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Card B 51-75
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| v. to feel hostility because of a perceived insult or injury | resent |
| n. one who takes advantage of every opportunity, whether or not it is moral to do so | opportunist |
| adj. strangely unsettling, as if of supernatural origin | uncanny |
| n. closeness | proximity |
| v. to fix in a surrounding mass | embed |
| v. to adjust to a new situation or environment; to change | adapt |
| n. a spasm of pain; strong yearning | throe |
| adj. of the belief that all people should have equal rights | egalitarian |
| v. to make or set apart as sacred | consecrate |
| n. outward behavior, esp. that reveals one’s personality or attitude | demeanor |
| n. bits and pieces of rubbish | debris |
| adj. capable of burning or corroding by chemical action; bitingly sarcastic, cutting | caustic |
| v. to find blameless | exonerate |
| adj. without definite shape; shapeless; unorganized | amorphous |
| adj. very loud and disorderly | rambunctious |
| v. to criticize severely | censure |
| n. state of overwhelming joy; rapture | ecstasy |
| v. to hint | insinuate |
| n. a territory or range of rule or control | domain |
| adj. lacking a plan or purpose; unmethodical | desultory |
| adj. total, entire; glaringly obvious, flagrant | gross |
| v. to refuse to buy, sell, or use | boycott |
| n. the point of greatest intensity, which marks the end of an ascending process | climax |
| adj. obvious; very clear; evident | manifest |
| n. a level or layer | stratum |
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