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VP2*** Set 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Importunate | Troublesomely urgent; extremely persistent in request or demand |
| Imprecation | A curse |
| Impute | To lay the responsibility or blame for, often unjustly |
| Incarnadine | Red, especially blood red |
| Inchoate | Being only partly in existence; imperfectly formed |
| Insensate | Lacking sensibility and understanding, foolish |
| Interlocutor | Ones who takes part in conversation |
| Internecine (ihn tuhr NEHS een) | Equally devastating to both sides |
| Interregnum | A temporary halting of the usual operations of government or control |
| Irascible | Easily angered, hot-tempered |
| Largess | Generous giving (as of money) to others who may seem inferior |
| Lexicon | A dictionary; a stock of terms pertaining to a particular subject or vocabulary |
| Licentious | Immoral; unrestrained by society |
| Macrocosm | The whole universe; a large-scale reflection of a part of the great world |
| Malapropism | The accidental, often comical, use of a word which resembles the one intended, but has a different, often contradictory meaning |
| Malfeasance | Wrongdoing or misconduct, especially by a public official |
| Mawkish | Sickeningly sentimental |
| Mellifluous (muh LIHF loo uhs) | Having a smooth, rich flow |
| Milieu (mihl YOO) | The physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops, environment |
| Mordant | Biting and caustic in manner and style |
| Mores | Fixed customs or manners; moral attitudes |
| Mote | A small particle, speck |
| Neonate | A newborn child |
| Obfuscate | To confuse, make obscure |
| Opprobrious | Disgraceful, shameful |
| Ossify | To change into bone; to become hardened or set in a rigidly conventional pattern |
| Palimpsest | An object or place having diverse layers or aspects beneath the surface |
| Panegyric | Elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise |
| Peculate | To embezzle |
| Pecuniary | Relating to money |
| Pellucid | Transparently clear in style or meaning, easy to understand |
| Penury | An oppressive lack of resources (as money) severe poverty |
| Peregrinate | To travel on foot |
| Philology | The study of ancient texts and languages |
| Polyglot | A speaker of many languages |
| Potentate | A ruler; one who wields great power |
| Prestidigitation | A cleverly executed trick or deception; sleight of hand |
| Promulgate | To make known by open declaration, proclaim |
| Proscribe | To condemn or forbid as harmful or unlawful |
| Puissant | Powerful |
| Punctilious | Concerned with precise details or about codes or conventions |
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