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It was a difficult problem, but he solved it with such ________ that he was able to take a long lunch.



acumen, anathema, alacrity, acrimony
alacrity

(a-lack'-rity)


(n.) eagerness, speed
Since you showed such brilliant _______ in your method for solving the laboratory problem last week, this week you'll be getting an even more challenging one.

acumen, anathema, alacrity, acrimony
acumen

(ack'-you-min)

(n.) keen insight
The name Custer is an _________ to most native Americans.


acumen, anathema, alacrity, acrimony
anathema

(a-nath'a-ma)

(n.) a cursed, detested person
He's been nasty recently. He ran this meeting with such ________ that it is likely that few will show up next week.




acumen, anathema, alacrity, acrimony
acrimony

(ack'-re-moe-nee)


(n.) bitterness, discord
One sure way for a ruler to win the emnity of his people is for him to ________ 50% of their crops for his own use.



adumbrate, abjure, abrogate, arrogate
arrogate


(arrow'-gate)


(v.) to take without justification
Whenever lack of time forces a commander to _________ his battle plan, confusion is likely and victory is less certain.


adumbrate, abjure, abrogate, arrogate
adumbrate

(add'-um'-brate)


(v.) make only a sketchy outline
The new ruling commission fully planned to _______ any local law that allowed freedom to green people.



adumbrate, abjure, abrogate, arrogate
abrogate

(abro-gate')

(v.) to abolish, usually by authority
She moved quickly to _______ the unpopular activities that her predecessor so readily condoned.



adumbrate, abjure, abrogate, arrogate
abjure


(ab'-jure')


(v.) to reject, renounce, or repudiate
Late for the meeting, Susan cast a mere
________ glance at the long agenda.




capricious, diffident, contrite, cursory
cursory

(ker'sa-ree)

(adj.) brief --- to the point of being superficial
Jill became extremely ________ and began to cruelly make fun of all her friends




garrulous, acerbic, bombastic, glib
acerbic -

(a-serb'-ic)


(adj.) biting, bitter in tone or taste
The priest lives an ________ life devoid of television, savory foods, and other pleasures.


discursive, laconic, ascetic, garrulous
ascetic

(a-set'-ic)


(adj.) practicing restraint as a means of self-discipline, usually religious
She soon experienced the _________ effects of running a marathon without stretching her muscles enough beforehand




assiduous,demur, deleterious, brusque
deleterious

(del-eh-tear'-ee-us)

(adj.) harmful
The construction workers erected the skyscraper during two long years of ________ labor.




assiduous, declaiming, laconic, bombastic
assiduous

(a-sidge'-you-us)

(adj.) persistant, diligent attention
Though everyone else at the party was dancing loudly and going crazy, she remained her ________ shy self.



loquacious, grandiloquent, demure, verbose
demure

(di'-mure)

(adj.) quiet, modest, reserved
The captainÂ’s _______ manner offended the passengers who had expected a more attentive ship's master.




brusque, voluble, stentorian, pithy
brusque

(brusk)


(adj.) short, abrupt, dismissive
The young girlÂ’s ________ constantly changing interests made it difficult for her to focus on achieving her goals.



egregious, capricious, assiduous, cogent
capricious

(ka-prish'-us; -prEEsh'-us)

(adj.) subject to whim, fickle; unpredictably impulsive
IreneÂ’s arguments in favor of abstinence were so _______ that I could not resist them.



effulgent, cogent, concomitant, insidious
cogent

(kO'-junt; kO'-jent)

(adj.) intellectually convincing
His current dislike of credit cards is easily seen in the ___________ lack of new luxury items in his apartment.



concomitant, ostentatious, execrable, inveterate
concomitant

(kun-kom'i-tint)

(adj.) Occurring along with, existing concurrently; attendant
Because the edges of the old book were so __________ and discolored, I first thought it was a discarded piece of wood.


acerbic, capricious, discursive, dessicated
desiccated

(des'-i-kAte'-ed)

(adj.) dried up, dehydrated
BlakeÂ’s __________ behavior showed his sincere regret and made it impossible to stay angry at him.


loquacious, effulgent, egregious, contrite
contrite

(kun-trIte'; kon'-trIte)

(adj.) 1. Feeling regret and sorrow for one's sins or offenses; penitent.
2. Arising from or expressing contrition: e.g., contrite words.
Sunlight poured in through the ________ curtains, revealing the odd shape of the old window while also brightening the room.


