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Stack # unit 11
Question | Answer |
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brevity | shortness |
comport | to conduct or bear oneself, behave; to be in agreement |
concise | expressing much in a few words |
demure | sober or serious in manner, modest |
depreciation | a lessening in value; a belittling |
deteriorate | to lower in quality or value; to wear away |
divulge | to tell to reveal to the public |
enlightened | free from ignorance and false ideas;possesing sound understanding |
forestall | to prevent by acting first |
garble | to distort in such way as to make unintelligible` |
proponent | one who puts forward a proposal; one who supports a cause or belief |
quaver | to shake, tremble; to trill |
recoil | to spring back, shrink; the act of springing back |
recoup | to make up for, regain |
reek | an unpleasent smell; to give off unpleasent smells, to give a strong impression |
relentless | unyielding, harsh, without pity |
rivulet | a small stream |
squander | to spend foolidhly, waste |
staccato | detached or disconnected iin sound or style |
statue | a law |