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Card A 626-650
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| n. commencement; beginning; origin | inception |
| n. a stupid, clumsy person | oaf |
| n. the worst part; the sediment in a liquid | dregs |
| adj. perfectly clean | immaculate |
| adj. characterized by secretive behavior | furtive |
| v. to have as an opinion; to consider | deem |
| v. to cause to occur by pressure; to force | compel |
| adj. not decent or proper | unseemly |
| v. to teach or impress by frequent repetition; to instill | inculcate |
| adj. living or existing at the very beginning | primordial |
| n. a building; architectural monument | edifice |
| adj. common | plebeian |
| adj. lacking an essential quality; inadequate in amount or degree | deficient |
| adj. very thorough; careful | painstaking |
| n. something needed and wanted | desideratum |
| adj. very harmful or destructive | pernicious |
| adj. noisily and stubbornly defiant | obstreperous |
| adj. highly, oft. excessively decorated | ornate |
| n. laziness | sloth |
| adj. polite and gracious; considerate toward others; well-mannered | courteous |
| v. to mix up or lump together indiscriminately; to confuse | confound |
| v. to send forth; to come forth | emanate |
| v. to rule over arbitrarily or tyrannically | domineer |
| adj. having a dirty or lowly appearance | squalid |
| n. one devoted to luxury | sybarite |