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Lesson 24
100
required; obligatory
What is mandatory?
100
poverty-stricken; penniless; being without
What is destitute?
100
a continuous clanging; a loud ringing sound, as of metal being hit
What is clangor?
100
a state of balance; mental or emotional poise or control
What is equilibrium?
100
a person chosen to decide a dispute; a judge
What is arbiter?
200
a lenient or merciful act; mildness, as of weather
What is clemency?
200
a place or condition of chaos or turmoil
What is bedlam?
200
a founder and leader of a tribe or family; a respected old man
What is patriarch?
200
to set right; to adjust
What is rectify?
200
unaware, unmindful; forgetful
What is oblivious?
300
extremely careful; overly precise or fussy about details
What is meticulous?
300
to shorten; to decrease
What is curtail?
300
something inherited or handed down; money or property left by a will
What is legacy?
300
a company controlled by another company; subordinate; secondary
What is subsidiary?
300
largely; considerably; significantly
What is substantially?
400
a final demand or proposition
What is an ultimatum?
400
to unite; to strengthen; to make solid or firmly established
What is consolidate?
400
to humiliate; to discipline oneself by self-denial or punishment
What is mortify?
400
insincere or almost meaningless speech; jargon; hypocritical speech; to speak insincerely or tritely
What is cant?
400
a scheme or trick for achieving some purpose, such as to deceive a military enemy; a deception
What is stratagem?
500
the code prescribing formal etiquette and precedence for official ceremonies and dealings, as with diplomats and the military;
What is protocol?
500
informal language; conversational
What is colloquial?
500
to influence or persuade by using flattery or soothing words; to coax
What is wheedle?
500
to break through; to violate; to leap clear of; a violation of a law, obligation, or standard; a gap or broken place
What is breach?
500
causing a loss of calmness, disturbing, embarrassing; frustrating
What is disconcerting?
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