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Question | Answer |
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awesome | inspiring |
bristle | to stand up stiffly like hair, to be thickly covered |
covert | conceal, hidden, disguise |
debris | broken stone, rubble, litter |
deplorable | regrettable or wretched |
dulcet | soothing or pleasant to hear |
eminent | high, lofty, distinguished, outstanding |
emissary | a person esp. a secret agent sent on a specific mission |
erudite | very learned, scholarly |
eruption | bursting forth or out |
escalation | an increase |
feasible | possible, likely, probable |
feint | pretense, a misleading movement designed to confuse |
fraught | filled |
incontrovertible | undeniable |
insatiable | that cannot be satisfied |
maim | to cripple, disable |
penance | voluntary self-punishment, to show repentance |
perceive | to grasp mentally |
privation | lack of ordinary necessities or comforts |
rabid | raging, fanatical |
scoff | to mock or cheer |
subterfuge | any plan, action, etc. used to hide one's objectives |
tangible | that can be touched, felt, definite, objective |
usurp | to take (power, rights, etc.) by force |