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must_words1234
revision of must_words1,3 and 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abase | to humble; to demean or humiliate someone |
| Abdicate | to formally renounce a responsibility or high office; to give up; to resign |
| acquiesce | to agree by not objecting; to consent passively |
| acrimonious | characterized by sharpness or bitterness of speech; mean spirited |
| affable | easy to approach; accessible; polite; gracious |
| Aggrieved | wronged; offended; troubled; distressed |
| Anthology | a collection of choice or representative literary extracts |
| Assent | to respond affirmatively; agree; go along with; consent |
| assimilate | to take in and incorporate as one's own; to absorb |
| atone | to make up for past failings or wrong doings |
| Augment | to enlarge in size or extent; intensify |
| austere | severely simple; unadorned |
| autocratic | holding absolute power; dictator like; domineering |
| aversion | intense and definite dislike; disgust |
| banal | common place; trivial; trite |
| blasé | warily or board with life; indifferent; unimpressed |
| Bolster | to prop or reinforce; support |
| caper | a wild prank; an antic |
| caprice | a sudden change of mind or action without or apparent motive or will |
| censure | expression of disapproval or blame; to condemn; to criticize |
| Cleft | divided; split; a crack |
| Coalesce | to come together on one; unite; blend |
| conducive | contributive; helpful; favorable |
| confound | to confuse; amaze; bewilder; to puzzle |
| Conjecture | a conclusion based on incomplete evidence; a guess; to surmise |
| copious | plentiful; abundant |
| Corroborate | to confirm or increase in certainty; verify; support |
| culpable | blameworthy; accountable for error or wrongdoing |
| Debilitate | to make feeble or weak |
| defile | to pollute; contaminate or make dirty |
| Detriment | that which causes damage or disadvantage; loss; harm |
| disconcert | to disturb the composure of; agitate; disrupt |
| Discreet | careful in speech and conduct; tactful; judicious |
| Divulge | to make known; disclose; reveal |
| drivel | something said in foolish manner; idle silly talk; nonsense |
| effectual | effective; capable of producing desired results |
| emaciated | so thin as to look ill; starved |
| Emphatic | spoken or done with emphasis; forcibly expressive; insistence |
| Encumber | to hinder in action or motion; burden; weight down |
| ensue | to follow as a consequence; to come afterward |
| Envoy | any one entrusted with a mission; a representative; an agent |
| Equity | fairness or impartiality; justice; honesty |
| Espouse | to adopt; advocate or to promote as a cause |
| extricate | to set free; release; disentangle |
| facile | skillful; quick; finding a task easy |
| Fastidious | attentive to details; hard to please. |
| flagrant | openly disgraceful or wicked; outrageous |
| furtive | secretive in behavior; sly; sneaky; shifty |
| haughty | proud; arrogant; showing contempt for others |
| Hew | to chop; to cut or shape with a sharp edge tools |
| Imbibe | to drink; to absorb |
| imminent | about to happen; likely to happen without a delay; impending or threatening |
| Impart | to make known; disclose or to give |
| imperturbable | not capable of being disturbed or agitated; calm |
| impetus | any motivating force; stimulus; incentive |
| Incantation | uttering of words or syllables supposed to produce magical results ; magic chants |
| incumbent | necessary; required; obligatory |
| inordinate | exceeding proper limits; overdone; extreme |
| insolvent | bankrupt; unable to one's debts |
| intractable | unmanageable; unruly; stubborn |
| latent | not developed or active; not apparent; dormant |
| malign | to speak evil of; to defame; to slender |
| manifest | evident; obvious; plain to see |
| opulent | wealthy; rich; affluent |
| overt | obvious; unconcealed; open to view |
| Parochial | restricted in scope; narrow; local |
| penchant | A strong liking or inclination for something |
| picayune | unimportant; trifling; petty |
| Plebian | of the common people; coarse; vulgar |
| plunder | to rob a person or place by force or by fraud |
| prelusory | introductory |
| prognosis | any prediction or forecast |
| Prolific | producing abundantly; fruitful; fertile |
| Punitive | involving or inflicting punishment |
| Quibbling | to raise unnecessary or trivial objections; arguing |
| Recapitulate | to review briefly; sum up |
| reprove | to express disapproval of; censure; upbraid |
| respite | interval of relief as from trouble, pain or the like; a pause; a rest |
| Reticent | not inclined to talk about one's thoughts; quite; reserved |
| scathing | bitterly severe or critical; biting |
| Scrupulous | cautious in action because of wish to do right; careful; exact |
| Spurn | to reject with scorn; snub; decline |
| subterfuge | a maneuver to hide something; false excuse; deception |
| sumptuous | showing lavish expenditure; luxurious; magnificent |
| throttle | to silence, stop or suppress as by chocking |
| trite | worn out; common place; stale |
| unwieldy | difficult to move or manage because of size, shape or weight; awkward; clumsy |
| vacillate | to waver in mind or opinion; to be unsure |
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