| Hint | Extra Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| old or old fashioned | adj | archaic | 77%
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| a very old document where the original writing is replaced with new writing | n | palimpsest | 62%
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| regarded with great respect | v | venerated | 62%
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| done stealthily or secretly | adv | furtively | 46%
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| countless in number | adj | myriad | 46%
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| bulging | adj | protuberant | 46%
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| lower in rank or position | adj | subordinate | 46%
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| a state of having or showing no vigor, energy, or enthusiasm | n | listlessness | 38%
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| changeable | n | mutability | 38%
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| very unpleasant or repulsive | adj | odious | 38%
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| clear to the mind or plain to see; capable of being felt or touched | adj | palpable | 38%
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| characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for academic knowledge and formal rules | adj | pedantic | 38%
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| arguing or fighting | adv | pugnaciously | 38%
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| loud and harsh | adj | strident | 38%
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| a state of being distant | n | aloofness | 31%
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| in a way that’s understood without being expressed; silently | adv | tacitly | 31%
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| lacking life or flavor | adj | vapid | 31%
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| a state of aggressively offering help or advice that is unwanted or unrequested | n | officiousness | 23%
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| very dirty | adj | sordid | 23%
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| superficially plausible but actually wrong; misleading in appearance | adj | specious | 23%
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| ambiguous; uncertain in nature | adj | equivocal | 15%
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| lacking power | adj | ineffectual | 15%
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| to refuse to be associated with | v | repudiate | 15%
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| a state of physical or mental weariness | n | lassitude | 8%
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