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Group (5) - Matching Quizzes
prodigal 
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 | n. act of submitting; act of yielding to power or authority; surrender of the person and power to the control or government of another; obedience |
| a. wasteful; reckless with money |
| adj. resembling waves. |
| v. put down by force or intimidation ; restrain; crush; oppress; conceal or hide |
quackery
2
| n. pl. the emblems of royalty. |
| v. to cure again. |
| n. a ripple. |
| n. charlatanry |
refractory
3
| n. following members; attendants accompanying high-ranking person |
| n. application of science, especially to industrial or commercial objectives |
| adj. tending to produce sleep. |
| a. stubborn; unmanageable; obstinately resistant to authority or control |
regalia
4
| n. pl. the emblems of royalty. |
| n. materials; abilities; available source |
| n. application of science, especially to industrial or commercial objectives |
| n. act of submitting; act of yielding to power or authority; surrender of the person and power to the control or government of another; obedience |
resistive
5
| n. act of submitting; act of yielding to power or authority; surrender of the person and power to the control or government of another; obedience |
| n. the quality of a tone, as distinguished from intensity and pitch. |
| adj. having or exercising the power of resistance. |
| adv. in the second place in order or succession. |
retinue
6
| n. following members; attendants accompanying high-ranking person |
| n. a public teacher of the highest grade in a university or college. |
| a. having no motion; being at rest; fixed; stationary |
| a. wasteful; reckless with money |
sinister
7
| a. suggesting or threatening evil |
| v. make very hot and dry; become superficially burned |
| adj. pertaining to the process of plant-life. |
| n. doubt. |
soluble
8
| n. a group of three persons of things. |
| n. state of reduced or suspended sensibility; daze; lack of awareness |
| a. having no motion; being at rest; fixed; stationary |
| a. able to be dissolved; able to be explained |
soothsayer
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| a. stubborn; unmanageable; obstinately resistant to authority or control |
| v. treat with great respect and deference; consider hallowed or be in awe of |
| n. a brief, pithy saying, condensing in witty or striking form the wisdom of experience. |
| n. one who claims to have supernatural insight or foresight. |
transferrer
10
| v. surpass; exceed; pass beyond the limits of |
| n. following members; attendants accompanying high-ranking person |
| n. one who or that which conveys from one person or place to another. |
| adj. ascribable. |