Oct.25,2015-Lesson14,15

Question 1

ruthless

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adj. having no pity; merciless (brutal)

Question 2

merciless

Answer 2

adj. showing no mercy; very cruel

Question 3

callous

Answer 3

adj. not feeling any concern about suffering of other people (insensitive)

Question 4

sadism

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n. taking pleasure in pain of others

Question 5

haughty

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adj. showing the insulting attitude of people who think they are better

Question 6

supercilious

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adj. full of haughty arrogance (cavalier)

Question 7

arrogance

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n. an insulting way behaving that you are better than other

Question 8

idiosyncrasy

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n. an unusual way a particular person behaves (quirk)

Question 9

quirk

Answer 9

n. an unusual way of behaving

Question 10

eccentricity

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n. the quality of being strange in behaviour

Question 11

anomaly

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n. something unusual or unexpected (aberration)

Question 12

incongruous

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adj. inappropriate

Question 13

fetter

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n. something that confines; restraint

Question 14

notorious

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adj. known of something bad (disreputable)

Question 15

decry

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v. to say something publicly that you regard as bad (condemn)

Question 16

vilify

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v. to slander; to defame (denigrate)

Question 17

slander

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v. to make a false statement that cause people to have a bad opinion

Question 18

heinous

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adj. cruel and unusual (monstrous)

Question 19

revile

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v. to denounce abusively

Question 20

atrophy

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v. gradual loss of muscle (degenerate, deteriorate)

Question 21

nourishment

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n. food and other things needed for growth

Question 22

abate

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v. to become weaker (wane, diminish)

Question 23

porous

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adj. filled with many holes; easily to pass through (penetrable)

Question 24

wane

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v. to grow smaller or less intense (abate)

Question 25

lassitude

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n. lack of physical or mental energy; a felling of weakness (listlessness)

Question 26

undermine

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v. to weaken or diminish something

Question 27

obsequious

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adj. too eager to obey someone important (fawning, compliant)

Question 28

attrition

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n. a process of weakness; a wearing away of strength or moral

Question 29

enervate

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v. lacking physical or mental vigour (debilitate)

Question 30

vulnerable

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adj. prone to attack or harm (assailable)

Question 31

prone

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adj. likely to do, have

Question 32

ebb

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v. to decrease or decline slowly (abate, wane)

Question 33

submissive

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adj. willing to obey someone else

Question 34

compliant

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adj. submissive