Duplicate of Vocabulary Contest 1 EDITED

Question 1

Nothing like it has gone before:

Accepted Answer

unprecedented

Question 2

Improves, makes better, diminishes negative effects

Accepted Answer

all of these

Question 3

Secretly join together to accomplish a task; done by a CARTEL:

Accepted Answer

collude

Question 4

A relationship characterized by strong and turbulent or conflicting emotion is

Accepted Answer

tempestuous

Question 5

Pertaining to the sense of touch

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tactile

Question 6

Extreme dislike

Accepted Answer

Antipathy

Question 7

To attack a claim with evidence

Accepted Answer

refute

Question 8

Known only to the few

Accepted Answer

all of these

Question 9

Disgrace, contempt, scorn

Accepted Answer

opprobrium

Question 10

A principal principal:

Accepted Answer

tenet

Question 11

Not possessing, untouched by, or destitute of

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devoid

Question 12

Requested (sometimes in court; sometimes in front of Walmart):

Accepted Answer

solicited

Question 13

YAWN! A ____ is something which makes you sleepy or ______.

Accepted Answer

soporific, somnolent

Question 14

The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval

Accepted Answer

approbation

Question 15

To decorate; to make more interesting by adding fanciful details

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embellish

Question 16

Seemingly true, but actually false; believable, but just not so

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spurious

Question 17

Bound by chains; tied

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fettered

Question 18

Temporary, not lasting

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transitory

Question 19

Sharp; characterized by acumen

Accepted Answer

all of these

Question 20

Outgoing; sociable

Accepted Answer

gregarious

Questions 20