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(1) askance


1) experienced

2) let down

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

4) not native

(2) plaudit


1) praise

2) coiled around

3) blood feud (esp. between two families)

4) black magic

(3) tribulation


1) baffle or confuse by a difficult problem

2) loiter

3) suffering

4) (of someone) having insight

(4) animadversion


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

2) elevated position

3) wine merchant

4) critical remark

(5) fallacious


1) ceremonial staff used as a symbol of authority

2) false

3) disfranchise

4) very wicked

(6) gratify


1) refer

2) ability to identify with another's feelings, ideas, etc.

3) please

4) hang about/around

(7) tepid


1) dig up

2) rider on horseback

3) lukewarm

4) close relationship

(8) abyss


1) enormous chasm

2) records arranged in yearly parts

3) accidental transposition of sounds in successive words

4) legislating branch of government

(9) executioner


1) person administering capital punishment

2) abstruse

3) practical (as opposed to idealistic)

4) inquire impertinently (someone else's private affairs)

(10) lineaments


1) dining hall

2) washing

3) features especially of the face

4) hot-tempered

(11) rooster


1) cock

2) life after death

3) attribute

4) gather

(12) shard


1) fragment generally of broken pottery (glass, clay bowl, or cup)

2) fastidious

3) scatter

4) return to a former state (esp. after improvement)

(13) spontaneity


1) artificial channel for directing or controlling the flow of water (with a gate to regulate the flow)

2) quality of being deeply moving

3) obtain by pulling violently

4) lack of premeditation

(14) dapper


1) neat and trim (in appearance)

2) existing at birth

3) move furtively

4) decree

(15) menagerie


1) arrest (a criminal)

2) pertaining to passionate love or sexual love

3) collection of wild animals on exhibition

4) not compulsory

(16) frolic


1) like a spirit or fairy

2) play and jump about happily

3) blood-vessel

4) number of points

(17) zenith


1) likely to change

2) one part at a time

3) point directly overhead in the sky

4) pointed tool used for piercing

(18) faze


1) sleight(dexterity) of hand

2) revive

3) disconcert

4) spotted

(19) listless


1) worsen

2) lover of mankind

3) utter (complaining words) indistinctly in low tones

4) lacking in spirit or energy

(20) pathos


1) imagined

2) support or base as for a pillar or statue

3) mental calmness

4) tender sorrow

(21) serpentine


1) winding

2) sink to a lower level

3) cheap and gaudy

4) hide

(22) effectual


1) able to produce a desired effect

2) connoisseur of food and drink

3) cold or cheerless

4) throb

(23) dross


1) surviving remnant (from an extinct culture)

2) waste matter

3) willingness to take new ventures

4) looking back on the past

(24) presumptuous


1) belief on slight evidence

2) holding of an office or real estate

3) great influence (especially political or social)

4) going beyond what is right

(25) rebate


1) rough-mannered

2) petty or trivial details

3) return of part of a payment

4) pamper

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(1) eventual


1) sleepwalker

2) strong and firm (in the body)

3) happening at last as a result

4) cancel

(2) deluge


1) belief that events are determined by forces or fates beyond one's control

2) patience

3) one regarded as embodying a set image or type

4) flood

(3) circuitous


1) roundabout

2) disrepute

3) conceal in the palm of the hand

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

(4) outmoded


1) contradict

2) producing results

3) hang about

4) no longer in fashion or use

(5) totter


1) decayed and foul-smelling

2) plant or scatter seed

3) reparable

4) shake or move unsteadily

(6) belittle


1) emit (an unpleasant odor or smoke)

2) disparage

3) move about playfully

4) place of refuge or shelter

(7) lush


1) immoral behavior

2) outward sign

3) calamity

4) (of a plant or grass) growing very well

(8) macerate


1) soften by soaking in liquid

2) relentless

3) swagger

4) good judgment with composure

(9) boost


1) spread or cover with a sticky substance

2) extinct flying reptile

3) lift by pushing up from below

4) elliptic

(10) privy


1) frustrate

2) (of societies or groups) combine

3) secret

4) clearness of expression

(11) paradox


1) offering or providing help

2) improperness

3) disconnected

4) something apparently contradictory in nature (that may nonetheless be true)

