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12th Midterm
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| accosted | approached in a harassing manner |
| annihilated | wiped out; destroyed completely |
| aphorisms | statements of principles |
| blithe | cheerful; casual; carefree |
| comradeship | friendship |
| condescension | the act of coming down voluntarily to the level of inferiors |
| dauntless | fearless; bold |
| deferments | postponement of military service |
| denoted | marked; indicated; signified |
| dilapidated | broken down, falling apart; ruined |
| dwindling | diminishing |
| egotistical | filled with self-importance |
| envious | jealous |
| estranged | alienated |
| exasperation | the state of extremely annoyed or irate |
| exuberance | extreme joy |
| facetious | humorous and flippant; playfully jocular |
| fatigued | tired |
| gaunt | painfully thin |
| hypocritical | characterized by acting in a way that is different from what one proclaims to believe |
| impending | likely to happen soon |
| incorrigible | unmanageable |
| indecipherable | incapable of being understood |
| induced | caused |
| innately | inherently |
| interminably | endless |
| intuitive | natural |
| levitate | to raise above the ground |
| lieu | instead of |
| materialistic | characterized by a belief that importance comes from only money |
| manipulating | unfairly controlling |
| murky | dark and heavy |
| nostalgia | sentiment |
| negotiated | dealt with |
| obliged | caused to do something |
| obscurity | the condition of being unknown |
| patriarch | a father-figure |
| perpetually | continually |
| pilgrimage | a journey |
| profound | important and well-thought out |
| prominent | leading |
| rousing | exciting |
| ruddy | red in complexion |
| serenely | peacefully |
| smitten | afflicted |
| specter | ghost |
| stagnated | stopped |
| transcend | to overcome |
| whimsical | carefree |
| withered | shriveled |