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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |