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WORDSV
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| perennial | lasting for an indefinitely long time, continuing regularly |
| permeate | to penetrate through spaces, to spread throughout |
| persevere | to hold fast to a task or purpose |
| defer | to postpone, delay |
| dilatory | tending to delay, postpone |
| elation | excited feelings of pride, triumph, happiness |
| contend | to engage in a quarrel, struggle, or rivalry |
| subvert | to upset, overthrow, to ruin |
| subservient | excessively yielding to others |
| distort | to change something, make it false |
| retort | to reply quickly and sharply, a quick, witty, sometimes biting remark |
| adversity | hardship, misfortune |
| avert | to turn away ones eyes |
| prose | ordinary speech or writing without rhyme or rhythm |
| excerpt | a passage from a book, play, piece of music, etc. |
| exonerate | to free from blame |
| exorbitant | excessive |
| exposition | a precise statement or explanation |
| expound | to set forth an explanation or view of something in detail |
| impose | to set up, or to force something on oneself or others |
| proponent | one who argues in support of something |
| extraneous | coming from the outside, foreign, not essential or vital |
| mediocrity | the condition of being in the commonplace or ordinary |
| mediate | to act as negotiator between opposing sides |
| medium | a substance or element through which something is transmitted, a person thought to have communication with spirits of the dead |
| obsequious | excessively willing to yield to others |
| subsequent | coming after or later |
| sequester | to isolate, to go into hiding |
| coherent | showing orderly relation of parts |
| colloquial | characteristic of ordinary speech rather than formal speech or writing |
| commiserate | to feel or express sorrow or pity |
| commodious | spacious, roomy as in a house |
| contrite | thoroughly remorseful of ones sins |
| abstain | to refrain from something by ones choice |
| impertinent | impudent, rude |
| tenacity | hanging on to something persistently or stubbornly |
| aptitude | a natural talent or ability |
| inept | without skill |
| adjunct | an added part not essential to the whole |
| injunction | an authoritative command or order |
| juncture | a serious state of affairs |
| subjugate | to conquer, dominate completely |
| strait | a difficulty or bad position, a narrow passage of water |
| stringent | severy, constricted, tight |
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