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APSM Eng9 V10
MCT The Vocabulary of Literature (lesson 9)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ruminate | think deeply |
| accost | to confront |
| petulant | bad-tempered |
| efface | erase |
| edify | to instruct |
| voluble | speaking incessantly |
| obeisance | a gesture of respect |
| ascertain | to make sure |
| obdurate | refusing to change |
| antipathy | deep dislike |
| prostrate | lying down |
| remonstrate | to object |
| stolid | unemotional |
| superfluous | extra |
| sagacity | wisdom |
| transient | existing briefly |
| latent | present but inactive |
| solicitude | concern |
| livid | bruised or pale |
| epithet | a characterizing term |
| think deeply | ruminate |
| to confront | accost |
| bad-tempered | petulant |
| erase | efface |
| to instruct | edify |
| speaking incessantly | voluble |
| a gesture of respect | obeisance |
| to make sure | ascertain |
| refusing to change | obdurate |
| deep dislike | antipathy |
| lying down | prostrate |
| to object | remonstrate |
| unemotional | stolid |
| extra | superfluous |
| wisdom | sagacity |
| existing briefly | transient |
| present but inactive | latent |
| concern | solicitude |
| bruised or pale | livid |
| a characterizing term | epithet |