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ANSWER MEANING
1. feeling or showing
aversion, hesitation, or
unwillingness; also :
having or assuming a
(b).reluctant specified role unwillingly
1. the transitional
movement in Europe
between medieval and
modern times beginning
in the 14th century in
Italy, lasting into the
17th century, and
marked by a humanistic
revival of classical
influence expressed in a
flowering of the arts and
literature and by the
beginnings of modern
science 2. the period of
the Renaissance 3. the
neoclassical style of
architecture prevailing
(e). renaissance during the Renaissance
1. to revive from
apparent death or from
unconsciousness; also :
revitalize 2. come to,
(b). resuscitate revive
1. one of a group of early
19th century English
workmen destroying
laborsaving machinery as
a protest; broadly : one
who is opposed to
especially technological
(d). luddite change
1. to travel over or
through especially on
foot : traverse 2. to make
an official inspection of
(a). (a boundary) on foot 3.
perambulate stroll
1. self-possession or
imperturbability
(e). sangfroid especially under strain
1. left without needed
protection, care, or
support 2. left by the
owner : left to fall into a
state of disuse 3. no
longer held or thought of
(c). abandoned : given up
1. to make an official
decision about who is
right in (a dispute) : to
settle judicially 2. to act
(d). adjudicate as judge
1. gentle or friendly
reproof 2. counsel or
warning against fault or
(b). admonition oversight
1. agreeably or
charmingly attractive or
(e). beguiling pleasing
1. to send forth new
growth (such as buds or
branches) : sprout 2.
bloom 3. to grow and
(a).burgeon expand rapidly : flourish
1. to surrender often
after negotiation of
terms 2. to cease
resisting : acquiesce 3.
(e). capitulate parley, negotiate
1. deception by artful
subterfuge or sophistry :
trickery 2. a piece of
sharp practice (as at law)
(b). chicanery : trick
1. to make coarse 2. to
(d). coarsen become coarse
1. a woman who
endeavors without
sincere affection to gain
the attention and
admiration of men 2. any
of several small, tropical
American hummingbirds
(genus Lophornis) with
the males typically
having a colorful or
ornate tuft of feathers on
(a). coquette the head
1. tending to depress 2.
of, relating to, marked
by, or affected by
(b). depressive psychological depression
1. to look down on with
disrespect or aversion 2.
to regard as negligible,
(d). despise worthless, or distasteful
1. showing or expressing
(b). dignified dignity
1. to subject to great
strain or difficulties 2. to
force or overcome by
inflicting pain 3. to cause
to worry or be troubled :
(d). distressing upset
1. radiant splendor :
(d). effulgent brilliance
1. to deprive of
possession or proprietary
rights 2. to transfer (the
property of another) to
(e).expropriate one's own possession
1. marked by flawless
craftsmanship or by
beautiful, ingenious,
delicate, or elaborate
execution 2. marked by
nice discrimination, deep
sensitivity, or subtle
understanding 3.
(d). exquisite accomplished, perfected
1. an act or instance of
revolting against civil
authority or an
(b). insurrection established government
1. of, relating to, or
characterized by
narcissism: such as 2.
extremely self-centered
with an exaggerated
sense of self-importance
: marked by or
characteristic of
excessive admiration of
or infatuation with
oneself 3. displaying or
marked by excessive
concern with one's own
(d).narcissistic physical appearance
1. having a quarrelsome
or combative nature :
(c). pugnacity truculent
1. seeking solitude :
retiring from society 2.
marked by seclusion or
(e). reclusive retirement : solitary
1. marked by roundness :
rounded 2. marked by
fullness of sound or
cadence : orotund,
sonorous 3. notably
(e).rotundity plump : chubby
1. to converse informally
: chat; also : to chat in a
friendly and persuasive
manner especially so as
to gain favor, business,
or connections 2. to
engage in schmoozing
(a). schmoozer with
1. proceeding from
natural feeling or native
tendency without
external constraint 2.
arising from a
momentary impulse 3.