(12) abbreviate


1) understood but not stated

2) frustrate

3) shorten

4) collect (gradually, in a very large amount)

(13) predilection


1) unruly

2) preference

3) happiness

4) persuade by praise or false promise

(14) ken


1) rosy

2) range of knowledge

3) favoring success

4) familiar with

(15) elope


1) unable for the moment to speak (because of strong feeling)

2) run away secretly with the intention of getting married

3) take pleasure in great comfort

4) disloyal

(16) succor


1) bring upon oneself

2) assist (someone in difficulty)

3) abnormal or deviant

4) lying below

(17) genus


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

2) nonentity

3) fall sharply

4) money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage

(18) muse


1) hindrance

2) ponder at length

3) insolent

4) thrift

(19) score


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

2) face courageously

3) number of points

4) group of mammals including humans

(20) grate


1) annoy

2) operatic singer

3) talent

4) make a harsh noise

(21) slovenly


1) not thick

2) untidy

3) speak evil of

4) (of air) thin in density

(22) indigenous


1) stinging

2) an error involving time in a story

3) native

4) chain

(23) anthem


1) money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage

2) song of praise or patriotism

3) fly

4) noisy confusion

(24) commemorative


1) remembering

2) dissimilar

3) loyalty

4) harmonious

(25) oust


1) life-size, three-dimensional scene from nature or history

2) associate with

3) expel

4) short simple story teaching a moral

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(1) mediate


1) family descent

2) not fully worked out or developed

3) unlikely occurrence

4) settle a dispute through the services of an outsider

(2) amazon


1) limited

2) play or frolic boisterously

3) lacking caution

4) female warrior

(3) utopia


1) not thick

2) staff officer assisting the commander

3) soft fatty tissue that fills most bone cavities and is the source of blood cells

4) ideal place, state, or society

(4) furrow


1) long shallow trench made by a plow

2) below the threshold of conscious perception

3) study industriously

4) hasty

(5) graphite


1) posion

2) hypnotic state

3) black form of carbon used in lead pencils

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

(6) mishap


1) something surrendered as punishment for a crime or breach of contract

2) wild

3) size or volume (esp. when very large)

4) unfortunate accident

(7) execute


1) impervious

2) put into effect

3) slightly obscure

4) bankrupt

(8) equivocate


1) steal things of small value

2) agreeable

3) use equivocal language to deceive people

4) dedicate

(9) malapropos


1) having many talents

2) overregulated administrative system marked by red tape

3) inappropriate

4) stubbornly wrong

(10) Advent


1) violent

2) arrival

3) spot

4) one who is introspective or inclined to think more about oneself

(11) gradation


1) humiliation

2) series of gradual stages

3) scold harshly

4) d\'ebut

(12) negligible


1) pretend

2) firmly established by nature or habit

3) pertaining to land or its cultivation

4) so small, trifling, or unimportant as to be easily disregarded

(13) abstract


1) luxuriate

2) pitiless

3) theoretical

4) support placed under or against something

(14) exult


1) rejoice

2) homesickness

3) widespread

4) refer indirectly

(15) esoteric


1) intention

2) expand

3) refer

4) hard to understand

(16) disapprobation


1) of the same kind

2) disapproval

3) one who feigns illness to escape duty

4) hatred of marriage

(17) amphitheater


1) oval building with tiers of seats

2) carrion-eating birds

3) light stroke as with a whip

4) equal in extent

(18) psyche


1) shabby and dirty

2) purging or cleansing of any passage of the body

3) soul

4) producing tears

(19) enterprise


1) laugh quietly

2) (of a position, esp. in an argument) indefensible

3) bad-tempered

4) willingness to take new ventures

(20) volition


1) successful

2) time of greatest success or power

3) act of using one's will

4) fear of water

(21) insurrection


1) swamp gas

2) (of a person) bold

3) rebellion

4) strong

(22) expletive


1) very large number

2) meaningless word

3) having a fixed order of procedure

4) insolent

(23) drab


1) dull

2) formless

3) marked by vulgar lewd humor

4) title or heading (in red print)