effulgent, diaphanous, exigent, insidious
diaphanous

(die-af'-a-nus)

(adj.) light, airy, transparent
Billy, an extrovert? No way! He was such a(n) _________ kid that one rarely even knew when he was in the room.


effulgent, diffident, execrable, glib
diffident

(diff'-i-dint; -dent')

(adj.) marked by shyness; quiet, modest; lacking self-confidence
His rather _______ directions were as confusing as a maze. They highlighted every landmark and turn in the town.


divisive, exigent, evanescent, discursive
discursive

(dih-skur'-sive)

(adj.) Covering a wide field of subjects; perhaps even rambling.
As expected, the professorÂ’s lectures were as __________ as always and seemed to be about every topic except the ones on the outline.

brusque, insidious, inveterate, discursive
discursive

(dih-skur'-sive)

(adj.) Covering a wide field of subjects; perhaps even rambling
They are ______ upon receiving their first acceptance and confused after their sixth.



ebullient, insidious, contrite, discursive
ebullient

(i-bull'-yent)

(adj.) extremely lively, enthusiastic
The Christmas display area in the back of the store was glowing with _________ displays of lighted trees and glittering ornaments.


stentorian, effulgent, discursive, brusque
effulgent

(i-ful'-gint) (adj.) radiant, splendorous; shining brilliantly
The professor who so loudly admonished the Egyptian student for adhering to a "murderous religion" was never admonished for her ________ comments.


diffident, contrite, extant, egregious
egregious

(i-grE'jus; -jE-us)


(adj.) conspicuously bad/conspicuously offensive
Mirages seen in the desert are typically more _________ than long-lived.



intransigent, ephemeral, execrable, exigent
ephemeral

(i-fem'-er-al)

(adj.) relatively short-lived, fleeting
Her happinesses were always a brief _____________ things because her mental state constantly seemed to be one of confusion and negativity and depression.


evanescent, xenophobic, deleterious, loquacious
evanescent

(ev'-a-nes'-cent)

(adj.) fleeting, momentary; vanishing like a vapor
Eating her yucky, experimental, new casseroles was such an ________ set of experiences growing up that it actually makes me sick to think about it today.


exigent, ostentatious, pithy, execrable
execrable

(eks'-i-kra-bull)
pronounce all the sounds quickly

(adj.) loathsome, detestable; deserving of execration (i.e., of being cursed)
The _________ need to intervene so important could not wait for even thirty seconds.



difident, execrable, bombastic, exigent
exigent

(ex'-i-jint))

(adj.) urgent, critical; requiring immediate attention
Birds are sometimes thought to be the only present-day __________ decendents of the dinosaurs.



prolix, extant, taciturn, melifluous
extant

(ek'-stent; ek'-stant)

(adj.) existing; not destroyed or lost
--[sometimes ==> an opposite of extinct]
____________ attitudes on the part of nativist Earthlings could delay the assimilation of both the orange and the green Martians despite the otherwise basic attractiveness of these beings.

Terse, Insidious, Xenophobic, Diffident
xenophobic


(zen'a-pho'bic)

(adj.) - fear of (or contempt for) strangers (or foreigners)
Why are you so surprised at her _________ clothing?


loquatious, ostentatious, acerbic, inveterate
ostentatious


(os'-ten'-tate'-shus)

(adj.) flamboyant, pretentious, showy
If you insist of pairing democrats with republicans you will get nothing but _______ interactions and constant arguments.


divisive, capricious, ascetic, cogent
divisive

(di-vIce'-ive [as in "divide"] DO NOT say di-viss-ive)

(adj.) creating dissention or discord
To some people eating ice-cream is a delicious but _________ habit, considering its potential to cause weight gain.

insidious, capricious, ebullient, exigent
insidious

(in-sid'-ee-ous)

(adj.) appealing BUT inperceptively harmful; seductive
She gave in quickly, as she was not nearly as __________ on the issue as he was.


loquacious, deliterious, intransigent, laconic
intransigent

(in-trans'-a-jint)

(adj.) uncompromising; refusing to moderate a (typically) extreme position or opinion
She's a life time criminal with such _________ antisocial behaviors that she'll probably be locked up for at least sixty years.

taciturn, declaiming, voluble, inveterate
inveterate

(in-vet'-trit)

(adj.) stubbornly established by habit and not likely to change

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