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aplangcomp
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acrimonious | adj.= sharp,bitter,corrosive;severe,sarcastic speech |
| Ameliorate | v.t.= to make better;to improve |
| Assuage | v.t.=to lessen;pacify,satisfy/v.i.=to abate or subside |
| Banal | adj.=commonplace,trivial |
| Chary | adj.=careful,cautious,shy,frugal or stingy |
| Embryonic | adj.=in an early stage;underdeveloped |
| Enigma | n.=a perplexing statement,riddle |
| Erudite | adj.=having extensive knowledge/n.=a learned person |
| Inexorable | adj.=that which cannot be moved by persuasion,immovable |
| Intrepid | adj.=fearless,brave,bold |
| Inveterate | adj.=deep rooted,settled in habit,practice |
| Laconic | adj.=concise phrase,expressing much in few words |
| Loquacious | adj.=talkative |
| Obeisance | n.=a gesture of respect or reverance |
| Obsequious | adj.=excessive willingness to obey;devoted,dutiful |
| Pedantic | adj.=making a display of knowledge |
| Petulant | adj.=impatient,irritable,bad tempered |
| Phlegmatic | adj.=hard to rouse to action,sluggish |
| Proclivity | n.=a natural tendency toward something discreditable |
| Prognosticate | v.t.=to predict,to fortell |
| Pugnacious | adj.=disposed to fight,quarrelsome |
| Pulchritude | n.=physical beauty |
| Scrupulous | adj.=careful of details,conscientiously honest |
| Trenchant | adj.=keen,penetrating;forceful,vigorous,clear out,distinct |
| Vapid | adj.=tasteless,flavorless,flat,uninteresting,lifeless,dull |