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(1) perfidious


1) every two years

2) excessive interest in one's self

3) treacherous

4) exclamation

(2) scanty


1) discomposed

2) dismay

3) meager

4) die or kill from lack of air

(3) hail


1) very high

2) make neat or tidy by clipping

3) frozen rain drop

4) evil schemes or plots

(4) exclaim


1) withdrawal

2) examination of a dead body

3) cry out suddenly

4) sleeping

(5) ogle


1) look at amorously

2) active strength

3) objectionable

4) not naive

(6) sleeper


1) large vehicle drawn by a horse over snow or ice

2) fair

3) confuse

4) one that achieves unexpected success

(7) perigee


1) point of moon's orbit when it is nearest the earth

2) shove

3) redden

4) trail of ship or other object through water

(8) sibylline


1) prophetic

2) ponder at length

3) medieval chemistry

4) soothe

(9) hypercritical


1) dissimilar

2) disagree

3) rebel

4) excessively exacting

(10) frail


1) weak

2) leather pistol case (that hangs on a belt around the waist)

3) related to population balance

4) exhibiting little interest or enthusiasm

(11) garbled


1) mixed up

2) put to rout

3) ill-humored

4) former occupant of a post

(12) eclectic


1) mental disorder

2) someone who wastes money

3) selective

4) give an imitation that ridicules

(13) recant


1) disclaim or disavow

2) omen

3) tendency to disbelief

4) put to rout

(14) gargoyle


1) false

2) throb

3) persuade by praise or false promise

4) waterspout carved in grotesque figures on a building

(15) parallel


1) condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles

2) become engaged to marry

3) similar

4) easily deceived

(16) imminent


1) delicate

2) impending

3) having an odor

4) affectedly grand

(17) plasticity


1) careful in choosing

2) pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms

3) soul

4) ability to be molded

(18) precarious


1) delicate skill

2) pertaining to conversational or common speech

3) petty criticism

4) unsafe

(19) maverick


1) rebel

2) plan of a trip

3) patiently submissiveness

4) unalterable

(20) quagmire


1) wasteful

2) bog

3) improperness

4) minor crime

(21) granulate


1) speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner

2) abnormal or deviant

3) form into grains or granules

4) petition humbly

(22) dingy


1) (of things and place) dirty and dull

2) lawsuit

3) rushing stream

4) small bit or fragment

(23) ostentatious


1) support

2) prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country

3) program as for trial

4) showy

(24) acumen


1) like a lion

2) mental keenness

3) one who supplicates

4) implying a cause-and-effect relationship

(25) chip


1) lose a small piece from the surface or edge

2) moving slowly

3) embezzle

4) e make into an institution

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(1) kernel


1) below the threshold of conscious perception

2) central or vital part

3) differing in some characteristics (from each other)

4) poverty

(2) tithe


1) soften by soaking in liquid

2) grieve

3) burden

4) tax of one-tenth (contributed to a church)

(3) flag


1) droop

2) empty

3) narrow-mindedness

4) steering wheel of a ship

(4) begrudge


1) hard

2) give an inclination toward (in advance)

3) envy

4) remove or get rid of something or someone unwanted

(5) leaven


1) produced by imagination

2) society ruled by the wealthy

3) add leaven to

4) fearful

(6) preen


1) spot

2) (of speech) filled with passion

3) make oneself tidy in appearance

4) public official who investigates any death thought to be of other than natural causes

(7) talon


1) predecessor

2) claw of bird

3) lose a small piece from the surface or edge

4) stale (in odor or taste)

(8) secrete


1) (of the senses) sharp

2) chain or strap used with a bit to restrain a horse

3) conceal

4) characteristic frame of mind

(9) erudite


1) warm by rubbing

2) (of a person or book) learned

3) case for a sword blade

4) secure from corruption, attack, or violation(or profanation)

(10) inevitable


1) reduce

2) obedient

3) a light meal

4) unavoidable

(11) incentive


1) spur

2) transform

3) acquit

4) delay (in development)

