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spurious impression that the company was thriving. *specious: seemingly right but false - a specious argument:

intractable:
Unmanageable Fractious Unruly

disenchanted Disillusioned; , sump

*More than 100 causes of persistent and intractable hiccups have been identified. !

dire
Urgent

pittance: small amount of wage, Pittance; pity; pitiful amount of wage!

vanquished
, *a fallen foe = vanquished enemy

hoary: , gray hair

disdain: , , To treat sb with disdain: ~ Disdain to notice an insult: A disdain for the law: (flout) He disdained to turn to his son for advice ( ) Do not disdain him because he is poor I left my job because my boss treated the workers with disdain exasperation: anger

endorse
bout To support, embrace

They both enjoyed a bout of good-natured teasing

blather Speak like BLAH To make a gibberish To speak foolishly

auspicious

To make somebody angry; exasperate He threw it away in exasperation. He spent his last years in exasperation and depression He shook his head in exasperation.

Propitious

spurious
False, , ,

*The company managed to create the entirely

out-of-the-way: random, unexpected

 feign: to pretend Sounds like fake -

Co-rumination:
Many of Vasaris ruminations on the subjects are not always to be believed An analysis of a description to a rumination consequences on that deceptions

Wry: twisted, , , Wry amusement *wrench: *wrenching: painful ( ) **wry negative connotation, positive connotation ! painstaking: , Painstaking research This is one of his latest works which cost him painstaking efforts. The review will be thorough and painstaking. grudging: ~ ~ He could not help feeling a grudging admiration for the old lady: Grudging respect *grudge: , *begrudge: , - begrudge him his good fortune: slipshod: , Slipshod work Slipshod manner Kjljkjblvihe//////// acceptance, grudging

But such ruminations are best done privately.

elude: to evade, , The two men managed to elude the police for six weeks Elude the law Elude observation

*elusive: unclear, , evasive -

- Eric, as elusive as ever, was nowhere to be found - elusive rhythm/submarine/perfume intimate To insinuate

dispassionately: partisan: , , partial stilted: , too well-

mannered , We made stilted conversation for a few moments A stilted writing style:

rumination: Rumi was ruminating about his poems.

 austere: , Her austere bedroom with its simple narrow bed My father was a distant, austere man [] The monks austere way of life [ ] That is why I want austere conditions in prisons. frivolous: , , , , A frivolous comments He is clever, but rather frivolous. They are more than frivolous, they are insulting. Her father wouldnt let her. He thought her job was too frivolous. *facetious: , - a facetious comment/remark - a facetious fellow: marginal: Virginia Woolf thought she was a marginal figure in the British Literary circle. disparage: I dont mean to disparage your leery of: cautious of, suspicious of achievement = complicit: Accomplice: Complicity: , scheme achievements Disparage to excess Disparage ones belittle ones achievement Diss garbage Grateful: , , check = stop garner = gather *garish: dispense: , The machine dispenses a range of drinks and snacks Dispense justice: Dispense with sth: , to do without avow: to declare A grateful breeze: *fraudulent: , - fraudulent advertising *fastidious: , , - I am not trying to be facetious here: .

Stilted austere

insidious: ,
The insidious effects of polluted water supplies *assiduous: - be assiduous with ones studies smutty: , Smutty jokes They called it primitive, filthy, smutty and obscene.

Smut:

Gintama is filled with smutty jokes.

suggestible = impressionable = susceptible ~ : suggesting something to a suggestible friend malcontented: not satisfied cautious: []

 part 1 precept impediment: The natural to disaster has in been this impediment country The level of inflation is a serious impediment to economic recovery Philanderer: <3 Quaint: / renege Pithy It was pithy, short to the point, and we liked it very much. concupiscence: , Cockamamie; Conspicuous: , Obtrusive: ( ) Egregious China people has suffered damage egregious from its and Voluminous Fortuitous: , The timing of the debate is fortuitous *gratuitous: , - gratuitous violence on television: TV - a gratuitous insult: - gratuitous information: languish Pollard continues to languish in prison He languishes in the noonday heat Volume Ample Expansive Extensive Bulky trash environmental diminutive Lilliputian Minute Petite If you renege a deal now, Ill fight you in the courts I dont feel I can renege. din/dint/dire Din: continued loud noise Dint: means, effort Dire: disastrous repudiate: , The missionary was given a choice to repudiate his faith or be executed. Prim: . or You cant tell her a joke. Shes much too prim and proper. Carnage A scene of carnage progress For about 2500 years, the ideas of Confucian precept have been sharing Chinese, Korean and Japanese society Example is better than precept.

dumping

contaminating the rivers.

 ex-words Exonerate: Exculpate: , = exonerate Exhort: , (to urge) *the party to leader start exhorted preparing his for members -

government Extort: Extricate: *He had managed to extricate himself from most of his office duties. Extraneous: *We do not want any extraneous information on the page. Explicable: explainable, Expiable:

Mock Test 17 Mock ! falter 1) 2) Hesitate *The economy shows no sign of faltering grub: , ~ Grub sth out of the ground Often I argue with other people who grub in the dirt smacks of ~: ~ Smacks of speculation collegial = collegiate , Collegiate life The 1993 national collegiate football championship was won by Michigan. fluster: appreciate 1) 2) 3) 4)

apprehend 1) Fear, 2) 3) arrest

apprehensive/apprehensible Apprehensive: fearful, worried Apprehensible: buoyancy: 1) , 2) overlook: , He overlooked his mistake stalemate = impasse = deadlock duped: deem: consider temperament: not tempered

*to have an artistic temperament *tempered: , crux: Hallmark: enjoin 1) 2) spawn:

cavalier 1) 2) Casual, perfunctory, flippant: light-hearted splinter: , Splintered

in lieu of: instead of

 methodical: portentous: , A portentous sign *Portent: , Portend: , educe: , elicit Adduce: present as evidence mural: elusive: Elusive, untamed quality A mural commemorating historic achievements bayou: , inflated style: A methodical approach/study Methodical in: ~

truncate: , Prune out Truncated hints

*trenchant: Trenchant wit: impede: , * impediment: , Substantive: Substantive issues: An inadequate way to develop substantive ideas unattainable: An unattainable ideal: conspicuous: , , Marys red hair always made her conspicuous at school. Conspicuous by your absence: ( ) When it came to cleaning up afterwards, Anne was conspicuous by her absence.

Mock Test 18 oblong: , rarified 1) 2) indomitability: unable to be dominated, Gertrude Steins life demonstrates her indomitability, her refusal ever to give up without having achieved her goal. bilious: quarrelsome skittish: playful, frolicsome unfaltering Falter: 1) 2) ingenuous: , , befuddle = to confuse iniquity: , temper 1) , 2) Restrain belly up: Bust 1) 2) glib: , A glib salesman A glib talker: This is not just a glib assessment: She doesnt do glib or frivolous. indemnify: The iniquity of racial prejudice: A cesspool of iniquity: Youre too ingenuous An ingenuous smile/child/youth Bilk: to cheat, to swindle ingenious: , Ingenious ploy: An ingenious idea: tachyon: ; . concoct: , (, ) Concoct a story Concoct a scheme

sanctify: , ,