2012 June Flashcards
(142 cards)
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Muster
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To group together or gather
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Abyss
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Deep hole
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Brad
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A type of nail
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Articulate
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To speak clearly and well
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Rhetorical
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A question that doesn’t have to be answered and that is used to make a point
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Narcissism
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Excessive interesting one’s appearance or just oneself
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Supple
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Limber, able to bend and move easily
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Abhor
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To hate, to shrink from disgust
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Abomination
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Anything hateful and disgusting
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Animosity
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A strong feeling of hatred/dislike
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Fodder
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Coarse food used to feed cattle and horses OR metaphorically as junk
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Tractable
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Easy to Manage
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Denounce
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To condemn strongly
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Disparage
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To show disrespect for
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Mettle
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Courage and spirit as High quality of character
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Dogmatic
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Stating opinions in a positive or arrogant matter
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Coeval
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At the same time or of the same age or period; contemporary
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Pedagogue
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A teacher that just goes by the book
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Pilfer
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To steal small sums of petty objects
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Peculate
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To steal/misuse funds, to embezzle
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Embezzle
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To steal from your own business
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Supplicant
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One who begs for or asks humbly
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Bibulous
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Fond of alcoholic beverages
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Vulgar
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Common and popular, characteristic of the common people
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Strapping
Tall and well built, robust
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Robust
Strong and healthy
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Lithe
Flexible and limber, bending easily
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Burly
Big and strong , heavy and muscular
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Interpolated
To introduce (something additional) between other things or parts
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Indigence
seriously impoverished condition
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Infelicity
Unhappiness
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Instigation
Incitement
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Juxtapose
To place close together or side by side especially for comparison or contrast
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Incitement
The act of urging someone to behave unlawfully
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Impoverished
Make a person or area poor
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Litotes
Understatement
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Crepuscular
Of or pertaining to or resembling twilight
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Cathartic
Of or pertaining to the purging of the emotion or relieving of the emotional tensions especially through certain types of art, as tragedy or music
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Colloquial
Characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing
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Synecdoche
A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole, the special or the general
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Allegory
A representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material
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Unflagging
Not declining in strength or vigour
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Truncate
Cut short
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Vacillation
An act or instance of wavering in mind or opinion
| - swaying unsteadily
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Tempest
A violent windstorm especially with rain hail or snow
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Virolence
Quality of being actively poisonous
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Winnow
Sieve- to free grain from the lighter particles dirt
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Polarize
To cause a sharp division as if a population or group into opposing factions
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Underscore
To mark with with a line or lines underneath; emphasize
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Prospective
Likely to happen in the future
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Tremulous
Trembling with fear
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Gist
The main idea
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Placebo
Believing something that isn't true
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Noxious
Injurious, harmful to the health, or unwholesome
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Insinuate
When you work something into a conversation indirectly and artfully
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Dispatch
To send away with speed
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Andphora
Repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences
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Quarry
An excavation or pit usually open to the air from which building stone, slate or the like is obtained by cutting, blasting etc.
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Procurement
The act of obtaining or getting by care, effort, or the use if special means
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Predilection
A tendency to think favorably of something in particular
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Prerogative
An exclusive right, privilege exercised by virtue of rank, office , or the like
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Prescriptive
- giving directions or injunctions
- depending on or arising from effective legal prescription as a right or title established by a long unchallenged tenure
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Pundit
A learned person
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Meteorologist
An expert in weather forecasting
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Radiologist
A scientist that studies x rays
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Astronomy
The study of space and planets
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Astrology
The study of palm reading
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Renaissance
The literary period
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Miserly
A person that doesn't like to spend money
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Prudent
Acting with or showing care and thought for the future
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Photosynthesis
The process by which plants use energy from sunlight and water to make glucose and oxygen as a byproduct
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Arachnophobia
Fear of spiders and spider like bugs
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Agoraphobia
Fear If being in open and public spaces
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Photophobia
Excessive sensitivity to light
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Claustrophobia
Fear of being in small tight spaces
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Phobia
a persistent, irrational fear of a specific object, activity, or situation that leads to a compelling desire to avoid it.
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Capitalize
Use an opportunity and take advantage of it
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Swagger
To walk or strut with a defiant or insolent air
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Panache
A grand or flamboyant manner: style; flair
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Recapitulate
To review by a brief summary, as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize
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Stipulated
To make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement
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Conducive
Tending to produce; helpful, contributive
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Absolution
Forgiveness, pardon, release
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Blatant
Obvious
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Creditable
Praiseworthy
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Ensconce
Establish firmly in a position
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Obdurate
Stubborn
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Nuance
Something subtle, a fine shade of meaning
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Abrasive
Rough , harsh, course
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Placid
Calm, peaceful
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Talisman
Lucky charm
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Enfranchise
Give voting rights
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Abasement
Humiliation, degradation
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Billowing
Swelling, fluttering , waving
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Enhance
Improve, make better or clearer
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Harangue
Noisy, attacking speech
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Replete
Full
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Admonish
To warn
| To criticize gently
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Aghast
Struck with horror l, shocked
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Annihilate
to destroy completely; to reduce to utter ruin
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Benefactor
A person who provides help especially be giving
| Money
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Bestow
To give as an honor; present as a gift
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Devious
Having many turns and twists, winding
| Sneaky; not frank or honest
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Devoid
Lacking; empty; entirely without
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Heed
Pay attention to
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Mortal
A human being
Fatal
Vey severe
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Muse
To think about in a quiet, careful way
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Pioneer
To open the way for others
| A person who goes before others and opens the way for them to follow
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Plague
A deadly disease that spreads rapidly from person to person
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Subside
To sink to a lower level
| To become quieter or less active
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Unwitting
Not done on purpose; unintended
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Wrath
Forceful anger; fury
| Very angry
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Acquire
To gain ownership of something; to get by one's own efforts or actions
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Antagonize
Having the ability to do what is needed
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Comprise
To form; to make up
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Correspond
To match, be equal to. To exchange letters with another person
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Dilapidated
In poor condition from neglect or age
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Blithe
free-spirited; carefree
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Era
A time period in history
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Impunity
Freedom from being punished
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Impede
Slow down
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Aquatic
Taking place in water
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Beseech
To address an earnest or urgent request to
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Consternation
Amazed dismay and confusion
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Delectable
Greatly pleasuring, delightful
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Gratify
To please of satisfy
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Haughty
Scornfully and condescendingly proud
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Abate
To weaker or decrease
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Acknowledge
To admit the existence of
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Agent
- A person who acts or does business for another
| - Something that brings about a result
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Authority
- The right to give orders make decisions or take action
| - An expert source of information
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Devastate
To ruin or destroy completely
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Epidemic
The rapid spreading of a disease to many people at one time
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Estimate
A number that is not exact; a careful guess
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Evict
To force out of property by taking legal action
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Impartial
Not favoring one side over another, fair
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Industrious
Hardworking; not lazy
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Infuriate
To make very angry
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Irrelevant
Having nothing to do with the subject
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Precise
Exact, accurate
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Sham
Something fake or false
| Not genuine, fake
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Trek
A long slow and difficult journey
| To travel slowly and with difficulty
