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Final Exam
Question | Answer |
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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 |