Tkam Vocab Quiz 3

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acquiesce

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1. to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent: to acquiesce halfheartedly in a business plan.

S: accede, concur; capitulate.
A: contest, protest.

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Acrimonious

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1. caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior, etc.: an acrimonious answer; an acrimonious dispute.

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Affirm

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1. to state or assert positively; maintain as true: to affirm one's loyalty to one's country; He affirmed that all was well.
2. to confirm or ratify: The appellate court affirmed the judgment of the lower court.
3. to assert solemnly: He affirmed his innocence.

S: 1. aver, asseverate, depose, testify. See declare. 2. approve, endorse.
A: deny.

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Aggregation

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Noun

1. a group or mass of distinct or varied things, persons, etc.: an aggregation of complainants.
2. collection into an unorganized whole.
3. the state of being so collected.

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Akimbo

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with hand on hip and elbow bent outward: to stand with arms akimbo.

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Amanuensis

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Noun

a person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another; secretary.

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Austere

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1. severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding: an austere teacher.
2. rigorously self-disciplined and severely moral; ascetic; abstinent: the austere quality of life in the convent.
3. grave; sober; solemn; serious: an austere manner.
4. without excess, luxury, or ease; simple; limited; severe: an austere life.

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Brash

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1. impertinent; impudent; tactless: a brash young man.
2. hasty; rash; impetuous.
3. energetic or highly spirited, esp. in an irreverent way; zesty: a brash new musical.

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Complacent

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–adjective

1. pleased, esp. with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
2. pleasant; complaisant.

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Congenial

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–adjective

1. agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character: congenial surroundings.
2. suited or adapted in spirit, feeling, temper, etc.; compatible: a congenial couple.

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Corroborate

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–verb (used with object)
1. to make more certain; confirm: He corroborated my account of the accident.
–adjective
2. Archaic. confirmed.
Synonyms:
1. verify, authenticate, support, validate.

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Deign

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–verb (used without object)
1. to think fit or in accordance with one's dignity; condescend: He would not deign to discuss the matter with us.
–verb (used with object)
2. to condescend to give or grant: He deigned no reply.
3. Obsolete. to condescend to accept.

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Dogged

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–adjective

persistent in effort; stubbornly tenacious: a dogged worker
Eludicate
–verb (used with object)
1. to make lucid or clear; throw light upon; explain: an explanation that elucidated his recent strange behavior.
–verb (used without object)
2. to provide clarification; explain.

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Feral

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adjective

1. existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild.
2. having reverted to the wild state, as from domestication: a pack of feral dogs roaming the woods.
3. of or characteristic of wild animals; ferocious; brutal.

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Fey

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1. British Dialect. doomed; fated to die.
2. Chiefly Scot. appearing to be under a spell; marked by an apprehension of death, calamity, or evil.
3. supernatural; unreal; enchanted: elves, fairies, and other fey creatures.
4. being in unnaturally high spirits, as were formerly thought to precede death.
5. whimsical; strange; otherworldly: a strange child with a mysterious smile and a fey manner.

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Formidable

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–adjective
1. causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
2. of discouraging or awesome strength, size, difficulty, etc.; intimidating: a formidable problem.
3. arousing feelings of awe or admiration because of grandeur, strength, etc.
4. of great strength; forceful; powerful: formidable opposition to the proposal.
Synonyms:
1. dreadful, appalling, threatening, menacing, fearful, frightful, horrible.

Antonyms:
1. pleasant.

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Fortitude

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–noun
mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, adversity, danger, or temptation courageously: Never once did her fortitude waver during that long illness.



Synonyms:
See patience

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Furtive

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–adjective
1. taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret: a furtive glance.
2. sly; shifty: a furtive manner.

Synonyms:
1. clandestine, covert. 2. underhand, cunning.

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Gala

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–adjective
1. festive; festal; showy: Her birthday parties were always gala occasions.
–noun
2. a festive occasion; celebration; special entertainment: a gala featuring opera stars in their most famous scenes.
3. festal pomp or dress.

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Impassive

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Infallible

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–adjective
1. absolutely trustworthy or sure: an infallible rule.
2. unfailing in effectiveness or operation; certain: an infallible remedy.
3. not fallible; exempt from liability to error, as persons, their judgment, or pronouncements: an infallible principle.
4. Roman Catholic Church. immune from fallacy or liability to error in expounding matters of faith or morals by virtue of the promise made by Christ to the Church.
–noun
5. an infallible person or thing.

Synonyms:
1, 2. See reliable.

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Mollify

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–verb (used with object), -fied, -fy⋅ing.
1. to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
2. to mitigate or reduce; soften: to mollify one's demands.

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Myopia

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–noun

1. Ophthalmology. a condition of the eye in which parallel rays are focused in front of the retina, objects being seen distinctly only when near to the eye; nearsightedness (opposed to hyperopia ).
2. lack of foresight or discernment; obtuseness.
3. narrow-mindedness; intolerance.

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Ruddy

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–adjective
1. of or having a fresh, healthy red color: a ruddy complexion.
2. red or reddish.
3. British Slang. damned: a ruddy fool.
–adverb
4. British Slang. damned: He'd ruddy well better be there.
Stealthy
–adjective, stealth⋅i⋅er, stealth⋅i⋅est.
done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive: stealthy footsteps.

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Succinct

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–adjective

1. expressed in few words; concise; terse.
2. characterized by conciseness or verbal brevity.
3. compressed into a small area, scope, or compass.
4. Archaic.
a. drawn up, as by a girdle.
b. close-fitting.
c. encircled, as by a girdle.

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Sullen

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–adjective
1. showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve.
2. persistently and silently ill-humored; morose.
3. indicative of gloomy ill humor.
4. gloomy or dismal, as weather or a sound.
5. sluggish, as a stream.
6. Obsolete. malignant, as planets or influences.

Synonyms:
1. See cross. 1, 2. See glum. 2. sulky, moody, sour, bad-tempered. 4. cheerless, clouded, overcast, somber, mournful, dark. 5. slow, stagnant.

Antonyms:
1, 2. cheerful.

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Temerity

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–noun
reckless boldness; rashness.

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Tenet

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–noun
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., esp. one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.

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Truant

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–noun
1. a student who stays away from school without permission.
2. a person who shirks or neglects his or her duty.
–adjective
3. absent from school without permission.
4. neglectful of duty or responsibility; idle.
5. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a truant.
–verb (used without object)
6. to be truant.

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Unmitigated

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–adjective

1. not mitigated; not softened or lessened: unmitigated suffering.
2. unqualified or absolute: an unmitigated bore.

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Venerable

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–adjective
1. commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity; worthy of veneration or reverence, as because of high office or noble character: a venerable member of Congress.
2. a title for someone proclaimed by the Roman Catholic Church to have attained the first degree of sanctity or of an Anglican archdeacon.
3. (of places, buildings, etc.) hallowed by religious, historic, or other lofty associations: the venerable halls of the abbey.
4. impressive or interesting because of age, antique appearance, etc.: a venerable oak tree.
5. extremely old or obsolete; ancient: a venerable automobile.
–noun
6. a venerable person.