Word List 3

Question 1

anathema

Answer 1

solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse

Question 2

ancillary

Answer 2

serving as an aid or accessory; auxiliary

Question 3

animus

Answer 3

hostile feeling or intent

Question 4

annex

Answer 4

attach; take possession of

Question 5

annul

Answer 5

make void

Question 6

anomalous

Answer 6

abnormal; irregular

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antecede

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precede

Question 8

antecedents

Answer 8

preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background

Question 9

anthology

Answer 9

book of literary selections by various authors

Question 10

anticlimax

Answer 10

letdown in thought or emotion

Question 11

antipathy

Answer 11

aversion; dislike

Question 12

antiquated

Answer 12

obsolete; outdated

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antithesis

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contrast; direct opposite of or two

Question 14

apathy

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lack of caring; indifference

Question 15

apex

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tip; summit; climax

Question 16

aplomb

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poise; assurance

Question 17

apocryphal

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spurious; not authentic; invented rather than true

Question 18

apolitical

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having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs

Question 19

apologist

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one who writes in defense of a cause or institution

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apostate

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one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs

Question 21

apparition

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ghost; phantom

Question 22

append

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attach

Question 23

application

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diligent attnetion

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apposite

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appropriate; fitting

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apprehend

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arrest; dread; perceive

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apprise

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inform

Question 27

approbation

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approval

Question 28

appropriate

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acquire; take possession of for one’s own use

Question 29

apropos

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to the point and timely

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aptitude

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fitness; talent

Question 31

arable

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fit for growing crops

Question 32

arbiter

Answer 32

person with power to decide a matter in dispute; judge

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arbitrary

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unreasonable or capricious; tyrannical

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arbitrate

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act as a judge

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arcane

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secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated

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archaic

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antiquated

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archetype

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prototype; primitive pattern

Question 38

archives

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public records

Question 39

ardor

Answer 39

heat; passion; zeal

Question 40

arduous

Answer 40

hard; strenuous