Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Level H Unit 8
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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| aberration | n. a departure from normal
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| ad hoc | adj. improvised, for a specific purpose adv. with respect to this
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| bane | n. the source or cause of ruin
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| bathos | n. the lowest phase, an anticlimax
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| cantankerous | adj. ill-tempered
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| casuistry | n. the determination of right and wrong in conduct or conscience
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| de facto | adj. in effect, but not required adv. in reality
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| depredation | n. the act of preying upon or plundering
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| empathy | n. a sympathetic understanding with the ideas of someone else
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| harbinger | n. a forerunner v. to herald the approach of
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| hedonism | n. pleasure is the point of life (Epicurian philosophy)
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| lackluster | adj. lacking brilliance
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| malcontent | adj. discontented with defiance of prevailing conditions n. such a person
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| mellifluous | adj. flowing sweetly or smoothly
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| nepotism | n. undue favoritism to one's relatives
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| pander | v. to cater to the low tastes of others n. a person who does this
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| peccadillo | n. a minor sin or offense
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| pièce de résistance | n. the principal dish of a meal
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| remand | v. to send or order back
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| syndrome | n. a group of symptoms
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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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