(12) commandeer


1) hanging

2) lacking in flavor

3) daydream

4) take (private property) for military use without needing permission or giving payment

(13) chasten


1) discipline

2) hint

3) act of lying in wait to attack by surprise

4) not done politely without due formalities

(14) impute


1) defraud a person of something

2) attribute

3) predecessor

4) lay eggs (in large numbers)

(15) grapple


1) wrestle

2) kill from lack of air

3) tax of one-tenth (contributed to a church)

4) urgent situation

(16) penury


1) one regarded as embodying a set image or type

2) brownish yellow

3) extreme poverty

4) ointment

(17) brooch


1) without concern or care

2) small surgical tool for making incisions

3) brief explanation of words used in the text

4) ornamental clasp

(18) nefarious


1) (of a person or writing) digressing

2) very wicked

3) not essential

4) riddle

(19) piety


1) devoutness

2) immediate insight

3) enhance the flavor of by adding a spice, etc.

4) prudent

(20) archives


1) moment of calm

2) delay (in development)

3) public records

4) strangle

(21) galaxy


1) announce

2) impudent disrespect

3) large isolated system of stars, such as the Milky Way

4) essential quality

(22) wizened


1) shriveled

2) pertinent

3) distinguishable

4) severe dizziness

(23) discord


1) dictionary

2) conflict

3) cast a spell over

4) expurgate

(24) nauseate


1) chew

2) bind as servant or apprentice to master

3) cause to become sick

4) having importance

(25) anarchist


1) tiny

2) act of dissecting living animals

3) person who seeks to overturn the established government

4) middle class

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(1) holocaust


1) trinket

2) easily shocked or sickened by unpleasant things

3) effectual

4) destruction by fire

(2) incorporeal


1) formal demand or request

2) without a material body

3) raised platform for speech-making

4) waster

(3) convoluted


1) free from an entanglement or difficulty

2) coiled around

3) malodorous

4) blood-vessel

(4) nova


1) projection

2) star that suddenly becomes much brighter and then returns to its original brightness

3) existing at birth

4) attack with abusive language

(5) decipher


1) former occupant of a post

2) mental or physical ability

3) decode

4) lukewarm

(6) immutable


1) become worse in quality

2) fleeting

3) (of a heart or machine) beat rapidly or violently

4) unchangeable

(7) flourish


1) grow well

2) mutually agreed on

3) formal

4) administrative division of a city

(8) sober


1) serious

2) map-maker

3) new growth from a plant

4) most reliable

(9) universal


1) revere

2) Roman army officer (commanding a company of about 100 soldiers)

3) characterizing or affecting all

4) satisfy fully (physical needs such as hunger)

(10) dilatory


1) strike forcefully

2) nearing

3) delaying

4) lack of consistency or agreement as between facts

(11) paradigm


1) model

2) soak thoroughly

3) flowing

4) stormy

(12) testy


1) spread throughout

2) graze

3) correct spelling

4) irritable

(13) rabble


1) torn piece of cloth

2) mob

3) cut away

4) loose freshness

(14) impale


1) created by statute or legislative action

2) foretell

3) pierce (with a sharp point)

4) exit

(15) ashen


1) expel

2) surviving remnant (from an extinct culture)

3) one who is habitually cruel to weaker people

4) ash-colored

(16) ineluctable


1) appear or take shape (usually in an enlarged, indistinct, or distorted form)

2) irresistible

3) scarcity

4) insolent

(17) feasible


1) practical

2) Roman army officer (commanding a company of about 100 soldiers)

3) live in a monotonous way (without interests or activity)

4) inclined to cruelty

(18) respiration


1) breathing

2) all-powerful

3) having many talents

4) difficult to please

(19) periphery


1) system of ideas characteristic of a group or culture

2) outside edge especially of a round surface

3) holding one's attention

4) not able to be traveled or crossed

(20) sidereal


1) fear

2) travel about selling (wares)

3) (of a thick liquid) pass or flow slowly

4) relating to stars

(21) encompass


1) shabby and dirty

2) indirect or subtle (derogatory) hint

3) surround

4) medical treatment and care of old age

(22) billowing


1) teach (ideas or principles)

