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Question 1

abashed

Answer 1

embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.

Question 2

deleterious

Answer 2

causing harm or damage.

Question 3

benediction

Answer 3

a blessing or a verbal expression of good wishes, often spoken at the end of a religious service by an officiating minister

Question 4

depravity

Answer 4

moral corruption; wickedness.

Question 5

baccalaureate

Answer 5

a college bachelor’s degree.

Question 6

begets

Answer 6

bring (a child) into existence by the process of reproduction.

Question 7

cognet

Answer 7

(of an argument or case) clear, logical, and convincing.

Question 8

catharsis

Answer 8

a release of emotions

Question 9

capricious

Answer 9

given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior.

Question 10

bequeathed

Answer 10

leave (a personal estate or one’s body) to a person or other beneficiary by a will.

Question 11

dalliance

Answer 11

a casual romantic or sexual relationship.

Question 12

defamation

Answer 12

the action of damaging the good reputation of someone; slander or libel.

Question 13

belligerent

Answer 13

hostile and aggressive.

Question 14

bombast

Answer 14

high-sounding language with little meaning, used to impress people.

Question 15

despotism

Answer 15

the exercise of absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way.