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| Question | Answer | synonyms |
|---|---|---|
| a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion. | martyr | scapegoat offering victim saint |
| disposed or inclined to revenge; vengeful: a vindictive person. | vindictive | unforgiving |
| to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over | surmount | negotiate overpower vanquish conquer surpass better defeat |
| filled with a sense of guilt and the desire for atonement; penitent | contrite | rueful, remorseful, repentant. |
| incapable of being replaced | irreplaceable | |
| not reverent; manifesting or characterized by irreverence; deficient in veneration or respect | irreverent | irreligious, impious, profane |
| not reparable; incapable of being rectified, remedied, or made good | irreparable | incorrigible impossible destroyed hopeless broken ruined |
| said, done, or characterized by a lack of a sense of responsibility | irresponsible | unreliable, undependable, thoughtless |
| not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable | irrevocable | established inevitable immutable |
| the laying on of something as a burden or obligation. | imposition | encumbrance presumption constraint |
| distinguished by rank or title. | noble | highborn, aristocratic |
| elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so | ornate | showy, ostentatious; rich, lavish |
| respect or reverence paid or rendered | homeage | deference, obeisance; honor, tribute. |
| to clear, as of an accusation; free from guilt or blame | exonerate | release, discharge, free |
| an act or instance of going or moving around. | circuit | circumference, perimeter, periphery |
| to draw a line around | circumscribe | restrict, restrain, check, hamper, hinder |
| to go around or bypass | circumvent | escape, elude, evade, outwit |
| roundabout; not direct | circuitous | circular, winding, indirect, meandering. |
| a roundabout or indirect way of speaking | circumlocution | rambling, meandering, verbosity, prolixity. |
| to give way to superior force | succumb | submit, accede, surrender. |