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Section 1
Question | Answer |
bide | v. to remain in a condition or state; to wait |
consent | v. to approve; to agree; to yield |
volition | n. a conscious choice or decision |
nascent | adj. coming into being; being born |
amplify | v. to make larger |
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Section 2
Question | Answer |
lurid | adj. causing shock or horror; tastelessly vivid; glowing like fire through a haze |
own | v. to admit, especially taking personal responsibility for one's own actions or thoughts |
collude | v. to plot secretly for a deceitful or illegal purpose |
tally | v. to count; to add |
disarray | n. confusion, disorder |
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Section 3
Question | Answer |
tepid | adj. moderately warm; lacking force or enthusiasm |
conjecture | n. an inference or conclusion based on incomplete evidence |
pious | adj. exhibiting reverence and religious observation |
abet | v. to encourage, assist, or support, usually in wrongdoing |
interloper | n. one who interferes with the affairs of others; a meddler |
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Section 4
Question | Answer |
subsequent | adj. happening afterward; following in order |
surmise | v. to infer something by intuition or with slender evidence; n. such an inference |
jot | v. to write briefly and hastily; n. a very small amount |
discern | v. to perceive and understand so as the make distinctions |
blight | n. a plant disease; something that impairs growth, progress, or prosperity |
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Section 5
Question | Answer |
voluble | adj. talkative |
divine | adj. related to a god; supremely good or beautiful |
premonition | n. a sense of a future event; a warning in advance |
proverbial | adj. well-known because widely repeated |
grave | adj.serious; dignified; formal |
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Section 6
Question | Answer |
indefatigable | adj. tireless, unceasing |
deploy | v. to station or assemble troops or forces in position |
codify | v. to organize something (such as laws or rules) into a system |
relent | v. to become less severe; to give in |
loathe | v. to dislike something greatly |
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Section 7
Question | Answer |
cumbersome | adj. clumsy or difficult to manage |
affected | adj. behaving in an artificial way to impress people |
skittish | adj. nervous; easily frightened |
colloquial | adj. appropriate to spoken, as opposed to written, language; informal |
scenario | n. an outline for a planned series of events, either real or imagined; a summary of a work of fiction |
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Section 8
Question | Answer |
drastic | adj. extreme; severe |
inept | adj. without skill; absurd or foolish |
multifarious | adj. having many different parts or forms; numerous and varied |
efficacy | n. the power to produce the desired effect |
dissonant | adj. harsh and disagreeable in sound |
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Section 9
Question | Answer |
brusque | adj. abrupt and curt of manner |
ambiance | n. environment |
voluminous | adj. having great size or fullness |
vanquish | v. to defeat, especially totally |
pilfer | v. to steal a small amount |
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Section 10
Question | Answer |
disdain | n. a feeling of contempt |
reconcile | v. to make friendly again; to settle a dispute; to make seemingly incompatible things fit together or coexist |
banish | v. to drive away; to force leave a place by official decree |
vacillate | v. to swing back and forth |
morose | adj. sour tempered and inclined to be silent |
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