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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is adjacent? Part of Speech? | (adj) near, next to, adjoining |
| What is alight? Part of Speech? | (v.) to get down from, step down from; to come down from the air, land (adj.) lighted up |
| What is foretaste? part of speech? | (n.) an advance indication, sample, or warning |
| what is insinuate? Part of speech? | (v.) to suggest or hint slyly; to edge into something indirectly |
| What is interminable? Part of Speech? | (adj.) endless, so long as to seem endless |
| What is recompense?Part of Speech? | (v.) to pay back; to give a reward (n.) a payment for loss, service, or injury |
| What is trivial? Part of Speech? | (adj.) not important, minor; ordinary, commonplace |
| What is vicious? Part of Speech? | (adj.) evil, bad; spiteful; having bad habits or an ugly disposition; painfully severe or extreme |
| What is cater? Part of Speech? | (v.) to satisfy the needs of, try to make things easy and pleasant; to supply food and service |
| What is dissuade? Part of Speech? | (v.) to persuade not to do something |
| What is entrepreneur? Part of Speech? | (n.) a person who starts up and takes on the risk of a business |
| what is homicide? Part of Speech? | (n.) the killing of one person by another |
| What is mutual? Part of Speech? | (adj.) shared, felt, or shown equally by two or more |
| What is poised? Part of Speech? | (adj., part) balanced, suspended; calm controlled; ready for action |
| what is unscathed? Part of Speech? | (adj.) wholly unharmed, not injured |
| What is singe? Part of Speech? | (v.) to burn slightly (n.) a burn at the ends or edges |
| What is seethe? Part of Speech? | (v.) to boil or foam; to be excited or disturbed |
| What is culminate? Part of Speech? | (v.) to reach a high point of development; to end, climax |
| What is goad? Part of Speech? | (v.) to drive or urge on; (n.) something used to drive or urge on |
| What is controversial? Part of Speech? | (adj.)arousing argument, dispute, or disagreement |
| What is alliance? Part of Speech? | (n.) a joining together for some common purpose |
| What is mortify? Part of Speech? | (v.) to hurt someone’s feelings deeply; to cause embarrassment or humiliation; to subdue or discipline by self-denial or suffering |
| What is procure? Part of Speech? | (v.) to obtain through special effort; to bring about |
| what is orthodox? Part of Speech? | (adj.) in agreement with established or generally accepted beliefs or ways of doing things |
| what is void? Part of Speech? | adj.) completely empty; having no legal force or effect; (n.) empty or unfilled space ( v.) to cancel or nullify |
| what is anecdote? Part of Speech? | (n.) a short account of an incident in someone’s life |
| what is counterfeit? Part of Speech? | (n.) an imitation designed to deceive (adj.) not genuine. Fake (v.) to make an illegal copy |
| what is docile? Part of Speech? | (adj.) easily taught, led, or manage; obedient |
| what is entreat? Part of Speech? | (v.) to beg, implore, ask earnestly |
| what is fickle? Part of Speech? | (adj.) liable to change very rapidly; erratic; marked by a lack of constancy or steadiness, inconsistent |
| What is fallible? Part of Speech? | (adj.) capable of being wrong, mistaken, or inaccurate |
| What is fugitive? Part of Speech? | n.) one who flees or runs away (adj.) fleeting, lasting a very short time; wandering; difficult to grasp |
| What is iota? Part of Speech? | (n.) a very small part or quantity |
| What is maul? Part of Speech? | (v.) to beat or knock about, handle roughly; to mangle (n.) a heavy hammer |
| What is dupe? Part of Speech? | (n.) a person easily tricked or deceived (v.) to deceive |
| What is eradicate? Part of Speech? | v.) to root out, get rid of, destroy completely |
| What is inimitable? Part of Speech? | (adj.) not capable of being copied or imitated |
| What is prominent? Part of Speech? | (adj.) standing out so as to be easily seen; important, well-kown |
| What is vengeance? Part of Speech? | (n.) punishment in return for an injury or a wrong; unusual force or violence |
| What is brawl? art of speech? | (n.) a noisy quarrel or fight (v.) to quarrel or fight noisily |
| What is flagrant? Part of Speech? | (adj.) extremely bad, glaring; scandalous, notorious |
| What is detest? Part of Speech? | (v.) to hate, dislike very much, loathe |
| What is fledgling? Part of Speech? | (n.) an inexperienced person, beginner; a young bird about to leave the nest (adj.) inexperienced, budding |
| What is foremost? Part of Speech? | (adj.) chief, most important, primary(adv.) in the first place |
| What is notable? Part of Speech? | (adj.) striking, remarkable (n.) a person who is well known, distinguished, or outstanding in some way |
| What is paradox? Part of Speech? | (n.) a self-contradictory statement that on closer examination proves true; a person or thing with seemingly contradictory qualities |
| What is perjury? Part of Speech? | (n.) the act of swearing to a lie |
| What is proficient? Part of Speech? | (adj.) skilled, expert, or capable in any field or activity |
| What is salvo? Part of Speech? | (n.) a burst of gunfire or cannon shot, often as a tribute or salute; a sudden burst of anything; a spirited verbal attack |
| What is vigilant? Part of Speech? | (adj.) wide-awake, alert, watchful |
| What is capsize? Part of Speech? | (v.) to turn bottom side up, upset |
| What is catastrophe? Part of Speech? | (n.) a large-scale disaster, misfortune, or failure |
| What is disputatious? Part of Speech? | (adj.) inclined to argue or debate; provoking debate |
| What is pervade? Part of Speech? | (v.) to spread throughout |
| What is prudent? Part of Speech? | (adj.) cautious, careful, showing good sense |
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