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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| meager A growing dog cannot survive on such a meager quantity of food. paucity I have such a paucity of clothes right now that I barely have anything to wear. | meager: lacking in amount or quality, poor paucity: small amount or number |
| mitigate It's not as bad as it sounds! There are mitigating circumstances! temper Modesty always makes me tell that they must temper their hero-worship | mitigate: to make less severe temper: to moderate, to make less extreme |
| presumptuous Would it be presumptuous of me to ask for seconds? impudence Young man, your impudence is not respectful to someone who is as old as I am. | presumptuous: bold to the point of rudeness impudence: bold disrespect or rudeness |
| stupefy I get so nervous on airplanes that I need something to stupefy me - alcohol, valium, or something. | stupefy: to make less alert |
| ghastly I hear that to be queen of England you have to be willing to wear ghastly clothes | ghastly: shockingly frightful |
| tumultuous It's been a tumultuous year with all the scandals. | tumultuous: characterized by a noisy uproar |
| repudiate Are you thinking of repudiating your claim to rule America? | repudiate: to cast off or disown; to refuse to acknowledge |
| unanimity Our board of directors voted unanimously against the proposal. | unanimity: complete agreement |
| obsolete If he's been superseded by someone else, he's obsolete. | obsolete: outdated |
| jargon Having been raised in an agnostic household, he was unfamiliar with religious jargon. | jargon: words used by people in a particular field of work |
| penchant I have a penchant for shoes; I own 35 pairs. | penchant: a strong taste or liking |
| swindle After realizing his prospective buyer didn't know much about cars, the car salesman tried to swindle him for an extra $2,000. | swindle: to cheat out of money or property |
| slander That's slander! I never kissed him. | slander: untruthful spoken attack on someone's reputation |
| void The judge has decided to void the lower court's decision to set you free, and instead send you to jail for 144 years. | void: to invalidate |
| innocuous My client is completely innocuous. He wouldn't harm a fly- unless the fly really provoked him. | innocuous: causing or intending little or no harm |
| aesthetic The aesthetic sensibility demonstrated by the writing took my breath away. | aesthetic: pertaining to beauty |
| premonition I had a premonition about this game so I bet my life-savings | premonition: A feeling that something is about to happen |
| infallible I don't know why you waste your time arguing with me. My reasoning is always infallible. | infallible: unable to be proven wrong |
| sobriety Haoming was commended by his Alcoholic Anonymous group for his 60 day's sobriety | sobriety: being quiet or serious |
| renounce You so embarrassed me that I hereby renounce all blood-ties to you. abstemious No more food for me. I'm being abstemious. | renounce: to give up or put aside abstemious: sparing in the use of food or drink |
| monotonous Dave was not a good conversationalist because he always spoke in a monotonous tone. morose If he's gloomy, he's morose. | monotonous: boring; unvarying in tone or content morose: gloomy; ill-tempered |
| hoard Hey! Don't hoard the mashed potatoes at your end of the table. superfluous No thanks; any more would be superfluous | hoard: to accumulate or stash away superfluous: unnecessary |
| quibble The only quibble about this book is the price. | quibble: V. to make a minor objection; N. A small objection |
| wry If she's clever in a dry sort of way: "She's totally wry." | wry: dryly humorous |
| residual There may be some residual ill-feeling from our workers after we cut their salaries by 40 percent. | residual: describing the part left over |
| systematic The new manager has formulated a systematic method to make his department more productive. | systematic: regular |
| ingenuity If she can always get out of gym class: "She's totally ingenious." | ingenuity: cleverness, originality |
| apathy I'm completely apathetic. I'll do whatever you want to do. indifference Well I'm indifferent too. I'll do whatever you want to do | apathy: lack of interest or caring indifference: lack of interest, feeling, or opinion |
| precarious The stack of dishes in the sink is precarious; it could fall at any moment. skeptical If you're skeptical about your mental health, then maybe we should just skip it. | precarious: unstable, insecure skeptical: showing doubt and disbelief |
| sentinel The sentinel was punished for falling asleep during his watch. | sentinel: a guard, a watchman |
| magnate I've never met such a lofty magnate as yourself. Could I have your autograph? | magnate: a person of great influence in a particular field |
| sanction Do you sanction your son's behavior? Have you considered imposing sanctions on your son's behavior? | sanction: V. to give permission; N. a coercive measure designed to make a person or persons comply |
| torpid He isn't torpid or slothful; he's just kind of tranquil. | torpid: without energy, sluggish |
| tantamount This unjust law is tantamount to persecution | tantamount: equivalent in effect or meaning |
| versatile Although the thumb may seem pretty useless, it is actually quite versatile. | versatile: capable of doing many things well |
| sullen She isn't sullen; she's mysterious. | sullen: sad, sulky |