2) drink (alcoholic beverages) frequently

3) swelling out in waves

4) petty or trivial details

(23) arduous


1) peak

2) faultless

3) hard

4) fond of books and reading

(24) monastic


1) watch over and direct

2) denoting an unobstructed and comprehensive view

3) related to monks or monasteries

4) feign

(25) annuity


1) make poor

2) opinion contrary to popular belief

3) yearly allowance

4) indignation

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(1) ascribe


1) immoral behavior

2) having a sharp or acid taste

3) refer

4) contest in which winners are selected in a drawing of lots

(2) polarity


1) making a harsh noise

2) state of having two opposite qualities

3) unutterable

4) bend the knee as in worship

(3) awl


1) the ancient Roman festival in honor of Bacchus

2) watch over and direct

3) truthfulness

4) pointed tool used for piercing

(4) affiliation


1) blow in heavy gusts

2) joining

3) prayer for help (used in invoking)

4) hug

(5) provender


1) dry food for livestock

2) self-governing

3) consider

4) stupid awkward person

(6) broach


1) introduce as a subject

2) cord used to draw and tie together two opposite edges (as of a shoe)

3) make impure or of poorer quality by adding inferior or tainted(contaminated) substances

4) ravenous

(7) epistemologist


1) person who turns animal hides into leather

2) unruly

3) philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge

4) stamp-collector

(8) adversary


1) opponent

2) paint used to coat a surface with a glossy film

3) hypnotic state

4) irresolution

(9) actuary


1) inclined to cruelty

2) atrocious

3) someone who advises insurance companies

4) motivate

(10) breach


1) things thrown from a ship (to lighten the ship)

2) like a fox

3) breaking of contract or duty

4) the act of anointing with oil

(11) grueling


1) fugitive from the law (excluded from legal protection)

2) acquire

3) bossy

4) exhausting

(12) corrode


1) fill up again

2) interdependent relationship (between groups, species) often mutually beneficial

3) destroy or wear away gradually by chemical action (over a long period)

4) survey of enemy by soldiers

(13) plenitude


1) (of a skin or complexion) dark

2) hammerlike tool

3) outer skin of an orange used for giving a special taste to food

4) abundance

(14) gull


1) experiencing nausea

2) having absolute unchecked power

3) handle roughly

4) trick

(15) probe


1) celebrity (in a specific field)

2) explore with a probe or tools

3) transient

4) disintegration

(16) terse


1) great amount

2) annoying

3) concise

4) man who is not a cleric

(17) chaperon


1) older person who accompanies and supervises a young unmarried woman

2) fit for growing crops

3) praising

4) make poor

(18) factious


1) stupid

2) inclined to form factions

3) questioner (especially harsh)

4) filled with excited joy and pride

(19) seminal


1) one devoted to the promotion of human welfare

2) going from one state of action to another

3) premonition

4) related to seed or semen

(20) anthropomorphic


1) swelling out in waves

2) conciseness

3) having human form or characteristics

4) great waterfall

(21) cozen


1) matchless

2) introductory

3) cheat

4) scolding woman

(22) disparage


1) fully filled

2) small ridge on a smooth surface (face or cloth)

3) belittle

4) signify

(23) quack


1) maze

2) tawny or grayish with streaks or spots (of animals)

3) of hidden meaning and spiritual power

4) charlatan

(24) adjuration


1) revive

2) lover of luxury

3) solemn urging

4) large city

(25) disproportion


1) arrange into categories or grades

2) lack of proportion (between the parts)

3) like a fox

4) mechanism that imitates actions of humans

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(1) duress


1) diminish

2) text of an opera or oratorio

3) forcible restraint, especially unlawfully

4) pertaining to drama

(2) contend


1) tell in confidence (to a person one trusts)

2) struggle

3) feverish

4) mortuary

(3) consensus


1) morally upright

2) wrongdoing

3) general agreement

4) humiliate by embarassing excessively

(4) expansive


1) last stop of railroad

2) puff or gust (of air, scent, etc.)

