WCHS Unit 13-H
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| accolade | (n) praise or approval; a ceremonial embrace or greeting
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| acerbity | (n) sourness or bitterness of taste; harshness or severity of manner or expression
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| attrition | (n) the process of wearing down by friction or gradual impairment
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| bromide | (n) a trite or commonplace remake; a tiresome or boring person; a sedative
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| chauvinist | (adj) extravagantly patriotic; blindly devoted to a cause; (n) such a person
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| chronic | (adj) continuing over a long period of time or recurring often
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| expound | (v) to explain in detail
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| factionalism | (n) party strife and intrigue
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| immacutate | (adj) spotless; without blemish or fault
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| imprecation | (n) a curse; the act of cursing
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| ineluctable | (adj) not able to be avoided, changed or overcome
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| mercurial | (adj) characterized by rapid and unpredictable changes of mood; fickle or inconstant
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| palliate | (v) to make less serious or severe by glossing over; to relieve without actually curing, mitigate
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| protocol | (n) customs and regulations dealing with official behavior and etiquette, as in a court or among diplomats; a type of international agreement; a memorandum, offical account, or record
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| resplendent | (adj) shining or gleaming brilliantly; splendid or magnificent
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| stigmatize | (v) to brand or mark as in some way idiscreditable, disgraceful, or ignominious
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| sub rosa | (adv) in secret; confidentially; privately; (adj) secretive
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| vainglory | (n) excessive pride in and boastfulness about one's own accomplishments or qualities; a vain show or sisplay
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| vestige | (n) a trace or visible evidence of something that once existed but now is lost or vanished
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| volition | (n) the power to choose, will or decide; the act of choosing, willng or deciding
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Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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