Word Quiz 8 Flashcards
(10 cards)
0
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Immaculate
A
- Free from spots or stains
- Spotlessly clean
- Pure
- Faultless
- Flawless
1
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Appraised
A
- Estimate the nature, quality, importance of
* Determine the worth of
2
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Famished
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- Extremely hungry
* Starving
3
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Adamant
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- Unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings
- Too hard to cut, break or pierce
4
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Piqued
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- To affect with sharp irritation and resentment, especially by some wound to pride
- To excite
5
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Layman
A
- A person who is not a member of the clergy
* A person who is not a member of a certain profession
6
Q
Culmination
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- Reach the highest point
- Summit
- Highest development
- Final stage
- Climax
7
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Advocate
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- Speak or write in favor of
- Support
- Urge by argument
8
Q
Consolation
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- Lessen the grief, sorrow
* Give solace or comfort
9
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Feign
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- Put on appearance of
* Represent fictitiously