3) one who commits sabotage

4) (of a person) outgoing and sociable

(5) feral


1) blessing

2) hesitate

3) exhausting

4) (of an animal) not domestic

(6) nebulous


1) vague

2) untidy (of a woman or clothes)

3) withholding belief

4) determine in advance

(7) laity


1) lazy person

2) laypersons

3) familiar with

4) very small

(8) ruthless


1) not able to be erased

2) swollen

3) pitiless

4) announce

(9) ursine


1) a person who governs in place of a ruler who is ill, absent, or still a child

2) characteristic frame of mind

3) cancel

4) bearlike

(10) composure


1) make coins

2) mental calmness

3) e,eyry) nest of a large bird of prey

4) call together

(11) dire


1) warning of disaster

2) repay

3) approve formally

4) imperceptible(not easily understood)

(12) tenuous


1) madly excited

2) (of a person or book) learned

3) detached plant shoot used in grafting

4) thin

(13) rent


1) force or push out

2) act or manner of using

3) tear made by rending

4) fast

(14) propagate


1) shake repeatedly from side to side

2) truthfulness

3) increase in number by producing young

4) individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances

(15) degradation


1) complicated situation (as in a play)

2) humiliation

3) suckle

4) warn or speak to with gentle disapproval

(16) nutritious


1) make invalid

2) become less severe

3) easily understood

4) providing nourishment

(17) variegate


1) vanity or self-love

2) change the appearance of (by marking with different colors)

3) faultfinding

4) support

(18) propitious


1) animal or plant living on another

2) great waterfall

3) favorable

4) fearless

(19) aristocracy


1) hereditary nobility

2) gloomy

3) careful no to cause offence

4) inflated

(20) somnambulist


1) fluent

2) sleepwalker

3) outward decorations

4) long established as a disease

(21) cumbersome


1) annoy

2) small body revolving around a larger one

3) beyond reasonable limits

4) heavy and awkward to carry or wear

(22) pedagogy


1) one that achieves unexpected success

2) sailing vessel built for great speed

3) teaching

4) flexible

(23) ape


1) deadly

2) essential or main point

3) imitate or mimic (a person's behavior or manner)

4) like wood

(24) rebuff


1) reject bluntly

2) not able to be pierced or entered

3) begin and continue (a war)

4) composed

(25) clipper


1) sailing vessel built for great speed

2) marked by indecision

3) conspicuously wicked, bad, or offensive

4) (of a thick liquid) pass or flow slowly

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(1) brackish


1) poisonous snake

2) taking pains

3) somewhat saline

4) act of finding the total

(2) implicate


1) claw of bird

2) refutation

3) incriminate

4) drug that relieves pain or trouble

(3) manacle


1) restrain

2) abstain from

3) fleshly

4) pertaining to tailors or tailoring

(4) brave


1) artistic

2) face courageously

3) breeder or dealer of animals

4) sorrowful

(5) abject


1) rude, insensitive person

2) satiate

3) (of a condition) wretched

4) horrible

(6) plight


1) crafty

2) complete

3) reverse the order or position of

4) difficult condition

(7) amnesia


1) loss of memory

2) imperceptible(not easily understood)

3) agreement

4) change in direction

(8) scurrilous


1) ornament richly (a shield or flag)

2) abusive

3) turn away from (a principle, norm)

4) surround with armed forces

(9) hybrid


1) sharpen (a tool)

2) all-knowing

3) tear made by rending

4) mongrel

(10) rubric


1) complete

2) businessperson (who assumes the risk of a business venture)

3) title or heading (in red print)

4) disagree

(11) anchor


1) mixture of decaying organic matter used as fertilizer

2) move furtively and secretly

3) underwater explosive apparatus

4) secure or fasten firmly

(12) natty


1) put or force in without being asked

2) neatly or smartly dressed

3) move with body close to the ground

4) destroy completely

(13) semblance


1) outward appearance

2) state of collapse or weakness caused by illness or old age

3) observable facts

4) pacify or soothe

(14) supplicant


1) not being a person

2) one who supplicates

3) kingdom

4) spasmodic

(15) ragamuffin


1) dirty child in torn clothes

2) waterspout carved in grotesque figures on a building

3) bring upon oneself

4) spread through or over (with a color or liquid)

