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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Miscreant | A vicious person |
| Flout | To ridicule, or show contempt for |
| Salacious | Obscene; Lustful |
| Affinity | An attraction to |
| Sailent | Significant; conspicuous; standing out from the rest |
| Jocular | Humorous; Lighthearted |
| Recant | To withdraw or disavow a statement or opinion |
| Palliate | To ease; to lessen; to soothe |
| Sentient | Conscious; capable of feeling or perceiving |
| Specious | Deceptive or misleading |
| Recreant | A coward; a traitor |
| Regale | To delight with something pleasing or amusing |
| Fiscal | Pertaining to finances |
| Malleable | Capable of being changed; easily shaped |
| Impalpable | Unable to be felt; intangible |
| Sibilant | Characterized by a hissing sound |
| Pandemic | General; widespread |
| Rebuke | To scold; to blame |
| Hiatus | A pause or gap |
| Ennui | Boredom; a weariness resulting from a lack of interest |
| Avuncular | Genial or kind, in the manner of an uncle |
| Coalescence | To blend; to merge |
| Beguile | To deceive; to charm; to enchant |
| Nonentity | A person or thing of little importance |
| Ergo | Therefore |
| Pecuniary | Pertaining to money; finanical |
| Desultory | Wandering from subject to subject |
| Hector | To bully; to pester |
| Insolence | Disrespectful arrogance; rudeness |
| Lambent | Softly bright or radiant; flickering lightly over a surface |