(24) frenzied


1) twist

2) madly excited

3) struggle

4) religion practiced chiefly in Haiti

(25) formidable


1) entreating

2) menacing

3) bravery

4) achieve by cleverness or trick

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(1) euphemism


1) (of a part of the body) swollen

2) (of writing) flowing

3) mild expression in place of an unpleasant one

4) clever in deceiving

(2) warren


1) mass of material sticking together

2) tunnels in which rabbits live

3) producing tears

4) raise in rank or dignity

(3) erratic


1) (esp. of a flower or leaf) many-colored

2) fame

3) odd

4) honor at a festival

(4) maneuver(manoeu


1) artificial channel for water

2) lending money at illegal high rates of interest

3) harass

4) ver) strategic military or naval movement (done for training purposes)

(5) vagary


1) capricious happening

2) permitting light to pass through freely

3) become popular with

4) double-dealing

(6) alluvial


1) traitor

2) pertaining to soil deposits left by running water

3) nonsense

4) lizard that changes color in different situations

(7) subside


1) authoritative

2) sink to a lower level

3) sensual

4) walking about from place to place (to work)

(8) fuddle


1) walk or behave with an over-confident manner

2) make stupid or confused as with alcholic drink

3) study industriously

4) parchment or piece of writing material used for second time after original writing has been erased

(9) suture


1) brief statement used to express a principle

2) lustful

3) stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision

4) cut or knock down (a tree or a person)

(10) mincing


1) affectedly dainty(delicate)

2) emit (an unpleasant odor or smoke)

3) small boat (often ship's boat)

4) small chamber used for sleeping or work

(11) virulent


1) hairy

2) supposed

3) (of a disease or poison) extremely harmful or poisonous

4) remove or get rid of something or someone unwanted

(12) gaudy


1) tear or cut to pieces

2) ered) marked by great changes in fortune

3) flashy

4) droop

(13) inscrutable


1) difficult to understand

2) dark

3) decorate

4) one who studies reptiles

(14) buttress


1) glass water bottle

2) support

3) implying a cause-and-effect relationship

4) (of a sound) echoing

(15) chaotic


1) in utter disorder

2) reject bluntly

3) assuming a false identity

4) clever in deceiving

(16) aesthetic


1) daily domestic task (such as cleaning, cooking, and shopping)

2) artistic

3) subside or moderate

4) pay for services

(17) celibate


1) abstaining from sexual intercourse

2) ) (of people or their behavior) respectful

3) coloring matter (usually powder to be mixed with water or oil)

4) self-satisfaction

(18) trickle


1) roll in mud

2) plentiful

3) flow in drops or in a thin stream

4) of the production of electricity by the action of an acid on a metal

(19) vertigo


1) complain or whine tearfully

2) distinctive behavioral trait

3) liberate

4) severe dizziness

(20) monumental


1) massive

2) make secure against damage or loss

3) complain

4) sound on judgment

(21) epithet


1) in confusion

2) word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing

3) senility

4) banish to the country

(22) iniquitous


1) painting on wet plaster (usually fresh)

2) wicked

3) tendency to speak or write of oneself excessively

4) begin and continue (a war)

(23) reaper


1) medical condition in which the skin, the white part of the eyes, etc. turn yellow

2) restraining rope fastened to the collar of an animal (to control it)

3) winding

4) one who harvests grain

(24) divine


1) calm

2) wrongdoing

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

4) of religion

(25) tenancy


1) ic) aggressive in verbal attack

2) small amount (of money)

3) possession of land or building by rent

4) requiring sitting

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(1) humus


1) slow down

2) substance or rich soil formed by decaying vegetable matter

3) number of points

4) skillful

(2) belabor


1) quibble

2) harp on

3) loud and harsh

4) metal pin used for fastening metal plates together

(3) screech


1) eager enjoyment

2) small poor bed

3) ordinary

4) unpleasant high sharp sound

(4) warble


1) worthless products of an endeavor

2) moment of calm

3) half-human, half-bestial being in the court of Dionysus (resembling a goat), portrayed as wanton(unrestrained) and cunning