(b). controlled and directed
spontaneous internally : self-acting
1. a stagnant state or
condition : a state or
condition marked by lack
of flow, movement, or
(e). stagnation development
1. an underlying support
: foundation: such as 2.
substance that is a
permanent subject of
qualities or phenomena
3. the material of which
something is made and
from which it derives its
(d). substratum special qualities
1. being or characteristic
of a tyrant or tyranny :
(a). tyrannical despotic
1. not controlled or
restricted : free,
(c). unfettered unrestrained
1. to furnish with or as if
(e). upholster with upholstery
1. to waver in mind, will,
or feeling : hesitate in
choice of opinions or
courses 2. to sway
through lack of
equilibrium 3. fluctuate,
(b).vacillate oscillate
1. marked by vainglory :
(a). vainglorious boastful
1. the forefront of an
action or movement 2.
the troops moving at the
(d). vanguard head of an army
1. an acutely painful or
embarrassing
misunderstanding 2.
scandal 3. a violently
confused or bitterly
complicated altercation :
(c). imbroglio embroilment
1. marked by or
exhibiting a fawning
(b). obsequious attentiveness
1. of or relating to
Epicurus or Epicureanism
2. of, relating to, or
(b). epicurean suited to an epicure
1. coolly and
(a).supercilious patronizingly haughty
1. a basic principle or
element or a
fundamental skill
—usually used in plural 2.
something unformed or
undeveloped : beginning
—usually used in plural 3.
a body part so deficient
in size or structure as to
be entirely unable to
perform its normal
(c). rudiments function
1. preponderant
influence or authority
over others : domination
2. the social, cultural,
ideological, or economic
influence exerted by a
(b). hegemony dominant group
1. manner of utterance;
specifically : the rise and
fall in pitch of the voice
in speech 2. something
that is intoned;
specifically : the opening
tones of a Gregorian
chant 3. the act of
intoning and especially of
(d). intonation chanting
1. a writ commanding a
person designated in it to
appear in court under a
(b). subpoena penalty for failure
1. having discrete
markings of different
(c). variegated colors 2. varied
1. not easily pulled apart
: cohesive 2. tending to
adhere or cling especially
to another substance 3.
persistent in maintaining,
adhering to, or seeking
something valued or
(e). tenacious desired
1. the capability of a
strained body to recover
its size and shape after
deformation caused
especially by
compressive stress 2. an
ability to recover from or
adjust easily to
(d). resilience misfortune or change
1. a form or shape that is
folded in curved or
tortuous windings 2. one
of the irregular ridges on
the surface of the brain
and especially of the
cerebrum of higher
mammals 3. a
complication or intricacy
of form, design, or
(c). convolution structure
1. to change through
(e). acculturate acculturation
1. involving two people
or two sides who oppose
each other : of, relating
to, or characteristic of an
adversary or adversary
(b). adversarial procedures
1. to charge or entreat
earnestly or solemnly 2.
to summon by or as if by
invocation or incantation
3. to affect or effect by
(a). conjuring or as if by magic
1. the act of conniving;
especially : knowledge of
and active or passive
(c).connivance consent to wrongdoing
1. to dispute or oppose
by reasoning 2. to
(a). controvert engage in controversy
1. having a drooping
crest or hanging head 2.
feeling shame or
(e). crestfallen humiliation : dejected
1. the marking of the
limits or boundaries of
something : the act,
process, or result of
demarcating something
2. something that marks
or constitutes a
boundary : a marked or
perceived distinction
between one area,
(c). category, etc., and
demarcation another
1. lacking something
needed or desirable 2.
lacking possessions and
resources; especially :
(b). destitute suffering extreme poverty
1. an act or instance of
deviating: such as 2.
deflection of the needle
of a compass caused by
local magnetic influences
(as in a ship) 3. the
difference between a
value in a frequency
distribution and a fixed
number (such as the
(c). deviation mean)
1. resembling or befitting
a devil: such as 2. evil,
sinister 3. mischievous,
(e).devilishly roguish
1. to make a definite or
systematic statement of
2. announce, proclaim 3.