(16) unruly


1) lying

2) place over something else

3) rustic

4) disobedient

(17) glimmer


1) extremely poor

2) opposite

3) shine erratically

4) throb

(18) withstand


1) steal another's ideas or writings and pass them off as one's own

2) sour

3) stand up against

4) mysterious

(19) mendacious


1) lying

2) rushing stream

3) less intense

4) with a sideways or indirect look (with disapproval or distruct)

(20) cataract


1) administrative division of a city

2) greed (for wealth)

3) great waterfall

4) slow gallop

(21) beleaguer


1) l (of a style of art) showing things as they actually appear in real life

2) decorate with needlework

3) combative

4) besiege or attack (with an army)

(22) Bohemian


1) autopsy

2) unconventional (in an artistic way)

3) admit

4) imprison

(23) veto


1) suave

2) vested power to reject a bill

3) fertility

4) isolation

(24) autopsy


1) examination of a dead body

2) wet thoroughly

3) censure

4) churlish, miserly individual

(25) solicit


1) harm someone's reputation

2) entreat

3) having only one color

4) seize

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(1) nihilist


1) composed

2) one who considers traditional beliefs to be groundless and existence meaningless

3) person concerned with the interrelationship between living organisms and their environment

4) love deeply and respect highly

(2) proscenium


1) part of stage in front of curtain

2) refer indirectly

3) punish by placing in a wooden frame or pillory

4) effulgent

(3) transitory


1) narrow space between things

2) someone who can make his or her voice seem to come from another person or thing (without moving lips or jaws)

3) transient

4) adjacent to

(4) disburse


1) renovate

2) join

3) arrangement of words in the form of poetry (by accentual rhythm)

4) pay out (as from a fund)

(5) skimp


1) given to complaining

2) clamorous

3) self-imposed punishment for sin

4) provide or use scantily

(6) quarantine


1) isolation of a person, place, or ship to prevent spread of infection

2) unruly

3) a person who governs in place of a ruler who is ill, absent, or still a child

4) preceding events that influence what comes later

(7) flora


1) observable facts

2) silent

3) vertebrate animal whose female suckles its young

4) plants of a region or era

(8) precept


1) discuss lightly or glibly

2) scrupulous

3) third in order or rank

4) practical rule guiding conduct

(9) valid


1) theoretical

2) mix

3) reveal

4) logically convincing

(10) acoustics


1) bookish

2) marked by inventive skill

3) distinctive behavioral trait

4) science of sound

(11) anesthetic


1) soothe an angry person

2) substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness

3) incipient

4) harmony

(12) canine


1) stronghold

2) renovate

3) related to dogs

4) sad

(13) stupefy


1) (of things and place) dirty and dull

2) warlike

3) assumed

4) stun

(14) prune


1) cut away

2) detest

3) main wooden stem of a tree

4) elliptic

(15) curator


1) go through or across

2) superintendent

3) harm someone's reputation

4) derived by reasoning

(16) daub


1) occupy fully

2) property inherited from a father

3) smear (as with paint)

4) one who builds or works with stone or brick

(17) philology


1) room to move

2) complain

3) study of language or words

4) boldness

(18) lustrous


1) shining

2) split or sever

3) title or heading (in red print)

4) army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers

(19) kismet


1) study of prehistoric life or fossils

2) fate

3) representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols

4) slavishly attentive

(20) dishonor


1) all-knowing

2) made up of a variety of parts

3) match

4) disgrace

(21) transpose


1) study of prehistoric life or fossils

2) reverse the order or position of

3) de) front or face (of building)

