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Group 1 - Matching Quizzes
accelerate 
1
 | attract with something desirable; be highly, often subtly attractive |
| move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected |
| gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted |
| warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided |
allay
2
| calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve |
| conduct; management; way in which a person behaves |
| pompous; using inflated language; high-sounding but with little meaning |
| comparable; similar or alike |
ascetic
3
| move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected |
| leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere |
| general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole |
| secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy |
autocratic
4
| in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose |
| expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language |
| embarrass; make ashamed or uneasy; disconcert |
| having absolute, unchecked power; dictatorial |
blithe
5
| embarrass; make ashamed or uneasy; disconcert |
| move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected |
| gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted |
| fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly |
bombastic
6
| pompous; using inflated language; high-sounding but with little meaning |
| something causes misery or death; curse; fatal injury or ruin |
| attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous |
| expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language |
cacophonous
7
| discordant; inharmonious; sounding harshly; ill-sounding |
| good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly |
| feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt |
| fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly |
cantankerous
8
| book of literary selections by various authors |
| ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious |
| feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent |
| shrink or recoil, as in fear, disgust or embarrassment; bend or crouch with base humility |
compensation
9
| warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided |
| something given or received as payment as for a service or loss or injury |
| dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants |
| gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted |
compunction
10
| take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive |
| something given or received as payment as for a service or loss or injury |
| feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt |
| book of literary selections by various authors |