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vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| introspection | examining one's own thoughts and feelings |
| ambidextrous | able to use the left hand or the right equally well |
| retrospective | looking back on past |
| precursors | a person or thing that precedes, as in a process or job |
| gerontocracy | government ruled by old people |
| braggart | boastful |
| entice | attract, lure |
| endeavor | to try very hard, to make an effort |
| stray | 1. to deviate from the direct course: to stray from the main road. 2. to wander, roam: the new puppy strayed from room to room. |
| acumen | keen, quick, accurate insight or judgment |
| sporadic | happening from time to time. synonyms: occasional, infrequent |
| affinity | close connection; relationship |
| animosity | strong dislike |
| heterogeneous | made up of different kinds |
| anguish | severe mental or physical pain or suffering |
| apt | appropriate or suitable in the circumstances |
| grumble | complain or protest about something in a bad-tempered but typically muted way |
| offhand | without preparation or forethought |
| loll | rest to sit or stand in a lazy way hang (dog's tongue) |
| edible | find to be eaten/not poisonous |
| inquest | legal or judicial inquiry, especially before a judge and especially made by a coroner into the cause of someone's death |
| accolade | praise; approval |
| conjoin | to join together |
| timid | shy easily frightened |
| opaque | not transparent; not able to seen through. synonyms: cloudy, hazy |
| disallow | refuse to allow or accept as a correct |
| console | give comfort or sympathy to |
| warrant | authority written order guarantee |
| reminiscent | suggest something in the past |
| embezzle | use in a wrong way for one's own benefit |
| brittle | easily broken |
| moribund | (of a person) at the point of death |
| dwarf | a person much smaller the usual size |
| livid | furiously angry, enraged |
| scribble | write hastily (quickly) |
| poseur | a person who attempts to impress by acting unlike himself |
| dullard | a stupid, insensitive person |
| succumb | 1. to give way to superior force; yield 2. to yield to disease, wounds, old age, etc.; die. |
| reiterate | say or do again several times |
| flimsy | lacking solidarity, strength |
| turmoil | trouble disturbance |
| gallant | brave, behaves well with women |
| fission | splitting or division (esp. of cells) |
| encapsulate | close the capsule |
| complaisant | trying to please; obliging |
| grievous | causing grief or pain; serious dire grave |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend; obscure |
| ail | to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to |
| edify | instruct; correct morally |
| satiate | satisfy fully |
| fidelity | loyalty accuracy |
| paradigm | a model example of pattern |
| tractable | easily controlled or guided |
| beguile | mislead or delude; cheat; pass time |
| coagulation | change to a thick and solid state |
| foolproof | incapable of failure or error |
| suffice | be enough |
| lampoon | publicly mock or ridicule |
| immutable | that cannot be changed |
| cordial | warm and sincere |
| retrograde | receding |
| unscathed | unharmed, unhurt |
| superimpose | put something on the top |
| boisterous | noisy; restraint |
| implosion | collapse; bursting inward |
| enigma | something that is puzzling |
| jabber | talk excitedly; utter rapidly |
| treacherous | not to be trusted, perfidious |
| redeem | get back by payment compensate |
| impede | hinder, get in the way of |
| foster | nurture; care for |
| incongruous | out of place; not in harmony or agreement |
| multifarious | having many different parts, elements, forms. " __________ activities" |
| skit | short piece of humorous writing |
| repulsive | causing a feeling of disgust |
| hapless | unlucky |
| eschewed | deliberately avid using; abstain from |
| fond | having an affection or liking for. |
| infuriate | make angry, enrage |
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