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APlang vocab 11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| fatuous | foolish or inane, esp. in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly; unreal; illusory |
| febrile | pertaining to or marked by fever; feverish |
| furtive | taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret |
| incredulous | not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical |
| interminable | incapable of being terminated; unending; monotonously or annoyingly protracted or continued; unceasing; incessant; having no limits |
| obliquely | having a slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined; devious, misleading, or dishonest |
| pernicious | causing insidious Sharma or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful; deadly; fatal |
| sardonic | characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering |
| ultimatium | a final, uncompromising demand or set of terms issued by a party to a dispute, the rejection of which may lead to a severance of relations or to the use of force |
| writhe | to twist the body about, or squirm, as in pain, violent effort, etc; to shrink mentally, as in a cute discomfort |
| astute | of keep penetration or discernment; sagacious; clever; cunning; ingenious; shrewd. |
| beseech | to impress urgently; to beg eagerly for; solicit |
| capitulate | to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms |
| deprecating | to express earnest disapproval of; to urgent reasons against; protest against (a scheme, purpose, etc.); to depreciate; belittle |
| glean | to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit; to learn, discover, or find out, usually little by little or slowly |