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Vocabulary Set C1
forbearance-grandiloquent
| Question | Answer | |
|---|---|---|
| fortitude | n. Patient courage. | David showed great fortitude when he faced off against Goliath. |
| frugal | adj. Economical. | Even though Linda receives a high salary, she tries her best to live in the most frugal way possible. |
| garrulous | adj. Given to constant trivial talking. | Everyone sees old man Jenkins as a strange, garrulous man who seems to always be ready to strike up a ridiculous conversation. |
| grandiloquent | adj. Speaking in or characterized by a pompous or bombastic style. | Unlike the other professors, the biology professor, Professor Gilbert, lectured with a grandiloquent tone causing all of his students irritation. |
| forbearance | n. Patient endurance or toleration of offenses. | After being insulted by the waiter, Susan's forbearance kept her from walking out and embarassing her host. |