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stadler
676-700
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alleged | to assert without proof, to give as a plea |
| benevolent | kindly, charitable |
| celerity | swiftness in action or moving |
| compassion | deep sympathy, pity |
| connoisseur | expert with discriminating taste in some field esp. fine arts |
| emit | to send out, give forth, to utter |
| evanescent | tending to fade away, vanish |
| flabbergasted | to amaze, dumbfounded |
| inadvertent | not attentive, negligent, due to oversight |
| intimidate | to make afraid, as with threats |
| lucrative | producing wealth |
| nettle | to irritate, vex |
| noisome | harmful, noxious |
| nostalgia | a longing for something long ago or far away |
| obsolescence | to be obsolete, no longer in use |
| octogenarian | a person between 80 and 89 |
| ominous | serving as an evil omen, threatening |
| opulence | wealth, riches |
| palliate | to lessen the severity of, to make appear less offensive |
| parable | a story told to illustrate a moral |
| pathetic | arousing pity or sadness |
| site | a location |
| tyro | a beginner |
| urbane | polite and courteous in a smooth way |
| wane | decrease in vigor or strength |