(d). enunciate articulate, pronounce
1. a state of perplexity or
(b). quandary doubt
1. to break out or
(c). recrudesce become active again
1. exceeding what is
necessary or normal :
superfluous 2.
characterized by or
containing an excess;
specifically : using more
words than necessary 3.
characterized by
(d). redundant similarity or repetition
1. to present and urge
reasons in opposition :
expostulate —usually
used with with 2. to say
or plead in protest,
(a). remonstrate reproof, or opposition
1. extravagantly
emotional : rapturous 2.
resembling or
characteristic of a
(e). rhapsodic rhapsody
1. withdrawal into
privacy or solitude :
retirement 2. formal
withdrawal from an
(c).secession organization
1. to make strait or
narrow 2. to hem in :
confine 3. to restrict in
freedom or scope :
(e). straitened hamper
1. the action or process
of strangling or
strangulating 2. the state
of being strangled or
strangulated; especially :
excessive or pathological
constriction or
compression of a bodily
tube (such as a blood
vessel or a loop of
intestine) that interrupts
its ability to act as a
(c).strangulation passage
1. of little or no
consequence : trifling,
inconsequential 2. having
(d). nugatory no force : inoperative
1. prevailing tendency,
mood, or inclination 2.
temperamental makeup
3. the tendency of
something to act in a
certain manner under
(b). disposition given circumstances
1. first created or
developed : primeval 2.
existing in or persisting
from the beginning (as of
a solar system or
universe) 3. earliest
formed in the growth of
an individual or organ :
(d). primordial primitive
1. commendation, praise
2. an act of approving
formally or officially 3.
(c).approbation proof
1. to explain (something)
by indicating a cause 2.
to regard as a
characteristic of a person
or thing 3. to reckon as
made or originated in an
(c). attributable indicated fashion
1. to advise (a person)
against something 2. to
advise against (an action)
3. to turn from
(c). dissuade something by persuasion
1. of, relating to, or
located at the equator or
an equator; also : being
in the plane of the
equator 2. of, originating
in, or suggesting the
region around the
geographic equator 3.
being or having a support
that includes two axles at
right angles to each
other with one parallel to
the earth's axis of
(e). equatorial rotation
1. banish, exile 2. to
withdraw (oneself) from
residence in or allegiance
to one's native country 3.
to leave one's native
country to live
elsewhere; also : to
renounce allegiance to
(d). expatriate one's native country
1. something that is
insinuated; especially : a
sly, subtle, and usually
derogatory utterance 2.
the act or process of
(d). insinuation insinuating
1. a massive inexorable
force, campaign,
movement, or object
that crushes whatever is
in its path 2. a large
(e). juggernaut heavy truck
1. a continuum of color
formed when a beam of
white light is dispersed
(as by passage through a
prism) so that its
component wavelengths
are arranged in order 2.
any of various continua
that resemble a color
spectrum in consisting of
an ordered arrangement
by a particular
characteristic (such as
frequency or energy):
such as 3.
electromagnetic
(b).spectrum spectrum
1. perceptible by touch :
tangible 2. of, relating to,
or being the sense of
(d). tactile touch
1. to foreshadow vaguely
: intimate 2. to suggest,
disclose, or outline
partially 3. overshadow,
(c). adumbrate obscure
1. accessory objects 2. an
incidental right (such as a
right-of-way) attached to
a principal property right
and passing in possession
(b). with it 3. a subordinate
appurtenance part or adjunct
1. to persuade with
flattery or gentle urging
especially in the face of
reluctance : coax 2. to
obtain from someone by
gentle persuasion 3. to
deceive with soothing
(d). cajole words or false promises
1. to establish, enable, or
convey by charter 2.
certify 3. to hire, rent, or
lease for usually
exclusive and temporary
(d). chartered use
1. property (such as
securities) pledged by a
borrower to protect the
interests of the lender 2.
a collateral relative 3. a
branch of a bodily part
(d). collateral (such as a vein)
1. a schematic
arrangement of the
inflectional forms of a
verb 2. verb inflection 3.
a class of verbs having
the same type of
(e). conjugation inflectional forms
1. constituting or
producing a convulsion 2.
caused by or affected
with convulsions 3.
