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APSM Eng9 V10
MCT The Vocabulary of Literature (lesson 9)
Question | Answer |
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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 |