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Quiz #4
American/Whisl 2015-16
Question | Answer |
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zeal | passion for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence |
rankle | To cause keen irritation or bitter resentment in |
extrapolate | to infer (an unknown) from something that is known |
inexplicable | incapable of being accounted for or explained |
presumptuous | unwarrantedly or impertinently bold; forward |
impertinent | intrusive, as persons or their actions; boldly rude |
conundrum | a riddle, the answer to which involves a pun or play on words |
peril | exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger |
provocateur | a person who provokes trouble, causes dissension, or the like; agitator |
faction | a group or clique within a larger group, party, government, organization |
symbiosis | A mutually beneficial relationship between people, groups or organisms |
succession | The act or process of inheriting Predictable changes in an ecosystem |
decipher | to make out the meaning of |
cognizance | awareness, realization, or knowledge; notice; perception |
astute | clever; cunning; ingenious; shrewd |
innuendo | an indirect hint or suggestion about a person or thing, especially of a derogatory nature |
mediocre | of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate |
debacle | a general breakup or dispersion; sudden downfall or a complete collapse or failure |
trepidation | Tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation |
prehension | The act of seizing or grasping |