4) (of a bird) sing

(5) ichthyology


1) ravenous

2) uninterrupted

3) study of fish

4) change

(6) indiscriminate


1) pertaining to language

2) choosing at random

3) healthful

4) overflowing abundance

(7) rou\'e


1) make drunk

2) lecherous man

3) plentiful

4) descent

(8) materialism


1) preoccupation with physical comforts and things

2) kingdom

3) possession of land or building by rent

4) lethargy

(9) prefatory


1) introductory

2) invigorating and refreshing

3) that which accompanies

4) not literal but metaphorical

(10) windfall


1) deceive

2) framework and working parts of an automobile

3) (of a story or play) loosely connected

4) fallen fruit

(11) roster


1) act or manner of using

2) spacious

3) list (of names)

4) recover

(12) queer


1) having many talents

2) strange

3) rejoicing

4) censure

(13) quail


1) send out of the country

2) cower

3) lending money at illegal high rates of interest

4) trifles

(14) bacchanal


1) susceptible to wounds or attack

2) noisy party with a lot of drinking

3) urge on

4) influenced by personal feelings

(15) incantation


1) singing or chanting of magic spells

2) prudent

3) condense or shorten

4) moral correctness

(16) translucent


1) narrow-mindedness

2) partly transparent

3) crude dwelling

4) apply a lubricant to

(17) euphony


1) wrongdoing

2) free from an entanglement or difficulty

3) without attention to comfort

4) sweet sound

(18) hut


1) crude dwelling

2) nonstandard grammatical construction

3) attach

4) move, give, or take in a quiet, stealthy way

(19) bemoan


1) prank

2) circular building or hall covered with a dome

3) lament

4) heavy substance used to add stability or weight

(20) abate


1) limited

2) subside or moderate

3) providing for future needs

4) drink of the gods

(21) paramour


1) mixed up

2) induced sleeping state

3) significance

4) illicit lover

(22) halting


1) violation of a law

2) unreasonable or capricious

3) falling to pieces

4) hesitant

(23) Elysium


1) smirk

2) place or condition of bliss

3) quarrel noisily

4) clamorous

(24) civil


1) failure to act

2) broad comedy

3) contend

4) having to do with citizens

(25) stint


1) supply

2) soft wet land

3) holding fast (as to a belief)

4) slight degree of color

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(1) dumbfound(dumfo


1) und) astonish (making dumb)

2) requiring sitting

3) tending toward the center

4) (of a spirit) visit (a place)

(2) alms


1) dictionary

2) decree or command

3) fragments (esp. from a destroyed building)

4) money or goods given to the poor

(3) responsiveness


1) writ(written command issued by a court) summoning a witness to appear in court

2) trip and almost fall

3) state of reacting readily to appeals, orders, etc.

4) dissimilar

(4) prattle


1) kill from lack of air

2) talk idly

3) major classification, second to kingdom, of plants and animals

4) give

(5) run-down


1) ability

2) certainty

3) (of a place) dilapidated

4) journey

(6) knotty


1) highly pretentious or inflated

2) intricate

3) something fit to be eaten

4) groom oneself with care

(7) bristling


1) become popular with

2) condition of being squalid

3) rising like bristles

4) inclined to cruelty

(8) affliction


1) questioner (especially harsh)

2) state of distress

3) family descent

4) reserved or aloof

(9) inculcate


1) foul-smelling

2) teach (ideas or principles)

3) travel about selling (wares)

4) central or vital part

(10) synthetic


1) obligatory

2) obligated

3) beginning

4) not natural

(11) jocular


1) disease communicator

2) avoid (responsibility, work, etc.)

