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dishevelled appearance
peculiar
baffling problem
puzzling
lenient parent
not strict
revulsive personality
disgusting
audacious attempt
bold
parry a blow
ward off
prevalent disease
widespread
ominous report:
threatening,
an incredible story:
unbelievable,
an ophthalmologist:
eye doctor,
eye doctor,
take the place of
an anonymous donor:
one whose n
performed an autopsy:
examination of a corpse to
determine the cause of death,
an indefatigable worker:
tireless
a confirmed atheist:
disbeliever in God,
endless loquacity:
talkativeness
a glib talker:
smooth,
an incorrigible optimist:
beyond correction or reform,
an ocular problem:
visual,
a notorious demagogue:
rabble-rouser,
a naïve attitude:
unsophisticated,
living in affluence:
wealth
in retrospect:
view of the past,
a gourmet:
connoisseur of good food
to simulate interest:
pretend,
a magnanimous action:
generous,
a clandestine meeting:
secret
the apathetic citizens:
indifferent, uninterested, uninvolved,
to placate his son:
change a feeling
of hostility to one of friendliness
to vacillate continually:
swing back and forth in indecision,
a nostalgic feeling:
homesick,
feel antipathy:
hostility,
be more circumspect:
cautious,
an intrepid fighter for human rights:
fearless
diaphanous material:
sheer and gauzy,
a taciturn host:
disinclined to conversation,
to malign his friend:
slander,
a congenital deformity:
occurring at or during birth
a definite neurosis:
emotional disturbance,
made an unequivocal statement:
clear and forthright
vicarious enjoyment:
occurring from a feeling of identification with another,
psychogenic ailment:
originating in the mind,
an anachronous attitude:
belonging to a different time,
her iconoclastic phase:
sneering at tradition
a tyro:
beginner,
a laconic reply:
terse and meaningful,
semantic confusion:
relating to the meaning of words,
cavalier treatment:
haughty and highhanded,
an anomalous situation:
unusual, (
posthumous child:
born after the death of
the father
feels enervated:
completely exhausted,
shows perspicacity:
mental keenness,
an unpopular martinet:
strict disciplinarian,
gregarious person:
very sociable, (
generally phlegmatic:
emotionally unresponsive,
an inveterate gambler:
habitual, (
an egregious error:
outstandingly bad, (
cacophony of a large city:
unpleasant noises, harsh sounds,
a prurient adolescent:
sexually longing,
uxorious husband:
fondly and foolishly doting on his wife