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vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| astronomical | extremely large adj. |
| chorale | choir n. |
| colleague | fellow worker n. |
| daguerreotype | outdated photographic process n. |
| eminence | high rank n. |
| furrier | fur dealer n. |
| hooligans | troublemakers n. |
| hyacinths | bulbous plants of the lily plant n. |
| mahogany | reddish brown wood n. |
| occasion | event n. |
| ordained | installed v. |
| pamphlets | booklets n. |
| pernicious | fatal adj. |
| prodigy | a child with unusual talent adj. |
| tuberculosis | a infectious disease n. |
| anthem | song of praise n. |
| aplomb | self confidence adj. |
| catalogue | list n. v. |
| denunciation | dissaproval n. |
| eulogies | speeches n. |
| hemorrhage | loss of blood n. |
| ignominy | disgrace n. |
| liaison | contact person n. |
| quisling | person who betrays n. |
| relic | ancient artifact n. |
| sabotage | deliberate destruction n. |
| stereotype | label n. |
| synagogue | jewish house of worship n. |
| taciturn | speechless n. |
| unabashedly | outspokenly adj. |
| appendectomy | surgical removal of the appendix n. |
| clandestine | hidden, concealed adj. |
| confiscated | seized v. |
| extermination | murder n. |
| extravagant | showy adj. |
| genealogical | ancestral adj. |
| incriminating | accusing, ruinous adj. |
| insignia | badge n. |
| jeopardizing | putting in danger v. |
| kosher | fit to be eaten according to Jewish law adj. |
| minuscule | small adj. |
| nucleus | core, foundation n. |
| ostensibly | outwardly adv. |
| prelude | preface n. |
| Semitic | Jewish or Hebrew adj. |
| cellophane | transparent paper n. |
| contingent | conditional adj. |
| decreipit | shabby adj. |
| diagnosis | decision reached by examination n. |
| effusion | unrestrained expression n. |
| gymnasium | exercise room n. |
| influenza | illness with a dry cough n. |
| notary | clerk n. |
| penitentiary | prison n. |
| pleurisy | fever n. |
| predicated | declared v. |
| sacrosanct | holy adj. |
| stethoscope | instrument for listening to chest sounds n. |
| suffused | permeated v. |
| ubiquitous | everywhere adj. |
| anteroom | lobby n. |
| artillery | mounted guns n. |
| claustrophobia | fear of being in small spaces n. |
| contemptuously | scornfully adv. |
| demolition | destruction n. |
| dispensary | clinic n. |
| evacuate | empty out v. |
| evoked | summoned v. |
| molecule | particle n. |
| obscenity | filth n. |
| phalanx | compact mass n. |
| quarantine | isolate v. |
| recurrent | repeated adj. |
| spigot | faucet n. |
| surveillance | supervision n. |
| pustules | sores n. |
| bifocals | eyeglasses n. |
| gangrenous | infected and rotting flesh adj. |
| cardinal | primary adj. |
| limousine | a automobile n. |
| atrocious | inhuman adj. |
| curtailed | restricted v. |
| edema | swelling n. |
| sequestered | withdrew v. |
| indefatigable | tireless |
| initiative | decision n. |
| conscription | draft n. |
| blatant | obvious adj. |
| sadism | malice n. |
| collaborators | colleagues n. |
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