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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abate | to reduce in amount, degree, or severity |
| abscond | to leave secretly |
| aggrandize | to increase in power, influence, and reputation |
| ameliorate | to make better, improve |
| anachronism | something out of place in time |
| antipathy | extreme dislike |
| arbitrate | to judge a dispute between two opposing parties |
| ardor | intense and passionate feeling |
| assuage | to make something unpleasant less severe |
| austere | severe or stern in appearance/undecorated |
| banal | predictable or cliched |
| bolster | to support |
| bombastic | pompous in speech and manner |
| capricious | changing one's mind quickly and often |
| castigate | to punish or criticize harshly |
| caustic | biting in wit |
| chauvinist | someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which one belongs |
| chicanery | deception by means of craft or guile |
| cogent | |
| corroborate | to provide supporting evidence |