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42 words i missed
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Contrite | regretful/seeking forgiveness |
| Contumacious | stubbornly disobedient to authority |
| Desultory | lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm |
| Dissemble | to mislead/pretend |
| Effete | decadent, self-indulgent, useless |
| Expatiate | to speak/write at length/detail |
| Expiate | to atone for (guilt/sin) |
| Fatuous | silly and pointless |
| Fulminate | to loudly denounce |
| Ignominious | disgraceful/shameful |
| Imprecation | a spoken curse |
| Impugn | to dispute the validity of |
| Impute | attribute, ascribe |
| Indigent | poor, needy |
| Infelicitous | inappropriate |
| Inimical | damaging/harmful |
| Insouciant | unconcern/nonchalance |
| Intemperance | indulgence of passions/appetites |
| Intransigent | uncompromising |
| Inveigle | to obtain by deception or flattery |
| Inveterate | having a particular habit/interest that is unlikely to change |
| Limpid | completely clear, unclouded |
| Meretricious | apparently attractive but having no real value |
| Obsequious | servile/subservient |
| Perfidy | deceitfulness, untrustworthiness. |
| Petulant | cranky/rude |
| Pithy | precise and brief |
| Plangent | loud, reverberating, often melancholy |
| Pluck | courage, fortitude |
| Probity | the quality of adhering to the highest moral principles |
| Prolixity | tediously wordy |
| Recondite | not easily understood |
| Remonstrate | to protest/object |
| Sardonic | cynical |
| Sedulous | showing dedication and diligence |
| Sententious | moralizing in a pompous manner |
| Suppliant | making a plea to someone of authority |
| Trenchant | vigorous or incisive in expression or style |
| Truculent | fierce, cruel |
| Venal | bribable, corruptible |
| Venerate | to regard with great respect/awe |
| Vitiate | to impair the quality of |