| Question |
Answer |
| factious |
causing disagreement; belligerent
|
| ignoble |
dishonorable; shameful |
| aegis |
shield; protection |
| perspicacity |
keenness of judgement |
| fervent |
eager; earnest; passionate
|
| rectify |
correct; remedy |
| enervate |
to weaken |
| besiege |
to overwhelm; to surround and attack |
| ephemeral |
lasting only a brief time; short-lived; transient |
| altruism |
generosity; magnanimity; unselfishness |
| carrion |
decaying flesh |
| opulent |
rich; wealthy |
| impotent |
powerless; helpless |
| maelstrom |
whirlpool; turbulence; agitated state of mind |
| emendation |
a correction |
| chagrin |
embarrassment |
| bauble |
a showy but useless item; trinket |
| diaphanous |
very sheer and light; transparent |
| gloat |
to look or think about with great satisfaction; revel |
| impediment |
barrier; obstruction |
| bestial |
savage; brutal |
| effete |
worn out; barren |
| shard |
fragment |
| nihilism |
total rejection of the established laws. |
| litany |
any long, repetitive, or dull recital |
| moratorium |
a suspension of activity; postponement |
| zealous |
fervent; fanatical |
| desiccate |
to dry out; dehydrate |
| wrenching |
causing mental, or physical pain; agonoizing |
| interminable |
tiresome and long; tedious |
| arable |
suitable for cultivation; fertile |
| truncate |
to shorten |
| ubiquitous |
omnipresent |
| vernacular |
everyday language |
| equanimity |
composure; calmness |
| metamorphous |
transformation or dramatic change; mutation |
| donnybrook |
a fight; uproar |
| nonchalant |
unconcerned; indifferent |
| vestige |
a trace or evidence of something that once existed |
| interlocutor |
someone who participates in conversation |
| procrustean |
strictly disregarding individual circumstances; ruthless. |
| stygian |
dark and forbidding; shadowy |
| sophistry |
a delibrately deceptive argument; chicanery; ruse |
| carte blanche |
boundless authority; unlimited poer to act |
| incantation |
a chant; a recited magical spell |
| rife |
abundant; prevalent |
| nomenclature |
terminology |
| brigand |
robber or bandit |
| contemptuous |
arrogant; haughty |
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