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Card B 376-400
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adj. causing doubt; questionable | dubious |
| v. to submit in a subservient manner to a superior; fawn | truckle |
| adj. keen and forceful; caustic | trenchant |
| n. a widely-accepted truth | verity |
| adj. friendly; easy to talk to | affable |
| v. to disturb; to distress | vex |
| v. to occupy completely | engross |
| v. to approach and speak to, usually aggressively | accost |
| v. to summon or influence by, or as if by, magic | conjure |
| adj. measurable; having an end | finite |
| n. a list of things to be done | agenda |
| v. to improve; to become better | ameliorate |
| v. to get or earn; collect or gather | garner |
| v. to lower in rank or prestige | abase |
| v. to delight, to enjoy (used with “in”) | revel |
| adj. unfortunate; unlucky | hapless |
| n. a word created by initials | acronym |
| adj. adventurous, risky, daring | venturesome |
| adj. full of animation | vivacious |
| n. a substitute | surrogate |
| adj. noisy and wild; unruly | boisterous |
| n. a bitter, prolonged quarrel | feud |
| v. to lessen in amount, intensity or strength | abate |
| n. a small design or portrait; a brief scene (as from a movie) or literary sketch | vignette |
| adj. hard to handle or manage, esp. because of size or weight | unwieldy |
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