| Question |
Answer |
| felicitous |
pleasant, delightful, suitably expressed |
| euphonious |
pleasing to the ear |
| distend |
to expand, to swell |
| reciprocal |
mutual, shared, inversely relate |
| vacuous |
empty, vacant; stupid, inane |
| debacle |
disaster; failure |
| rectitude |
moral uprightness; righteousness |
| repudiate |
to reject the validity/authority of |
| sanctimonious |
feigning piety or righteousness |
| sophistry |
plausible but misleading or fallacious argument |
| chicanery |
trickery |
| reciprocate |
to return in kind; to mutually share |
| effrontery |
brazen boldness; presumptuousness |
| impugn |
to attack as false or questionable |
| pejorative |
belittling |
| prodigious |
monumental; huge; exciting wonder |
| ingenuous |
naïve; frank |
| ingenious |
clever; resourceful; guileful |
| chimerical |
fantastic or highly improbable |
| lucid |
clearly understood |
| euphemism |
vagary to substitute for harshness |
| orthodox |
adhering to tradition, esp. religion |
| dichotomous |
division between two contradictory or exclusive groups |
| didactic |
instructive, educational |
| extrapolate |
to infer from given info |
| circumspect |
prudent, discreet |
| husbandry |
application of science to agriculture; esp. breeding |
| perspicuous |
clear-sighted; shrewd |
| pragmatic |
practical |
| precocious |
genius at young age |
| staid |
unemotional (staid demeanor) |
| esoteric |
intended for only a small group |
| gaffe |
social error |
| potentate |
powerful person; monarch |
| vituperative |
bitingly caustic, abusive, condemning |
| contiguous |
touching boundaries |
| incontrovertible |
indisputable |
| indict |
to formally charge with crime |
| litigious |
prone to engaging in lawsuits |
| partisan |
biased/devoted to a specific party, group, or cause |
| parity |
equality, as in amount, status, or value |
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