3) said or done in jest or playfully

4) one who builds or works with stone or brick

(12) quizzical


1) curious

2) process of being made sensitive or acutely responsive to an external agent or substance

3) hide

4) flood

(13) curmudgeon


1) children

2) churlish, miserly individual

3) related to telling a story

4) remove (fleece or hair) by cutting

(14) replete


1) harmful

2) announce

3) fully filled

4) unworthy

(15) slavish


1) permanent

2) proper (in behavior, conduct, or appearance)

3) of or like a slave

4) joining

(16) judicious


1) narrow opening in a large mass

2) subside or moderate

3) sound on judgment

4) make or become dull or discolored

(17) impeach


1) charge (a public official) with crime in office

2) of glass

3) nearness

4) and forwards

(18) doze


1) able to be touched

2) risk, particularly of being exposed to disease or to the elements

3) thin surface layer (of good quality wood, glued to a base of inferior material)

4) sleep lightly

(19) orifice


1) pirate or plunderer who makes war in order to grow rich

2) hostile invasion

3) mouthlike opening

4) grow rapidly (in numbers)

(20) unison


1) unity of pitch (in musical performance)

2) untidy (of hair or clothing)

3) pertinent

4) beak(bill)

(21) strident


1) (of likings and interests) universal

2) purposely continuing to do something wrong

3) severity

4) loud and harsh

(22) prime


1) an assumed name esp. by a criminal (usually to mislead people)

2) period of ideal or peak condition

3) said or done in jest or playfully

4) noisy quarrel

(23) disgorge


1) avaricious

2) power to produce desired effect

3) surrender something (stolen)

4) censure

(24) habitat


1) come to one as a gain

2) natural home of a plant or animal

3) crystal clear

4) state of being undecided

(25) prehensile


1) (of costs or demands) excessive

2) beauty

3) capable of grasping or holding (esp. by wrapping around)

4) making a harsh noise

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(1) renege


1) break a promise

2) dose (of liquids)

3) crafty

4) having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental processes

(2) abrasive


1) religious image

2) enclose

3) friendship

4) rubbing away

(3) kaleidoscope


1) scholar

2) tube in which patterns made by the reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of glass, etc. produce interesting symmetrical effects

3) window projecting upright from roof

4) assemble

(4) perpetual


1) everlasting

2) formal

3) indecent

4) cancel

(5) abstemious


1) make return for

2) phrase dulled in meaning by repetition

3) assuming a false identity

4) sparing in eating and drinking

(6) incense


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

2) make necessary

3) enrage

4) government run by religious leaders

(7) bristle


1) become unsteady and fall down

2) introduction (to a poem or play)

3) small piece or mark

4) short stiff hair

(8) fritter


1) waste (time or money on unimportant things)

2) threatening

3) rushing stream

4) boorish

(9) nutrient


1) judicial branch of government

2) religious image

3) nourishing substance

4) quick or willing to receive (ideas, suggestions, etc.)

(10) condole


1) terms used in a science or art

2) express condolences

3) arouse to action

4) person who turns animal hides into leather

(11) decorous


1) hanging

2) state of being nameless

3) move in search of plunder

4) proper (in behavior, conduct, or appearance)

(12) termination


1) end

2) based on experience

3) contaminate

4) steadiness of effort

(13) pine


1) ic) aggressive in verbal attack

2) assault

3) long for

4) pastoral song

(14) afterlife


1) life after death

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

3) third in order or rank

4) large city

(15) quorum


1) minimal number of members necessary to conduct a meeting

2) tax levied by a ruler

3) unerring

4) main wooden stem of a tree

(16) benefactor


1) wine merchant

2) indirect or subtle (derogatory) hint

3) slandering

4) gift giver

(17) scrupulous


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

2) remorse

3) deep regret for wrongdoing

4) conscientious

(18) rave


1) overwhelmingly favorable review

2) contradict

3) profitable

4) indirect or roundabout expression (by using an uncecessarily large number of words esp. when trying to avoid answering a difficult question directly)

(19) convulsion


1) make desolate

2) violent uncontrollable shaking movement (caused by illness)

