Question 1

Stolid

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Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; impassive.

Question 2

Waft

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Something, such as an odor, carried through the air.

Question 3

Babble

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To talk on and on about something.

Question 4

Refract

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To deflect (like light) from a straight path.

Question 5

Marionette

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A puppet manipulated by strings from above.

Question 6

Imperceptibly

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Very impossibly or difficult to comprehend or imagine.

Question 7

Mausoleum

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A large stately tomb.

Question 8

Tallow

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Animal fat to make candles, etc.

Question 9

Pulverize

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To pound or crush into dust.

Question 10

Melancholy

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Sadness or depression.

Question 11

Sludge

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Semisolid material such as mud.

Question 12

Earnestly

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Completely full of sincere intent.

Question 13

Cataract

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Opacity of the lens of the eye.

Question 14

Olfactory

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Relating to the sense of smell.

Question 15

Proboscis

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A long flexible snout or trunk.

Question 16

Blotch

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Discoloration of skin.

Question 17

Rasping

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Like a grating sound.

Question 18

Multi-faceted

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Many sided.

Question 19

Ballistics

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Study of the dynamics of projectiles.

Question 20

Transcription

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Process of copying things down.

Question 21

Erect

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To raise up.

Question 22

Proclivity

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Natural tendency or inclinations.

Question 23

Flurry

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A sudden outburst or commotion.

Question 24

Odious

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Arousing strong dislike.

Question 25

Musty

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Stale or moldy odor or feeling.

Question 26

Condemnation

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The act of putting down or looking down upon something.

Question 27

Ravenous

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Extremely hungry; voracious.

Question 28

Jargon

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Nonsensical sounds or language.

Question 29

Fathom

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Depth measured for the ocean.

Question 30

Concussion

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A violent jarring; shock.

Question 31

centrifuge

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apparatus consisting of a compartment spun about to separate contained materials

Question 32

Cacophony

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harsh discordant sounds: opposite of harmony.

Question 33

Pantomime

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to act out gestures silently without any sound.

Question 34

Luminescent

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Glowing or emitting light.

Question 35

Feign

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to fake or pretend (a behavior or action).

Question 36

Yammering

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Full of complaint; whiny.

Question 37

Ruddy

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Having a healthy, reddish color.

Question 38

Displace

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to take the place of; supplant.

Question 39

Pratfall

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a fall on one's bottom (for laughter).

Question 40

Nomadic

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Lacking stability of a home.

Question 41

Dictum

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an official pronouncement.

Question 42

Leaden

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To be heavy like lead.

Question 43

Cower

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to shrink back in fear.

Question 44

Breach

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to break through or violate.

Question 45

Titillation

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the act of producing excitement or stimulation.

Question 46

Pagan

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Professing no religion.

Question 47

Quibble

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to argue over petty matters.

Question 48

Topheavy

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Likely to fall over due to weight at the top.

Question 49

Bestial

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Lacking intelligence; savage-like.

Question 50

Tactile

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Relating to the sense of touch.

Question 51

Torrent

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deluge, downpour.

Question 52

Figment

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something made up or invented.

Question 53

Gullet

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esophagus; throat.

Question 54

Haltingly

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hesitantly; waveringly

Question 55

Peer

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To look intently

Question 56

Subside

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To lessen in intensity or degree

Question 57

Exhalation

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The act or an instance of exhaling

Question 58

Teem

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To be full of things; abound or swarm

Question 59

Murmur

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To complain in low, mumbling tones; grumble

Question 60

Gasp

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To draw in the breath sharply, as from shock

Question 61

Cadenced

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A progression of chords moving to a harmonic close or point of rest

Question 62

Patronage

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Support, encouragement, or championship, as of a person or a cause

Question 63

Suffuse

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To spread through or over, as with liquid or light

Question 64

Sieve

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A utensil of wire mesh for straining materials

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