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stadler
526-550
Question | Answer |
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bagatelle | a trifle |
clandestine | secret, hidden, furtive |
concoct | to make by combining ingredients, to plan |
concur | occur at the same time, to act together, to agree |
condescend | to be gracious about doing a thing beneath one's dignity |
conflagration | a big destructive fire |
confront | to face boldly |
connubial | of marriage |
decrepit | broken or worn down by age or use |
ethics | study of conduct and moral judgment, system of morals |
extant | still existing |
extortion | the act of getting something by force or threats |
imperceptible | not easily perceived |
incompatibility | not getting along well together or not going well together |
infallible | incapable of error |
landmark | any important event in the development of something |
monolithic | something massive, unified, unyielding |
perspicacious | having keen judgment |
quell | to crush, subdue, to quiet |
respite | a delay, postponement, temporary relief, rest |
sedate | calm and dignified |
sinecure | any position that brings profit while requiring little work |
stupor | a dazed condition |
superficial | of or being on the surface |
surreptitious | done, got, made acting, etc. in a stealthy way |