resembling a convulsion
in being violent, sudden,
(b).convulsive frantic, or spasmodic
1. marked by inordinate
desire for wealth or
possessions or for
another's possessions 2.
having a craving for
(c). covetous possession
1. to cause to undergo
(d). diffract diffraction
1. using a language or
dialect native to a region
or country rather than a
literary, cultured, or
foreign language 2. of,
relating to, or being a
nonstandard language or
dialect of a place, region,
or country 3. of, relating
to, or being the normal
spoken form of a
(b). vernacular language
1. skill or cleverness in
devising or combining :
inventiveness 2.
cleverness or aptness of
design or contrivance 3.
an ingenious device or
(b). ingenuity contrivance
1. having death as a
subject : comprising or
including a personalized
representation of death
2. dwelling on the
gruesome 3. tending to
produce horror in a
(a). macabre beholder
1. a eulogistic oration or
writing; also : formal or
(e).panegyric elaborate praise
1. to bring about or carry
out (something, such as a
crime or deception) :
commit 2. to produce,
perform, or execute
(b). (something likened to a
perpetration crime)
1. a minor battle :
skirmish 2. a confused
fight : scuffle 3. the
interplay between two
football teams that
begins with the snap of
the ball and continues
(d). scrimmage until the ball is dead
1. the act of killing;
specifically : the
butchering of livestock
for market 2. killing of
great numbers of human
beings (as in battle or a
(b).slaughter massacre) : carnage
1. an act or instance of
(c). exploitation exploiting
1. to commit fornication
2. to commit fornication
(b). fornicate with
1. experienced or
realized through
imaginative or
sympathetic participation
in the experience of
another 2. serving
instead of someone or
something else 3. that
(c). vicarious has been delegated
1. something regarded
with disgust or hatred :
something abominable 2.
extreme disgust and
(d).abomination hatred : loathing
1. a loud eager
expression of approval,
praise, or assent 2. an
overwhelming
affirmative vote by
cheers, shouts, or
applause rather than by
(d). acclamation ballot
1. relating to or
suggestive of an acrobat
or acrobatics : performed
with leaps, body
contortions, or other
maneuvers requiring the
great athleticism of an
(b). acrobatic acrobat
1. an originally Chinese
practice of inserting fine
needles through the skin
at specific points
especially to cure disease
or relieve pain (as in
(e).acupuncture surgery)
1. governing or
controlling influence :
(e). ascendancy domination
1. utterly confused or
puzzled : deeply
(b). befuddled perplexed
1. any of several red
precious stones 2. the
garnet cut cabochon 3. a
painful local purulent
inflammation of the skin
and deeper tissues with
multiple openings for the
discharge of pus and
usually necrosis and
(c). carbuncle sloughing of dead tissue
1. a system of
noninvasive therapy
which holds that certain
musculoskeletal
disorders result from
nervous system
dysfunction arising from
misalignment of the
spine and joints and that
focuses treatment
especially on the manual
adjustment or
manipulation of the
(e). chiropractic spinal vertebrae
1. to concentrate in a
small or narrow space 2.
to cause an excessive
accumulation especially
of blood or mucus in
(such as an organ or part)
(d).congestion 3. clog
1. the configuration of
stars especially at one's
birth 2. any of 88
arbitrary configurations
of stars or an area of the
celestial sphere covering
one of these
configurations 3. an
assemblage, collection,
or group of usually
(c). related persons,
constellation qualities, or things
1. intended to gain
goodwill or favor or to
reduce hostility : tending
(d). conciliatory or intended to conciliate
1. an assembly of
persons called together
to a meeting 2. an
assembly of bishops and
representative clergy of
the Church of England 3.
a consultative assembly
of clergy and lay
delegates from one part
of an Episcopal diocese;
also : a territorial division
(e). convocation of an Episcopal diocese
1. allowable as a
(c). deductible deduction
1. a fleet of ships or
boats; especially : a navy
organizational unit
consisting of two or
more squadrons of small
warships 2. an indefinite
(d). flotilla large number
1. of little weight or
importance 2. having no
sound basis (as in fact or
law) 3. lacking in
(b). frivolous seriousness
1. acutely distressing or
(c). harrowing painful