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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| very cautious or careful | gingerly |
| unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true | incredulous |
| to take into the mind or memory; especially : to assimilate mentally | digested |
| impossible to comprehend | unfathomable |
| an item of value owned | asset |
| a mischievous person | roguishly |
| having an air of easy unconcern or indifference | nonchalantly |
| proceeding from or characterized by wisdom, prudence, and good judgment | sagely |
| the act of rivaling : the state of being a rival | rivalry |
| to accept without objection | abiding |
| removed or distant either physically or emotionally | aloofness |
| viewing the future with anxiety or alarm | apprehensive |
| manifesting, feeling, or expressing contempt | contemptuous |
| the act or an instance of defying | defiance |
| a group of persons who by virtue of position or education exercise much power or influence | elite |
| a glowing fragment (as of coal) from a fire; especially : one smoldering in ashes | ember |
| previous notice or warning | premonition |
| to give up deliberately; especially : to renounce (as a right or position) by a formal act | resignedly |
| resembling a sheep in meekness, stupidity, or timidity | sheepishly |
| deprived of native or original simplicity: as | sophisticated |
| the act or process of convicting of a crime especially in a court of law | CONVICTION |
| exhibiting an aloof objectivity usually free from prejudice or self-interest | DETACHED |
| marked by stubborn determination | DOGGEDLY |
| to avoid adroitly | ELUDE |
| gradation of color | HUE |
| to call upon in supplication | IMPLORINGLY |
| extremely trying on the nerves | RACKING |
| to tend downward | SUBSIDE |
| gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed | SULLENLY |
| full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy; also : inspiring such yearning | WISTFULLY |
| muscular strength | brawn |
| to have recourse | recurring |
| to make use of meanly or unfairly for one's own advantage | exploit |
| the unlawful killing of a human being without express or implied malice | manslaughter |
| a delinquent person | delinquents |
| to send out rays : shine brightly | radiate |
| to turn from one course or use to another | divert |
| to hesitate in purpose or action | faltered |
| an intense black | jet |
| struck with terror, amazement, or horror | aghast |
| being covered or clothed | CLAD |
| action in accordance with some specified standard or authority | CONFORMITY |
| to bring on oneself especially inadvertently | CONTRACT |
| affected with or marked by delirium | DELIRIOUS |
| often used with of | LEERY |
| exciting pity or sympathy | RUEFULLY |
| hit or wounded by or as if by a missile | STRICKEN |
| a state of extreme apathy or torpor resulting often from stress or shock | STUPOR |
| having no give or slack | TAUT |
| of or relating to underprivileged people | UNDERPRIVILEGED |
| to discharge completely | ACQUITTED |
| to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain | FLINCHING |
| one who has the care of the person or property of another | GUARDIAN |
| opportunity to be heard, to present one's side of a case, or to be generally known or appreciated | HEARING |
| to love or admire to excess | IDOLIZED |
| obligated according to law or equity | LIABLE |
| a state or condition resembling a vacuum | VACUUM |
| very great in size, amount, degree, intensity, or especially in extent or range | VAST |
| to let out | VEER |
| to rise to the surface and usually flow forth | WELL |