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Day4
Kaplan
Question | Answer |
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Alchemy | a medieval science, witchcraft, black magic, pseudo science |
Alloy | to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior |
Amalgamate | to combine several elements into a whole |
Ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
Amenable | agreeable; responsive to question |
Anachronism | something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context |
Anathema | a solemn or ecclesiastical (religious) curse; accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing (haraal) |
Anodyne | soothing |
Antipathy | aversion (jigshil, zevuutsel) |
Antithetical | directly opposite or opposed |
Apogee | the highest point in the development of something; the climax or culmination. "the White House is considered the _________ of American achievement" |
Apostate | one who abandons long held religious or political convictions |
Apotheosis | deification, gloryfication |
Apposite | appropriate |
Apprise | give notice to |
Approbation | an expression of approval or praise |
Arabesque | complex |
Arcane | mysterious |
Arrant | complete, utter. |
Ascetic | characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons. "an ________ life of prayer, fasting, and manual labor |
Asperity | harshness; bad tempered |
Aspersion | verbal exhibition of bad temper |
Assiduous | diligent; hard -working; (meriimtgii, hicheengui) |
Astringent | 1. having a tightening effect on living tissue 2. harsh or severe in manner or style |
Attenuate | weaken; constrict; debilitate |
Augury | a sign of what will happen in the future; an omen (merge tolog, mergeleh) |
August | dignified, noble |
Auspice | omen, patronage (zon sovin) |
Auspicious | favorable, encouraging |
Austere | severe in manner, stringent |
Avarice | greed, extreme greed for wealth or material gain (shunal, haramch) |
Aver | to say (something) in a very strong and definite way (batlah) |
Axiom | principle: generally accepted or common saying but mostly true |
Baleful | threatening harm, menacing |
Bane | cause of great distress or annoyances |
Beatify | to bless |
Bedizen | to adorn or dress in a slowly or tasteless manner |
Belie | to give false impression of (hudal setgegdel toruuleh) |
Bellicose | demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight (turemgii, baildaanch baidal gargah) |
Blandish | coax (someone) with kind words or flattery (zusardah, byalduuchlah) |
Blithe | showing a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous or improper. syn: casual, indifferent |
Boisterous | (of a person, event, or behavior) noisy, energetic, and cheerful; rowdy. |
Bombastic | pompous, high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated. |
Boor | a rude or intensive person, an unrefined, ill-mannered person |
Broach | bring up or raise (a sensitive or difficult subject) for discussion |
Brook | 1. endure, accept 2. stream of water |
Bucolic | of or relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life |
Burnish | polish (something, especially metal) by rubbing |
Cadge | 1. ask for or obtain (something to which one is not strictly entitled) 2. 2. a padded wooden frame on which hooded hawks are carried to the field |
Cajole | attempt to coax; flatter. Synonym: deceive, tantalize |
Calumniate | to slander or to make false and defamatory statement about |
Bigot | intolerant, prejudiced person |