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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abject | cast down in spirit |
| Adroitly | in a clever and skillful way |
| Alacrity | promptness in response; cheerful readiness |
| Appellation | the act of naming or calling by a name |
| Audacity | bold or arrogant daring |
| Avarice | greediness of wealth |
| Belie | to give a false impression of |
| Chide | to express disapproval of |
| Churlish | rude |
| Copious | plentiful; abundant |
| Destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| Diabolical | devilish |
| Dilatory | tending to delay |
| Discern | to recognize or identify as separate and distinct |
| Discomfit | to frustrate the plans of; disconcert |
| Dissipation | a break-up and scattering |
| Dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish |
| Dissent | to differ in opinion |
| Doleful | full of grief; sad |
| Emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| Enigmatic | of obscure meaning; puzzling |
| Equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
| Expedient | suited to the circumstances; practical |
| Filial | of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter |
| Guffaw | a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |
| Impalpable | incapable of being perceived by touch |
| Importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| Impudent | insolent; impertinent |
| Interdict | to forbid by authority |
| Interloper | one who intrudes where not wanted |
| Laconic | using few words |
| Languid | lacking physical or mental energy |
| Malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| Misanthropist | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| Miscreants | people who behave wrongly or badly |
| Moroseness | a sullen gloomy state |
| Odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance |
| Obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| Obscure | not clearly seen or easily distinguished |
| Obtrusive | tending to thrust oneself into notice |
| Paragon | a model of excellence or perfection |
| Pathos | an element that arouses pity or compassion |
| Peevish | irritable; ill-tempered |
| Reproof | criticism for a fault |
| Reprobate | a person rejected or despised for being evil |
| Reproach | blame or censure |
| Retaliate | to repay (as an injury) in kind |
| Rue | to feel sorrow or regret for |
| Sagacity | keen mental discernment; shrewdness |
| Sanguine | confident; optimistic |
| Scintillating | brilliantly lively; sparkling |
| Sotto voce | in an undertone; quietly |
| Stagnate | to become stagnant; stop developing |
| Soliloquize | to talk to oneself |
| Sundry | various; several |
| Surly | irritable and unfriendly |
| Taciturn | not given to talk |
| Tenure | a right, term, or mode of holding something |
| Undulating | having a wavelike motion |
| Usurp | to seize and hold (power/position) by force or without right |
| Vanquish | to conquer or defeat |
| Vapid | lacking flavor, zest, or spirit |
| Vehemence | forceful intensity of feeling |
| Vindictive | disposed to revenge |
| Virulence | the quality or state of being virulent |
| Vociferate | to shout or cry out loudly |
| Wax (verb) | to grow or become |
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