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Q1 adj. economical
(a) honest; truthful; sincere; frank; straightforward; open
(b) faithless; treacherous; deceitful; adulterous
(c) easy to see; noticeable; obvious
(d) not wasteful; thrifty; frugal; saving
Q2 v. contest
(a) to bring to an end; to hold back; to stop by force; to crush
(b) to impress upon the mind, as by insistent urging; to influence
(c) to attempt to disprove or invalidate; to challenge; to appeal; to fight for
(d) to damage; to spoil; to deface
Q3 n. promontory
(a) formal expression of high praise; commendation; eulogy
(b) flatterer
(c) passion; intensity of feeling; ardor; eagerness
(d) piece of land jutting into a body of water; bluff
Q4 n. satire
Q5 v. trek
(a) complete range; any complete musical scale; entire extent of anything
(b) libel; slander; calumny
(c) place of judgement; court of justice
(d) novel or play that uses humor or irony to expose folly
(a) to make a journey; to migrate
(b) to lump together, causing confusion; to damn; to amaze; to stun; to confuse
(c) to rescue from loss; to save from destruction
(d) to stop; to cease
Q6 v. stigmatize
(a) to move secretly; to sneak about
(b) to recognize; to perceive; to grasp; to comprehend
(c) to characterize; to make as disgraceful
(d) to foretell something; to portend
Q7 adj. aloof
(a) disposed to find fault; picky; narrow-minded
(b) distant in interest; reserved; cool
(c) simple; plain; modest
(d) lacking firmness; loose; limp; drooping; soft
Q8 adj. beneficent
(a) having a smell of decay; malodorous; smelly; stinky
(b) working diligently; persistent; diligent; assiduous
(c) full of knots; twisted
(d) conferring benefits; kind; doing good
Q9 n. diffidence
(a) wealthy leader
(b) exceptional person; unusual occurrence
(c) copy; representation; reproduction; duplicate
(d) hesitation in asserting oneself; lack of confidence; timidity; shyness
Q10 adj. extraneous
(a) not consisting of matter; having no material existence; insubstantial
(b) strong; bulky; stocky; sturdy
(c) morally bad; vile; wicked
(d) irrelevant; not related; not essential
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