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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. languor | (n.) – lack of energy or vitality; sluggishness |
| 2. contrite | (adj.) – filled with a sense of remorse and desire for atonement |
| 3. gauntly | (adv.) – bleak, desolate, grim, as places or things |
| 4. copiously | (adv.) – large in quantity or number; abundant |
| 5. jauntily | (adv.) – easy and sprightly in manner or bearing |
| 6. obstinacy | (n.) – stubbornness |
| 7. nullify | (v.) – to deprive (something) of value or effectiveness |
| 8. coveted | (v.) – to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others |
| 9. emulate | (v.) – to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass |
| 10. callousness | (n.) – insensitivity; indifference |
| 11. fiat | (n.) – an authoritative decree, sanction, or order |
| 12. squalor | (n.) – filth and misery |
| 13. predilection | (n.) – preference |
| 14. intimated | (v.) – to make known; announce |
| 15. infidel | (n.) – a person who has no religious faith; unbeliever |
| 16. masochistic | (adj.) – gratified by pain, degradation, deprivation, etc., inflicted on oneself either by one’s own actions or the actions of others; liking pain on oneself |
| 17. solicitude | (n.) – an attitude expressing excessive attentiveness |
| 18. palled | (v.) – to cover with something, especially with darkness or gloom |
| 19. blasphemous | (adj.) – exhibiting disrespectful behavior toward anything held sacred, priceless, etc. |
| 20. upbraid | (v.) – to find fault with |
| 21. invective | (n.) – an insulting or abusive word or expression |
| 22. petty | (adj.) – of little or no importance or consequence |
| 23. orating | (v.) – to speak pompously |
| 24. shunt | (v.) – to shove or turn (someone or something) aside or out of the way |
| 25. cryptic | (adj.) – puzzling; ambiguous |
| 26. nuance | (n.) – a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response |
| 27. subservience | (n.) – act of serving or acting in a subordinate capacity |
| 28. semblance | (n.) – outward aspect or appearance |
| 29. filched | (v.) – to steal |
| 30. stanch | (adj.) – firm and steadfast; true |
| 31. aggrandizement | (n.) – the act of making something appear greater than is actually warranted by the facts |
| 32. urbanity | (n.) – refined courtesy or politeness |
| 33. theosophists | (n.) – any various forms of religious thought based on a mystical insight into the divine nature |
| 34. patronizing | (v.) – to give financial support or business |
| 35. roguishly | (adv.) – rascally; playfully mischievous |
| 36. sadism | (n.) – any enjoyment in being cruel |
| 37. capitulate | (v.) – to surrender unconditionally |
| 38. recondite | (adj.) – little known; obscure |
| 39. riveted | (v.) – fastened or fixed firmly |
| 40. bantering | (adj.) – light, playful teasing |
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