| __ | 1. | accolade | | A. | brief using few words | | __ | 2. | atrophy | | B. | extremely large number | | __ | 3. | chronic | | C. | delicate floating cobwebs | | __ | 4. | gossamer | | D. | an award, an honor, approval praise | | __ | 5. | grandiloquent | | E. | continuing for a long time | | __ | 6. | harangue | | F. | attempting to impress with big words | | __ | 7. | laconic | | G. | to form or wait in line | | __ | 8. | Myriad | | H. | to lecture, berate, long bombastic speech | | __ | 9. | proficient | | I. | to wither away | | __ | 10. | queue | | J. | skillful, to be very good at something |
| __ | 11. | aptitude | | A. | to carry on despite hardships | | __ | 12. | atrophy | | B. | capacity for learning | | __ | 13. | caucus | | C. | a meeting of the members of a political party | | __ | 14. | cower | | D. | one who works devilishly, a persistent person | | __ | 15. | demonic | | E. | one humped domestic camel | | __ | 16. | Dromedary | | F. | physically or mentally destructive or harmful to other human | | __ | 17. | endure | | G. | light headed sensation;dizzy,frivolous | | __ | 18. | giddy | | H. | cringe from fear;shrink away | | __ | 19. | irascible | | I. | easily anger, irritable | | __ | 20. | noxious | | J. | to wither away |
| __ | 21. | alienate | | A. | slingshot | | __ | 22. | aspire | | B. | insensitive;block headed;slow in comprehension | | __ | 23. | catapult | | C. | period of inactivity or depression | | __ | 24. | citadel | | D. | a way or method of doing something;type, manner | | __ | 25. | congenial | | E. | fortress overlooking the city; a stronghold | | __ | 26. | craven | | F. | cowardly | | __ | 27. | doldrums | | G. | something one hopes to achieve | | __ | 28. | mode | | H. | to make hostile; to cause to feel estranged | | __ | 29. | obtuse | | I. | pleasant to be around | | __ | 30. | paranoia | | J. | mental illness of unreasonable anxiety, |
| __ | 31. | beget | | A. | someone willing to sacrifice and give their life for a cause | | __ | 32. | blather | | B. | to make easier, to help bring about | | __ | 33. | consensus | | C. | to talk nonsensically | | __ | 34. | curtail | | D. | long narrow inlet from the sea between hills and cliffs | | __ | 35. | facilitate | | E. | to give birth; to create | | __ | 36. | fjord | | F. | to collect or gather; act of inspection or examination | | __ | 37. | glutton | | G. | one who consumes a great deal | | __ | 38. | martyr | | H. | to truncate or abridge;to lessen;usually by cutting away | | __ | 39. | muster | | I. | look carefully at, to examine | | __ | 40. | scrutinize | | J. | general agreement |
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