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stadler vocab
vocab 300-325
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aspire | to be ambitious, to seek |
| asset | anything owned that has worth, a desirable thing |
| avid | very eager or greedy |
| caustic | cutting and sarcastic, corrosive |
| chagrin | a feeling of embarrassment over failure or dissappointment |
| chicanery | trickery, a trick |
| desultory | disconnected, aimless, random |
| detriment | damage injury, anything that causes that |
| eventuate | to happen in the end, result |
| furtive | done or acting in a stealthy manner |
| inane | silly |
| incongruous | lacking harmony or agrrement of parts, unsuitable |
| introspective | looking into one's mind, feelings, etc. |
| mendacious | untruthful |
| perverse | deviating from right or good, stubbornly contrary |
| precocious | matured earlier than usual |
| relegate | to exile or banish, to consign to an inferior position |
| reticent | disinclined to speak, reserved |
| stipulate | to specify conditions, to arrange definitely |
| supine | lying on the back, facing upward |
| taut | stretched firmly |
| transient | temporary, passing quickly |
| tremulous | trembling, quivering, fearfu, timid |
| whimsical | impulsive and playful |
| wrest | to pull or force away with a twisting motion |