Question 1

An authoritative saying; an adage; a maxim; a proverb

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dictum

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caricature

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apotheosis

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acumen

Question 2

Someone with superficial knowledge of the arts; an amateur; a dabbler

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dilettante

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catharsis

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perquisite

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catalyst

Question 3

One who supports a particular person cause or idea

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partisan

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sloth

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anecdote

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duplicity

Question 4

A violation of something sacred; blasphemy

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sacrilege

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vernacular

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partisan

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proponent

Question 5

A ludicrous mocking or exaggerated imitation

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burlesque

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affinity

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increment

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adherent

Question 6

A flood; an inundation

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deluge

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stricture

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myriad

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philistine

Question 7

Agonizing physical or mental pain

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anguish

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despot

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antipathy

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gravity

Question 8

Harsh-sounding mixture of words voices or sounds

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cacophony

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apotheosis

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prodigy

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Capitalism

Question 9

Insulting or abusive speech

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invective

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prodigy

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philanthropy

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attrition

Question 10

Something not typical; a deviation from the standard

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aberration

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countenance

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patrician

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pathology

Question 11

Resentment; hostility; ill will

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animosity

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chasm

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cliche

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perquisite

Question 12

Violent breakdown; sudden overthrow; overwhelming defeat

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debacle

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predilection

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gravity

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ignominy

Question 13

Animals; opposite of "flora"

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fauna

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maverick

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tirade

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analogy

Question 14

Seriousness

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gravity

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blasphemy

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denizen

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injunction

Question 15

Unanimity or general agreement

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consensus

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periphery

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ambiance

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bane

Question 16

Thrifty management of resources; livestock farming

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husbandry

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libel

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harbinger

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rancor

Question 17

A command or order, especially a court order

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injunction

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adulation

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largess

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apocalypse

Question 18

A new word or phrase; a new usage of a word

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neologism

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protagonist

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cadence

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chasm

Question 19

Similarity to reality; the appearance of truth; looking like real thing

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verisimilitude

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virtuoso

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amenity

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torpor

Question 20

An overused saying or idea

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cliche

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bourgeois

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peccadillo

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protagonist

Question 21

Standard; basis for judgment

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criterion

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patriarch

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invective

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polemic

Question 22

A remaining bit of something; a last trace

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vestige

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myriad

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approbation

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foible

Question 23

One who deeply distrusts human nature; one who believes humans are motivated only by selfishness

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cynic

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ascendancy

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hegemony

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epigram

Question 24

Excessive love of ones body or oneself

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narcissism

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rancor

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collusion

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clemency

Question 25

The combing of parts to form a whole

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synthesis

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paucity

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altruism

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allusion

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