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quirk
SAT Word Power List 26 and Idiom Usage 1
Question | Answer |
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quirk | ADJECTIVE a peculiarity of behavior |
quixotic | ADJECTIVE totally or foolishly impractical |
ramification | NOUN a consequence |
relinquish | VERB to give up doing, to surrender, to give in |
reminisce | VERB the act of recalling the past |
remorse | NOUN a strong feeling of sadness or guilt |
resurgent | NOUN rising after defeat |
revere | VERB to honor |
rivet | VERB to hold the attention of |
roster | NOUN a list of names |
"Bite Your Tongue" | Take back or be ashamed of what you have said: struggle not to say something you want to say |
"Bite the Dust" | to die; to fall in defeat; to fail to succeed |
"Bite the Hand that Feeds You" | to turn against someone who helps you; to do harm to someone who does good things for you |
"Bite off More than You Can Chew" | to take on a task that is more than you can accomplish; to be greedy; overconfident, or too ambitious by taking on more jobs or responsibilities than you can deal with at one time |
"Bite the Bullet" | prepare for an unpleasant experience; brace yourself to endure with courage something painful but necessary |