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Group 1 - Matching Quizzes
acumen 
1
 | differing in some characteristics; various |
| small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests |
| having hidden meaning; mystifying; using code or cipher |
| mental keenness; quickness of perception |
affable
2
| something causes misery or death; curse; fatal injury or ruin |
| feeling of enmity or ill will; attitude that informs one's actions; disposition |
| condemn openly; criticize; make known in formal manner |
| easily approachable; warmly friendly |
amiable
3
| of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance |
| decrease fullness of; use up or empty out |
| feeling of enmity or ill will; attitude that informs one's actions; disposition |
| good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly |
anarchy
4
| person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader of people |
| absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion |
| contradict; give a false impression |
| festive; occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company |
bane
5
| contradict; give a false impression |
| something causes misery or death; curse; fatal injury or ruin |
| decrease fullness of; use up or empty out |
| differing in some characteristics; various |
baton
6
| absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion |
| staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race |
| opponent in contest; someone who offers opposition |
| feeling of enmity or ill will; attitude that informs one's actions; disposition |
biased
7
| give sanction or support to; tolerate or approve |
| pompous; using inflated language; high-sounding but with little meaning |
| staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race |
| favoring one person or side over another; prejudiced |
bombastic
8
| pompous; using inflated language; high-sounding but with little meaning |
| give sanction or support to; tolerate or approve |
| mental keenness; quickness of perception |
| person with prejudiced belief in superiority of own kind |
buffoon
9
| very fat; large in body; overweight |
| one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown |
| unclear or doubtful in meaning |
| give sanction or support to; tolerate or approve |
cantankerous
10
| bend or curve; guide and manage, or restrain |
| easily approachable; warmly friendly |
| ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious |
| good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly |