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Question | Answer |
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Acquiesce | the president said that we will never acquiesce to the demands of the terrorists. |
bombastic | The citizens failed to be aroused by their mayor's bombastic speech. |
capitulate | Colonel Leeds was adamant in his decision not to capitulate under any terms. |
deflate | the boss's criticion deflated john's ego. |
egregious | an egregious bookkeeping error cost our company 1,000,000. |
fitful | Monte's fitful sleep tended o exacerbate his normal irritablity |
gratuitous | Hillary's gratuitous suggestion was rejected by the other guests who blithely ignored it. |
hierarchy | in the company's hierarchy, i'm the low man on the totem pole. |
impartial | an impartial attorney was asked to serve as a judge in the dispute. |
lassitude | lassitude comes from a feeling of hopelessness. |
meticulous | sidney was meticulous about his clothing but quite sloppy about his room. |
opportunist | the opportunist is so anxious to get ahead that he is ready to ignore the needs, feelings, and welfare of his fellow man. |
partisan | a partisan of the animal rights cause, John believes all use of animals for testing should be banned. |
quixotic | it is quixotic to think that we can ignore the enviromental consequences of pollution. |
raze | the corporation voted to raze the decaying structure and replace it with a modern skyscrapper. |
admonish | this is the last time i pan to admonish you about coming late to work. |
buffoon | after bert had a few drinks, he became a willing buffoon at the party. |
delineate | When challenged to delineate sam's cras behavior, we were speechless. |
elucidate | Public relations experts were hired to elucidate the chairman's postition. |