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Question | Answer |
Compunction | (n.) regret; remorse; guilt from doing something bad |
din | (n.) confused mixture of noise |
horrid | (adj.) awful; repulsive; disgusting |
suppliant | (n.) someone who asks humbly and earnestly |
tumult | (n.) commotion; uproar |
marauding | (adj.) raiding; pillaging |
piquancy | (n.) the quality of being sharp; spiciness |
mollify | (v.) to placate; lessen in degree; ease |
dystopia | (n.) dysfunctional society with comprehensive flaws/vices |
posterity | (n.) future generations |
admonish | (v.) to reprove/scold gently and earnestly; to caution |
fulminate | (v.) to give a severe denunciation; to explode |
furtive | (adj.) stealthy; sneaky |
lassitude | (n.) a state of weariness or lethargy |
licentious | (adj.) lacking moral (sexual) restraint |
mendacity | (n.) a state of falseness or absence of truth |
milieu | (n.) an environment or setting; atmosphere |
muse | (n.);(v.) Greek daughters of Zeus who presided over an art or science used for inspiration; to ponder or consider |
subversive | (adj.) intended to undermine or ruin morals, a government, or ideas |
vacuous | (adj.) empty; stupid; insane; blank, vacant |
avocation | (n.) an activity or hobby taken up in addition to regular work |
callous | (adj.) toughened; insensitive |
capricious | (adj.) impulsive ad unpredictable |
efficacy | (n.) effectiveness or worth of an idea or object |
feeble | (adj.) weak; lacking vigor or effectiveness |
imperturbable | (adj.) unshakably calm and collect |
impetus | (n.) impulsive force; energy of moving body; stimulus |
moribund | (adj.) at the point of death |
pecuniary | (adj.) pertaining to o having to do with money |
vacillate | (v.) to sway to and fro; to swing indecisively from one view to another |
akin | (adj.) related by blood: descended from a common ancestor or prototype; essentially similar, related, or compatible |
corroborate | (v.) to support with evidence or authority; make more certain |
inexorable | (adj.) not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped; relentless |
insipid | (adj.) lacking taste or savor; lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge |
mellifluous | (adj.) having a smooth, rich flow; filled with something that sweetens |
nefarious | (adj.) flagrantly wicked or impeous; evil |
physiognomy | (n.) the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance; external aspect |
proclivity | (n.) an inclination or predisposition toward something |
tedium | (n.) the quality or state of being tedious; a tedious period of time |
torrid | (adj.) parched with heat; giving off intense heat; ardent, passionate |
affront | (v.);(n.) to confront or insult; an intentional insult |
blase | (adj.) uninterested or bored; very sophisticated |
cajole | (v.) to wheedle or coax |
encumber | (v.) to weigh down or burden; to hinder or impede |
feckless | (adj.) lacking purpose or vitality; careless and irresponsible |
impasse | (n.) a literal or figurative situation with no further progress |
indolent | (adj.) disinclined to work or habitually lazy |
lugubrious | (adj.) mournful or gloomy |
ribald | (adj.) marked by vulgar or lewd humor |
choleric | (adj.) marked by irritable anger |
amorous | (adj.) romantically or sexually desireable |
censure | (v.) to critique or disapprove harshly |
dissemble | (v.) to hide true feelings under false appearance |
dissimulation | (n.) the concealment of one's thoughts |
droll | (adj.) amusingly odd, whimsical, and curious |
expectorate | (v.) to project from the mouth (aka spit) |
paradox | (n.) a seemingly contradictory statement that still demonstrates truth |
peremptory | (adj.) precluding further debate or action; imperative; dictatorial |
pusillanimous | (adj.) lacking courage; timid |
surfeit | (n.) an excessive amount of something |
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