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Vocab List 8-2-14 Flashcards

1
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Abstemious

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Moderate, sparing.

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Abyssmal

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Bottomless, measureless (in a bad way).

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Acme

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High point, peak, summit

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Altruistic

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Unselfish, thoughtful

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Amalgamate

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To consolidate, unite.

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Ardent

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Eager, enthusiastic

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Atone

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To make amends

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Balmy

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Soothing, fragrant, mild

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Bellicose

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Warlike

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Berate

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To scold

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Bereave

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To take away from

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Bludgeon

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To strike with a club

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13
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Brazen

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Shameless

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14
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Burly

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Big and husky

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Cache

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Hiding place for food or supplies

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16
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Cajole

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To coax or persuade with flattery

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17
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Capricious

A

Faultfinding

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18
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Caricature

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A picture or description that exaggerates one’s traits

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Castigate

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To punish

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20
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Chafe

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  • To make angry or impatient

- To make sore by rubbing

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21
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Chary

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Cautious, careful

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Churlish

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Crude, ungracious, ill-mannered.

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Clemency

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Mercy, mildness

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Comely

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Attractive, Of pleasing person and manner

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Consecrate

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To set apart as sacred, dedicate to god.

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26
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Contentious

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Quarrelsome

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Coquette

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Flirt

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Craven

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Coward

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Convivial

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Sociable, festive

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30
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Corsair

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A pirate

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31
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Defamation

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Slander, libel

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Delineate

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To trace the outline of, describe in words.

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Derelict

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Worthless, deserted thing or person

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Diurnal

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Daily; belonging to the daytime

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Dogmatic

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Positive, Assertive opinions as if one were the highest authority.

36
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Doting

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Foolishly fond.

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Efface

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To wipe out, rub out

38
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Egregious

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Remarkable in a bad sense.

39
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Elucidate

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To clarify, point out.

40
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Emissary

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Representative, go-between

41
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Ennui

A

Boredom.

42
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Epitaph

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Words about a person written on a tombstone.

43
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Geriatrics

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The phase of medicine design with elderly people.

44
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Gibbet

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A gallows

45
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Gratis

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Free, without charge

46
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Hawser

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A large rope or cable

47
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illicit

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Improper, illegal, forbidden.

48
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Impenitent

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Shameless, without regret or pangs of conscience.

49
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Impious

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Sinful, irreligious

50
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Insolvent

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Bankrupt, penniless.

51
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Iota

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A very small quantity or part.

52
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Jaded

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Worn out, weary, dull from constant use.

53
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Jocular

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Funny, joking

54
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Laud

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To praise

55
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Latent

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Hidden but not active.

56
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Libretto

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The words of a long musical composition.

57
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Leonine

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Like a lion.

58
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Lithe

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Supple, bending easily.

59
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Loquacious

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Fond of talking.

60
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Lurid

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Sensational, ghastly.

61
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Malign

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To slander or blacken.

62
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Marauder

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Raider, plunderer.

63
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Mire

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Soft mud.

64
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Mollify

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To soften, soothe, lesson.

65
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Mountebank

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One who sells quack medicines; one who tries to deceive.

66
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Nape

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The back of the neck

67
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Neophyte

A

Beginner.

68
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Nostalgia

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Homesickness, longing for something long past or far away.

69
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Novice

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Beginner

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Obstreperous

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Nosily unmanageable

71
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Opiate

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A narcotic; anything that quiets.

72
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Panacea

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A cure-all.

73
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Parsimonious

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Stingy

74
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Pedagog

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A teacher

75
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Perennial

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Constant, enduring

76
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Piquant

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Spirited, clever; sharp, spicy.

77
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Posthumous

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After death.

78
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Prate

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To talk on and on.

79
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Precept

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A rule, law, doctrine.

80
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Prevaricate

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To lie.

81
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Prone

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Lying face down.

82
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Proxy

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Agent, deputy

83
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Pugnacious

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Agressive, over willing to fight.

84
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Pusillanimous

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Timid, weak.

85
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Qualms

A

Misgivings, doubts.

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