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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| apprehensive | adj. worried; anxious |
| austere | adj. unadorned; forbidding; without excess |
| curtail | v. to shorten |
| furtive | adj. secretive; sly |
| garrulous | adj. talkative; chatty |
| impotent | adj. powerless; helpless |
| inane | adj. silly; sensless |
| incense | v. to make very angry |
| insinuate | v. to hint |
| malfeasance | n. an illegal act especially by a public official |
| parsimonious | adj. stingy |
| periphery | n. the outside edge of something |
| portent | n. an omen; a sign of something coming in the future |
| promulgate | v. to proclaim; to publicly or formally declare something |
| substantive | adj. essential; solid; substantial |
| tactic | adj. implied |
| venal | adj. capable fo being bribed; willing to do anything for money; corrupt |
| virulent | adj. extremely poinonous; malignant; full of hate |
| volatile | adj. quick to evaporate; highly unstable; explosive |