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50 word quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abase | To degrade |
| Abeyance | Temporary inactivity |
| Affluence | Abundant wealth |
| Allegory | The use of a physical object to represent an idea |
| Alleviate | To make easier |
| Altruism | caring for others with no expected benefit for yourself |
| Amiss | Incorrect |
| Amicable | The showing of friendliness |
| Appease | To calm |
| Ascertain | To be certain |
| Astute | Smart and quick to understand |
| Avarice | Extreme greed for wealth |
| Banal | Devoid of originality |
| Barrister | A lawyer who can plead to higher courts |
| Benign | Showing of gentleness |
| Bigotry | Stubborn, doesn't take any other person as right |
| Brazen | Shameless |
| Candid | Open and sincere |
| Capricious | Erratic |
| Censure | Strong disapproval |
| Chide | To show disapproval |
| Cite | To quote |
| Clandestine | Done in secret |
| Cliche | Overused phrase |
| Coerce | To compel by force |
| Combustible | Flammable |
| Compliant | Obeying submissively |
| Condone | To overlook |
| Consensus | Majority of opinion |
| Copious | Abundant |
| Cryptic | mysterious in meaning |
| Curtail | To cut short |
| Dank | Moist and chilly |
| Decrepit | Feeble |
| Defile | To pollute |
| Derogatory | Something insulting or belittling |
| Devoid | Not posessing |
| Dilate | To make larger |
| Dogmatic | Doctrinal |
| Dour | Gloomy |
| Elation | Pride |
| Eminent | High in rank |
| Enhance | To intensify |
| Erudite | Scholary |
| Evasive | Elusive |
| Exonerate | Foreign |
| Extraneous | Free of guilt |
| Feasible | Doable |
| Feign | To fake |
| Fidelity | Loyalty |
| Foray | A quick raid |
| Furtive | Action done secretly |
| Germane | Relevant |
| Glib | Speaks without thinking; too readily fluent |
| Gullible | Easily fooled |
| Haggard | Exhausted appearance |
| Heretic | A believer who goes against his church's doctrines |
| Impetuous | Impulsive |
| Impeccable | Flawless |
| Impair | To make worse |
| Incorrigible | Beyond correction |
| Inspid | Boring |
| Intrepid | Fearless |
| Latent | Present but not visible |
| Lethargic | Sluggish |
| Livid | Discolored appearance due to stress |
| Levity | Badly timed humor |
| Malevolent | Wishing evil upon |
| Malign | Slander |
| Menial | Lowly |
| Mundane | Earthly |
| Notorious | Known for a bad reason |
| Obsession | Persistent thought |
| Odious | Hateful |
| Opulence | Extreme Wealth |
| Parable | A short story made to teach a lesson |
| Paradox | Self contradicting statement |
| Perennial | Lasting indefinitely long |
| Permeate | To pass through every part of |
| Pertinent | Directly relevant |
| Prelude | An introduction to a larger event |
| Rectify | To correct |
| Reiterate | To repeat excessively |
| Remiss | Careless |
| Secular | Not religious |
| Sinister | Threatening |
| Sporadic | Erratic |
| Stamina | Enduance |
| Stringent | Strict |
| Superficial | Only concerned with the obvious |
| Tacit | Implied |
| Tentative | Done as a trial |
| Tenous | Weak understanding |
| Tepid | Lukewarm |
| Transient | Not lasting |
| Turbulent | Disturbed |
| Ulterior | Kept concealed |
| Vacillate | To be indecisive |
| Vehement | Passionate |
| Visage | The face |
| Abnormal | Unusual |
| Adept | Very skilled |
| Aficionado | An enthusiast |
| Ambiguous | Having multiple meanings |
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