Lesson 3
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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| Abstruse | difficult to understand, recondite, concealed | Some of Einstein's concepts were so abstruse that many physicists couldn't understand them.
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| Affable | friendly, courteous, amiable | Al was very affable; he said "Hi" to everyone.
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| Audacity | excessive boldness, rashness, daring | Audrey had the audacity to tell the teacher he was wrong.
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| Contrite | extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant | Connie was very contrite about breaking her mother's favorite vase.
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| Credulous | believing on slight evidence, gullible | Because his horoscope said to stay inside, the credulous boy skipped school.
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| Depravity | moral corruption, a wicked or perverse act | When he starting smoking and drinking everyday, that's when people started talking about his depravity.
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| Deprecate | to disapprove regretfully, to belittle, to express mild disapproval | Do not deprecate her actions, unless you fully understand her situation.
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| Didactic | instructive, designed to teach | Because of the coach's didactic approach, his players learned many blocking techniques.
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| Dormant | inactive, sleeping | Most bears remain dormant during the winter months and wake in the spring.
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| Enigmatic | mysterious, inexplicable, puzzling | The disappearance of Amelia Earhart is an enigma to this day.
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| Erudite | scholarly | The erudite physics professor had spent many years studying the theory of relativity.
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| Exotic | foreign, unfamiliar | The circus features exotic animals from Africa and Asia.
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| Fuse | to mix or to join (usually by melting) | Zinc and copper can be fused into hard, bright brass.
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| Immutable | unchanging | Her love for her husband, even after 30 year, was immutable.
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| Incorrigible | incapable of being reformed or improved | His constant fighting with other students caused his teachers to call him incorrigible.
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| Loathe | to detest | That fact that I loathe your brother does not mean that we can't be friends.
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| Mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile; to make less severe | He apologized in order to mitigate her dislike for him.
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| Nullify | to cause not to be in effect, to negate | I am seeking to nullify the contract because he has not complied with it.
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| Pacifistic | opposed to war or use of force | The wan refused to fight because of his pacifistic beliefs.
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| Pretentious | making an extravagant outward show, self-important | Isn't it a little pretentious to spend two million dollars on a wedding?
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| Prologue | introductory remarks in a speech, play, or literary work, introductory action | The play had a prologue that set the scene for the opening act.
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| Recant | to withdraw or repudiate a statement or belief, revoke | The prosecutor's case was greatly weakened when the witness recanted his testimony.
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| Servile | overly submissive | Slaves had to act servile to avoid being whipped.
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| Trepidation | fear, trembling, agitation | Since I didn't have time to study, I have a lot of trepidation about this final.
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| Vilify | to malign, to defame, to utter abusive statements against | It is not right to vilify someone just because they don't agree with you.
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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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