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Vocab
Study group 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abate | to be at an end |
| addle | to make or become confused |
| guant | extremely thin and bony |
| pique | a feeling of irritation or resentment |
| petulantly | unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered |
| squander | to spend or use wastefully |
| vehemently | strongly emotional |
| consortium | a combination of financial institutions for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring lots of money |
| cravat | necktie |
| chided | to express disapproval of |
| decimating | to destroy a great number of |
| catatonic | a syndrome characterized by muscular rigidity and mental stupor |
| shrapnel | a hollow projectile designed to explode before impact and set free a shower of missiles |
| rancid | offensive or nasty |
| pitons | a metal spike used for mountain climbing |
| suffice | to be enough |
| mirthlessly | devoid of gladness |
| prosthetics | branch of surgery that deals with the replacement of missing parts with artificial structures |
| impervious | impenetrable |
| eradicated | to remove or destroy completely |