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Card B 551-575
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| v. to sponsor or support; to be kind or helpful in a snobbish way, as if dealing with an inferior | patronize |
| adj. aromatic; fragrant; suggestive | redolent |
| v. to cut hair or wool from | shear |
| v. to pretend; to fake | feign |
| adj. sad, esp. a lingering or habitual state of mind; n. persistent sadness | melancholy |
| n. accepted rules of behavior | mores |
| v. to show excessive love or fondness | dote |
| adj. smartly elegant in style and manner | chic |
| v. to supply | purvey |
| v. to scatter; to spend wastefully | dissipate |
| adj. flickering, e.g., of a flame or light reflected on a surface | lambent |
| adj. not producing the desired outcome; worthless; proud or conceited | vain |
| adj. difficult to control; disobedient | unruly |
| adj. marked by unpleasantly bright colors or excessive ornamentation | garish |
| adj. having secondary rank or importance | petty |
| adj. lacking firmness | flaccid |
| n. one who returns to criminal habits | recidivist |
| adj. narrow-minded | hidebound |
| v. to decrease gradually until little remains | dwindle |
| n. rule by one person with unlimited power | autocracy |
| adj. seemingly unconcerned or indifferent | nonchalant |
| adj. full of juice; highly enjoyable | succulent |
| adj. impending; threatening; likely to happen | imminent |
| adj. thinly spread or distributed; not dense or crowded | sparse |
| v. to make gestures, esp. while speaking | gesticulate |
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