Question 1

(v.) to urge on; to stir up, provoke, start, incite

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instigate

Question 2

a small entryway within a building

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vestibule

Question 3

able to move quickly and easily

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agile

Question 4

to hesitate

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falter

Question 5

(v.) to search or examine thoroughly; to rob, plunder

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ransack

Question 6

good judgement, common sense

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prudence

Question 7

(v.) to destroy, lay waste, ruin; (n.) ruinous damage, destruction

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ravage

Question 8

a declaration or statement

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assertion

Question 9

greedily desired or wished for

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coveted

Question 10

a record of events

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chronicle

Question 11

careful about what one says or does

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discreet

Question 12

close examination

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scrutiny

Question 13

A reference to another work of literature, person, or event

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allusion

Question 14

A practical lesson about right and wrong

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moral

Question 15

decreasing in amount or intensity

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subsiding

Question 16

a being that must eventually die

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mortal

Question 17

wealth, success

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prosperity

Question 18

the state in which a person's mental and physical abilities are impaired by alcohol or another substance

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intoxication

Question 19

with difficulty

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laboriously

Question 20

mental sharpness and inventiveness; keen intelligence.

Accepted Answer

wit

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