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candid - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔impartial and honest in speech
The observations of a child can be charming since they are candid and
unpretentious.
Synonyms: direct; forthright; frank; honest; open; sincere; straight;
straightforward; undisguised
,cacophony - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a harsh, jarring noise
The junior high orchestra created an almost unbearable cacophony as they
tried to tune their instruments.
Synonyms: chaos; clamor; din; discord; disharmony; noise
boor - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a crude person; one lacking manners or taste
"That utter boot ruined my recital with his constant guffawing!" wailed the
pianist.
Synonyms: clod; lout; oaf; vulgarian; yahoo
blithe - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔joyful, cheerful, or without appropriate thought
Summer finally came, and the blithe students spent their days at the beach.
,Synonyms: carefree; lighthearted; merry
bevy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a group
As predicted, a bevy of teenagers surrounded the rock star's limousine.
Synonyms: band; bunch; gang; pack; troop
belfry - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a bell tower; the room in which a bell is hung
The town was shocked when a bag of money was found stashed in the old
belfry of the church.
Synonyms: spire; steeple
banal - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔predictable; clichéd; boring
His conversations consisted of banal phrases like "Have a nice day" or
"Another day, another dollar."
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, Synonyms: bland; bromidic; clichéd; commonplace; fatuous; hackneyed;
innocuous; insipid; jejune; musty; platitudinous; prosaic; quotidian;
shopworn; stale; stereotypic; threadbare; timeworn; tired; trite; vapid; worn-
out
audacious - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔fearless and daring
The audacious peasant dared to insult the king's mother.
Synonyms: adventuresome; aggressive; assertive; bold; brave;
courageous; daring; dauntless; doughty; fearless; gallant; game; heroic;
intrepid; mettlesome; plucky; stout; stouthearted; up afraid; undaunted;
valiant; valorous; venturesome; venturous
assail - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔to attack; to assault
The foreign army will try to assail our bases, but they will not be successful
in their attack.
the Test
candid - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔impartial and honest in speech
The observations of a child can be charming since they are candid and
unpretentious.
Synonyms: direct; forthright; frank; honest; open; sincere; straight;
straightforward; undisguised
,cacophony - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a harsh, jarring noise
The junior high orchestra created an almost unbearable cacophony as they
tried to tune their instruments.
Synonyms: chaos; clamor; din; discord; disharmony; noise
boor - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a crude person; one lacking manners or taste
"That utter boot ruined my recital with his constant guffawing!" wailed the
pianist.
Synonyms: clod; lout; oaf; vulgarian; yahoo
blithe - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔joyful, cheerful, or without appropriate thought
Summer finally came, and the blithe students spent their days at the beach.
,Synonyms: carefree; lighthearted; merry
bevy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a group
As predicted, a bevy of teenagers surrounded the rock star's limousine.
Synonyms: band; bunch; gang; pack; troop
belfry - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a bell tower; the room in which a bell is hung
The town was shocked when a bag of money was found stashed in the old
belfry of the church.
Synonyms: spire; steeple
banal - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔predictable; clichéd; boring
His conversations consisted of banal phrases like "Have a nice day" or
"Another day, another dollar."
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, Synonyms: bland; bromidic; clichéd; commonplace; fatuous; hackneyed;
innocuous; insipid; jejune; musty; platitudinous; prosaic; quotidian;
shopworn; stale; stereotypic; threadbare; timeworn; tired; trite; vapid; worn-
out
audacious - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔fearless and daring
The audacious peasant dared to insult the king's mother.
Synonyms: adventuresome; aggressive; assertive; bold; brave;
courageous; daring; dauntless; doughty; fearless; gallant; game; heroic;
intrepid; mettlesome; plucky; stout; stouthearted; up afraid; undaunted;
valiant; valorous; venturesome; venturous
assail - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔to attack; to assault
The foreign army will try to assail our bases, but they will not be successful
in their attack.