| unheralded Lisa was an unheralded volleyball player until she won the big game for us; now, of course, we treat her like a star. | unheralded: unnoticed or unappreciated |
| soporific His soporific speech put me right to sleep | soporific: causing sleep |
| indomitable There are many examples that testify to my indomitable spirit; for example, when I stubbed my toe before a big test, I went right ahead and took that test, even though I was in tremendous pain. | indomitable: unable to be subdued or overcome |
| truant He is a known truant; last week, he showed up at school only twice. elusive We are asking that she be held without bail because she has been elusive in the past. | truant: someone who cuts school or neglects his or her duties elusive: cleverly avoiding or escaping |
| replete My first draft was replete with errors. surfeit I've already eaten a surfeit of dinner, and I really couldn't eat another bite. | replete: gorged or full, sated surfeit: excess, overindulgence |
| esoteric While it could be said that Topics in Linguistic Phonetics is an esoteric book, I for one found it to be a very good read. obscure If no one knows who he is; he's obscure | esoteric: known only by a select few obscure: not known; difficult to understand |
| marred The spirit of the match was marred when the home team mooned the opposition detrimental Smoking cigarettes is detrimental to your development as a person. | marred: impaired the perfection of detrimental: causing damage or harm |
| spendthrift Do you think I would be a spendthrift if I bought this in red too? prodigal I know you may believe I'm being prodigal, but I really need this CD-ROM player. | spendthrift: a person who spends money wastefully prodigal: wasteful |
| tactful It's important to be tactful when meeting the President. inquisitive She isn't nosy; she's just very inquisitive | tactful: saying or doing the proper thing inquisitive: curious |
| lampoon The constant lampoons in the newspapers must be very hard to laugh at when you are their subject. levity With the King dying, I imagine there is very little levity in the palace right not. | lampoon: sharp satire levity: lightness; lacking seiousness |
| patent It is patently obvious that I won't get a fair trial in this state. tacit The tacit opinion of this court is that you are a crybaby, but of course we wouldn't say that to your face | patent: obvious, readily visible tacit: implied, not stated outright |
| dupe He's not a dupe. He's just very naive gullible She's not gullible. She's just very innocent. | dupe: a person easily deceived gullible: easily deceived |
| recluse He's not a recluse. He just enjoys his solitude stoic It's not that he isn't passionate. He's stoic. | recluse: someone who lives in seclusion stoic: not affected by passion or emotion |
| wily You wily little thing. You're just pretending to sleep | wily: artful, cunning, deceitful, sly |
| mediocrity Our coach called our baseball team, with 15 wins and 15 losses, a model of mediocrity. mundane If he's really ordinary, he's mediocre or mundane. | mediocrity: ordinariness, lack of distinction mundane: ordinary or commonplace |
| parochial If he's narrow-minded, he's totally parochial. provincial An 11o'clock curfew is so provincial | parochial: having a narrow scope provincial: having a narrow scope(small minded, unsophisticated) |
| vociferous tirade I admit he's a little vociferous, but to my knowledge, his tirades have never broken anyone's eardrum. | vociferous: loud tirade: a long, harsh, often abusive speech |
| indelible DOn't write on the walls, Timmy! That magic marker is indelible vivid If she's really lively: " She's really vivid." | indelible: incapable of being erased vivid: sharp, intense; making an impression on the senses |
| witty If you think she's clever: "She' really quite witty." urbane If she's clever in a sophisticated sort of way: "She's really urbane." | witty: clever or amusing urbane: highly sophisticated |
| pastiche Unfortunately, Frank's ideas to help the community become more environmentally aware were not original, but a pastiche of many others. stylized I found the book to be so stylized that I couldn't empathize with the characters | pastiche: piece of music, writing, or art combining several different sources or styles stylized: in a particular style, often an unrealistic one |
| tenet The tenets of his faith included turning the other cheek. theologian The theologian had been studying religion for more than 20 years. | tenet: idea or belief theologian: one who studies religion |
| unseemly If he's not in good taste, he's unseemly. | unseemly: unbecoming; indecorus |
| extraneous If he's no longer relevant, he's extraneous. irrelevant If he just doesn't matter, he's irrelevant. | extraneous: not pertinent or relevant or essential irrelevant: not necessary or important to the matter at hand |
| pertinent | something that has logical connections to the current subject |
| purgation Tommy was feeling very guilty about cheating on his science test, so he asked his priest for a purgation of his sins. antidote Hello,911? Is there an antidote if someone just drank a whole bottle of Maalox? | purgation: the process of getting rid of impurities antidote: remedy for a poison |
| debunk I would like to debunk this young woman's claim that I am her mother; I have never seen her before in my life implausible I know this may sound implausible, but I make big money selling small pebbles. | debunk: to expose that falseness of something or someone implausible: not possible, not imaginable |
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