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Vocabulary Set G4
spurious-subsist
| Question | Answer | Example |
|---|---|---|
| squalid | adj. Having a dirty, mean, poverty-stricken appearance. | Having spent her young life in an affluent neighborhood, she was shocked to see the squalid conditions in which some of her fellow citizens lived. |
| staid | adj. Of a steady and sober character. | His sense of style made the other musicians look staid in comparison. |
| stolid | adj. Expressing no power of (emotional) feeling or perceiving. | His rival's stolid indifference really unnerved Ted and he lost all confidence. |
| subsist | v. To be maintained or sustained. | He was forced to subsist upon a diet consisting of only the plant and animals he could gather in his nearby surroundings. |
| spurious | adj. Not genuine. | It is spurious to argue that the new law will have short term economic benefits. |