| Question | Answer |
| erotic | pertaining to sexual love |
| ephemeral | lasting only a brief time; short lived |
| enervate | to weaken |
| perspicacity | keenness of judgment |
| prurient | given to lustful or lewd thoughts |
| inimitable | cannot be imitated |
| specious | deceptive or misleading |
| avuncular | similar to an uncle |
| contiguous | making contact or touching at some point; side by side |
| apotheosis | the finest example |
| incendiary | causing to excite or inflame |
| hiatus | a pause or gap |
| pandemic | general; widespread |
| desultory | wandering from subject to subject |
| salacious | obscene; lustful |
| lascivious | lustful or lewd |
| miscreant | a vicious person |
| fiscal | pertaining to finances |
| impalpable | unable to be felt; intangible |
| egregious | remarkably bad; outrageous |
| meretricious | attractive in a cheap, flashy way |
| hermetic | tightly sealed |
| chaff | worthless matter |
| perdition | damnation; ruin; hell |
| deign | to lower oneself before an inferior |
| paroxysm | a sudden outburst; a fit |
| obviate | to prevent; to get around |
| mendacious | lying; false; deceitful |
| endemic | confined to a particular country or area |
| sentient | conscious; capable of feeling or perceiving |
| offal | garbage; waste parts |
| obsequious | excessively submissive or overly attentive |
| salutary | healthful; wholesome |
| nirvana | a condition of great peace or happiness |
| necromancy | magic, especially that practiced by a witch |
| bilious | bad tempered; cross |
| milieu | environment; setting |
| paradigm | a model; an example |
| halcyon | calm; pleasant |
| languid | sluggish; drooping from weakness |
| epitome | a typical example |
| garrulous | talkative |
| redolent | having a pleasant odor; suggestive or evocative |
| bucolic | pertaining to the countryside; rural; rustic |
| diadem | a crown |
| immutable | unchangeable; fixed |
| blanch | to whiten; to make pale |
| chimerical | imaginary; fantastic |
| sapient | wise; full of knowledge |
| pejorative | having a negative effect; insulting |
| neologism | a new word or expression |
| imperious | domineering; haughty |
| immolate | to kill someone as a sacrificial victim, usually by fire |
| sagacious | wise; having keen perception and sound judgment |
| laconic | using few words; short; concise |
| callow | young and inexperienced |
| dichotomy | a division into two parts |
| adroit | skillful; clever |
| eschew | to keep away from; to avoid; to shun |
| amoral | lacking a sense of right and wrong |
| sedulous | hard working; diligent |
| peruse | to read carefully; scrutinize |
| pedantic | tending to show off one's learning |
| elegy | a sad or mournful poem |
| ebullient | enthusiastic |
| sanguine | cheerful; optimistic |
| fop | an excessively fashion-conscious man |
| sacrosanct | extremely holy |
| baroque | overly decorated |
| perfunctory | done without care; in a routine |
| fortuitous | happening by chance or accident |
| edify | improve someone morally |
| parochial | local; narrow; limited |
| obfuscate | to confuse; to bewilder |
| fecund | fertile; productive |
| nihilism | a total rejection of established laws |
| effete | worn out; barren |
| labyrinth | a complicated network of winding passages; a maze |
| diaphanous | very sheer and light |
| bauble | a showy but useless thing |
| chagrin | embarrassment; a complete loss of courage |
| malestrom | whirlpool; turbulence; agitated state of mind |
| antithesis | an exact opposite; an opposite extreme |
| altruism | a concern for others; generosity |
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