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100

not strict or careful

What is lax?

100
an honor or approval

What is accolade?

100

erase or remove completely

What does expunge mean?

100

Cookie monster has a strong _______ for cookies.

What is affinity?

100

a group of items viewed as a whole rather than individually.

What is an ensemble?

200

to injure or permanently damage

What is to maim?

200

regard with disgust & hatred

What is to abhor?

200

the ability to understand things clearly

What does it mean to be astute?

200

All politicians are the same. They just _______ about the problems but never have any actual solutions. 

What is blather?

200

of the ordinary or usual type; normal

What is orthodox?
300

to ward off

What is to parry?

300

prepare oneself for something difficult or challenging

What is gird?

300

touch or lean on.

What is an abut?

300

Before I could be deployed to the army, I had to sign an _______that said I would not buy a Camaro with my sign-on bonus.

What is affidavit?

300

deserving praise and commendation

What is laudable?

400

patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship

What is nepotism?

400

to get rid of

What is alleviate?

400

increasing or reviving after a period of little activity, popularity, or occurrence.

What is resurgent?

400

Once I turned in all my missing assignments, that 0 was ______ from my report card.

What is expunged?

400

difficult to understand; obscure.

What is abstruse?

500

scold or rebuke

What is chide?

500

sweep over (something) so as to surround or cover it completely.

What doe it mean to engulf?

500

a fiasco or failure

What is a debacle?

500

You can get a whooping in a black household for doing ________

What is anything?

500

a distinctive or peculiar feature or characteristic of a place or thing.

What is an idiosyncrasy?