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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bagatelle | a trifle |
| clandestine | secret, hidden, furtive |
| concoct | to make by combining ingredients, to plan |
| concur | occur at the same time, to act together, to agree |
| condescend | to be gracious about doing a thing beneath one's dignity |
| conflagration | a big destructive fire |
| confront | to face boldly |
| connubial | of marriage |
| decrepit | broken or worn down by age or use |
| ethics | study of conduct and moral judgment, system of morals |
| extant | still existing |
| extortion | the act of getting something by force or threats |
| imperceptible | not easily perceived |
| incompatibility | not getting along well together or not going well together |
| infallible | incapable of error |
| landmark | any important event in the development of something |
| monolithic | something massive, unified, unyielding |
| perspicacious | having keen judgment |
| quell | to crush, subdue, to quiet |
| respite | a delay, postponement, temporary relief, rest |
| sedate | calm and dignified |
| sinecure | any position that brings profit while requiring little work |
| stupor | a dazed condition |
| superficial | of or being on the surface |
| surreptitious | done, got, made acting, etc. in a stealthy way |