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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| audacious | bold, adventurous, recklessly daring |
| comply | to yield to a request or command |
| instigate | to urge on; to stir up, start, incite |
| myriad | very great numbers; a very great number |
| prodigious | immense; extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree |
| elite | the choice part of a group of people or things; superior |
| incapacitate | to deprive of strength or ability; to make legally ineligible |
| vie | to compete; to strive for victory or superiority |
| willful | stubbornly self-willed; done on purpose, deliberate |
| bolster | to support, give a boost to; a long pillow or cushion, a supporting post |
| deplore | to feel or express regret or disapproval |
| obsess | to trouble, haunt, or fill the mind |
| prone | lying facedown; inclined, likely |
| residue | a remainder, that which remains when a part has been used up or removed |
| staid | serious and dignified; quiet or subdued in character or conduct |
| blase | indifferent, bored as a result of having enjoyed many pleasures; apathetic |
| muster | to bring together for service or battle; to gather or summon; to amount to, comprise, include; a list of military personnel; a gathering, accumulation |
| nonentity | a person or thing of no importance |
| ornate | elaborately decorated; showily splendid |
| promontory | a high point of land extending into water |
| solicitous | showing concern or care; fearful or anxious about someone or something |
| sustain | to support, nourish, keep up; to suffer, undergo; to bear up under, withstand; to affirm the validity of |