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Question | Answer |
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perspicuous | brilliantly clear |
egomania | self-obsession |
cacophony | bad noise |
congenital | at birth |
acronym | initials-name |
androgynous | masculine and feminine |
sacrosanct | sacred |
prescience | foreknowledge |
abrogate | annul |
loquacious | talkative |
disputatious | argumentative |
intercede | mediate |
circumscribed | limited |
enumerate | to list |
anomaly | abnormality |
diatribe | abusive criticism |
incisive | sharp |
pugnacious | combative |
revoke | cancel |
recant | retract |
pedagogue | teacher |
ethnocentrism | racial or cultural prejudice |
cryptologist | code breaker |
preclude | foreclose |
demagogue | corrupt politician |
tangible | touchable |
egocentric | self-centered |
soliloquy | speech to oneself |
sinecure | easy lucrative job |
mollify | make soft |
abjure | renounce |
oligarchy | government of the few |
intransigent | not compromising |
ingenuous | innocent and naive |
gregarious | sociable |
analgesic | pain killer |
neologism | new word |
xenophobia | fear of foreigners |
amorphous | shapeless |
prototype | first model |
incredulous | not believing |
malevolence | evil intent |
commensurate | of like measure |
captious | fault-finding |
bilateral | two-sided |
preponderance | bulk |
specious | false |
monomania | obsession with one thing |
omniscient | all-knowing |
neophyte | beginner |