TMDG Test Review

Here are definitions for each of the words you provided:

1. Dank – Unpleasantly damp, musty, and cold.

2. Palpable – So intense as to be almost felt physically; easily perceptible or noticeable.

3. Indolently – Done in a lazy or idle manner, avoiding activity or exertion.

4. Doggedly – With persistent effort or determination; stubbornly tenacious.

5. Vitality – The state of being strong, active, and full of life; energy or vigor.

6. Crags – Steep or rugged cliffs or rock faces.

7. Opaqueness – The quality of not allowing light to pass through; not transparent or translucent.

8. Fringed – Having a border or edge, often with decorative trimming or loose threads.

9. Floundered – To struggle or stagger clumsily in mud or water; to struggle mentally.

10. Quarry – A place from which stone or other materials are extracted; also refers to prey being hunted.

11. Bleak – Lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements; cold and miserable; hopeless.

12. Palatial Château – A large, grand, and luxurious mansion or castle, often in the French style.

13. Mirage – An optical illusion caused by atmospheric conditions, often seen in deserts; something illusory.

14. Menacing – Threatening or suggesting the presence of danger.

15. Cultivated – Refined, polished, and well-educated; having good taste or manners.

16. Aristocrat – A member of the highest class in society, often hereditary nobility.

17. Cossack – A member of a people from Southern Russia and Ukraine, known historically for their military prowess.

18. Baronial – Relating to a baron or barony; grand or imposing, as if resembling the house of a baron.

19. Surpassingly – To a degree that exceeds others; extraordinarily.

20. Debacle – A sudden and disastrous failure; a fiasco or collapse.

21. Imprudent – Not showing care for the consequences of actions; rash or unwise.

22. Cunning – Skill in achieving one's ends through deceit or evasion; cleverness in a deceitful way.

23. Ceased – To stop or come to an end.

24. Surmounted – To overcome a difficulty or obstacle; to stand on top of.

25. Scruples – A feeling of doubt or hesitation with regard to the morality or propriety of a course of action.