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Frage		Antworten
1. squalid "The man was squalid" Lernen beginnen		sordid, dirty, marked by filthiness
2. proliferating Lernen beginnen		multiplying, rapidly increasing in numbers.
3. sanctuary Lernen beginnen		a refuge, a place for worship.
4. elude Lernen beginnen		evade, cleverly avoid.
5. ultimate Lernen beginnen		final, farthest, most remote in space or time.
6. inscrutable Lernen beginnen		obscure, not capable of being understood.
7. spiel Lernen beginnen		an extravagant talk, an oration.
8. servitude Lernen beginnen		slavery, punishment for a crime, subjection.
9. spellbind Lernen beginnen		fascinate, enchant, to hold one’s attention as by a spell.
10. proletariat Lernen beginnen		common people, working class.
11. delusion Lernen beginnen		a deception, a false idea or opinion.
12. purge Lernen beginnen		to cleanse, to purify, to free from impurities.
13. secular Lernen beginnen		worldly, not sacred or religious.
14. viable Lernen beginnen		practical, able to live or to be implemented.
15. anathema Lernen beginnen		a curse, a vigorous denunciation.
16. jeopardy Lernen beginnen		danger, peril, vulnerability.
17. reflective Lernen beginnen		thoughtful, pensive, contemplative.
18. benign Lernen beginnen		gentle, showing kindness of disposition.
19. pugnacious Lernen beginnen		belligerent, combative, obnoxious.
20. dissipate Lernen beginnen		scatter, vanish, to waste, as in money.
21. acquiesce Lernen beginnen		assent, to accept passively or reluctantly.
22. denigrate Lernen beginnen		defame, belittle, criticize unkindly.
23. munificent Lernen beginnen		lavishly generous, liberal in giving.
24. capitulation Lernen beginnen		surrender, giving up resistance.
25. palatable Lernen beginnen		edible, pleasant tasting, to one’s taste.
26. vehement Lernen beginnen		forcibly expressed, impassioned, fervid.
27. fruition Lernen beginnen		accomplishment, realization.
28. eradicate Lernen beginnen		exterminate, do away with completely.
29. despotic Lernen beginnen		tyrannical: dictatorial.
30. extricate Lernen beginnen		to free, remove from entanglement.
31. paranoia Lernen beginnen		irrational distrust, feeling of persecution.
32. malevolence Lernen beginnen		malice, hatred toward others, intention to harm.
33. tenuous Lernen beginnen		insubstantial, flimsy, weak.
34. ambivalence Lernen beginnen		uncertainty in attitude, fluctuation.
35. desiccate Lernen beginnen		dry up, dehydrate, to drain vitality.
36. replete Lernen beginnen		complete, full, abundantly filled.
37. recalcitrant Lernen beginnen		resistant, defiant of authority.
38. cogent Lernen beginnen		convincing, valid, forcibly appealing to the mind.
39. affluence Lernen beginnen		profusion, overflowing of wealth, etc., an abundance.
40. astute Lernen beginnen		clever, shrewd, intellectually observant.
41. fatuous Lernen beginnen		foolish, silly, simple-minded, not intellectual.
42. vindictive Lernen beginnen		revengeful, spiteful, wanting to hurt or harm.
43. meticulous Lernen beginnen		giving great attention to details, mindful of details.
44. catharsis Lernen beginnen		purification, purgation, cleansing of emotions.
45. insatiable Lernen beginnen		quenchless, incapable of being satisfied.
46. dubious Lernen beginnen		doubtful, uncertain in belief or knowledge.
47. tepid Lernen beginnen		lukewarm, lacking definite warmth, moderate warmth.
48. perpetual Lernen beginnen		everlasting, continuing forever.
49. skepticism Lernen beginnen		doubt, uncertainty in belief or knowledge.
50. vestige Lernen beginnen		remnant, that which is left.
51. clandestine Lernen beginnen		secretive, held or conducted secretly.
52. expatriate Lernen beginnen		banished person, one driven into exile.
53. converge Lernen beginnen		meet, to move toward one another.
54. implicit Lernen beginnen		understood without explanation, tacitly understood, implied
55. manifest Lernen beginnen		obvious, readily perceived by the senses.
56. lexicon Lernen beginnen		dictionary, book containing words and definitions.
57. felicity Lernen beginnen		great happiness, state of being happy.
58. accentuate Lernen beginnen		emphasize, to accent something.
59. ephemeral Lernen beginnen		fleeting, transient, lasting only a short time.
60. eccentric Lernen beginnen		odd, strange, deviating from the pattern.
61. symbiosis Lernen beginnen		mutuality, beneficial union or association.
62. debacle Lernen beginnen		great disaster, fiasco, a tumultuous breakup.
63. delusive Lernen beginnen		deceptive, likely to deceive or trick.
64. exigencies Lernen beginnen		urgent needs, emergencies.
65. pernicious Lernen beginnen		wicked, deadly, highly injurious or destructive.
66. ostracism Lernen beginnen		exclusion, banishment, social exclusion.
67. ameliorate Lernen beginnen		improve, to make better or more tolerable.
68. tutelage Lernen beginnen		instruction, a guiding influence.
69. morose Lernen beginnen		expressive of gloom, sullen, unsociable.
70. ancillary Lernen beginnen		subsidiary, auxiliary, subordinate.
71. plethora Lernen beginnen		excess, superfluity, an overabundance.
72. vivifying Lernen beginnen		enlivening, quickening, renewing of life.
73. aesthetic Lernen beginnen		artistic, relating to or dealing with beauty, appealing to the eye.
74. disparate Lernen beginnen		different, markedly distinct in some way.
75. pedagogues Lernen beginnen		pompous teachers, schoolmasters.
76. salutary Lernen beginnen		curative, promoting good health.
77. relegated Lernen beginnen		assigned, classified, banished.
78. nuance Lernen beginnen		subtle distinction or difference, subtle variation.
79. precarious Lernen beginnen		dangerous, unsafe, hazardous.
80. metamorphosis Lernen beginnen		change in form, alteration of appearance.
81. congruent Lernen beginnen		equal, harmonious, agreeable, in tangent.
82. essences Lernen beginnen		prime characteristics, basic qualities.
83. syntax Lernen beginnen		word order, arrangement of parts of sentences.
84. unimpeachable Lernen beginnen		irreproachable, not liable to accusation, above reproach.
85. generic Lernen beginnen		general, common, characteristic of a whole group.
86. tandem Lernen beginnen		twosome, an arrangement by two.
87. rapport Lernen beginnen		harmony, relation marked by accord.
88. effete Lernen beginnen		decadent, effeminate, marked by weakness.
89. austerity Lernen beginnen		extreme economy, an ascetic practice.
90. presumptuous Lernen beginnen		audacious, tending to be overly bold.
91. voracious Lernen beginnen		gluttonous, extremely greedy, insatiable.
92. invidious Lernen beginnen		hostile, offensive, rousing ill will.
93. impermeable Lernen beginnen		impervious, not permitting passage.
94. aphorism Lernen beginnen		proverb, a terse formulation of a truth.
95. malaise Lernen beginnen		a sick feeling, a sense of mental or moral ill being.
96. histrionic Lernen beginnen		dramatic, theatrical, relating to the theater.
97. gingerly Lernen beginnen		cautiously, carefully, proceeding with caution.
98. decadence Lernen beginnen		deterioration, a period of decline.
99. drone Lernen beginnen		parasite, one who lives from the effects/good will of others.
100. calibrate Lernen beginnen		to determine, to measure, to standardize.

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