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| Question | Answer |
| notorious: | disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous |
| nautical: | relating to ships, sailors, or navigation |
| oblivion: | condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty |
| obtrusive: | inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others; enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive. |
| ostracize: | exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote |
| paradox: | something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct |
| parody: | work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
| pensive: | deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative |
| perverse: | stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good |
| platitude: | dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
| precocious: | advanced in development; appearing or developing early |
| prestige: | impression produced by achievements or reputation; recognized distinction or importance |
| prognosis: | forecasted course of a disease; forecast or prediction; likelihood of recovery from a disease |
| radical: | drastic; extreme; arising from or going to a root or source; basic |
| reciprocal: | concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting |
| refute: | disprove; prove to be false or incorrect |
| renegade: | disloyal person; traitor or rebel |
| retribution: | something justly deserved; recompense; compensation; punishment for offenses |
| sanctimonious: | excessively or hypocritically pious; possessing sanctity; sacred; holy; saintly; religious |
| scourge: | whip used to inflict punishment; severe punishment |
| sovereign: | having supreme rank or power; self governing; excellent; independent |
| succulent: | full of juicy; full of richness; highly interesting or enjoyable; delectable |
| tranquil: | free from disturbance; pacific |
| truculence: | aggressiveness; ferocity; ferociously cruel actions or behavior |
| ubiquitous: | being or existing everywhere; omnipresent |
| vanquish: | conquer; overcome; come out better in a competition |
| versatile: | having many talents; capable of working in many fields |
| waive: | give up temporarily; yield; give up voluntarily; defer |
| writhe: | move in twisting or contorted motion; contort in pain |
| zenith: | point directly overhead in sky; summit |
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