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VL15-16
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| circumspect | careful, cautious, prudent |
| demure | modest,shy |
| dispassionate | fiar, impartial, calm |
| dolorous | painful, mournful |
| EDACIOUS | devouring |
| effete | worn out, spent, sterile |
| feisty | touchy, excitable, quarrelsome |
| flaccid | weak, feeble, flabby |
| flippant | disrepectful, saucy, impertinent |
| florid | ruddy, rosy, ornate |
| glabrous | bald, smooth |
| imperious | overbearing, arrogant, domineering |
| ingenious | clever, original, inventive, resourceful |
| intractable | hard to manage, unruly, stubborn |
| intransigent | uncompromising, refusing to come to an argreement |
| alchemy | a method of miraculous change of one thing into another |
| arcane | beyond comprehension, mysterious, secret |
| conundrum | riddle, any puzzling question or problem |
| demonology | the study of demons or of beliefs about them |
| exorcise | to drive away an evil spirit by charms or incantations |
| illusion | a mistaken perception of reality |
| inscrutable | mysterious, completely obscure, unfathomable |
| pallor | lack of color, unatural paleness |
| polygraph | an instrument that records changes in blood pressure, respiration, pulse rate; lie detector |
| purloin | to steal |
| ritual | a sytem of rites, religious or otherwise |
| shamus | private detective |
| soothsayer | one who predicts the future |
| thaumaturgy | magic, the supposed working of miracles |
| warlock | sorcerer, conjurer, male witch |