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quiz 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| camaraderie | the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability; friendship; brotherhood/sisterhood |
| impinge | infringe upon; have an effect on, especially a negative one; to impact negatively |
| disrepute | the state of being held in low esteem by the public; disgrace; dishonor |
| antediluvian | ridiculously old-fashioned; of or relating to the period before the biblical flood; prehistoric; primeval; ancient |
| largesse | liberality in bestowing gifts; generosity; bounty |
| circumlocution | n indirect way of expressing something; the use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive |
| amorphous | having no definite form or distinct shape; structureless; indefinite; vague; nebulous |
| bombastic | ostentatiously lofty in style; high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated; pompous; pretentious |
| panacea | hypothetical remedy for all ills and disease; cure-all |
| gourmand | a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess; a person who enjoys eating and often eats too much |