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Question | Answer |
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abate | to reduce in amount, degree, or severity |
abscond | to leave secretly |
aggrandize | to increase in power, influence, and reputation |
ameliorate | to make better, improve |
anachronism | something out of place in time |
antipathy | extreme dislike |
arbitrate | to judge a dispute between two opposing parties |
ardor | intense and passionate feeling |
assuage | to make something unpleasant less severe |
austere | severe or stern in appearance/undecorated |
banal | predictable or cliched |
bolster | to support |
bombastic | pompous in speech and manner |
capricious | changing one's mind quickly and often |
castigate | to punish or criticize harshly |
caustic | biting in wit |
chauvinist | someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which one belongs |
chicanery | deception by means of craft or guile |
cogent | |
corroborate | to provide supporting evidence |