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QUIZ WA 1
Word in Context | Explanation |
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Impeccable taste | is perfect or faultless |
peerless diamond | is without equal |
Ossified beliefs | are fixed and rigid |
A disheveled appearance | is messy and untidy |
An unfathomable problem | cannot be worked out |
Palliative measures | are designed to improve a situation without curing it |
Eloquent speech | is well expressed and persuasive |
Exuberant behavior | is full of life |
Obstreperous children | are noisy and boisterous |
Peripheral vision | is what is seen at the edges of the field of view |
A destitute person | is poor and without any means of support |
An indelible memory | cannot be erased from the mind |
A salvo of gunfire | is a burst of firing |
Furlough from the army | is official leave of absence |
A disingenuous person | is crafty |
Ostensible meaning | is what something claims to be, but might actually not be |
To debunk a myth | is to expose, or throw out a wrong idea |