APLang H.Eng3 ch 1-2 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
factious | causing disagreement; belligerent |
ignoble | dishonorable; shameful |
aegis | shield; protection |
perspicacity | keenness of judgement |
fervent | eager; earnest; passionate |
rectify | correct; remedy |
enervate | to weaken |
besiege | to overwhelm; to surround and attack |
ephemeral | lasting only a brief time; short-lived; transient |
altruism | generosity; magnanimity; unselfishness |
carrion | decaying flesh |
opulent | rich; wealthy |
impotent | powerless; helpless |
maelstrom | whirlpool; turbulence; agitated state of mind |
emendation | a correction |
chagrin | embarrassment |
bauble | a showy but useless item; trinket |
diaphanous | very sheer and light; transparent |
gloat | to look or think about with great satisfaction; revel |
impediment | barrier; obstruction |
bestial | savage; brutal |
effete | worn out; barren |
shard | fragment |
nihilism | total rejection of the established laws. |
litany | any long, repetitive, or dull recital |
moratorium | a suspension of activity; postponement |
zealous | fervent; fanatical |
desiccate | to dry out; dehydrate |
wrenching | causing mental, or physical pain; agonoizing |
interminable | tiresome and long; tedious |
arable | suitable for cultivation; fertile |
truncate | to shorten |
ubiquitous | omnipresent |
vernacular | everyday language |
equanimity | composure; calmness |
metamorphous | transformation or dramatic change; mutation |
donnybrook | a fight; uproar |
nonchalant | unconcerned; indifferent |
vestige | a trace or evidence of something that once existed |
interlocutor | someone who participates in conversation |
procrustean | strictly disregarding individual circumstances; ruthless. |
stygian | dark and forbidding; shadowy |
sophistry | a delibrately deceptive argument; chicanery; ruse |
carte blanche | boundless authority; unlimited poer to act |
incantation | a chant; a recited magical spell |
rife | abundant; prevalent |
nomenclature | terminology |
brigand | robber or bandit |
contemptuous | arrogant; haughty |
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