Question 1

prudence and care exercised in the management of resources

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providence

Question 2

lack of agreement or harmony

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discord

Question 3

a group gathered in response to a summons

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convocation

Question 4

the act of moving something from one location to another

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conveyance

Question 5

the troops who maintain and guard a fortified place

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garrison

Question 6

resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility

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bestial

Question 7

lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful

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craven

Question 8

an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action

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scruple

Question 9

force or impel in an indicated direction

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exhort

Question 10

making persistent or urgent requests

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importunate

Question 11

a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating

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conjecture

Question 12

an elaborate poetic image comparing very dissimilar things

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conceit

Question 13

to place in a grave or tomb

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inter

Question 14

more than is needed, desired, or required

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superfluous

Question 15

marked by violent force

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impetuous

Question 16

the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe

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antiquity

Question 17

angered at something unjust or wrong

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incensed

Question 18

food served and eaten

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repast

Question 19

an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

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abatement

Question 20

a flamboyant deceiver

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mountebank

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