Mrs. Herald Final (Vocabulary) Question Preview (ID: 34331)


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Venal
a) to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
b) willing to sell one's influence, especially in return for a bribe; open to bribery; mercenary
c)
d)

Connoisseur
a) a person who is especially competent to pass critical judgments in an art, particularly one of the fine arts, or taste
b) to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe:
c)
d)

rancor
a) bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
b) courage and fortitude
c)
d)

adamant
a) the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
b) utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc.
c)
d)

protocol
a) a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives.
b) the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
c)
d)

mettle
a) courage and fortitude
b) a person who is especially competent to pass critical judgments in an art, particularly one of the fine arts, or in taste
c)
d)

appease
a) to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe:
b) willing to sell one's influence, especially in return for a bribe; open to bribery; mercenary
c)
d)

repine
a) bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
b) to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
c)
d)

extraneous
a) introduced or coming from without; not belonging or proper to a thing; external; foreign
b) utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc.
c)
d)

Dilemma
a) a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives.
b) introduced or coming from without; not belonging or proper to a thing; external; foreign
c)
d)

Lobby
a) an entrance hall, corridor, or vestibule, as in a public building, often serving as an anteroom; foyer.
b) capable of being done, effected, or accomplished
c)
d)

droll
a) amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish.
b) having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding; perceiving all things.
c)
d)

Protean
a) readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
b) showing great enthusiasm for or interest in
c)
d)

heinous
a) the quality or condition of being humble
b) hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible
c)
d)

Sere
a) to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently.
b) dry; withered.
c)
d)

Feasible
a) dry; withered.
b) capable of being done, effected, or accomplished
c)
d)

Omniscient
a) having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding; perceiving all things.
b) hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible
c)
d)

Avid
a) readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
b) showing great enthusiasm for or interest in
c)
d)

Humility
a) amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish.
b) the quality or condition of being humble
c)
d)

Exhort
a) to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently.
b) an entrance hall, corridor, or vestibule, as in a public building, often serving as an anteroom; foyer.
c)
d)

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