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Card B 201-225
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| v. to make peaceful; to restore calm | pacify |
| v. to issue a strong verbal attack | fulminate |
| adj. unaware | oblivious |
| adj. well-filled; abundantly supplied | replete |
| v. to display ostentatiously; to show off; to boast | flaunt |
| adj. weak; thin | tenuous |
| v. to make known by official announcement | promulgate |
| adj. not in agreement with accepted beliefs, esp. religious dogma | heterodox |
| n. maximum; the highest point | zenith |
| n. kind; sort; class | ilk |
| n. strength of mind that allows one to endure adversity | fortitude |
| n. a man who rules a family clan; a very respected old man | patriarch |
| v. to imply something beyond a literal meaning | connote |
| adj. inflexibly maintaining an idea without regard to practicality | doctrinaire |
| v. to give or formally surrender to another | cede |
| adj. not able to be persuaded; unyielding; unalterable | inexorable |
| v. to give form or shape to; to advance gradually | forge |
| v. challenge; call into question | impugn |
| v. to count; add | tally |
| v. to scatter widely; (of information) to make known | disseminate |
| v. to send into exile; n. one who has moved to a foreign country | expatriate |
| adj. capable of being done | feasible |
| n. the specialized terminology of a profession; incoherent speech | jargon |
| n. sexual identity, esp. in relation to society or culture | gender |
| adj. calm; peaceful | halcyon |