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Sahi FINAL
sahi
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| assuage | to calm or soothe; to satisfy |
| concise | saying much in few words; brief but full of meaning |
| disperse | to send off in different locations |
| expedite | to make easy and quick; to speed up |
| pompous | self-important; stately; magnificent; excessively ornate |
| resilient | getting back strength or spirits quickly; springing back into shape or position. |
| sobriety | seriousness, gravity, or solemnity; absence of alcoholic intoxication |
| titrade | a long, angry, or scolding speech; a harangue. |
| inscrutable | so mysterious that it cannot be understood |
| voluminous | large, bulky; enough to fill volumes. |
| atrophy | to waste away. |
| condone | to forgive or overlook |
| disposition | nature; tendency |
| expunge | to erase; to remove completely |
| insipid | lacking interest or spirit. |
| augment | to increase or enlarge; to become greater in size. |
| conspicuous | clearly visible; remarkable. |
| dissipated | given to indulging excessively in sensual pleasures |
| extol | to praise highly |
| insurgent | ibe who rises in revolt |
| ponderous | very heavy; bulky; labored and dull or tiresome |
| respite | a temporary cessation or postponement, usually of something disagreeable; interval of rest |
| solemn | observed or done according to ritual or teradition; formal; serious or earnest; arousing feelings of awe; very impressive |
| trepidation | a trembling; apprehension; a state of alarm and gread |
| voracious | ravenous; greedy; gluttonous |
| austere | stern in manner or appearence; strict in morals |
| copious | abundant |
| distraught | in a steate of mental conflict and confusion; distracted |
| intemperate | lacking in self-control |
| pragmatic | practical; opinionated; concerned with actual practice rather than with theory or speculation |
| arduous | hard to do; strenuous |
| articulate | able to put one’s thoughts into words easily and clearly |
| composure | calmness |
| conciliatory | tending to soothe or reconcile |
| disparage | to discredit; to belittle |
| disparity | lack of equality; difference |
| exemplary | serving as a model |
| expedient | useful; advantageous; based on self-interest |
| innocuous | harmless |
| platitude | a thought or a remark that is dull, trite, flat, or weak |
| residual | left over, remaining |
| skeptical | not easily persuaded or convinced; doubting the fundamental doctrines of religion |
| thwart | to oppose directly; to baffle; to block; to frustrate |
| utopian | excellent, but existing only in fancy or theory; given to dreams or schemes of perfection |
| volatile | evaporating readily at normal temperatures; changeable; explosive; lighthearted; fleeting |
| anonymity | condition of being nameless or unknown |
| antagonism | hostility, active opposition |
| coalesce | to grow together; to combine |
| colloquial | conversational; used in a informal speech or writing |
| diminution | a lessening |
| discerning | keenly perceptive shrewd |
| eulogy | high praise for a deceased person |
| euphemism | use of an indirect expression in place of one that is harsh |
| indigent | poverty stricken |
| placid | outwardly calm or composed; self satisfied; peaceful |
| repugnant | disgusting; loathsome; objectionable; incompatible |
| sequester | to hide or keep away from others; to withdraw into seclusion; to confiscate; to segregate |
| terse | using only a few words but clear to the point; polished |
| untenable | that which cannot be maintained or occupied ; incapable of being defended or held |
| virtuoso | one interested in the pursuit of knowledge; one with mastery skill or technique in any field |
| antithesis | direct opposite |
| commiserate | to sympathize with; to feel sorrow for another's suffering |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for anything that is regarded as unworthy; scorn |
| evanescent | gradually disappearing; fleeting |
| ingratiate | to make oneself acceptable |
| plagiarize | to take ideas or writings from someone else and present them as one's own; to use without giving credit |
| rescind | to cancel; to repeal; to set aside |
| serene | unruffled; tranquil; unclouded |
| threadbare | with the nap worn down so that the threads show; frayed or shabby; used so often that it is stale |
| urbane | courteous suave; polished |
| vitriolic | extremely biting or caustic; sharp and bitter |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity; counterfei |
| compatible | agreeing |
| dismantle | to pull down; to take apart |
| exacerbate | to make a situation worse; to irritate |
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Kako