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APSM Eng9 V6
MCT The Vocabulary of Literature (Lesson 6)
Question | Answer |
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Patron | a customer or supporter |
Intervene | to come between |
Gesticulate | to gesture |
Haggard | looking exhausted |
Fastidious | detailed |
Discomfit | to make uneasy |
Sage | profoundly wise |
Plausible | believable |
Animated | lively |
Obtrude | to intrude noticeably |
Odious | hateful |
Visage | the face |
Vulgar | common |
Subtle | slight |
Wistful | yearning |
Obsequious | cringing, submissive |
Ignominy | disgrace |
Acquiescence | passive compliance |
Impassive | without emotion |
Impending | about to happen |
a customer or supporter | Patron |
to come between | Intervene |
to gesture | Gesticulate |
looking exhausted | Haggard |
detailed | Fastidious |
to make uneasy | Discomfit |
profoundly wise | Sage |
believable | Plausible |
lively | Animated |
to intrude noticeably | Obtrude |
hateful | Odious |
the face | Visage |
common | Vulgar |
slight | Subtle |
yearning | Wistful |
cringing, submissive | Obsequious |
disgrace | Ignominy |
passive compliance | Acquiescence |
without emotion | Impassive |
about to happen | Impending |