Words 5

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candescent

Answer 1

glowing or dazzling from great heat

Question 2

candor

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unreserved, honest expression

Question 3

incarnation

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a particular physical form or state
a particular life
the embodiment of a deity or concept

Question 4

carnal

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bodily, corporeal

relating to the physical feelings and desires of the body

Question 5

florid

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tinged with red, ruddy

marked by emotional or sexual fervor

Question 6

devious

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deviating from a right, accepted, or common course

cunning

Question 7

intransitive

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characterized by having a direct object

Question 8

ambient

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existing or present on all sides

Question 9

ambience

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the feeling or mood associated or elicited by a place

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seditious

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intending to incite resistance to or insurrection against the government

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derelict

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abandoned, rundown

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innocuous

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harmless, inoffensive

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ambivalence

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simultaneous and contradictory feelings or attitudes towards an object, person, or action
uncertainty about feelings or course of action

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efflorescence

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flowering

developing, blossoming

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noxious

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harmful + unpleasant

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evanescent

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lasting only for a short time, then disappearing

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provenance

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origin, source

history of ownership of a valued object or work of art

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subvention

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assistance or financial support given for a specific purpose

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circumvent

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to manage to get around, especially by ingenuity

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dereliction

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intentional abandonment

intentional or conscious neglect

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via

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by way of, by use of

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obviate

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to make (something) unnecessary
to anticipate + prevent something
to remove (a need or difficulty)

Question 23

contravention

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violation, contradiction

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obit

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a notice of a person’s death, usually with a short biographical account

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voracious

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very eager, especially for food

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facile

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shallow, simplistic

fluent, poised, assured

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facility

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ability to do something easily or well

a building where a particular activity occurs

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pellucid

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very clear, shining

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lucid

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clearly expressed + easy to understand

having full use of one’s faculties

Question 30

translucent

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allowing some light to pass through

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candid

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honest

blunt

Question 32

defection

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desertion of one’s country or cause in favour of an opposing one

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irascible

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easily angered or provoked

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obnoxious

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very offensive, unpleasant, or rude

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pre-adolescent

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a child that has not yet hit puberty

Question 36

ire

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anger

Question 37

inefficiency

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the quality of not producing the intended effect and wasting resources

Question 38

delinquent

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a person who behaves in an illegal or generally unacceptable way

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deviant

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straying from an accepted norm

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trival

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insignificant, trifling

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obsolescence

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the process of going out of style or becoming outdated

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obsolete

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out of style or outdated

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ambivalent

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having or showing simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings about someone or something

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omnificent

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unlimited in creative power

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omnipotence

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the quality of having virutally unlimited authority or influence

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Omnibus

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an automotive public vehicle designed to carry a large number of passengers

Question 47

omniscient

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all-knowing

Question 48

omnivore

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an organism that eats both meat and plants