3) encouraging

4) revive

(20) vise


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

2) reservoir or water tank

3) charmingly carefree

4) vice

(21) supple


1) flexible

2) traditional

3) record of descent

4) destruction by fire

(22) gerrymander


1) common

2) transparent

3) bloody

4) change voting district lines in order to favor a political party

(23) courier


1) advocate of the extension of voting rights (for women)

2) crack

3) lessening

4) messenger

(24) garner


1) providing a general overview

2) gather

3) intensely cold

4) illegal

(25) emboss


1) study of insects

2) entreat

3) produce a design in raised relief

4) file of documents on a subject or person

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(1) veneer


1) thin surface layer (of good quality wood, glued to a base of inferior material)

2) be unfaithful

3) one who is intolerant (in matters of religion or politics)

4) courage (to continue bravely in spite of difficulties)

(2) blatant


1) something that relieves pain

2) twisted

3) extremely (offensively) obvious

4) turn to stone

(3) circumspect


1) (of something written or painted) still in existence

2) prudent

3) wandering

4) condition of being unable to feel pain

(4) tumult


1) commotion of a great crowd

2) bend the knee as in worship

3) played in an abrupt manner

4) decayed and foul-smelling

(5) antidote


1) remedy to counteract a poison or disease

2) corrupt

3) total

4) ) entrance

(6) overture


1) raised platform used in preaching (in a church)

2) devoutness

3) make perpetual

4) musical introduction to a long musical piece

(7) marked


1) noticeable

2) lawyer using questionable methods

3) wasted away

4) hot sweet dish

(8) fissure


1) negligent

2) scowl

3) crevice

4) medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain

(9) internecine


1) something apparently contradictory in nature (that may nonetheless be true)

2) arsonist

3) mutually destructive

4) operate with one's hands

(10) tether


1) disentangle

2) love deeply and respect highly

3) moo

4) tie (an animal) with a rope or tether

(11) eccentric


1) merriment

2) instituting

3) irregular

4) precision

(12) shaving


1) motivated solely by money or gain

2) make whole

3) predatory animal or bird

4) very thin piece, usually of wood (cut from a surface with a sharp blade)

(13) solitude


1) systematic plan

2) sparkle

3) pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter

4) state of being alone

(14) fanfare


1) not knowing

2) flexible

3) call by bugles or trumpets

4) sink to a lower level

(15) atone


1) cancel

2) shrewd in money matters

3) state strongly or positively

4) make amends for

(16) ethos


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

2) underlying character of a culture, group, etc.

3) mushy(sentimental) and gushy

4) deny

(17) virile


1) manly

2) bending of a ray of light

3) extremely dry

4) express condolences

(18) microcosm


1) solemn urging

2) small representative world

3) fair

4) smugly and unconsciously foolish

(19) ration


1) fixed portion

2) strangle

3) society ruled by the wealthy

4) strip off skin

(20) languid


1) lacking energy or vitality

2) clumsy (in social behavior)

3) wooden enclosure or pen

4) division of a city for election or police purposes

(21) obliterate


1) announce

2) having no motion

3) destroy completely

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

(22) inquisitor


1) questioner (especially harsh)

2) revive

3) having foresight

4) the ancient Roman festival in honor of Bacchus

(23) exhort


1) stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision

2) restraint

3) urge (by strong argument or advice)

4) move with body close to the ground

(24) palatial


1) lengthen

2) crush or grind into very small particles

3) of or suitable for a palace

4) rendering

(25) leave-taking


1) bloody

2) farewell or departure

3) read through with care

4) twistings

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(1) bludgeon


1) (of a person) truthful

2) blow in heavy gusts

3) vague statement

4) club

(2) posterity


1) short and thick

2) violent

3) rebound

4) descendants

(3) blush


1) warn or speak to with gentle disapproval

2) become red in the face (from embarrassment or shame)

3) mix

4) (of the tide) recede

(4) therapeutic


1) mar

2) curative

3) devastate

4) candid

(5) verve


1) give in respectfully

2) similarly timed

3) boasted

4) enthusiasm (as in artistic performance or composition)

