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stadler
251-275
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| antipathy | a strong dislike, the object of this feeling |
| commodious | spacious, roomy |
| component | serving as one of the parts of a whole |
| deem | to think, believe, or judge |
| defamatory | slanderous |
| delude | to mislead, deceive |
| diatribe | a bitten denunciation |
| discreet | careful about what one says or does |
| dissent | to disagree |
| dubious | causing doubt, skeptical, feeling doubt |
| egregarious | remarkably bad, flagrant |
| engrossed | to take the entire attention of, occupy, wholly |
| facile | easily achieved, effortless, superficial |
| gaunt | thin and bony, looking grim and forbidding |
| inclement | rough, stormy, lacking mercy, harsh |
| indiscriminate | random, not making careful choices |
| interminable | last or seeming to last forever, endless |
| invective | a violent verbal attack, insults, curses |
| inveterate | firmly established, habitual |
| loathe | to feel intense dislike for, abhor |
| maudlin | follishly sentimental, often tearfully |
| peruse | to read carefully, study, to read |
| rue | to fell sorrow or remorse, regret |
| spurious | not true, or genuine |
| surmise | to guess |