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Question | Answer |
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luminary | enlightening person |
animadversion | criticism |
filigree | lacy design |
convivial | jovial, festive |
sonorous | full-sounding |
hyperbole | overstatement |
bonhomie | good-naturedness |
mutable | changeable |
impute | attribute discredit |
paradigm | model |
exorbitant | outrageous |
bon viviant | indulger in luxury |
eulogy | words of praise |
saturnine | gloomy and remote |
status quo | the present state |
bona fide | in good faith |
subterfuge | evasive dodge |
chronic | lasting |
cognomen | nickname |
germane | related |
expatriate | banish |
sedentary | sitting |
euphoria | joy |
pusillanimous | small-minded |
anarchist | one opposed to government |
lum | light |
anim | mind |
fil | thread |
viv | life |
son | sound |
hyper | over |
bon | good |
muta | change |
put | think |
para | beside |
ex | out |
eu | good |
log | word |
ine | nature of |
sta | stop |
sub | under |
fug | flee |
chron | time |
cogn | know |
nom | name |
germ | related |
patri | father |
sed | sit |
phor | carry |
an | not |
vociferous | loudly-voiced |
emollient | softener |
plutocracy | government of the wealthy |
delineate | to outline |
retrograde | backward |
magnate | powerful person |
circumvent | get around |
surfeit | excess |
temporize | delay |
diffident | shy |
eccentricity | oddness |
epigram | witty comment |
anomaly | abnormality |
tangible | touchable |
egocentric | self-centered |
pedagogue | teacher |
intercede | mediate |
abjure | renounce |
intractable | stubborn |
ingenuous | innocent and naive |
magnanimous | great-minded |
malevolence | bad will |
commensurate | of like measure |
captious | fault finding |
prototype | model |
fer | carry |
moll | soft |
cracy | government |
de | down |
grade | step |
magn | great |
circum | around |
sur | over |
tempor | time |
fid | faith |
centri | center |
epi | on |
a | not |
tang | touch |
ego | I |
agog | leader |
inter | between |
cede | go |
ab | away |
jur | swear |
tract | pull |
gen | origin |
mens | measure |
capt | take |
proto | first |