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QUIZ WA 4
Word in Context | Explanation |
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To default on a loan | is to fail to keep up the payments |
A meteoric rise | is sudden, rapid and dramatic |
A pernicious rumor | is sneaky and very harmful |
Empirical findings | are found by experiment or in practice |
A huge tome | is a very big book |
Ambivalent attitude | is vague and undecided |
Ostentatious display | is too showy |
Trenchant criticism | is sharp and to the point |
Prodigious talent | is outstanding |
Irrevocable decisions | cannot be cancelled |
An apocryphal story | is of doubtful origin and may be untrue |
Wanton dereliction of duty | is reckless and deliberate |
Vicarious pleasure | is experienced indirectly |
Inexorable advance | cannot be halted |
A virtuoso musician | is exceedingly skillful |
To trounce an opponent | is to beat thoroughly |
Unwarranted assumptions | cannot be justified |