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Question | Answer |
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adage | a traditional saying expressing a common observation (saying or proverb) |
ecstatic | feeling rapturous(full of joy and delight) |
proverb | a saying referring to a common fact |
precursor | a person or thing that precedes (in a job, method, etc); predecessor |
capacitor | a device for accumulating and holding a charge of electricity |
repercussion | a consequence or result of some event or action |
impugned | cast doubt upon; to challenge as false |
arbitrate | to choose someone to settle disputes |
regimen | a system of diet, exercise and a manner of living |
contemporaries | belonging to the same time |
informants | a person who supplies knowledge |
spawned | to produce or give birth to |
inclination | disposition or bent; liking or preference |
slope | to have a tilt or a slant; having an incline |
satirical | characterized by the use of irony or sarcasm |
chum | a companion or a roommate |
invariably | without change |
intrinsic | an inborn quality |
aesthetic | having a sense of the beautiful |
futility | ineffectiveness; uselessness |
integrated | to combine separate elements to make a whole |
shingled | a thin piece used in courses to cover a roof (like to put an overcoat) |
absurd | obviously senseless |
plight | a condition, state, or situation, esp. unfortunate ones |
gurus | teachers |
decree | a formal and authoritative order, esp.one having force of law |
giddy | dizzy; impulsive; silly |