Question 1

solemn

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grave, sober, serious

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to break down the courage of completely, dishearten, to surprise, to alarm

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a person authorized to conduct religious worship

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discretion in practical affairs

Question 2

commotion

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violent or tumultuous motion, noisy disturbance

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culpably involved

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characteristic of secularity rather than spirituality

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to make ugly, ungraceful, or displeasing, to change the form of, disfigure

Question 3

chronicle

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a record of events arranged in the order of time; history

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to suffer from oppressive heat

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any dramatic scene

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speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly

Question 4

occasionally

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from time to time

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abundant wealth

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profane language

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to make explosive popping or sizzling sounds

Question 5

shun

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to keep away from, take pains to avoid,

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a British lawyer who gives legal advice

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a levy of one tenth of something

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wrapping up in a covering, surrendering entirely

Question 6

appreciative

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feeling or showing gratitude, thankful recognition

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dishonorable in character or purpose

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to make a deep, heavy, somewhat muffled, continuous sound, as thunder

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not easily irritated

Question 7

ridiculous

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absurd, laughable, unbelievable good or bad

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to calm, smooth out

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unpleasantly cool and humid

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showing a brooding ill humor

Question 8

exhausted

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drained of strength or energy; work-out

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a religious doctrine proclaimed as true without proof

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the act of varying in condition or character; a different form of something

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one of a class of woodland deities

Question 9

request

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the act of asking something to be given or done

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to fear greatly, to be reluctant to do

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with obstinate determination

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thin and tattered with age

Question 10

authenticity

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the quality of being genuine, real.

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a step in walking or running

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a vehicle carrying many passengers

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to eject gas from the stomach through the mouth

Question 11

charred

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burned or reduced to charcoal, burnt slightly

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to hold back from action, keep in check or under control

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a very steep cliff

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lacking lightness or liveliness

Question 12

fascinating

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of great interest or attraction, charming

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having excitement and emotional appeal

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an unnatural lack of color in the skin

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to identify, acknowledge, perceive

Question 13

fluster

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to become excited and confused

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an indication that something has been present

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containing much space, of a great area, broad, large

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a laborer who is obliged to do menial work

Question 14

contain

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to hold or include within its area

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offensively malodorous

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impervious to correction by punishment

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something that is essential and required

Question 15

claim

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to demand as a right

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first in place, order, rank, etc.

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incapable of being retracted

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without qualification

Question 16

consist

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to be made up or composed,

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unrestrained by convention or propriety

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lacking grace in movement or posture

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mirroring, giving back or showing an image

Question 17

chasm

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deep cleft in the earth's surface, gorge, gap

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to give onself up to the police or to some influence

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a quick reply to a question or remark

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an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice

Question 18

hysterical

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uncontrollably emotional, irrational from fear

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a medicine that strengthens and invigorates

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emotionally hardened

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a space between things, points, limits

Question 19

bask

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to lie in a pleasant warmth, to enjoy a pleasant situation

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to take or receive will, to succeed as heir

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very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

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stubbornly insistent on theory rather than practicality

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