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VP2 Set 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abortive | Ending without results |
| Accretion | Growth in size, increase in amount |
| Actuate | To put in motion |
| Acuity | Sharp vision or perception characterized by the ability to resolve fine detail |
| Adulation | Excessive flattery or admiration |
| Allay | Alleviate; soothe |
| Amity | Friendship; goodwill |
| Aplomb | Self-confident assurance; poise |
| Apprise | To give notice to; inform |
| Balk | To stop short and refuse to go on |
| Beatific | Displaying calmness and joy; relating to a state of celestial happiness |
| Bedraggle | Soiled, wet and limp; dilapidated |
| Beget | To produce, especially as an effect or outgrowth; to bring about |
| Behemoth | Something of monstrous size or power; huge creature |
| Berate | To scold harshly |
| Blasphemous | Profane; extremely irreverent |
| Bovine | Relating to cows; having qualities such as sluggishness or dullness |
| Broach | To mention or suggest for the first time |
| Cache | A hiding place; stockpile |
| Cantankerous | Having a difficult, uncooperative, or stubborn disposition |
| Catalyst | Something that provokes or speeds up significant change, especially without being affected by the consequences |
| Caucus | A closed committee within a political party |
| Cessation | A temporary or complete halt |
| Coagulate | To clot; to cause to thicken |
| Colloquial | Characteristic of informal speech |
| Condole | To grieve, to express sympathy |
| Consternation | An intense state of fear or dismay |
| Constituent | Component, part; citizen, voter |