folly Correct Answer: lack of good sense; foolishness.
"an act of sheer folly"
impede Correct Answer: delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder.
"the sap causes swelling that can impede b
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folly Correct Answer: lack of good sense; foolishness.
"an act of sheer folly"
impede Correct Answer: delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder.
"the sap causes swelling that can impede breathing"
indolent Correct Answer: wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy.
indolence Correct Answer: avoidance of activity or exertion; laziness.
"my failure is probably due to my own indolence"
invalid Correct Answer: a person made weak or disabled by illness or injury.
"an invalid husband"
parsimonious Correct Answer: unwilling to spend money or use resources; stingy or frugal.
"parsimonious New Hampshire voters, who have a phobia about taxes"
parsimony Correct Answer: extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources.
"a great tradition of public design has been shattered by government parsimony"
raze Correct Answer: completely destroy (a building, town, or other site).
"villages were razed to the ground"
retort Correct Answer: answer; reply sharply
subvert Correct Answer: overturn or overthrow from the foundation
subversion Correct Answer: sabotage; undermining
tractable Correct Answer: easily led; taught
tractability Correct Answer: obedience
exhort Correct Answer: arouse by words; urge
exhortation Correct Answer: advice
gall Correct Answer: make sore; irritate
gall Correct Answer: brazen boldness; nerve
inane Correct Answer: lacking significance or sense
inanity Correct Answer: foolishness
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