Word List 3

Question 1

Converse

Answer 1

Chat; Talk informally

Question 2

Docile

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Obedient; Easily managed

Question 3

Intrepid

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Fearless

Question 4

Despot

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Tyrant; Harsh, authoritarian ruler

Question 5

Incidental

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Not essential; Minor

Question 6

Abut

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Border upon; Adjoin

Question 7

Apolitical

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Having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs

Question 8

Shambles

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Wreck; Mess

Question 9

Comely

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Attractive; Agreeable

Question 10

Pedagogy

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Teaching; Art of education

Question 11

Stanza

Answer 11

Division of a poem

Question 12

Defer

Answer 12

Give in respectfully; Submit; Delay

Question 13

Lexicon

Answer 13

Dictionary

Question 14

Impecunious

Answer 14

Without money

Question 15

Enthrall

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Capture; Enslave

Question 16

Bane

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Cause of ruin; Curse

Question 17

Slight

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Insult to one’s dignity; Snub

Question 18

Limpid

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Clear

Question 19

Declivity

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Downward slope

Question 20

Blighted

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Suffering from a disease; destroyed

Question 21

Bumptious

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Self-assertive

Question 22

Malicious

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Hateful; Spiteful

Question 23

Perfidious

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Treacherous; Disloyal

Question 24

Carnivorous

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Meat-eating

Question 25

Debilitate

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Weaken; Enfeeble

Question 26

Arable

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Fit for growing crops

Question 27

Execute

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Put into effect; Carry out

Question 28

Apprise

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Inform

Question 29

Winnow

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Sift; Separate good parts from bad

Question 30

Virtue

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Goodness, moral excellence; Good quality

Question 31

Diversion

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Act of turning aside; Pastime

Question 32

Incisive

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Cutting; Sharp

Question 33

Quiver

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Case for arrows; Tremble

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Wan

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Having a pale or sickly color; Pallid

Question 35

Noxious

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Harmful

Question 36

Herbivorous

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Grain-eating

Question 37

Irrevocable

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Unalterable; Irreversible

Question 38

Pigment

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Coloring matter

Question 39

Inclement

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Stormy; Unkind

Question 40

Predator

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Creature that seizes and devours another animal; Person who robs or exploits others

Question 41

Betoken

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Signify; Indicate

Question 42

Hostility

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Unfriendliness; Hatred

Question 43

Retroactive

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Of a law that dates back to a period before its enactment

Question 44

Mite

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Very small object or creature; Small coin

Question 45

Jargon

Answer 45

Language used by a special group; Technical terminology; Gibberish