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Vocab 501-600
541-550
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Pewter | a dull, silver colored metal; a grey alloy of tin with copper and antimony. |
Titanic | of exceptional strength, size, or power; I marveled at the titanic size of the Titanic at the museum. |
Titular | having a title but no responsibility; holding or constituting a purely formal position or title without any real authority. He enjoyed his job because he held a titular position. |
Treatise | a written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject; We turned in our hand-written treatises to be grades. |
Subsidiary | less important than but related or supplementary to; Their sister company was considered a subsidiary to the parent. |
Substantiate | provide evidence to support or prove the truth of; I substantiated my side of the story. |
Impunity | exception from punishment or harm; I had an impunity from the punishment because I was not directly involved. |
Stint | to limit; to be sparing; supply an ungenerous or inadequate amount of. My parents stinted a certain amount of money to me. |
Stipple | an arrangement of dots; He colored the picture with many stipples and color variations. |
Strident | harsh sounding; loud and harsh; grating. Excuse me for the strident language, but this is unacceptable. |