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WW.I.2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abash | humiliate, mortify, embarrass, deflate |
| anarchy | the absence of government, order, law, and authority; confusion |
| antediluvian | very, very old or ancient; from before Noah's flood |
| appall | horrify, shock, sicken, outrage, dismay |
| bedlam | noisy uproar and derangement; madness; insanity; insane asylum |
| brevity | briefness of duration; concise expression; terseness |
| celebrity | fame, renown; a famous person |
| censorious | faultfinding; severely critical; disapproving |
| censure | severe criticism or disapproval; denunciation; condemnation |
| chaos | disorder, formlessness, confusion, void |
| cherish | hold dear; treat with affection and tenderness; value highly |
| citadel | fortress or stronghold, in or near a city |
| cogitate | consider intently; turn in the mind (humorous word for "think") |
| conceive | to formulate in the mind; to imagine; to invent an idea |
| contemplate | think about; look at thoughtfully; intend or anticipate |
| council | advice, guidance; advise, warn, instruct, direct |
| counsel | an elected or appointed deliberative body; assembly of legislators |
| custody | guardianship; safekeeping; care |
| deference | respect; courteous yielding or submission |
| deliberate | to think carefully; to consider or weigh alternatives step by step |
| deluge | flood; heavy downpour; overwhelm in huge numbers or amounts |
| demeanor | behavior; conduct; mien |
| deportment | behavior; conduct; mien |
| derangement | disorder, confusion, untidiness; severe mental disorder, insanity |
| disarray | disorder, confusion; sloppy attire; to throw into confusion or to upset |
| discern | notice; pick out of a crowd; perceive; detect; discriminate |
| dismay | anxiety, fear, loss of confidence, discouragement; to cause these |
| eon | an indefinitely long period of time; an eternity |
| epoch | a period that can be fixed from a particular date marking the onset of the new; a period remarkable for newness or difference |
| era | a period that can be fixed from a particular date marking the onset of the new; a period remarkable for newness or difference |
| esteem | public expression of respect or honor; tribute |
| feign | pretend; dissemble; present a false appearance of; to sham |
| feint | a misleading pretense; a distraction away from a point of real attack |
| harassment | persistent disturbance or irritation; repeated attack or discomfort |
| harrow | inflict great distress or torment; to plunder, spoil, or rob |
| havoc | destruction, ruin, or spoilage, esp. after a calamity or a war/battle |
| homage | value highly; to respect or prize; high regard, respectfulness |
| impeachment | challenging one's character; discrediting or degrading one's status |
| inundate | flood; pour down upon; overflow; overwhelm as if with a giant wave |
| meditate | think calmly and quietly; reflect; ponder; contemplate |
| mien | behavior, conduct, demeanor, deportment |
| millennium | a period of one thousand years |
| mitigate | to make milder or less severe; to alleviate; to moderate force or intensity |
| obsess | to haunt as a fixed idea; to think relentlessly about a special subject |
| overawe | to subdue, control, or quieten through stimulation of fear of authority |
| pandemonium | noisy disorder; wild uproar; chaotic assembly of unreasonable people |
| petrify | harden; stiffen; turn to stone; stun or paralyze with terror |
| ponder | weigh mentally; consider carefully; reflect or meditate |
| redeem | to save or salvage; to buy back; to restore to one's possession; recover |
| redemption | salvation; rescue; deliverance; repurchase or recovery |
| rehabilitate | to reform; to restore to useful life; to reinstate |
| relent | yield; let up; be less severe or less determined; soften in attitude |
| retrospection | contemplation of the past; looking backwards |
| ruminate | meditate at length; to muse; to reflect on; to chew cud (like a cow) |
| salvage | save or rescue from loss or destruction |
| speculate | contemplate; think on; look to the future; predict; take a gamble |
| tumult | noisy confusion or uproar; din or commotion; mental agitation |
| wrest | take by force, as with violent twisting movements; usurp; extort |
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dexmc22
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