Question 1

to weaken; decrease or lessen

Accepted Answer

Abate

Question 2

mislead or deceive to pass time.

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Beguile

Question 3

assemble; gather; accumulate

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Compile

Question 4

ridicule; make fun of

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Deride

Question 5

imitate; seek to set self as equal.

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Emulate

Question 6

practical; able to be done or paid for

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Feasibe

Question 7

like a glacier; extremely cold

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Glacial

Question 8

sturdy; strong and healthy; able to deal with changes

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Hardy

Question 9

overwhelm; flood; submerge

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Inundate

Question 10

kindhearted; merry

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Jovial

Question 11

a grouch; someone who spoils things

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Killjoy

Question 12

to grieve; express sorrow

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Lament

Question 13

damaged; disfigured

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Marred

Question 14

to cancel out; lose value; deny

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Negate

Question 15

showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention

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Ostentatious

Question 16

to restate a passage in one's own words, while retaining though of author

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Paraphrase

Question 17

a dilemma

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Quandary

Question 18

repetitious; excessively wordy; superfluous (unnecessary)

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Redundant

Question 19

doubter; person who suspends judgement until the evidence supporting a point of view has been examined.

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Skeptic

Question 20

calmness; peace

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Tranquility

Question 21

sameness; monotony (too much of the same thing)

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Uniformity

Question 22

wordy; saying too much

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Verbose

Question 23

to shrink back; flinch

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Wince

Question 24

fear or hatred of foreigners

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Xenophobia

Question 25

longing; urge

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Yen

Question 26

crazy; comical; out of the ordinary

Accepted Answer

Zany

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