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Vocab List #1 Flashcards

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Adulation (n)

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Excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery

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Abstinence (n)

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Any self-restraint, self-denial, or forbearance

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Aesthetics (n)

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The branch of philosophy dealing with such notions as the beautiful, the ugly, the sublime, the comic

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Ambiguous (adj)

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Of doubtful or uncertain nature; difficult to comprehend, distinguish, or classify

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Ambivalent (adj)

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Having mixed feeling about someone or something; being unable to choose between two courses of action

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Anachronistic (adj)

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Pertaining to or containing something/one that is not in its correct historical or chronological time

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Anomaly(n)

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a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form.

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Arbitrary(adj)

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subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one’s discretion

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Assiduous (adj)

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constant in application or effort; working diligently at a task; persevering; industrious; attentive

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Attribute (v)

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to consider as a quality or characteristic of the person, thing, group, etc., indicated

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Brusque (adj)

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abrupt in manner; blunt; rough:

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Candor (n)

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the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:

freedom from bias; fairness; impartiality:

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Capricious (adj)

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subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic:

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Obsolete. fanciful or witty.

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Catalyst (n)

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something that causes activity between two or more persons or forces without itself being affected.

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Circuitous (adj)

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roundabout; not direct:

a circuitous route; a circuitous argument

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Cogent (adj)

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1.convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling.
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to the point; relevant; pertinent.

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Constituents (adj)

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1.serving to compose or make up a thing; component:
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having power to frame or alter a political constitution or fundamental law, as distinguished from lawmaking power:

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Contemporaneous (adj)

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living or occurring during the same period of time; contemporary.

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Decry (v)

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to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of:

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Denigrate (v)

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to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame:

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Diligent (adj)

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constant in effort to accomplish something; attentive and persistent in doing anything: a diligent student.

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Discursive (adj)

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passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling.

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Disdain (v)

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to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.

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Divergent (adj)

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diverging; differing; deviating.

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Dogmatic (adj)

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asserting opinions in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner; opinionated.

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Effrontery (n)

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shameless or impudent boldness; barefaced audacity: She had the effrontery to ask for two free samples.
an act or instance of this.

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Empirical (adj)

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derived from or guided by experience or experiment.

depending upon experience or observation alone, without using scientific method or theory, especially as in medicine.

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Engender (v)

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to produce, cause, or give rise to: Hatred engenders violence.
to beget; procreate.

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Enthrall (v)

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to captivate or charm: a performer whose grace, skill, and virtuosity enthrall her audiences.

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Ephemeral (adj/n)

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lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory: the ephemeral joys of childhood.

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Euphoric(adj)

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intensely happy or confident: She was euphoric when she received the Oscar.

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Evanescence (adj)

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vanishing; fading away; fleeting.

tending to become imperceptible; scarcely perceptible.

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Exemplary (adj)

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worthy of imitation; commendable: exemplary conduct.

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Exonerate (v)

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to clear, as of an accusation; free from guilt or blame; exculpate: He was exonerated from the accusation of cheating.

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Fortuitous (adj)

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happening or produced by chance; accidental: a fortuitous encounter.
lucky; fortunate: a series of fortuitous events that advanced her career.

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Gargantuan (adj)

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gigantic; enormous; colossal: a gargantuan task.

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Gregarious (adj)

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fond of the company of others; sociable.
living in flocks or herds, as animals.
Botany. growing in open clusters or colonies; not matted together.

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Impeccable (adj)

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faultless; flawless; irreproachable: impeccable manners.

not liable to sin; incapable of sin.

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Impetuous (adj)

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of, pertaining to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive: an impetuous decision; an impetuous person.

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Incompatible (adj)

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not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.

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Incontrovertible (adj)

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not controvertible; not open to question or dispute; indisputable: absolute and incontrovertible truth.

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Innate (adj)

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existing in one from birth; inborn; native: innate musical talent.

inherent in the essential character of something: an innate defect in the hypothesis.

originating in or arising from the intellect or the constitution of the mind, rather than learned through experience: an innate knowledge of good and evil.

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Lofty (adj)

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extending high in the air; of imposing height; towering: lofty mountains.
exalted in rank, dignity, or character; eminent.
elevated in style, tone, or sentiment, as writings or speech.
arrogantly or condescendingly superior in manner; haughty: to treat someone in a lofty manner.

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Ominous (Adj)

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portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds.
indicating the nature of a future event, for good or evil; having the significance of an omen

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Predilection (n)

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a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference: a predilection for Bach.

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Propagate (n)

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to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
to reproduce (itself, its kind, etc.), as an organism does.
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Pugnacious (adj)

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inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.

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Rancorous (adj)

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Showing bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.

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Recursive (adj)

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pertaining to or using a rule or procedure that can be applied repeatedly.

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Resilience (n)

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the power or ability to return to the original form, position, etc., after being bent, compressed, or stretched; elasticity.

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Revere (v)

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to regard with respect tinged with awe; venerate: The child revered her mother.

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Sedentary (adj)

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characterized by or requiring a sitting posture: a sedentary occupation.
accustomed to sit or rest a great deal or to take little exercise.

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Simulate (v)

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to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.

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Spurious (adj)

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not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.

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Stagnation (n)

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the state or condition of stagnating, or having stopped, as by ceasing to run or flow: Meteorologists forecast ozone and air stagnation.
a foulness or staleness, as one emanating from a standing pool of water.
a failure to develop, progress, or advance: periods of economic stagnation followed by bursts of growth.

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Tenacity (n)

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the quality or property of being tenacious.

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Transitory(adj)

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not lasting, enduring, permanent, or eternal.

lasting only a short time; brief; short-lived; temporary.

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Vilify (v)

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to speak ill of; defame; slander.

Obsolete. to make vile.

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Vindicate (v)

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to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone’s honor.
to afford justification for; justify: Subsequent events vindicated his policy.

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Zealous (adj)

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ardently active, devoted, or diligent; full of, characterized by, or due to zeal. Synonyms: enthusiastic, eager, fervid, fervent, intense, passionate,

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