(6) obsessive


1) dissimilar

2) related to thinking about something constantly

3) standard

4) strong desire

(7) bastard


1) illegitimate child

2) having many forms

3) cause

4) reckon

(8) raspy


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

2) making a harsh noise

3) oppression

4) act of reciting publicly

(9) scheme


1) platitude

2) irreverence

3) produce a design in raised relief

4) systematic plan

(10) incorrigible


1) book for religious instruction in question-and-answer form

2) fearless

3) uncorrectable

4) guess

(11) punitive


1) suffering from indigestion

2) deprived of (someone beloved through death)

3) deceive

4) punishing

(12) insinuate


1) freedom from narrow limitations

2) achieve by cleverness or trick

3) inquire impertinently (someone else's private affairs)

4) hint

(13) clavicle


1) without previous preparation

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

3) small piece or mark

4) collarbone

(14) arcade


1) family descent

2) unable to be restrained or held back

3) a covered passageway usually lined with shops

4) ravenous

(15) bicameral


1) close relationship

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

3) saying farewell

4) two-chambered as a legislative body

(16) ultimate


1) related to seed or semen

2) surround

3) final

4) firm statement that something is certainly true

(17) felicity


1) reconciling

2) happiness

3) party

4) raging mad

(18) gossamer


1) familiar with

2) sheer

3) helpful

4) not native

(19) balk


1) generator for producing electricity

2) reach a necessary standard

3) stop short, as if faced with an obstacle, and refuse to continue

4) poisonous

(20) consanguinity


1) touch (the body) lightly so as to cause laughter

2) one who voluntarily suffers death for his or her religion or cause

3) kinship

4) restraint from pleasant things, esp. eating or drinking

(21) murky


1) dark and gloomy

2) logically convincing

3) doctor who treats mental diseases

4) text of an opera or oratorio

(22) impersonal


1) not being a person

2) wild

3) privilege

4) contradict

(23) reprieve


1) outcry

2) (of a person) unable to express what one really feels

3) daily

4) postponement or cancelation of a punishment

(24) stratagem


1) deceptive scheme

2) block legislation or prevent action in a lawmaking body by making very slow long speeches

3) steal things of small value

4) cancel out

(25) crust


1) feign

2) connoisseur of food and drink

3) soak

4) hard outer covering (as of earth or snow)

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(1) gruel


1) woman who rules a family or larger social group

2) thin liquid porridge

3) shy (flirtatiously)

4) distance around something

(2) astronomical


1) sum

2) tear made by rending

3) enormously large or extensive

4) proper (in behavior, conduct, or appearance)

(3) procrastinate


1) former occupant of a post

2) postpone

3) blame

4) boastful

(4) invocation


1) prayer for help (used in invoking)

2) framework and working parts of an automobile

3) mercy killing

4) be excessively fond of

(5) brook


1) prominent

2) musical repetition

3) tending or leaning toward

4) tolerate

(6) glower


1) scowl

2) mental disorder

3) loyalty

4) obligated

(7) shrewd


1) assertion

2) attack with abusive language

3) person interested mostly in external objects and actions

4) clever

(8) indolent


1) object believed to have spiritual powers

2) lazy

3) confuse

4) applaud

(9) amble


1) walking at an easy unhurried pace

2) similarly timed

3) cry out suddenly

4) arrogant

(10) ordination


1) ceremony conferring holy orders

2) effort

3) short speech at conclusion of dramatic work

4) humorous imitation

(11) sound


1) force or push out

2) obedient

3) in good condition

4) ordinary

(12) integrity


1) laughable

2) pertaining to the aurora borealis

3) neat and trim in appearance

4) honesty

(13) primordial


1) existing at the beginning (of time)

2) poisonous

3) offering or providing help

4) hold back (the natural expression of)

(14) recline


1) struggle and thrash about

2) real being

3) fluent (with insincerity or superficiality)

4) lie down

(15) consequential


1) keeping watch (during normal sleeping hours)

