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Question 1

abacus

Answer 1

frame with balls for calculating

Question 2

abate

Answer 2

to lessen to subside

Question 3

abdication

Answer 3

giving up control authority

Question 4

aberration

Answer 4

straying away from what is normal

Question 5

abet

Answer 5

help/encourage smb (in doing wrong)

Question 6

abeyance

Answer 6

suspended action

Question 7

abhor

Answer 7

to hate to detest

Question 8

abide

Answer 8

be faithful to endure

Question 9

abjure

Answer 9

promise or swear to give up

Question 10

abraded

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rubbed off worn away by friction

Question 11

abrogate

Answer 11

repeal or annul by authority

Question 12

abscond

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to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest)

Question 13

abstruse

Answer 13

difficult to comprehend obscure

Question 14

abut

Answer 14

border on

Question 15

abysmal

Answer 15

bottomless extreme

Question 16

acarpous

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effete no longer fertile worn out

Question 17

acclaimed

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welcomed with shouts and approval

Question 18

accolade

Answer 18

praise approval

Question 19

accretion

Answer 19

the growing of separate things into one

Question 20

adamant

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kind of stone inflexible

Question 21

admonitory

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containing warning

Question 22

adorn

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add beauty decorate

Question 23

adulteration

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making unpure poorer in quality

Question 24

affable

Answer 24

polite and friendly

Question 25

affinity

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close connection relationship

Question 26

aggravate

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make worse irritate

Question 27

agile

Answer 27

active quick-moving

Question 28

agog

Answer 28

eager/excited

Question 29

ail

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trouble be ill

Question 30

alacrity

Answer 30

eager and cheerful readiness

Question 31

alcove

Answer 31

recess/partially enclosed place

Question 32

allegiance

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duty support loyalty

Question 33

alleviate

Answer 33

make (pain) easier to bear

Question 34

alloy

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to debase by mixing with something inferior

Question 35

aloof

Answer 35

reserved indifferent

Question 36

amalgamate

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mix combine unite societies

Question 37

ambidextrous

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able to use the left hand or the right equally well

Question 38

ambiguous

Answer 38

doubtful uncertain

Question 39

ambivalent

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having both of two contrary meanings

Question 40

ameliorate

Answer 40

improve make better

Question 41

amortize

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end (a debt) by setting aside money

Question 42

anguish

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severe suffering

Question 43

animosity

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strong dislike

Question 44

antidote

Answer 44

medicine used against a poison or a disease

Question 45

antithetical

Answer 45

direct opposing

Question 46

apartheid

Answer 46

brutal racial discrimination

Question 47

aplomb

Answer 47

self-confidence

Question 48

apostate

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one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions

Question 49

apotheosis

Answer 49

deification glorification to godliness

Question 50

appease

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make quiet or calm

Question 51

apprehensive

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grasping understanding fear unhappy feeling about future

Question 52

apprise

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give notice to inform

Question 53

approbation

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approval

Question 54

apropos

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appropriate to the situation apt

Question 55

apt

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well-suited quick-witted

Question 56

arabesque

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a complex ornate design

Question 57

arboreal

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of connected with trees

Question 58

ardor

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enthusiasm

Question 59

arduous

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steep difficult ascent laborious

Question 60

argot

Answer 60

jargon slang

Question 61

arrant

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in the highest degree

Question 62

arrogance

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proud superior manner of behaviour

Question 63

articulate

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speak distinctly connect by joints

Question 64

ascend

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go or come up

Question 65

ascertain

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get to know

Question 66

ascetic

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practicing self-denial austere stark

Question 67

ascribe

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consider to be the origin of or belonging to

Question 68

aseptic

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surgically clean

Question 69

asperity

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roughness harshness ill temper irritability

Question 70

aspersion

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slander

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assail

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with attack violently

Question 72

assiduous

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diligent hard-working sedulous

Question 73

assuage

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make smth (pain desire) less

Question 74

asterisk

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the mark \* (e.g.. omitted letters)

Question 75

astringent

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substance that shrinks

Question 76

astute

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clever quick at seeing to get an advantage

Question 77

atonement

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repayment death of Jesus

Question 78

attenuate

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make thin. weaken enervate

Question 79

attune

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bring into harmony

Question 80

audacious

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daring foolishly bold impudent

Question 81

augury

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omen sign

Question 82

august

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majestic venerable

Question 83

auspicious

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favorable successful prosperous

Question 84

austere

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severely moral and strict simple and plain

Question 85

auxiliary

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helping supporting

Question 86

aver

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affirm assert prove justify

Question 87

aversion

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strong dislike

Question 88

avid

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eager greedy

Question 89

avow

Answer 89

admit. Declare openly