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Test 3rd Qtr
Alexander
Question | Answer |
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Vacuous | ADJ- empty; stupid; purposeless |
Veracity | NOUN- truth |
Waive | VERB- to voluntarily abandon a legal right; relinquish; postpone |
Assail | VERB- attack with words or force |
Wither | VERB- dry or shrivel up; lose life or energy |
Xenophobia | NOUN- the fear or hatred of anything foreign |
Yield | VERB- give up; give in |
Yoke | VERB- to link; or join together; marry |
Circumspect | ADJ- cautious |
Zealot | NOUN- person with an extreme enthusiasm for a belief or activity; fanatic |
Zenith | NOUN- the highest point; apex |
Acrimony | NOUN- words or behavior filled with harshness or anger |
Ambiguous | ADJ- unclear; vague; having several possible interpretations |
Desultory | ADJ- lacking a plan; aimless |
Beguile | VERB- to cheat or deceive, usually through charm; to amuse |
Bequeath | VERB- to leave behind or hand down through a will; transmit |
Capricious | ADJ- unpredictable |
Evasive | ADJ- tending to avoid giving direct answers |
Cloister | NOUN- secluded or isolated from the outside world; also, a place of seclusion |
Defame | VERB- to say things harmful to a person's reputation; malign; vilify |
Deride | VERB- make fun of; ridicule |
Fulminate | VERB- to explode, either with sound or anger |
Emulate | VERB- imitate |
Eccentric | ADJ- different from most, especially in personality or behavior |
Fallacious | ADJ- false; misleading |
Frugal | ADJ- careful with money; thrifty |
Gregarious | ADJ- sociable; extroverted; enjoying companionship |
Glutton | NOUN- a person who consumes huge quantities of food or drink; someone with great endurance |
Heresy | NOUN- an opinion expressed in defiance of generally accepted ideas |
Homage | NOUN- respect paid to someone or something; tribute; honor |
Imminent | ADJ- about to take place; happening soon |
Incongrous | ADJ- out of place |
Ingenuous | ADJ- naive; unsophisticated; inexperienced |
Impair | VERB- weaken in strength or value |
Indigent | ADJ- very poor |
Intractable | ADJ- stubborn; immovable |
Jeopardy | NOUN- the threat or possibility of danger |
Juxtapose | VERB- to place side-by-side |
Marred | ADJ- spoiled; scratched; blemished |
Meager | ADJ- small in size or amount; thin; weak |
Laconic | ADJ- quiet; of few words; tense |
Levity | NOUN- lightness; playfulness; jocularity |