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118 Chapter 4 Other Useful English Words2. This peerless painting is without equal.Peerless means .3. Undaunted by the cold weather, a crowd gathered outside to listen tothe president’s inauguration address.Undaunted means .4. Alpa displayed fortitude in climbing the mountain, for nothing couldmake her quit.Fortitude means .5. This diminutive type of hummingbird almost never grows to be morethan three inches.Diminutive means .6. Her sporadic efforts at studying lacked regularity.Sporadic means .7. The man’s reputation for rectitude was ruined when he was convictedof stealing money from his neighbors.Rectitude means .8. He is a consummate salesman, but his brother has no skillwhatsoever.Consummate means .Items 9 and 10 are taken from newspaper sources.9. Even if your son doesn’t act sad, it doesn’t mean that this doesn’tbother him. Fifteen-year-old boys are famously reticent about theirfeelings.Reticent means .10. The perfect composition of the drawings clearly results fromdeliberation, the very opposite of anything extemporaneous.Extemporaneous means .Copyright © Cengage Learning. All Right Reserved.