Vocabulary 12 Flashcards
1
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Hot-tempered; quick to anger
A
Choleric
2
Q
Blind or excessive devotion to something.
A
Idolatry
3
Q
A long story, often telling the history of a family.
A
Saga
4
Q
A rate of inclination; a slope.
A
Gradient
5
Q
A follower of a leader; supporter.
A
Adherent
6
Q
Entirely without; lacking.
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Devoid
7
Q
Very light; airy; delicate; heavenly.
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Ethereal
8
Q
A vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at the beginning of an illness.
A
Malaise
9
Q
Bitter conflict; quarrel; fight.
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Strife
10
Q
A coward.
A
Poltroon
11
Q
A bitter verbal attack.
A
Diatribe
12
Q
To give a thrashing; scold.
A
Lambast
13
Q
One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas or institutions.
A
Iconoclast
14
Q
A stupid person.
A
Dolt
15
Q
Of, relating to or resembling an animal such as an ox, cow or buffalo; solid; dull.
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Bovine
