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Stadler
325-250 definitions
Question | Answer |
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ascetic | one who leads a life of self-denying esp. for religious reason |
brigand | a bandit esp. on in a roving bsnf |
capitulate | to give up on prearranged terms |
declaim | to speak in a studied, dramatic of impassioned way |
demur | to hesitate because of doubts, object |
epitome | a summary, a person or thing that typifies a whole class |
expatriate | to exile, or a person exiled |
genre | a kind or type |
halcyon | tranquil, happy idyllic |
imminent | likely to happen soon (said of danger, evil) |
indigent | poor, needy |
innate | inborn, natural |
latent | lying hidden and undeveloped in a person or hting |
malignant | having an evil influence, very harmful, causing death |
masticate | to chew up (food) |
moribound | dying, coming to an end |
mortality | the mortal nature of man, death on a large scale |
myriad | a large number of persons or things |
nurtritve | nourishing |
prelude | a preliminary part |
prodigy | a person with exceptional qualities or abilities |
repertoire | collection of works an artist can perform |
technology | the science of engineering, applied science |
terminate | to form the end or limit of, stop, to come to an end |
wheedle | to coax |