Quack Vocab. #10

Question 1

careful to consider consequences, cautious, prudent

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circumspect

Question 2

extremely bad; flagrantly bad

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egregious

Question 3

untidy, dirty, careless, messy

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slovenly

Question 4

adroit or skillful; skill in using hands or body

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dexterous

Question 5

a period of relief or rest

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respite

Question 6

causing woe or harm, deadly, destructive

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baneful

Question 7

a concise statement of a truth or principal

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aphorism

Question 8

habitually silent or quiet; talking very little

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taciturn

Question 9

a face or facial expression

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visage

Question 10

to end resistance, give up, surrender

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capitulate

Question 11

not easily moved mentally or emotionally; unresponsive

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stolid

Question 12

to caution, advise, or warn

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admonish

Question 13

to cut short by chopping off the end

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truncate

Question 14

dull, uninteresting, without liveliness; spiritless

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vapid

Question 15

lazy, idle, lethargic

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indolent

Question 16

careless; done in a halfhearted manner; without interest

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perfunctory

Question 17

to disprove or overcome through argument

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confute

Question 18

equivalent in significance, effect, or value

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tantamount

Question 19

to lure, to attract

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entice

Question 20

a new word or expression

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neologism

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