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EXAM FOR ENGLISH
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| CHIMERA NOUN | a wildly unrealistic idea or hope or a completely impractical plan |
| CHIMERA NOUN | AN ILLUSION IN THE MIND |
| CHIMERA NOUN | GENETICS ORGANISM WITH GENETICALLY DIFFERENT TISSUES |
| CHIMER NOUN | AN IMAGINARY MONSTER WHOSE BODY IS A GROTESQUE COMBINATION OF MISMATHCED ANIMAL PARTS |
| IRIDESCENT ADJ. | HAVING RAINBOW COLORS THAT APPEAR TO MOVE AND CHANGE AS THE ANGLE AT WHICH THEY ARE SEEN CHANGES |
| IRIDESCENT ADJ. | HAVING A LUSTROUS OR BRILLIANT APPEARANCE |
| JOVIAL ADJ. | CHEERFUL IN MOOD OR DISPOSITION |
| LETHARGY NOUN | A STATE OF PHYSICAL SLOWNESS AND MENTAL DULLNESS RESULTING FROM TIREDNESS, DISEASE, OR DRUGS |
| LETHARGY NOUN | LACK OF ENERGY, ACTIVITY, OR ENTHUSIASM |
| NARCISSISTIC ADJ. | OVERLY CONCERNED WITH ONESELF; SELF CENTERD; VAIN-- ESPECAILLY ONE'S APPEARANCE |
| NEMESIS NOUN | BITTER ENEMY, ESPECIALLY ONE WHO SEEMS UNBEATABLE |
| NEMESIS NOUN | A SOURCE OF HARM OR RUIN |
| NEMESIS NOUN | PUNISHMENT THAT IS DESERVED, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT RESULTS IN SOMEBODY'S DOWNFALL |
| NEMESIS NOUN | A PERSON OR FORCE THAT INFLICTS PUNISHMENT OR REVENGE |
| PANDER VERB | to indulge somebody's weaknesses or questionable wishes and tastes |
| SALUTARY ADJ. | having a healthy or beneficial effect |
| SALUTARY ADJ. | of value or benefit to somebody or something |
| TANTALIZE VERB | to tease or torment somebody by letting the person see, but not have, something that is desirable |
| TITANIC ADJ. | of extraordinary power, scope, or impressiveness |
| TITANIC ADJ. | having extraordinary physical strength or size |
| BOYCOTT VERB | to cease or refuse to deal with something such as an organization, a company, or a process, as a protest against it or as an effort to force it to become more acceptable |
| CASHMERE NOUN | the soft wool from a Himalayan goat; b. a woolen fabric made from cashmere |
| COLOGNE NOUN | scented liquid with a lighter scent than perfume |
| DENIM NOUN | a durable woven cotton cloth. Use: clothing, especially jeans. |
| EPICURE NOUN | somebody who loves sensual pleasure and luxury |
| EPICURE NOUN | somebody who has developed a refined taste for food |
| GALVANIZE VERB | to stimulate the nerves or muscles of somebody's body using an electric current |
| GALVINIZE VERB | to coat a metal, usually iron or steel, with zinc to prevent corrosion |
| GALVINIZE VERB | to stimulate somebody or something into great activity |
| MESMERIZE VERB | to fascinate somebody or absorb all of somebody's attention |
| MESMERIZE VERB | to hypnotize somebody, especially by a method formerly believed to involve animal magnetism |
| PAPARAZZI NOUN | a freelance photographer who follows famous people hoping to get a newsworthy story, especially something shocking or scandalous |
| RHINESTONE NOUN | a small piece of paste or glass used as an imitation diamond |
| SILHOUETTE NOUN | something lit in such a way as to appear dark, but surrounded by light, or the effect produced by such lighting |
| SILHOUETTE NOUN | an outline of somebody or something filled in with black or a dark color on a light background, especially when done as a LIKENESS OR WORK OF ART |
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