Vocab 44-80

Question 1

a maxim accepted as true on its intrinsic merits

Answer 1

axiom

Question 2

superiority in weight, power, or strength

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preponderance

Question 3

overly difficult to please

Answer 3

fastidious

Question 4

timidly, tremblingly

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tremulously

Question 5

indecent, indecorous

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unseemly

Question 6

extremely rigorous self-discipline; severely austere

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ascetic

Question 7

the use of clever but unsound reasoning, especially in relation to moral questions; sophistry

Answer 7

casuistry

Question 8

the action or habit of forbearing, dispensing with, refraining or abstaining from

Answer 8

forbearance

Question 9

to set free or to discharge from an oath or obligation

Answer 9

absolve

Question 10

a person who has withdrawn or secluded himself from the world; a recluse or hermit

Answer 10

anchorite

Question 11

in ruinous state or neglected condition, lifeless; to deprive of inhabitants or to make unfit for habitation

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desolate

Question 12

evil in influence

Answer 12

malignant

Question 13

thrown into mental confusion

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disconcerted

Question 14

conventional religious image used by Eastern Orthodox Christians

Answer 14

ikon

Question 15

malicious

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spiteful

Question 16

reducing in rank or treatment

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degrading

Question 17

pompous or bombastic in speech or expression

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grandiloquent

Question 18

noble in mind; great in soul

Answer 18

magnanimous

Question 19

defiant, swaggering behavior; false bravery

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bravado

Question 20

extremely thin

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emaciated

Question 21

to reason earnestly with someone in an effort to dissuade

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expostulate

Question 22

brooding ill humor; gloomy, morose, resentful

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sullen

Question 23

to impress favorably beforehand; attractive, pleasing

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prepossessing

Question 24

one who engages in subtle but misleading or false application of ethical principles

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casuist

Question 25

scorn for the motives or virtues of others; bitterly mocking, sneering

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cynicism

Question 26

with disapproval, suspicion, mistrust

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askance

Question 27

insulted, offended by a show of disrespect

Answer 27

affronted

Question 28

to seek notice or favor by servile behavior

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fawned

Question 29

timid, shy or lacking confidence in oneself

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diffident

Question 30

done with vengeance; showing spite

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vindictively

Question 31

characterized by cleverness or resourcefulness

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ingeniously

Question 32

irritation; annoyance

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vexation

Question 33

careful in observance of all formalities of conduct

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punctiliousness

Question 34

corrupted, perverted

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depraved

Question 35

tending to instill doubt, distrust; suggestive; hinting indirectly

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insinuating

Question 36

short-lived transitory

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ephemeral

Question 37

self-righteous; abounding in pithy maxims

Answer 37

sententiously