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Card B 926-950
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adj. dryly humorous, with a touch of irony | wry |
| adj. extremely funny | uproarious |
| adj. lively; animated; energetic | sprightly |
| n. the anticipated progress of recovery | prognosis |
| adj. very sacred, holy, or inviolable | sacrosanct |
| adj. conscientious and exact; having principles | scrupulous |
| adj. original and inspiring further similar efforts | seminal |
| n. energetic, often noisy, activity; a stir; v. to move about energetically | bustle |
| v. to urge strongly | exhort |
| v. to surround; to include | encompass |
| v. to make greater, in size, extent, or quantity | augment |
| v. to argue in a petty fashion; make trifling objections | cavil |
| v. to enjoy a warm or pleasant feeling | bask |
| n. impurities formed on the surface of metals during melting; worthless, commonplace or trivial material | dross |
| v. to request with great humility, as though by praying | supplicate |
| n. a feeling of uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt | compunction |
| n. mixture; combination | hodgepodge |
| v. to delay; to linger | tarry |
| adj. very hungry | ravenous |
| n. a meal | repast |
| v. to horrify | appall |
| n. a man who is preoccupied with his clothes and manners | fop |
| adj. winding, twisted | tortuous |
| adj. lustful; obscene | salacious |
| adj. fantastically over-decorated; gaudily ornate | baroque |