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Final Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| audacious | adventurous; boldly daring; reckless |
| stagnant | not active or alert; dull; lifeless; unmoving |
| vex | irritate; annoy; provoke; worry |
| assuage | make something unpleasant less severe calm |
| appease | soothe relieve pacify by granting concessions |
| altruistic | unselfish regard for others |
| aloof | reserved in cool manner physically and emotionally distant |
| docile | easily managed |
| depraved | morally corrupt perverted |
| deter | discourage prevent from happening stop |
| demagogue | one who gains power by appealing to prejudice emotions |
| disdainful | showing contempt or scorn for one reguarded as inferior |
| dogmatic | rigidly fixed in opinion giving opinions authoritatively |
| deleterious | having a harmful affect injurious in a subtle way |
| enervate | drain energy of weaken |
| ingratiate | to work oneself into the favor of another |
| infamous | having an extremely bad reputation |
| incite | move to action bring about |
| languish | become weak or depressed exist in miserable conditions |
| misanthrope | one who hates and or distrusts people |
| mollify | calm one's anger soothe |
| nefarious | evil vile sinister wicked |
| obsequious | obedient or attentive in a ingratiating or servile manner |
| pariah | social outcast |
| peevish | ill tempered grouchy irritable |
| placate | pacify by making concessions |
| pretentious | showy putting on airs flaunting flashy |
| precocious | unusually advanced at an early age |
| benefactor | one who aids others by giving gifts especially money |
| carp | to find fault in a disagreeable way complain constantly |
| clandestine | held in or conducted in secrecy stealthy |
| cryptic | having a hidden meaning secret |
| coerce | to force to get somebody to obey |
| captious | inclined to point out trivial faults intended to trap or confuse |
| fawning | seeking favor by groveling boot-licking or flattery cringing |
| heretic | one who rejects accepted belief (e.g. religion) a dissenter |
| hedonist | one who loves solely for pleasure |
| raze | to destroy completely demolish |
| resolute | having firm determination unwavering adament |
| repress | put down by force suppress willingly hold back restrain |
| sanction | authoritative permission coercive measure penalty |
| surreptitious | done in secrecy to avoid attention undercover |
| servile | slavishly submissive or obsequious fawning |
| stymie | stand in way of hinder |
| sycophant | one who flatters the influential in hopes of getting favors |
| thwart | prevent block frustrate foil |
| usurp | to seize power and control |
| vindictive | seeking revenge spiteful |
| xenophobe | one who has a fear of foreigners or strangers |
| zealot | fanatic follower of a cause |
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