4) circular building or hall covered with a dome

(22) hazard


1) element that is a creature's natural environment

2) insert improperly

3) venture

4) pertaining to conversational or common speech

(23) sinewy


1) incriminate

2) (of meat) tough

3) official of ancient Rome elected by the plebians to protect their rights

4) metric

(24) compartment


1) cloying sweet

2) sustaining

3) one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided

4) abyss

(25) adverse


1) disposed to revenge

2) going against

3) severely critical

4) climb by crawling with difficulties

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(1) mite


1) vested power to reject a bill

2) dull

3) determine in advance

4) very small object or insect-like creature

(2) decant


1) produced by imagination

2) pour off gently (wine or liquid)

3) engrossed

4) ornate

(3) rational


1) (of a person) having reason

2) regret

3) upset

4) twisted

(4) humanitarian


1) flexible

2) carefully contrived

3) one devoted to the promotion of human welfare

4) ability to foretell the future

(5) intolerant


1) unconscious

2) reprimand

3) not willing to accept ways of thinking different from one's own

4) massive

(6) graze


1) (of an animal) feed on growing grass

2) stir up

3) quarrel noisily

4) main impact or shock (of an attack or blow)

(7) ram


1) inquiry

2) pertaining to the moon

3) male sheep

4) healthy

(8) archaic


1) antiquated

2) fearful

3) determined

4) critical remark

(9) parasite


1) spoken or written in secret

2) since

3) animal or plant living on another

4) (of behavior) proper

(10) missile


1) denoting an unobstructed and comprehensive view

2) object to be thrown or projected

3) speak evil of

4) small poor bed

(11) agnostic


1) run-down

2) soften by soaking in liquid

3) prudence

4) one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality

(12) haphazard


1) artificial

2) random

3) rebel

4) steal (things of small value)

(13) guffaw


1) guarantee

2) fit or attack of pain, laughter, rage

3) pleasant in taste

4) boisterous laughter

(14) sedentary


1) without exceptions

2) requiring sitting

3) drink (alcoholic beverages) frequently

4) government run by religious leaders

(15) apprehend


1) arrest (a criminal)

2) element that is a creature's natural environment

3) prankish

4) pertaining to the brain or intellect

(16) cadence


1) ancestry

2) sudden strong feeling of disgust

3) driving away

4) rhythmic rise and fall (of words or sounds)

(17) vital


1) ability to foresee future happenings

2) time for rest

3) full of life

4) change or harden into bone

(18) cadet


1) hide

2) purposely continuing to do something wrong

3) sum

4) student at a military school

(19) ludicrous


1) shining brightly

2) violent scoundrel

3) laughable

4) strong point or special talent in a person's character

(20) acute


1) remedy to counteract a poison or disease

2) (of the senses) sharp

3) inborn

4) art of effective communication

(21) provident


1) put an end to forcibly

2) report

3) providing for future needs

4) subordinate possessions

(22) primogeniture


1) one who spoils the pleasure of others

2) clumsy

3) seniority by birth

4) like a lion

(23) isotope


1) special talent

2) varying from of an element

3) one regarded as embodying a set image or type

4) capable of being bribed

(24) deserts


1) what someone deserves

2) program as for trial

3) crisis

4) most reliable

(25) cunning


1) combativeness

2) clever in deceiving

3) participation

4) tendency to speak or write of oneself excessively

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(1) orthodox


1) skill or sensitivity in dealing with people without causing offence

2) put into words

3) full of pores

4) traditional

(2) elicit


1) somewhat saline

2) contemptible

3) draw out fact or information (by discussion or from someone)

4) abstaining from sexual intercourse

(3) tendentious


1) dissenting (with an opinion, a group, or a government)

2) serious

3) promoting a particular point of view

4) taking pains

(4) parity


1) soak thoroughly

2) equality

3) narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain

4) turn into a god

(5) abridge


1) plunder

2) condense or shorten

3) domineering

4) not essential

(6) illusive


1) oversimplified

2) brilliant

3) believing that pleasure is good and suffering is bad and should be avoided

4) deceiving

(7) hindmost


1) group that meets socially

2) deportment

3) gap

4) furthest behind

(8) check


1) stop motion

2) desert

3) elastic

4) reproduce

(9) cajole


1) supposed

2) persuade by praise or false promise

3) one that has been excluded from a society

4) restore to a previous condition or position

(10) mendicant


1) having a backbone or spinal column

2) change the appearance of (by marking with different colors)

