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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Accost | V- To approach or confront boldly |
| Acquiescence | N- Acceptance of something without protest |
| Ambiguity | N- Doubtfulness, Uncertainty |
| Ambivalent | Adj- Having mixed feelings or conflicting ideas about something or someone |
| Ardent | Adj- Enthusiastic, devoted, eager |
| Asinine | Adj- Extremely stupid or foolish |
| Apathy | N-Lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern |
| Audacity | N- Boldness, daring, fearlessness |
| Aural | Adj- Pertaining to the sense of hearing |
| Barren | Adj- Depleted, desolate, empty |
| Beguile | V- To influence in a deceptive way |
| Bemuse | V- To confuse |
| Benevolent | Adj- Kind, goodwill, helping others |
| Bequeath | V- To leave to a person or beneficiary by a will, pass something on |
| Brevity | N- Concise and exact use of words, shortness of time |
| Brood | V- To persistently worry |
| Calamity | N- An event causing great and often sudden damage or distress: a disaster |
| Candid | Adj- Truthful, straightforward, frank, informal |
| Conciliate | V- To win or gain favor, to overcome the distrust |
| Conspicuous | Adj- Standing out, to be clearly visible |
| Contemptuous | Adj- Temperamental, insulting, disrespectful |
| Convoluted | Adj- Extremely complex, difficult to follow, tangled |
| Deprecate | V- To express earnest disapproval of |
| Desolate | Adj- Deserted of people, bleak and dismal emptiness |
| Despotic | Adj- In control or complete authority, authoritarian, oppressive |
| Didatic | Adj- Teaching or intending to teach |
| Divisive | Adj- Disruptive, hostile, creating dissension |
| Dogmatic | Adj- Inclined to lay down principles in an opinionated way, assertive |
| Eccentric | Adj- Unconventional and slightly strange |
| Egregious | Adj- Shocking, appalling, bad |
| Emergence | N- The act of appearing, development |
| Enervate | V- To weaken or deprive of force or strength |
| Euphoric | Adj- Intense excitement and happiness |
| Exasperate | V- Irritate intensely |
| Fanatical | Adj- Enthusiastic, devoted |
| Fastidious | Adj- Very attentive and concerned about accuracy and detail |
| Fatalism | N-The belief that all events are predetermined and therefore inevitable |
| Fickle | Adj- Changing frequently, especially in regards to one's loyalties, interests, or affection |
| Futile | Adj- Useless, ineffective, pointless |
| Gait | N- A person's manner of walking |
| Garish | Adj- Excessively bright and showy |
| Grandeur | N- The state of being impressive or awesome, especially of appearance or style |
| Gregarious | Adj- Sociable, outgoing |
| Hiatus | N- A pause, a gap, a break or time off |
| Homage | N- Special honor or respect shown publicly |
| Ideology | N- A system of ideas, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political policy |
| Impede | V- Delay or prevent someone or something by obstructing them; to hinder |
| Imperialism | N- A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force |
| Impertinent | Adj- Not relevant, obsolete |
| Incarnate | Adj- Embodied in flesh; in human form |
| Incongruous | Adj- Not in harmony or keeping with the surrounding, out of place |
| Incorrigible | Adj- Bad beyond correction, not easily changed |
| Indignant | Adj- Feeling or showing anger or annoyance, resentful |
| Ineradicable | Adj- Unable to be destroyed or removed |
| Ingenuity | N- The quality of being clever, original, and inventive |
| Innumerable | Adj- Too many to be counted |
| Inordinate | Adj- Unusually or disproportionately large |
| Irreparable | Adj- Unfixable, beyond repair |
| Jocund | Adj- Cheerful, merry |
| Jovial | Adj- Cheerful and friendly |
| Judicious | Adj- Exercising good judgement |
| Kinetic | Adj- Pertaining to motion |
| Knave | N- A dishonest person |
| Laconic | Adj- Using very few words |
| Lament | N- Expression of grief or sorrow, (V) to mourn |
| Lascivious | Adj- Feeling or revealing an overt and often offensive sexual desire |
| Magnanimous | Adj- Generous in forgiving an insult or injury, charitable |
| Manifest | Adj- Clear or obvious to the eye or mind, (V) to display, show, or reveal |
| Mendacious | Adj- Habitually telling lies, dishonest |
| Misogyny | N- Dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women |
| Nebulous | Adj- Cloudy, hazy, unclear, vague |
| Nihilism | N- The rejection of all religious and moral principles, often in the belief that life is meaningless |
| Obsequious | Adj- Obedient or attentive to an excessive degree |
| Olfactory | Adj- Relating to the sense of smell |
| Ominous | Adj- The impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen |
| Pacifism | N- The belief that any violence, is unjustifiable under any circumstances, all disputes should be settled by peaceful means |
| Pensive | Adj- Deep in thought, reflective |
| Perfunctory | Adj- Done with little interest or thought |
| Pernicious | Adj- Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way |
| Pragmatic | Adj- Practical, reasonable and logical |
| Precarious | Adj- Not securely held or in position; dependent on chance; uncertain |
| Prodigious | Adj- Great in extent, size, or degree, huge |
| Proletariat | N- Workers or working- class people |
| Promulgate | V- To publicize, promote or make widely known an idea or cause |
| Remonstrate | V- To say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval |
| Repudiate | V- To reject with denial, to refuse to acknowledge |
| Rhetoric | N- The use of language, the art of speaking |
| Sententious | Adj- Judgmental, self-righteous, in a pompous manner |
| Spurious | Adj- Bogus, fake ,false |
| Squalid | Adj- Extremely dirty and unpleasant |
| Stoic | N- A person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings |
| Supplant | V- Supersede and replace |
| Sycophantic | Adj- Behaving or done in a compliant way in order to gain advantage, obsequious |
| Tactile | Adj- Pertaining to touch, tangible |
| Tangible | Adj- Touchable, physical, real, solid, concrete |
| Ubiquitous | Adj- Present, appearing, or found everywhere |
| Vehement | Adj- Showing strong feeling; forceful passionate, or intense |
| Verbose | Adj- Using or expressed in more words than are needed |
| Vexation | N- Something that causes annoyance, frustration, or worry |
| Voluble | Adj- Talkative, loquacious, verbose |
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