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12th Midterm
Question | Answer |
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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 |