Vocab Workshop H8 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
aberration | n. a departure from normal |
ad hoc | adj. improvised, for a specific purpose adv. with respect to this |
bane | n. the source or cause of ruin |
bathos | n. the lowest phase, an anticlimax |
cantankerous | adj. ill-tempered |
casuistry | n. the determination of right and wrong in conduct or conscience |
de facto | adj. in effect, but not required adv. in reality |
depredation | n. the act of preying upon or plundering |
empathy | n. a sympathetic understanding with the ideas of someone else |
harbinger | n. a forerunner v. to herald the approach of |
hedonism | n. pleasure is the point of life (Epicurian philosophy) |
lackluster | adj. lacking brilliance |
malcontent | adj. discontented with defiance of prevailing conditions n. such a person |
mellifluous | adj. flowing sweetly or smoothly |
nepotism | n. undue favoritism to one's relatives |
pander | v. to cater to the low tastes of others n. a person who does this |
peccadillo | n. a minor sin or offense |
pièce de résistance | n. the principal dish of a meal |
remand | v. to send or order back |
syndrome | n. a group of symptoms |
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