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*Vocab Ch.1*
Question | Answer |
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tremendous in size, strength, difficulty, or effort | herculean (hur-cue-lee-un) |
change or remove parts considered vulgar or immoral | bowdlerize (bohd-luh-rize) |
utter confusion or wild uproar | pandemonium (pan-de-moh-nee-um) |
play up to another's desires and weakness | pander (pan-der) |
idealistic but not practical | quixotic (kwik-sot-ik) |
doubting the goodness and sincerity of human motives | cynical (sin-ih-kul) |
indifferent to pain and pleasure | stoical (stoh-ih-kul) |
mark of disgrace | stigma (stig-muh) |
hinder, obstruct, slow down the process of | impede (im-peed) |
speed up;hasten or help the accomplishment of | expedite (ek-spuh-dite0 |
noisy;loud insistent | vociferous (voh-sif-ur-us) |
calling up, producing;suggestive | evocative (ih-vok-uh-tiv) |
hobby | avocation (av-uh-kay-shun) |
unable to be called back or undone;unchangeable | irrevocable (ih-rev-uh-kuh-bul) |
use words ambiguously or unclearly, usually in order to mislead;hedge | equivocate (ih-kwiv-uh-kate) |