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Vocab 501-600
541-550
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pewter | a dull, silver colored metal; a grey alloy of tin with copper and antimony. |
| Titanic | of exceptional strength, size, or power; I marveled at the titanic size of the Titanic at the museum. |
| Titular | having a title but no responsibility; holding or constituting a purely formal position or title without any real authority. He enjoyed his job because he held a titular position. |
| Treatise | a written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject; We turned in our hand-written treatises to be grades. |
| Subsidiary | less important than but related or supplementary to; Their sister company was considered a subsidiary to the parent. |
| Substantiate | provide evidence to support or prove the truth of; I substantiated my side of the story. |
| Impunity | exception from punishment or harm; I had an impunity from the punishment because I was not directly involved. |
| Stint | to limit; to be sparing; supply an ungenerous or inadequate amount of. My parents stinted a certain amount of money to me. |
| Stipple | an arrangement of dots; He colored the picture with many stipples and color variations. |
| Strident | harsh sounding; loud and harsh; grating. Excuse me for the strident language, but this is unacceptable. |