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Stadler 76-100
vocab words 76-100
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abrogate | to cancel or repeal NO SYNONYM |
| aversion | a strong dislike Synonym: hatred loathing, repugnance, distaste, hate |
| bizarre | odd, grotesque, eccentric Synonym: strange, weird, peculiar, odd, uncanny, wacky, fantastic, unusual |
| conjecture | an inferring, predicting from incomplete evidence, guesswork Synonym: guess, surmise, inference, speculation, assumption, supposition |
| construe | to translate, to explain, interpret Synonym: interpret, take, read, see |
| diversity | difference, variety synonym: assortment, multiplicity, range, miscellany, mixture |
| divulge | to make known, reveal Synonym: tell, disclose |
| elusive | hard to grasp mentally, baffling, tending to avoid or escape Synonym:indefinable, subtle, intangible, vague, indescribable, mysterious, obscure |
| eradicate | to uproot, wipe out, destroy Synonym: eliminate, destroym exterminate, remove |
| fatal | decisive, bring death, disastrous Synonym: deadly, lethal, incurable, terminal, mortal, serious, critical, important |
| felicitous | appropriate Synonym: fortunate, lucky, blessed, foruitous |
| fetish | anything to which one is irrationally devoted Synonym: obsession, thing, fixation, mania, craze, engrossment, inclination |
| hirsute | hairy, shaggy Synonym: furry, bushy, long-haired |
| indigenous | born or growing naturally in a region, native Synonym: native, original, aboriginal, local, home-grown |
| ineffectual | not effective Synonym: incompetent, weak, feeble, unimpressive, unsuccessful, useless |
| irrational | lack the power of reason, senseless Synonym: illogical, unreasonable, foolish, crazy, ridiculous, absurd, silly |
| malnutrition | inadequate nourishment, poor nourishment Synonym: undernourishment, underfeeding, starvation, famine |
| materialism | concern for material things Synonym: greed, covetousness, avariciousness, cupidity |
| nadir | the lowest part, a time of deep depression Synonym: lowest point, depths, all-time low, pits |
| passe | no longer fashionable NO Synonym |
| propensity | a tendency or inclination Synonym: propensity, tendency, inclination, partiality, proclivity, predisposition, susceptibility, predilection, penchant |
| rhetoric | the art of using words, especially speaking Synonym: oratory, public speaking, language, expression, style, idiom, words, vocabulary, speech, writing |
| somber | dark, gloomy, dismal Synonym: solemn, grave, serious, sober, sad, dull, drab, subdued |
| subjugate | to conquer or make subservient Synonym: vanquish, subdue, defeat, overcome, crush, suppress |
| viable | workable, feasible Synonym: practical, possible, doable |