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English 5-6 Vocab #8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| (adj) scornfully or bitterly sarcastic | Sardonic |
| (n) a pigtail or braid | Queue |
| (n) talk, especially profane or idle talk; gossip | Palaver |
| (n) betrayal of trust; treachery | Perfidy |
| (n) any personal peculiarities or mannerisms | Idiosyncrasies |
| (v) to cut short | Truncate |
| (v) to become fixed and rigid in habits, attitude, opinion, etc. | Ossify |
| (adj) making a hypocritical show of holiness or righteousness | Sanctimonious |
| (v) to criticize or reprimand strongly | Castigate |
| (adj) seeking compromise | Conciliatory |
| (adj) flexible, supple, limber | Lithe |
| (adj) lacking tolerance or understanding, narrow-minded, short-sighted | Myopic |
| (v) to sift; to separate or distinguish valuable from worthless | Winnow |
| (adj) extremely irritable or easily angered | Choleric |
| (n) a lone dissenter; someone takes an independent stand | Maverick |