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(v.) to mock, threat with contempt
What is flout
100
(adj.) extremely strange, unusual, atypical
What is Bizarre
100
(v.) to lower in character, quality, or value
What is debase
100
(n.) an armoured or protective glove; a challenge
What is guantlet
100
(v.) to make less in amount; to subside
What is abate
200
(adj.) bitterly severe, withering
What is scathering
200
(v.) to punish severely; to criticize severely
What is castigate
200
(adj.) cource, unfeeling; stupid
What is crass
200
(adj.) based on a assumption or guess
What is hypothetical
200
(n.) one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experience
What is novice
300
(v.) to adorn or embellish
What is blazon
300
(n.) weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest, boredom
What is ennui
300
(v.) to mae milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity
What is miligate
300
(v.) to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over
What is relegate
300
(Adj.) untidy, dirty, careless
What is slovenly
400
(adj.) fair, just, embodying principles of justic
What is equitable
400
(adj.) performed, suffered, or othwise experienceed by one person in a place of another
What is vicarious
400
(adj.) trifling, unimportant
What is inconsequential
400
(adj.) open to;easily infuenced; lacking in resistance
What is susceptible
400
(n.) a greedy desire, particulary for wealth
What is avarice
500
(adj.) funereal, typical of the tomb
What is sepulchral
500
(n.) a delusion Wmarked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc.
What is megalomania
500
(adj.) very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety
What is punctilious
500
(adj.) stinging, bitter in temper or tone
What is acrimonious
500
(adj.) done for show, striving to make a big impression
What is pretentious