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Diction and Vocabulary Quiz
Question 1
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is the matter about
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amount of taxes
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no error
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next
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shall be levied
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Question 2
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an alumnus
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university
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and
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no error
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is coming back
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Question 3
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deferred
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ruminated
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incited
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precluded
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Question 4
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no error
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affect
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Now and then
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me
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has never had
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Question 5
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pejorative
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pensive
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benign
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blithe
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Question 6
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lugubrious : morose
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abstruse : straightforward
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belligerent : quarrelsome
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mercurial : unpredictable
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Question 7
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ethereal
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sanguine
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viable
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esoteric
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Question 8
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subjugated
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expatriated
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augmented
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exonerated
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Question 9
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inferred
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no error
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his
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he
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with
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Question 10
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surreptitious : candid
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relegate : send away
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obscure : hidden
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auspicious : favorable
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Question 11
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inept : competent
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vacant : brilliant
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capricious : predictable
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impecunious : impoverished
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Question 12
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opulent
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replete
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virulent
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resolute
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Question 13
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serendipitous
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putative
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eminent
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tenuous
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Question 14
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curtailing
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instigating
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appeasing
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mortifying
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Question 15
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exonerate
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stipulate
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edify
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comprise
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Question 16
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no error
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so
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don't try
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am
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crabby
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Question 17
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emulate
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flout
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exhort
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instigate
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Question 18
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a few adjustments
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the
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product of her baking skills
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no error
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has
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Question 19
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perfunctory
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gratuitous
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salient
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bodacious
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Question 20
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corporal : spiritual
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ephemeral : eternal
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spurious : authentic
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exigent : demanding
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Question 21
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obliterate
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decimate
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censure
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mitigate
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Question 22
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erudite : scholarly
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sagacious : obtuse
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frenetic : serene
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assiduous : ambitious
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Question 23
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credible
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dogmatic
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lucid
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dormant
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Question 24
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diffident : timid
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arduous : easy
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purported : supposed
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gregarious : severe
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Question 25
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the
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further
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at
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no error
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the
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Question 26
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enormity
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hiatus
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lethargy
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omen
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Question 27
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ostensibly
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sinuously
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resolutely
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obsequiously
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Question 28
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fomented
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fulminated
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alleviated
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culminated
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Question 29
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temerity
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discretion
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disdain
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surfeit
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Question 30
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immutable : impermanent
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inane : senseless
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extraneous : irrelevant
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impetuous : impulsive
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Question 31
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education : edification
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subjugation : labor
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miniscule : gargantuan
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equality : order
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Question 32
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obfuscated
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exacerbated
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preempted
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flouted
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Question 33
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austere
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esoteric
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auspicious
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equitable
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Question 34
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no error
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your answer
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domicile
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What
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my
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Question 35
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idiosyncracy
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archetype
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antipathy
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enigma
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Question 36
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largess
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malfeasance
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blasphemy
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malaise
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Question 37
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martyr
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hedonist
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patrician
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philistine
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Question 38
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candid
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opulent
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obtuse
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officious
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Question 39
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surrogate : original
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vitiate : purify
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zealous : indifferent
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exuberant : ebullient
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Question 40
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amorphous : distinct
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negligent : conscientious
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virulent : deadly
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dubious : positive
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Question 41
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indigenous
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exigent
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ingenuous
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fluent
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Question 42
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should
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no error
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The
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entre nous
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have told
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Question 43
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gave
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no error
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his
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so
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only
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Question 44
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stoic
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onerous
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specious
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palpable
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Question 45
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obstreperous
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truculent
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morose
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discreet
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Question 46
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accolade
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epithet
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milieu
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metamorphosis
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Question 47
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lethargy
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futility
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reticence
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animosity
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Question 48
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banal
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ineffable
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astute
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ascetic
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Question 49
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supernumerary
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chimera
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catalyst
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dilettante
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Question 50
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adverse
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onerous
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malleable
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affable
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