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perdition

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eternal damnation

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greenwashing

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the act or practice of making a product, policy, activity, etc. appear to be more environmentally friendly

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honorific

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conferring or conveying honor

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gibbet

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to expose to infamy or public scorn; a post for hanging the bodies of executed criminals as a warning

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axiom

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a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference; an established rule or principle

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chaplet

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a wreath to be worn on the head; a string of beads

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execrate

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to declare to be evil or detestable

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contrapuntal

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of, relating to, or marked by counterpoint; polyphonic

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besotted

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blindly or utterly infatuated; intoxicated or stupefied especially with drink

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dross

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the unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal; waste or foreign matter

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pertinent

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having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand

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quotidian

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occurring every day; common, ordinary

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leaven

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a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid; something that modifies or lightens

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nigh

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near

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unctuous

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marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness; smooth and greasy in texture or appearance

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thrum

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to sound with a monotonous hum; to play or pluck a stringed instrument idly

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dogbane

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often poisonous plants chiefly of temperate-zone regions with milky juice and fibrous bark

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bawd

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one who keeps a house of prostitution

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beneficent

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doing or producing good; beneficial

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nave

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the hub of a wheel; the main part of the interior of a church

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blear

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to make (the eyes) sore or watery; dim or blur

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leviathan

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a large sea animal; something large or formidable

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booby

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an awkward foolish person; tropical seabirds

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dactylic

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a metrical foot consisting of one long (or stressed) and two short syllables (as in tenderly)

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rataplan
the iterative sound of beating
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egress
an exit; a means of going out
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cholo
a man or boy of Mexican descent; often disparaging
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habiliment
the dress characteristic of an occupation or occasion
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predestinate
destined, fated, or determined beforehand
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brood
the young of an animal or a family; a group having a common nature or origin
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indolent
averse to activity, effort, or movement; habitually lazy
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rhombus
a parallelogram with four equal sides
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breeches
knee length trousers
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ulterior
motives, objectives, reasons, agendas, etc. that are kept hidden in order to achieve a particular result
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libation
an act of pouring a liquid as a sacrifice (as to a deity); a drink containing alcohol
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orlop
the lowest deck in a ship having four or more decks
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febrile
marked or caused by fever
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oakum
loosely twisted fiber impregnated with tar; used in caulking seams and packing joints
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pretentious
characterized by pretension; expressive of unwarranted or exaggerated importance
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deportment
the manner in which one conducts oneself
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scoria
the refuse from melting of metals or reduction of ores; rough vesicular cindery lava
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shrewd
marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen
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fop
a man who is devoted to or vain about his appearance or dress
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denude
strip (something) of its covering, possessions, or assets; make bare
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lenitive
alleviating pain or harshness
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redoubt
a small fort
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assail
to attack violently; to oppose, challenge, or criticize harshly and forcefully
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nape
the back of the neck
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erstwhile
in the past; formerly
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tyranny
oppressive power; a rigorous condition imposed by some outside agency or force
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austere
stern and cold in appearance or manner; morally strict
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roustabout
an unskilled or semiskilled laborer especially in an oil field or refinery
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dissemble
to hide under a false appearance; to put on the appearance of
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hillock
a small hill
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veracity
conformity to facts; accuracy
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lugger
a small fishing or coasting boat that carries one or more lugsails
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deprecate
to express disapproval of; to belittle
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miasma
an influence or atmosphere that tends to deplete or corrupt
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whinge
to complain fretfully; whine
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culverin
an early firearm or cannon
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alight
to come down from something; dismount; being on fire
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arbor
a shelter of vines or branches or of latticework covered with climbing shrubs or vines
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intransigent
characterized by refusal to compromise or to abandon an often extreme position or attitude
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stern
the rear end of a boat
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portent
something that foreshadows a coming event
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abrogate
to abolish by authoritative action; to treat as nonexistent
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dour
stern, harsh
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fusee
a red signal flare used especially for protecting stalled trains and trucks
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theodicy
defense of God's goodness and omnipotence in view of the existence of evil
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brusque
markedly short and abrupt; blunt in manner or speech often to the point of ungracious harshnes
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sepia
a reddish brown color associated with photography
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voluble
characterized by ready or rapid speech; easily rolling or turning
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futurity
time to come; future event or prospect
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oblique
neither perpendicular nor parallel; having no right angle
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centerboard
a retractable keel used especially in sailboats
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proboscis
any long flexible snout, especially an elephant trunk or a prominent human nose
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prodigious
causing amazement or wonder; extraordinary in bulk, quantity, or degree
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flail
to strike with or as if with a flail; to move, swing, or beat as if wielding a flail
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placard
a notice posted in a public place; a small card or metal plaque
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beatitude
a state of utmost bliss
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forsook
to have renounced or turned away from
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somnolent
of a kind likely to induce sleep; inclined to or heavy with sleep
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solipsism
a theory holding that the self is the only existent thing
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tunic
a simple slip-on garment knee-length or longer, belted at the waist
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pone
corn bread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried
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apotheosis
the perfect form or example of something; the highest or best part of something
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hautboy
an archaic word for an oboe
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acquiesce
to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
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lucent
glowing with light; marked by clarity or translucence
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yarrow
a Eurasian herb with small corymbose flowers
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clamber
to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet
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interminable
having or seeming to have no end
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pareidolia
the tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern
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fag
to work hard
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gentry
people of a specified kind, especially upper class; the condition or rank of a gentleman
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disputation
the action of disputing; an academic exercise in oral defense of a thesis by formal logic
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muntin
wood pieces separating panes of glass in a window sash
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staminal
of, relating to, or constituting stamina; of, relating to, or consisting of a stamen
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antimacassar
a piece of cloth put over the back of a chair to protect it from grease and dirt or as an ornament.
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lambaste
to assault violently; to attack verbally

Vocab 0401 - 0500 (1 decks)

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