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Card A 701-725
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| n. a stage in a process of change or development | phase |
| n. a well-educated person; a scholar | savant |
| n. large, disastrous fire | conflagration |
| adj. critically faultfinding | captious |
| v. to irritate or be wearisome | irk |
| n. slow, sad music, esp. a funeral hymn | dirge |
| n. rumor; gossip | hearsay |
| v. to attack; to assault | assail |
| adj. self-denying | ascetic |
| v. to correspond; to be mutually related | correlate |
| adj. disbelieving; skeptical | incredulous |
| v. to declare or claim openly | profess |
| adj. getting pleasure from inflicting physical or psychological pain | sadistic |
| adj. very fat | obese |
| n. a dramatic speech delivered by a character to himself | soliloquy |
| n. a mixture of things not usually placed together | medley |
| n. a person thought to be a source of wisdom or prophecy | oracle |
| n. an act meant to trick or fool | hoax |
| n. margin; room for freedom of action | leeway |
| v. to free from error or falsehood | disabuse |
| n. a boxer | pugilist |
| adj. easily understood, clear | lucid |
| adj. overfilled; crowded; pouring out | teeming |
| adj. accepting the usual beliefs, esp. religious | orthodox |
| adj. firmly determined | resolute |