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Final exam review 07
Final exam review 2007
word | definition |
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console | to comfort |
remunerated | to reward, pay, reimburse |
flippant | lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy |
immunity | resistance to disease; freedom from some charge or obligation |
preposterous | ridiculous, senseless |
advent | an arrival; a coming into place or view |
momentous | very important |
exorbitant | unreasonably high; excessive |
inundated | to flood, overflow; to overwhelm by numbers or size |
malign | to speak evil of, slander; evil |
bleak | bare, dreary, dismal |
slipshod | untidy in dress, personal habits, etc.; careless, sloppy |
mire | mud; wet, swampy ground; a tough situation; to get stuck |
envoy | a representative or messenger |
emancipate | to free from slavery; to release or liberate |
diminutive | small, smaller than most others of the same type |
horde | a vast number |
expedient | a means to an end; advantageous, useful |
inscribing | to write or engrave; to enter a name on a list |
drudgery | work that is hard and tiresome |