Question 1

known or understood by only a few

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arcane

Question 2

pierced in order to draw off the contents; to open or break into

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broached

Question 3

to be intimidated or in fear of; to be unnerved

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cowed

Question 4

feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom

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despondent

Question 5

marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness

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fickle

Question 6

speaking rapidly and unintelligibly, typically through fear or shock

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gibbering

Question 7

in undue haste, confusion, or disorder

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helter-skelter

Question 8

unable to be appeased or pacified; not able to be calmed down

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implacable

Question 9

out of place; inconsistent within itself

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incongruously

Question 10

feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment

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indignant

Question 11

(adj.) stopping and beginning again, sporadic; not continuous

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intermittent

Question 12

the act of looking into one's own thoughts and feelings

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Introspection

Question 13

relating to marriage

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matrimonial

Question 14

gladness and merriment usually accompanied by laughter

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mirth

Question 15

to void; to cancel out; to make of no value or consequence

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nullified

Question 16

Lacking color; dull

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pallid

Question 17

Looking back on things past

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retrospection

Question 18

characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul; marked by baseness or grossness

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sordid

Question 19

bad-tempered and sulky; gloomy

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sullen

Question 20

savagely; aggressively self assertive

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truculently

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