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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| tantamount | equal value |
| subversive | rebellious |
| conducive | tending to cause |
| amenable | agreeable |
| stricture | limit |
| sedentary | inactive |
| influx | an inward flow |
| rigorous | grueling |
| patina | a sheen on a surface resulting from age |
| impasse | stalemate |
| wunderkind | prodigy |
| acumen | keenness |
| nanotechnology | the use of a singleatoms and molecules to construct microscopic devices |
| notarize | to certify legally |
| piquant | spicy |
| malodorous | stinky |
| pungent | sharp taste |
| placebo | fake drug |
| junta | a military groupruling a country |
| pinnacle | peak |
| mollify | to soothe |
| perjury | the act of lying under oath |
| plaintive | expressing sorry |
| erroneous | incorrect |
| concurrent | happening at the same time |
| negligible | insignificant |
| renege | to break a promise |
| precept | a principle to live by |
| visage | facial expression |
| irrevocable | irreversible |
| confute | to argue |
| meritorious | deserving of an award |
| mezzanine | lowest balcony in a theatre |
| tribulation | difficult experience |
| recumbent | lying down |
| dynasty | a succession of rulers from the same family |
| purport | to claim |
| forte | an area of expertise |
| kleptomania | continual urge to steal |
| renown | state of being well known |
| ineffable | indescribable |
| fortitude | strength in adversity |
| botch | to ruin through clumsiness |
| perennial | lasting indefinately |
| brinkmanship | pushing dangerous situations to the edge |