WCHS Unit 13-G
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 | (adj) extremely difficult to understand
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| affront | (n) an open or intentional insult; a slight; (v) to insult to one's face; to face in defiance, confront
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| canard | (n) a false rumor, fabricated story
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| captious | (adj) excessively ready to find fault; given to petty critiscism
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| cognizant | (adj) aware, knowlegeable, informed; having jurisdiction
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| contrite | (adj) regretful for some misdeed or sin; plaqued by a sense of guilt; thoroghly penitent
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| cynosure | (n) the center of attraction, attention, or interest; something that serves to guide or direct
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| decorous | (adj) well behaved, dignified, socially proper
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| deign | (v) to think it appropriate or suitable to one's dignity to do something; to condescend
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| desiccated | (adj., part) thoroughly dried out divested of spirit or viality; arid and uninteresting
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| efficacy | (n) the power to produce a desired result
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| engender | (v) to bring into exixtence, give rise to, produce; to come into existence, assume form
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| ethereal | (adj) light, airy, delicate; highly refined; suggesting what is heavenly (rather than earthbound)
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| facade | (n) the front or face of a building; a surface appearance (as opposed to what may lie behind)
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| ghoulish | (adj) revolting in an unnatural or morbid way; suggestive of someone who robs graves or otherwise preys on the dead
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| incongruous | (adj) not in keeping, unsuitable, incompatible
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| machination | (n) a crafty, scheming or underhanded action designed to accomplish some (usually evil) end
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| mesmerize | (v) to hypnotize, entrance; to fascinate, enthrall, bewitch
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| opprobrium | (n) disgrace arising from shameful conduct; contempt, reproach
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| putative | (adj) generally regarded as such; reputed; hypothesized, inferred
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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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