: obscene, vulgar

Question 6

muse

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• NOUN: to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject; to gaze wonderingly
• VERB: A source of inspiration for poetry, literature or music, as in Greek mythology

Question 7

myriad

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-a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things; a multitude

Question 8

peruse

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-to examine or consider with attention and in detail : to study

Question 9

Stint

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To restrict or limit, as in amount or number; be sparing with

Question 10

temper

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-To modify by the addition of a moderating element; to moderate

Question 11

tryst

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-An appointment to meet at a certain time and place, especially one made somewhat secretly by lovers; an appointed meeting

Question 12

Stint

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To restrict or limit, as in amount or number; be sparing with

Question 13

temper

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-To modify by the addition of a moderating element; to moderate

Question 14

tryst

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-An appointment to meet at a certain time and place, especially one made somewhat secretly by lovers; an appointed meeting

Question 15

Stint

Answer 15

To restrict or limit, as in amount or number; be sparing with

Question 16

temper

Answer 16

-To modify by the addition of a moderating element; to moderate

Question 17

tryst

Answer 17

-An appointment to meet at a certain time and place, especially one made somewhat secretly by lovers; an appointed meeting