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Vocab #6
Sander's Vocab List #6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| quarry | an open excavation or pit from which stone is quarried or obtained, a rich or productive source |
| monologue | dramatic composition or sketch performed by one actor, a series of joke by one comedian, long speech by one person often monoplizing a conversation, one person speaking alone |
| dubious | fraught with uncertainity or doubt, undecided, doubtful, of questionable character |
| dormant | lying asleep or as if asleep, inactive, latent but capable of being activated, temporarily quiescent |
| legion | large military, an army, a large number or multitude |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade, or hide something |
| abase | to lower physically, to lower or reduce in rank, office, esteem or reputation, degrade, humble, to put or bring down |
| brawny | muscular, strong powerful, being swollen and hard |
| spurn | stumble, kick, tread sharply or heavily, trample, to reject with disdain or contempt, scorn, decline, despise |
| harangue | a long or scolding, ranting speech, lecture, long passionate, vehement speech made in front of a group of people |
| brunt | the principal force, shock or stress, the greater part, burden, the main force if impact of an attack or blow |
| invariable | not changing or capable of change, constant or static, not variable or varying |
| rasping | harsh, grating, irrating, a minute piece removed by, to rub with something rough, abrade, dry bread crumbs |
| probe | to search into and explore thoroughly, examine, question closely |
| malnutrition | falty nutrition due to inadequate or unbalanced intake of nutrients, lack of proper nutrition |
| pomp | to show magnificence, splendor, a cermonial or festival display, ostentious or pompous displays, actions, acts, gestures, or things, vain glory, pageant |
| liberality | the quality or state of being liberal, condition of being liberal in giving, genoristy, bounty, breadth of mind, broadness or fullness |
| combatant | one that is engaged in or ready to engage in combat, fight war or conflict, combating, fighting, combative, person or group that fights. |
| insulate | to place in a detached situation, isolate, to separate from conducting bodies to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, or sound, segregate, to cover, line or separate with a material that reduces the passage or leakage of electricty, heat and sound |
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