Final Exam
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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| audacious | adventurous; boldly daring; reckless
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| stagnant | not active or alert; dull; lifeless; unmoving
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| vex | irritate; annoy; provoke; worry
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| assuage | make something unpleasant less severe calm
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| appease | soothe relieve pacify by granting concessions
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| altruistic | unselfish regard for others
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| aloof | reserved in cool manner physically and emotionally distant
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| docile | easily managed
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| depraved | morally corrupt perverted
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| deter | discourage prevent from happening stop
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| demagogue | one who gains power by appealing to prejudice emotions
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| disdainful | showing contempt or scorn for one reguarded as inferior
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| dogmatic | rigidly fixed in opinion giving opinions authoritatively
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| deleterious | having a harmful affect injurious in a subtle way
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| enervate | drain energy of weaken
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| ingratiate | to work oneself into the favor of another
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| infamous | having an extremely bad reputation
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| incite | move to action bring about
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| languish | become weak or depressed exist in miserable conditions
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| misanthrope | one who hates and or distrusts people
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| mollify | calm one's anger soothe
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| nefarious | evil vile sinister wicked
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| obsequious | obedient or attentive in a ingratiating or servile manner
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| pariah | social outcast
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| peevish | ill tempered grouchy irritable
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| placate | pacify by making concessions
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| pretentious | showy putting on airs flaunting flashy
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| precocious | unusually advanced at an early age
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| benefactor | one who aids others by giving gifts especially money
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| carp | to find fault in a disagreeable way complain constantly
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| clandestine | held in or conducted in secrecy stealthy
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| cryptic | having a hidden meaning secret
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| coerce | to force to get somebody to obey
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| captious | inclined to point out trivial faults intended to trap or confuse
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| fawning | seeking favor by groveling boot-licking or flattery cringing
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| heretic | one who rejects accepted belief (e.g. religion) a dissenter
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| hedonist | one who loves solely for pleasure
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| raze | to destroy completely demolish
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| resolute | having firm determination unwavering adament
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| repress | put down by force suppress willingly hold back restrain
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| sanction | authoritative permission coercive measure penalty
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| surreptitious | done in secrecy to avoid attention undercover
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| servile | slavishly submissive or obsequious fawning
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| stymie | stand in way of hinder
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| sycophant | one who flatters the influential in hopes of getting favors
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| thwart | prevent block frustrate foil
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| usurp | to seize power and control
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| vindictive | seeking revenge spiteful
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| xenophobe | one who has a fear of foreigners or strangers
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| zealot | fanatic follower of a cause
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