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Revolution Drill VI
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| skinflint | n. stingy person, cheapskate, miser |
| testiness | n. anger, irratability, nervousness |
| oblique | adj. indirect; misleading; inclined; diagonal |
| engrossing | adj. capable of arousing and holding the attention |
| efface | v. erase; wipe out; remove completely |
| shrill | v. shriek, scream, cry out in a loud high-pitched voice |
| destitute | adj. poor, impoverished, penniless, needy, poverty-stricken |
| harbringer | v. foretell; foreshadow; presage (eg. Harbringer of death) |
| hitherto | adv. until now, thus far |
| constancy | n. steadiness, perseverance; faithfulness, loyalty |
| philanthropy | n. one who loves mankind; goodwill toward mankind; charitable donation |
| commendation | n. praise, acclaim; citation |
| impregnable | adj. invulnerable, able to resist an attack; indisputable, incontestable, unbeatable; fertilizable, able to be impregnated |
| ostracize | v. expel from a group; exclude; banish; avoid dealing with; |
| plaid | n. colorful fabric with a pattern of squares and crossbars |
| sinister | adj. evil, malicious; threatening, ominous, portending evil; left, on the left side |
| anguish | n. agony, torment; anxiety, fear |
| holistic | adj. emphasizing the relation between things |
| frustrate | v. foil, thwart; disappoint; make frustrated; defeat; baffle, confound |
| corroborate | v. confirm to be true; reinforce; certify |
| commodious | adj. spacious, ample, roomy, comfortable |
| cramped | adj. confined or severely limited in space; affected with cramps |
| convoke | v. call together, call to meeting, summon |
| adjourn | v. postpone, delay; end a meeting; move to another place |
| cloying | v. cause to feel satiated or gorged; fatten oneself, gorge oneself |
| tanner | n. one who tans hides, one who makes animal hides into leather |
| illusory | adj. deceptive, misleading, false, unreal; illusive; elusive, hard to grasp |
| accede | v. agree, concur; enter office; become party to an agreement |
| luster | n. gloss, shine, polish (lackluster = dim, dull, lacking brilliance, not shiny ) |
| merger | n. the combination of two or more commercial companies; fusion |
| naif | adj. naïve; unaffected (not phony); lack of guile |
| frisky | adj. energetic, full of life, playful, lively |
| protuberance | n. bulge; swelling; part of the body that bulges outward (Medicine) |
| spurn | v. reject, repel, repulse; treat with contempt |
| glut | n. abundance, overabundance; excessive supply / quantity; inundate with water |
| hairbreadth | n. very small distance; extremely narrow |
| unsalvageable | adj. unsaveable, unrepairable |
| hoarse | adj. having a rough low sound; deep and harsh shound from shouting |
| fiscal | adj. of public funds; of or pertaining to money matters |
| ostracize | v. exclude; banish eg. Pariah is a person who is ostracized from the community |
| flannel | n. type of cloth mad from soft wool |
| pageant | n. performance commemorating a historical or legendary event; ceremonial play or parade of any kind |
| wheedle | v. coax by flattery or enticement; obtain through flattery or seduction; use flattery persuasions |
| tender | v. offer formally, suggest, make a suggestion |
| defile | v. soil, pollute; desecrate; violate; march in a line / n. narow passage b/w mountain |
| seamy | adj. unpleasant, disagreeable; seedy, sordid; of or pertaining to seams; made of seams |
| hallmark | n. a distinctive characteristic or attribute |
| preclude | v. make impossible, especially beforehand |
| incur | v. find; get; obtain; receive |
| plundered | adj. stolen, obtained through robbery; embezzled, obtained fraudulently |
| insoluble | adj. cannot be solved; cannot be dissolved in a liquid |
| congregation | n. gathering of people (esp. for religious meeting); regular members of a religious group |
| mellowness | n. softness; ripeness; pleasantness; tranquility |
| jeer | v. laugh at with contempt and derision |
| foragers | n. someone who hunts for food and provisions |
| grazing | n. field or plot of ground where livestock are grazed (fed) |
| strolling | v. sauntering; walk leisurely |
| fuss | n. excitement, confusion, commotion, noise; loud argument, quarrel |
| squat | adj. short and thickset |
| sinewy | adj. full of sinews, tough, stringy; strong, vigorous, muscular |
| morbidity | n. unhealthiness; state of being diseased; gloominess, depression; state of being gruesome or repugnant |
| heedless | adj. reckless; unmindful, oblivious, thoughtless, rash (heed = pay close attention) |
| fume | v. very angry; smoke; smolder; fumigate |
| parch | v. dry, remove moisture; toast, roast, cook slightly over dry heat; ant. = steep (saturated, soaked) |
| inerrancy | n. infallibleness, state of being free from error [in-errant-cy] |
| deferrable | adj. postponable, able to be put off to a later date |
| sloppy | adj. slovenly, untidy; careless; wet, slushy, muddy; oversentimental, silly (Informal); unappetizing; splashed with liquid |
| espoinage | n. spying, intelligence |
| insomnia | n. an inability to sleep; chronic sleeplessness |
| dyslexia | n. impaired ability to learn to read |
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