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Card B 226-250
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adj. uninteresting; having no flavor | insipid |
| n. payment for an office or employment | emolument |
| adj. eager to fight; aggressive; engaged in warfare | belligerent |
| v. to rejoice greatly | exult |
| n. quickness and accuracy of judgment or insight | acumen |
| adj. having a softening, soothing effect; n. an agent that softens, esp. the skin | emollient |
| n. an inadequacy; an unfavorable condition or position | deficit |
| adj. favoring fundamental or extreme change; relating to roots or origins | radical |
| adj. stubbornly disobedient; rebellious; insubordinate | contumacious |
| v. to disagree | dissent |
| v. to set right; to remedy | redress |
| n. agreement | accord |
| v. to reveal | disclose |
| n. a tentative explanation; something assumed true for the sake of argument or investigation | hypothesis |
| n. a society where the mother is the head of the family and descent is traced through the mother’s side of the family | matriarchy |
| n. the customs and regulations dealing with formal behavior; the plan for carrying out a scientific study | protocol |
| n. a descriptive term for a person or thing | epithet |
| v. to ask for votes, opinions, etc.; to examine or discuss in detail | canvass |
| adj. complete; covering broadly and all-inclusively | comprehensive |
| v. to assert the opposite of (a statement) | contradict |
| adj. harmful; destructive | deleterious |
| adj. not moral; lawless; lewd | licentious |
| adj. seeking and enjoying the company of others; tending to move in a group | gregarious |
| v. to give a sketchy outline; to foreshadow | adumbrate |
| v. to draw the outline of; describe in words or gestures | delineate |