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Revolution Drill III
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| unpalatable | adj. not tasty, not appealing to the palate |
| hiatus | n. interruption, pause or break (in activity, time, etc.); opening, separation (Anatomy |
| sybaritic | adj. luxurious; pleasure-seeking, devoted to a life of luxury and pleasure |
| expunge | v. obliterate, erase, strike out |
| perpetuate | v. preserve; uphold; carry on; continue; make everlasting |
| finicky | adj. fastidious, overly meticulous; hard to please, picky |
| remiss | adj. negligent, careless, unmindful |
| spindly | adj. long and thin and not strong |
| limber | adj. flexible, pliant; agile, supple |
| foible | n. weakness; weak point of a sword |
| ditty | n. short song, simple tune |
| oratorio | n. musical composition for choir and orchestra based on religious writings; musical genre of religious compositions |
| libretto | n. an opera script; text or words of an opera or a long musical composition |
| macabre | adj. terrifying, dark, gruesome, grim, horrible |
| shudder | v. tremble, shake, shiver, quiver |
| scripture | n. sacred writings of the Old and/or New Testament, the Bible; sacred book or writing; passage from the Bible |
| theologian | n. expert in the study of religions and religious teachings |
| solicitude | n. worry, anxiety, uneasiness; care, concern (solicitous = eager) |
| palatial | adj. magnificent; palace-like |
| moiety | n. half, one of the two parts into which a whole is divided |
| coy | adj. shy, bashful; modest; coquettish, flirtatious |
| emancipate | v. liberate, free, release, unshackle |
| unimpeachable | adj. impossible to question; beyond reproach; not blemished |
| intangible | adj. impalpable, cannot be seen or touched, insubstantial; difficult to grasp, hard to perceive mentally |
| palpable | adj. substantial, real, actual; tangible, can be felt or touched; clear, obvious |
| notorious | adj. infamous, known for disgrace; well-known (usually ignobly) |
| myriad | n. countless number of items; great quantity |
| paltry | adj. worthless, having no value; petty, trivial; contemptible, mean, base |
| cessation | n. stopping, ceasing |
| uncouth | adj. clumsy, crude, strange; strange in appearance |
| hampered | v. hinder, impede, delay |
| embroider | v. decorate with ornamental needlework |
| irate | adj. feeling or showing extreme anger |
| spatula | n. kitchen utensil with a broad flat blade |
| cleaver | n. a butcher's knife having a large square blade |
| serrate | adj. having a notched edge like the teeth of a saw |
| scotch | v. foil; hinder; prevent |
| unlettered | adj. uneducated, ignorant, illiterate |
| miniature | adj. reduced in size, tiny, made smaller, represented on a very small scale |
| leaven | v. make rise, puff up, expand; influence, cause gradual change, alter or transform |
| pulverize | v. crush, grind into fine particles (also pulverise) |
| conjure | v. implore, appeal; invoke, summon; perform magic, bewitch |
| collusion | n. conspiracy; agreement formed with the intent to defraud (Law) |
| divert | v. distract; entertain; turn in a different direction, deflect |
| shunt | v. tranfer to another track; provide with or divert / n. bypass; a passage of fluide (eg. Blood) |
| armada | n. fleet of large vehicles |
| fusillade | v. firing many weapon at once |
| palpitate | v. beat, pound (about the heart); tremble, quiver, shiver |
| constrict | v. compress, make smaller, tighten |
| dilate | v. expand, become wide; maker wider or larger, cause to expand |
| signify | v. represent, indicate; communicate, express, convey; have importance, have significance |
| brisk | adj. quick; lively |
| deluge | n. flood, inundation, drenching rain; |
| trinkets | n. small ornament or bit of jewelry; something of little value, trifle |
| chauvinistic | adj. fanatically patriotic; jingoistic |
| receptive | adj. accepting, taking in; open to ideas, open to suggestions |
| wax | v. grow; polish sth with wax |
| complicate | v. confuse |
| overwrought | adj. excessively elaborate; overworked, exhausted; having frayed nerves; excited |
| steadfast | adj. steady; unchanging |
| obverse | n. reversal; counterpart; main side |
| roe | n. eggs of a fish, eggs of various crustaceans; species of native deer in eu and Asia |
| grade | n. slope, incline; level, degree, rank |
| oblivian | n. state of complete forgetfulness |
| adduce | v. offer as an example; offer as a proof |
| concede | v. give up |
| liability | n. financial obligation; debt; disadvantage, handicap; likelihood |
| exempt | adj. freed, released from an obligation |
| dissension | n. disagreement, conflict, strife |
| concord | n. harmony, treaty, agreement |
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