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Question | Answer |
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indelible | unable to be forgotten adj |
synapse | the space between nerve cells through which nerve impulses are transmitted n |
mundane | commonplace adj |
exuberance | full of joy n |
mediate | to resovle or settle differences by working with all the conglicting parties v |
perpetually | continuing without interruption adv |
transient | a person who passes from one town to the next remaining only in one place for a brief time n |
fervently | showin intenselt devoted or earnest feelings adv |
contention | an assertion or pint argued argued for in a controversy or debate n |
irreligios | not religios adj |
myraid | a vast number n |
stricture | blame n |
amplitude | capacity n |
chaste | pure adj |
prosaic | dull adj |
censorious | inclined fo find fault adj |
unmalleable | not flexible adj |
dissipated | to make dissapear graduall v |
frugality | economical in use n |
gregarious | social adj |
inept | foolish adj |
affable | friendly adj |
lurid | glaringly adj |
taciturnity | a tendency to be silent |
perturbation | disturbing b |
fealty | fidelity n |
disdainful | expressing scorn or sorrow adj |
disparaging | lowering in rank adj |
impassively | giving no sign adv |
degradation | lower in status n |
tacit | carried on without words adj |
capacious | capable of containg a great deal adj |
pigmy | a insignificant person n |
inveigle | to win over by flattery |
seignurs | a man of rank n |
inured | to make able to with stand strain v |
blitzkreig | a vialent war suprise n |
turbid | disable person n |
sinecure | an office that requires no or little work |
fratricide | one is that murders his or her own brother n |
brood | to dwell gloomingly v |
dowager | a widow n |
furlough | a leave of absence n |
disheveled | rumpled adj |
obsequious | showing too geat a willingless to serve |
ostentation | a vain display of wealth n |
insolently | rudely |
ponderous | extremely large adj |
zephyr | a breeze n |
carbuncle | a skin infection n |
portent | an omen |
infinitesimal | too small to be measured |
impertinence | rudeness n |
scruple | a misgiving n |
buffoon | a clown n |
bellicose | hostile |
protuberance | object that sticks out |
nebulous | cloudy adj |