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(adj.) not respectable, not esteemed
What is disreputable?
100
(adj.) serving to settle an issue; final
What is conclusive?
100
I sought some _______for excusing myself from the weekly staff meeting I did not want to attend.
What is pretext?
100
Scientists have yet to identify many plant and animal species _______ to the rain forests.
What is endemic?
100
SYNONYMS: rectitude, probity ANTONYMS: dishonesty, corruption, turpitude
What is integrity?
200
(v.) to refer to casually or indirectly
What is allude?
200
(v.) to interpret wrongly, mistake the meaning of
What is misconstrue?
200
It is sometimes difficult to _______the motives behind another person's actions.
What is fathom?
200
Folklore has it that a serpent's most outstanding trait is ______, just as the fox's is craftiness.
What is guile?
200
SYNONYMS: undisturbed, tranquil, quiet, serene ANTONYMS: stormy, agitated, turbulent, tempestuous
What is placid?
300
(adj.) arousing strong dislike, highly offensive
What is obnoxious?
300
(adj.) supernaturally perceptive (n) one who possesses extrasensory powers, seer
What is clairvoyant?
300
Sponsors of the controversial bill modified some of its original provisions in order to _______the opposition.
What is placate?
300
Many a young idealist has found it difficult to accept the _______ realities of life.
What is stark?
300
SYNONYMS: sheer, downright, grim, bleak ANTONYMS: bright, cheerful, embellished, ornate
What is stark?
400
(adj.) worthy of imitation, commendable; serving as a model
What is exemplary?
400
(n.) a route of travel; a record of travel; a guidebook
What is itinerary?
400
Dentists commonly use various kinds of braces to correct the alignment of teeth that _______ or are crooked.
What is protrude?
400
Music has been called the most _______ agent for inducing people to forget their differences an live in harmony.
What is potent?
400
SYNONYMS: skin-deep,insubstantial, cursory, slapdash ANTONYMS: deep, profound, thorough, exhaustive
What is superficial?
500
(adj.) native or confined to a particular region or people; characteristic of or prevalent in a field
What is endemic?
500
(n.) treacherous cunning, deceit
What is guile?
500
Both Germany and Japan paid _______ to Britain, France, and the United States after WWII.
What is reparation?
500
When they weighed all the evidence in the case, the members of the jury found the testimony of the expert witness to be _______.
What is conclusive?
500
SYNONYMS: mighty, formidable, forceful ANTONYMS: weak, inept, feckless, powerless, ineffective
What is potent?