2) self-important

3) deficient in intelligence

4) speak evil of

(16) cleft


1) stop or check flow of blood

2) condition of being squalid

3) of hidden meaning and spiritual power

4) N: split

(17) filch


1) steal (things of small value)

2) profane

3) willing to obey orders

4) without guile

(18) resolution


1) fearful

2) determination

3) neat and trim (in appearance)

4) absence of contradictions

(19) rickety


1) (of buildings) likely to break or fall apart

2) complain

3) peak

4) servile flatterer

(20) fathom


1) comprehend

2) in a coma

3) narrow space between things

4) continue in existence

(21) retaliate


1) partner in crime

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

3) repay in kind (usually for bad treatment)

4) student of the history and science of humankind

(22) hem


1) surround tightly so that movement is impossible

2) put an end to forcibly

3) diminish

4) happiness

(23) meander


1) upstart

2) wind or turn in its course

3) place of spiritual expiation

4) harmful

(24) jaundice


1) unfortunate

2) into parts

3) medical condition in which the skin, the white part of the eyes, etc. turn yellow

4) storage place for military equipment

(25) etymology


1) walk lamely

2) study of word parts

3) deceive

4) divine gift

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(1) venerate


1) notoriously bad

2) article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly

3) pantry

4) revere

(2) demagogue


1) person who appeals to people's prejudice

2) lacking liveliness

3) obtain by pulling violently

4) language used by special group

(3) bivouac


1) ability to foretell the future

2) fringes

3) story-teller

4) temporary encampment

(4) immune


1) censure

2) like a corpse

3) third in order or rank

4) resistant to

(5) transient


1) prepare by mixing or combining

2) damnation

3) negligent

4) staying for a short time

(6) sinecure


1) well-paid position with little responsibility

2) disgrace

3) man who is not a cleric

4) (of a condition) wretched

(7) herd


1) clowning

2) arranged by degrees (of height, difficulty, etc.)

3) steal (things of small value)

4) group of animals

(8) connivance


1) pretense of ignorance of something wrong

2) important in history

3) one who commits sabotage

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

(9) waive


1) give up temporarily

2) ability

3) one that achieves unexpected success

4) conceivably true

(10) obtrude


1) old age

2) pertaining to ships or navigation

3) push (oneself or one's ideas) forward or intrude

4) confuse

(11) surge


1) candid

2) ceremony conferring holy orders

3) disturb the composure of

4) powerful movement of or like a wave

(12) scabbard


1) throw overboard (from a ship or plane)

2) worldly wise and urbane

3) case for a sword blade

4) branch out

(13) parody


1) suffering from indigestion

2) humorous imitation

3) arrange into categories or grades

4) too certain to be disputed

(14) obdurate


1) stubborn

2) lying on back

3) glass water bottle

4) seasonings

(15) daunt


1) hard to understand

2) intimidate

3) opposite

4) have a tendency

(16) disbar


1) place side by side

2) make (a lawyer) leave the bar or the legal profession

3) in love

4) neat

(17) demented


1) arrangement by rank or standing

2) sudden outburst of an illness or feeling

3) explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults

4) insane

(18) analgesic


1) causing insensitivity to pain

2) one who installs and repairs pipes and plumbing(pipes)

3) phrase dulled in meaning by repetition

4) defeat

(19) remorse


1) deep regret for wrongdoing

2) sameness leading to boredom

3) horrible

4) warmly friendly

(20) rendition


1) obtain by pulling violently

2) condition of being squalid

3) refusal to yield

4) rendering

(21) caldron(cauldro


1) undeveloped

2) secret recess or vault usually used for burial

3) n) large kettle

4) obligatory

(22) prate


1) study of fish

2) talk idly

3) burn the surface of

4) cut the top off

(23) frigid


1) llduggery) dishonest behavior or action

2) intensely cold

3) become unsteady and fall down

4) refrain

(24) convert


1) marriageable

2) like a spirit or fairy

3) full of learning

4) one who has adopted a different religion or opinion

(25) jurisdiction


1) me) gay

2) follow (as a result)

3) right and power to apply the law

4) swindle