11th Grade Q4 Flashcards

(40 cards)

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Acclivity

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(noun) an ascending slope (of a hill)

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Becloud

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(verb) to make less visible, to obscure, to blur

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Caustic

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(adj) sarcastic

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Doctrinare

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(adj) seeking to impose a belief or set of beliefs in all circumstances without regard to practical considerations

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Effluvia

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(noun) waste

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Frenetic

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(adj) frenzied, fast and energetic in a rather wild and uncontrolled way

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Hedonist

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(noun) one who seeks pleasure as a goal

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Ingratiate

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(verb) to gain favor with another by deliberate effort

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Libertarian

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(noun) one who advocates for individual rights and free will

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Malfeasance

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(noun) wrong doing, misconduct

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Gamely

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(adv) bravely, enthusiastically

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Ossify

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(verb) to change into bone, to become hardened

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Preternatural

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(adj) existing outside of nature, supernatural, beyond what is normal or natural

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Reprove

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(verb) to criticize or correct, usually in a gentle manor

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Stringent

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(adj) rigorous standards

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Usury

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(noun) the practice of lending money at exorbitant rates, lending money and expecting it to be paid back with interest

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Vim

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(noun) vitality, energy

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Virility

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(noun) the quality of having strength, energy, and a strong sex drive; manliness
(hehehe. ..sex)

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Wax

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(verb) to increase gradually, to begin to be

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Culpable

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(adj) deserving blame

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Askance

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(adv) with disapproval, with a skeptical sideways glance

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Bursar

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(noun) a treasurer or a keeper of funds

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Chimerical

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(adj) fanciful; imaginary; impossible

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Dogged

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(adj.) stubbornly preserving; resolved; resolute

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Eschew
(verb) to shun; to avoid
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Comely
(adj) attractive (typically used for women)
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Tintinnabulation
(noun) the lingering sound of a ringing bell Tintinnabulations may please the ear, But soon fade fast so no one else may hear.
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Lampoon
(verb) to ridicule with satire; to publicly criticize using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm.
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Cadaver
(noun) a dead body
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Deprave
(verb) to make morally bad or evil
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Mephitic
(adj) fowl smelling
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Moribund
(adj) being in a decaying or dying condition
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Officious
(adj) unnecessarily helpful, helping in a way that gets in the way
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Perfidious
(adj) faithless, untrustworthy, disloyal
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Recalcitrant
(adj) stubbornly defiant and resistant of authority "reh cal si crant"
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Saturnine
(adj) sullen, gloomy, depressed
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Tendentious
(adj) advancing a point of view, biased
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Vainglorious
(adj) boastful and pompous
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Winnow
(verb) to separate the good from the bad
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Zonk
(verb) to stun, to stupefy