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stadler
576-600
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| castigate | to rebuke severely, esp. by public criticism |
| congenial | compatible, sympathetic, agreeable |
| cryptic | hidden or mysterious, obscure |
| culminate | to reach its highest point, climax |
| denote | to indicate, mean |
| destitution | poverty |
| doleful | sad, mournful |
| dormant | sleeping, inactive |
| duress | imprisonment, the use of force or threats |
| elucidate | to make clear, explain |
| exhort | to urge earnestly |
| extol | to praise highly |
| felon | person who commits a major crime, murderer... |
| ferment | excitement, agitation |
| fracas | a noisy dispute, brawl |
| frugal | not wasteful, thrifty, inexpensive |
| gist | the essence or main point |
| imperturbable | that which can not be excited |
| occult | secret, hidden except from those with extraordinary knowledge |
| phlegmatic | sluggish or unexcited |
| recondite | beyond ordinary understanding, |
| symptomatic | indicating the existence of something, sign |
| ubiquitous | present everywhere at the same time |
| veneer | a thin layer used to cover or hide what is below |
| voracious | greedy in eating, very eager |