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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Adroit | very clever or skillful |
| Amenable | having an inclination to do something |
| Aspersion | a false, misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |
| Clairvoyant | Able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |
| Capitulate | to stop fighting an enemy, surrender after negotiations |
| Cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced |
| Dearth | state or condition of not having enough of something |
| Despot | ruler who has total power and often uses it in cruel ways |
| Fracas | noisy argument or fight |
| Myopic | lack of foresight, narrowing view of something |
| Equivocate | To use unclear language to deceive or mislead someone |
| Germane | being both relevant and appropriate |
| Hegemony | influence or control over a group of people, nation |
| Probity | honesty and integrity |
| Puerile | silly or childish, lacking seriousness |
| Reprobate | a person who behaves in an immoral way |
| Rescind | to reject or repeal |
| Resplendent | shining brilliantly |
| Seminal | having a strong influence |
| Stolid | showing little or no emotion |
| Supplant | to take the place of someone/thing that is old, unused |
| Surmise | thought or idea based on scanty evidence |
| Temerity | quality of being confident and unafraid of danger or punishment |
| Uncouth | behaving in a socially unacceptable or impolite manner |
| Vacuous | having little substance, meaning, or serious thought |
| Verdant | green with growing plants |
| Visage | the face, appearance of a person |