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Card A 726-750
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adj. simple; childlike; lacking worldly wisdom | naïve |
| adj. not moving | stationary |
| adj. excessive | exorbitant |
| n. a sudden flash of understanding | epiphany |
| n. a follower of another who helps to spread teachings | disciple |
| v. to polish | burnish |
| n. commotion or wild disorder | turbulence |
| adj. impatient or irritable, esp. over a minor annoyance | petulant |
| n. a ceremonial act; a customary procedure | ritual |
| adj. suggesting the horror of death | macabre |
| v. to waste time; loiter | dally |
| n. animals as a group, esp. of a specified region or time | fauna |
| n. a false and malicious statement; slander | calumny |
| n. a current, as of water or air, moving contrary to the direction of the main current, esp. in a circular motion | eddy |
| adj. intended to teach; inclined to teach excessively | didactic |
| v. to dig up out of the ground | exhume |
| n. a female sheep, esp. when full grown | ewe |
| adj. made thin unnaturally; a abnormally thin due to starvation | emaciated |
| v. to reecho | reverberate |
| n. a rule of action or conduct | precept |
| n. trouble; fuss | ado |
| adj. inclined to find fault; complaining; full of complaint | querulous |
| adj. happening afterward; following in order | subsequent |
| adj. distrusting others from a sense that everyone’s motives are selfish | cynical |
| n. a collection of previously published material, usu. in condensed form | digest |