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Alexander TEST 1
Question | Answer |
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Abstract | ADJ- theoretical; not concrete |
Acquiescent | ADJ- reluctantly agreeable; compliant |
Benediction | ADJ- good wishes; a blessing |
Bolster | VERB- to support; to reinforce |
Capitulate | VERB- surrender; yield |
Castigate | VERB- scold; punish |
Despot | NOUN- tyrant |
Discerning | ADJ- insightful; perceptive |
Esoteric | ADJ- known to, or understood by, a limited group of people |
Extemporaneous | ADJ- done without planning; improvised |
Fastidious | ADJ- difficult to please |
Flagrant | ADJ- openly and obviously evil; glaring; conspicuous |
Garrulous | ADJ- very talkative; loquacious |
Gullible | ADJ- easily deceived |
Hackneyed | ADJ- unoriginal; trite |
Heinous | ADJ- shockingly evil |
Immutable | ADJ- unable to change |
Impetuous | ADJ- taking sudden action; hasty; impulsive |
Jocular | ADJ- joking; playful; jesting; witty |
Judicious | ADJ- wise; making good decisions |
Kindle | ADJ- to start a fire; ignite; arouse |
Lethargic | ADJ- tired; sluggish; drowsy |
Loquacious | ADJ- talkative |
Malediction | NOUN- evil speech; curse |
Malign | VERB- to say evil or harmful thinks about someone; defame; vilify |
Neophyte | NOUN- beginner |
Nostalgic | ADJ- wishing for a return to the way things used to be; longing for the past; homesick |
Obscure | ADJ- hazy; unfamiliar; difficult to understand |
Onerous | ADJ- burdensome; oppresive |
Paltry | ADJ- worthless; insignificant; petty |
Obsequious | ADJ- behaving like a meek, spineless servant; subservient; sycophantic |
Mundane | ADJ- ordinary; earthly (not spiritual); practical; temporary |
Pithy | ADJ- to the point; concise |
Affable | ADJ- friendly; easygoing |
Obtuse | ADJ- dull; blunt; unintelligent; lacking sharpness |
Resign | VERB- give in; acquiesce; relinquish |
Serpentine | ADJ- coiled; twisted; winding |
Timorous | ADJ- afraid |
Vagrant | ADJ- homeless person; wanderer |