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(n) irritation or humiliation caused by disappointment or frustration
What is chagrin?
100
(adj.) unnatural, distorted; bizarre
What is grotesque?
100
You may find it difficult to ______to a new school if you arrive in the middle of the year.
What is acclimate?
100
It is indeed rare for eyewitness accounts of an accident to _____in every detail.
What is concur?
100
SYNONYMS: chafing, grating, rasping, erosive ANTONYMS: smooth, polished, satiny, oily
What is abrasive?
200
(v.) to make plain or clear; explain; to interpret
What is explicate?
200
(v.) to hold back; to put down or check by force
What is repress?
200
Do you think that the ______on some talk shows are spontaneous or staged?
What is fracas?
200
The whirl of activity on the floor of a stock exchange often looks and sounds like utter ________.
What is pandemonium?
200
SYNONYMS: loquacious, garrulous, long-winded, prolix ANTONYMS: uncommunicative, reticent, terse
What is voluble?
300
(adj.) not inclined to speak; reserved; reluctant
What is reticent?
300
(adj.) self-satisfied; overly content
What is complacent?
300
By the end of an enormous Thanksgiving feast, most diners usually feel quite ________.
What is somnolent?
300
A _______voice can be a liability for someone wishing to pursue a career in television journalism.
What is raucous?
300
SYNONYMS: ardent, fervent, devout, dogged, gung ho ANTONYMS: reluctant, unwilling, averse, tepid
What is zealous?
400
(adj.) intense, forceful, powerful
What is vehement?
400
(n.) slander or libel
What is defamation?
400
People will generally be ______to criticism of their work it it is given in a constructive manner.
What is receptive?
400
Some of the characters a reader meets in a detective story are none too _______
What is savory?
400
SYNONYMS: row, altercation, rhubarb, brouhaha ANTONYMS: agreement, accord, unanimity, harmony
What is fracas?
500
(adj.) causing irritation, harsh; grinding or wearing down
What is abrasive?
500
(adj.) eager, earnest, devoted
What is zealous?
500
Reporters never give much credence to tips that they receive from ______but unreliable informants, however persistent.
What is voluble?
500
Throughout history, martyrs have willingly given up their lives rather than _____their cause.
What is renounce?
500
SYNONYMS: taciturn, closemouthed, tight-lipped ANTONYMS: talkative, garrulous, voluble, long-winded
What is reticent?
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