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Card A 951-975
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adj. appealing forcibly to the mind; convincing | cogent |
| v. to dislike something greatly | loathe |
| adj. slavish; abjectly submissive | servile |
| v. to read carefully | peruse |
| n. a connection or intersection | nexus |
| v. to satisfy (any appetite or desire) fully | sate |
| adj. to make unable to function in normal activities; disable | incapacitate |
| n. a raised platform | dais |
| n. a god | deity |
| adj. produced artificially; not genuine | factitious |
| n. a person using a false identity | impostor |
| adj. causing inexplicable fear or uneasiness, oft. because of an apparently supernatural origin | eerie |
| n. an indefinitely large number | myriad |
| adj. believing that all events are predestined and unavoidable | fatalistic |
| n. the right to vote | suffrage |
| v. to settle down | subside |
| n. one who hates or mistrusts mankind | misanthrope |
| n. a fake; one who pretends to have expert knowledge | charlatan |
| adj. not straightforward or candid; crafty | disingenuous |
| n. a drawing or description that ridiculously exaggerates features | caricature |
| adj. of little importance | frivolous |
| adj. following ordinary practice; unoriginal | conventional |
| n. a large gap | chasm |
| adj. very harmful; threatening death; cancerous (of a tumor) | malignant |
| n. wealth; good fortune | prosperity |