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Lesson 11'
Question | Answer |
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Agrarian | Adj. Having to do with farming or agricultural |
Burgeon | V. To grow and expand rapidly; to flourish |
Cataclysm | N. A sudden and violent change; a castrophe |
Culinary | Adj. Having to do with cooking. |
Denigrate | V. To attack the reputation of; to criticize in a derogatory manner. |
Gourmet | N. A person who likes fine food and is a good judge of its quality |
Grandiloquent | Adj. Using Lofty or pompous speech or expression |
Hybrid | N. 1. The offspring of two animals or plants of different species or varieties 2. Anything that is if mixed orgin or composition |
Manifold | Adj. Having many different kinds, forms, or parts |
Palatable | Adj. Accepting or pleasing, especially to the sense of taste |
Panacea | N. Something that is supposed to cure all ills or difficulties; a cure all |
Plebeian | Adj. Of or pertaining to the common people |
Scourge | N. Something that causes great pain and suffering; a social evil |
Stalemate | N. A halt in a struggle because both sides are equally strong and neither side will give in; a deadlock |
Temperate | Adj. Mild, moderate, restrained |