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Revolution Drill II
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| decimated | v. to kill every tenth man of; to exact a tax of 10 percent from |
| agitated | adj. troubled emotionally; disturbed; perturbed |
| tranquil | adj. quiet, calm |
| Idiosyncratic | adj. characteristic of, peculiar to; eccentric |
| reenact | v. to act or perform again |
| judicious | adj. prudent, discreet; wise, sensible, showing good judgement |
| surrogates | n. one that serves as a substitute |
| vulnerability | n. capable of being physically or emotionally wounded; open to attack |
| tantalizingly | adj. possessing a quality that arouses or stimulates desire or interest |
| vexing | adj. angry; extremely annoying |
| prone | adj. tending, apt, disposed; lying with the face down, prostrate |
| relinquishment | n. the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc. |
| inexhaustible | adj. cannot to be used up, cannot be consumed or spent |
| impermissible | adj. not permitted |
| frivolous | adj. lacking in seriousness; (of people or their behaviour) silly or amusing, especially when such behaviour is not suitable |
| unregenerate | adj. not repentant, sinful; not reformed, not converted; stubborn |
| stencil | n. thin sheet of some material from which figures or letters have been cut out so that paint or ink may be passed through the perforations onto a surface; designs created with a stencil |
| unruly | adj. ungovernable, unmanageable, disobedient, rebellious |
| mediation | n. arbitration; intervention; reconciliation; act of mediating between two parties; act of bringing peace between two nations who are at dispute (International Law) |
| illiteracy | n. ignorance, lack of education |
| vagrancy | n. The state of wandering from place to place; having no permanent home or means of livelihood |
| redistribution | n. repeated distribution, reallocation, act of apportioning again |
| brevity | n. briefness, shortness, conciseness, terseness |
| brevity | n. briefness, shortness, conciseness, terseness |
| aloofness | n. lonesomeness, separateness, distantness |
| fatuousness | n. stupidity, silliness, foolishness; delusiveness |
| sensibleness | n. reasonableness, judiciousness; awareness, cognizance; ability to be perceived; ability to perceive; state of being considerable |
| skirmish | v. squabble, argue; fight a minor battle, engage in a scrimmage |
| feud | n. vendetta, antagonism, continuing conflict (especially between families); row, argument |
| renown | n. repute, fame, notoriety |
| relinquish | v. surrender, give up; forsake, abandon |
| levy | v. impose (compel) and collect |
| earnest | adj. serious, sober; sincere, fervent, eager |
| encroach | v. advance beyond proper limits, infringe, trespass, intrude, invade |
| demur | v. object, protest; hesitate |
| subsidy | n. financial assistance |
| obligation | n. indebtedness; duty responsibility; agreement |
| deafening | adj. ear-splitting, thunderous, loud |
| deprecation | n. condemnation, disapproval; belittlement, protestation |
| melancholy | adj. gloomy, sad; causing a feeling of sadness, depressive |
| transitoriness | n. temporality, changeability, transience |
| incised | adj. sharply and deeply indented; cut; carved; formed by cutting |
| brooked | v. bear, suffer, tolerate |
| largesse | n. generous giving of gifts; grant, endowment, contribution, donation, gift (also largess) |
| expediency | n. advantageousness, practicality, usefulness; urgency |
| arable | adj. cultivatable; fit for cultivation |
| reclaimed | v. demand the return of property; regain possession, repossess |
| impudent | adj. insolent, rude, disrespectful, cheeky |
| grisly | adj. terrible, horrible, ghastly, dreadful; formidable, intimidating |
| shriek | n. scream, loud shrill cry, screech |
| burlesque | n. mock, imitate in a comic fashion |
| limerick | n. humorous rhymed nonsense poem consisting of five lines |
| sonnet | n. 14-line poem that is written in four stanzas and often follows a particular rhyme scheme (especially iambic pentameter) |
| sneer | n. scornful look, contemptuous glance; expression of ridicule and mockery |
| sullen | adj. sulky, morose, showing a brooding resentment; dark and gloomy; slow, sluggish |
| varnish | v. cover with a protective (often glossy) coating; give something a superficially polished appearance |
| cloture | v. close a discussion, end a discussion with a vote |
| remnant | n. leftover item, remainder |
| inertia | n. inertness, inactivity, immobility; tendency of matter to remain at rest or continue at a constant velocity unless acted upon by an outside force (Physics) |
| muffle | v. silence or lessen a sound; cover, wrap; cover oneself, wrap oneself |
| ballast | v. stabilize with ballast; steady |
| cajole | v. persuade; tempt, entice, beguile; entrap |
| savant | n. scholar, learned person, wise and educated person |
| retard | v. decelerate, cause to slow down, delay, hinder |
| reminisce | v. remember the past, recall memories of past events or experiences |
| snobbish | adj. arrogant, haughty, condescending |
| insolently | adv. contemptuously; rudely; arrogantly |
| parquetry | n. mosaic design made from inlaid wood; floor made from patterned wooden tiles or boards |
| uphold | v. support, sustain; endorse, champion |
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