3) impatiently restless (induced by external coercion or restriction)

4) beggar

(11) doom


1) condemnation to a severe penalty

2) trifles

3) set right

4) group of animals

(12) prod


1) evil schemes or plots

2) poke (with a pointed object)

3) stand, sit, or lie in a lazy, relaxed way

4) abstain from

(13) agenda


1) items of business at a meeting

2) humiliation

3) de) front or face (of building)

4) giving off an odor

(14) amenable


1) obedient

2) compensation (for loss or wrong)

3) satisfy to the full

4) impressionable

(15) stamina


1) medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain

2) speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner

3) anger

4) power of endurance

(16) chassis


1) framework and working parts of an automobile

2) deep prolonged unconsciousness caused by disease, poison, or a severe blow

3) make discontented

4) (of water) cover completely

(17) rag


1) scrap of cloth

2) not good-looking

3) crush or grind into very small particles

4) impressive

(18) noisome


1) foul smelling

2) cock

3) bombastic

4) not native

(19) potable


1) arrangement of masts and sails

2) participation

3) (of things and place) dirty and dull

4) suitable for drinking

(20) septic


1) quality of a musical tone produced by a musical instrument (which distinguishes it from others of the same pitch)

2) voters represented by an elected official

3) of or causing sepsis

4) move or throw suddenly and quickly

(21) token


1) clergyman attached to a chapel

2) rejoice

3) language used by special group

4) outward sign

(22) deplete


1) room to move

2) goodness

3) reduce

4) dreamily or deeply thoughtful

(23) salubrious


1) healthful

2) act of reciting publicly

3) make whole

4) become less severe

(24) regale


1) entertain

2) rapture

3) of a sect

4) restore to proper condition (health or useful life)

(25) threat


1) burn (a wound or snakebite, etc.) with hot iron or caustic substance to stop bleeding and prevent infection

2) sign or warning (of coming danger)

3) farewell or departure

4) woman who rules a family or larger social group

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(1) generality


1) resolve

2) give shape to

3) relating to cooking or kitchen

4) vague statement

(2) legend


1) explanatory list of symbols on a map

2) (of a person or book) learned

3) of time

4) feign

(3) stench


1) given to diligent study

2) strong foul odor

3) grandiloquent, pompous speech

4) witty thought or saying, usually short

(4) machinations


1) evil schemes or plots

2) of or pertaining to the people

3) abstain from

4) lively

(5) cerebral


1) deceive

2) saying farewell

3) pertaining to the brain or intellect

4) queer and amusing

(6) obsolete


1) pitiless

2) outmoded

3) not shiny

4) lacking caution

(7) chant


1) give up something (with reluctance)

2) loiter

3) tune(melody) in which a number of words are sung on the same note

4) not active

(8) tipple


1) drink (alcoholic beverages) frequently

2) (of power) complete

3) lessen in value

4) half-solid lump formed from a liquid (or blood)

(9) rectitude


1) bravery

2) present falsely

3) run-down

4) moral correctness

(10) finesse


1) ancestry

2) delicate skill

3) spotted

4) generous

(11) tyranny


1) oppression

2) make or move with a deep rolling sound (as thunder or stomach)

3) man or farmer owning small estate

4) send (something) spinning, often into the air, by striking with a light quick blow

(12) puerile


1) put into a lower or worse place

2) connected with birth

3) region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept

4) childish

(13) opaque


1) denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius)

2) cry out suddenly

3) vinegary

4) dark

(14) acetic


1) person having administrative authority

2) of a title

3) vinegary

4) greed (for wealth)

(15) cornice


1) mental or physical ability

2) projecting molding on building (usually above columns or pillars)

3) change

4) strikingly bright

(16) jurisprudence


1) slip or slide

2) science of law

3) distinctive behavioral trait

4) fierce

(17) aria


1) operatic solo

2) group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods

3) travel about selling (wares)

4) small light sailboat or rowboat

(18) elegy


1) ability to foresee future happenings

2) (of a person or book) learned

3) logically convincing

4) poem or song expressing lamentation (for the dead)

(19) inclusive


1) calmness

2) listing of information in tabular or book form

3) unreasonable or capricious

4) tending to include all

(20) tortuous


1) winding

2) obscure

3) satisfy (thirst)

4) unpleasant high sharp sound

(21) apolitical


1) helpful

2) having no previous example

3) having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs

4) charm

(22) correlate


1) permitting light to pass through freely

2) hot-tempered

3) someone who can make his or her voice seem to come from another person or thing (without moving lips or jaws)

4) either of the correlated things

(23) arch-


1) deep dish for serving soup

2) chief

3) enclose

4) explain

(24) distinct


1) clearly different

2) skeptical or distrustful of human motives

3) protective

4) V-shaped cut in a surface

(25) factitious


1) border upon

2) meeting place

3) defeat

4) artificial

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(1) saga


1) pantry

2) Scandinavian myth

3) record of a voyage or flight

4) vain about dress and appearance

(2) proscribe


1) life after death

2) supporter

3) shyness

4) prohibit

(3) derivative


1) reckon

2) defraud a person of something

3) unoriginal

4) unnatural and forced

(4) surrogate


1) words formed in imitation of natural sounds

2) substitute

3) amuse

4) tending or leaning toward

(5) rip


1) tear or be torn quickly and violently

2) dispute or contradict (often in an insulting way)

3) fern leaf

4) redden

(6) harping


1) tiresome dwelling on a subject

2) connected with birth

3) equip

4) agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged

(7) avert


1) hostility

2) quick clever reply

3) prevent

4) criticize harshly

(8) lunatic


1) insane

2) approach

3) of psyche

4) flood

(9) magnate


1) small planet

2) person of prominence or influence

3) copy

4) become popular with

(10) misdemeanor


1) minor crime

2) stray or fall behind (a main group)

3) impenetrable

4) mixture of writings on various subjects

(11) splice


1) public square of an ancient Roman city

2) short speech at conclusion of dramatic work

3) join together end to end to make one continuous length

4) not done politely without due formalities

(12) arboreal


1) perceive intuitively (by or as if by magic)

2) of or living in trees

3) punish by placing in a wooden frame or pillory

4) devastate

(13) bowdlerize


1) expurgate

2) resistant to

3) self-evident truth

4) attacking

(14) shrivel


1) braid

2) speak with involuntarily pauses or repetitions

3) make or become shrunken and wrinkled (often by drying)

4) strong emotion

(15) nuptial


1) neutral

2) related to marriage or the wedding ceremony

3) organization for a special purpose

4) religious image

(16) dispel


1) remitting of money

2) ability to change in form

3) scatter

4) faultfinding

(17) eddy


1) raging mad

2) program as for trial

3) swirling current of water, air, etc.

4) ransack

(18) adamant


1) devastate

2) homeless wanderer

3) element that is a creature's natural environment

4) hard

(19) pharisee


1) Pharisee: member of an ancient Jewish group that emphasized strict observance of the Mosaic law (considering themselves very holy)

2) hunt through discarded materials for usable items or food

3) having great volume (as of a garment or container)

4) full of initiative

(20) plume


1) lower

2) do or give something in return

3) feather, esp. large or showy one

4) summarize

(21) aspersion


1) curative

2) endless

3) pay for services

4) slanderous remark

(22) descry


1) chance

2) honor

3) catch sight of (something distant)

4) suave

(23) apropos


1) secondary or minor occupation

2) turn to stone

3) light-hearted

4) with reference to

(24) ingrate


1) ungrateful person (not expressing thanks)

2) lurch

3) trunk of statue with head and limbs missing

4) indulge

(25) anguish


1) acute pain

2) fast

3) leap or spring

4) division of animals or plants, below a family and above a species