3 Flashcards
(150 cards)
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upend
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- To stand on end
2. To upset
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fickle
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erratic
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trite
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boring, not fresh
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torpid
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sluggish
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panacea
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cure-all
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flagging
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weak, dwindling
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hale
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- Pull
2. Free from defect or infirmity
8
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lissome
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lithe, nimble
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enervated
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lacking physical or mental vigor
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paucity
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scarce
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melange
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mixture of incongruous elements
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equivocation
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evasive wording
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tacit
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implied, expressed without words
14
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didactic
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- Designed to teach
2. Making moral observations
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equable
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uniform
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priggish
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observing propriety to an obnoxious degree
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propitious
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- Benevolent
2. Good omen
18
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punctilious
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concerned with precise adherence to convention
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contention
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- Point maintained in a debate
2. Competition, rival
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innocuous
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harmless
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philander
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having casual sex with many people
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puckish
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impish
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prurient
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appealing to sexual desire
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wry
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- Twisted
2. Cleverly humorous
25
puritanical
rigid morality
26
prolix
unduly long
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profligate
wildly extravagant
28
bedazzled
fascinated
29
revivification
to give new life
30
triage
assigning priority according to resource and need
31
requite
repay, avenge
32
tenacious
1. Cohesive
| 2. Persistent
33
idiosyncratic
individual quality
34
ostentatious
seeking to attract attention
35
gauche
crude
36
uncouth
rude, lacking polish
37
amalgamate
unite
38
galvanize
stimulate, excite
39
defame
slander
40
putative
commonly accepted or supposed
41
subterfuge
deception
42
etymology
history of a linguistic form
43
abstruse
difficult to understand
44
poignant
1. Painfully affecting the feelings
2. Pleasurably stimulating
3. Pungently pervasive
45
polemic
aggressive dispute or attack
46
inscrutable
mysterious, unreadable
47
onerous
burdensome
48
venal
capable of being bought for money
49
pacific
conciliatory, peaceful
50
blithe
1. Lacking thought or consideration
| 2. Lighthearted
51
fetid
stinking
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convivial
fond of food drink and good company
53
labile
open to change
54
lucid
sane, intelligible
55
sanction
formal decree, approval
56
boorish
rude
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ignominious
humiliating
58
besot
1. Infatuated
| 2. Make dull or stupid
59
contraband
illegal item
60
pantheon
1. Temple or gods
| 2. Building serving as a memorial or burial place
61
bon mot
clever remark
62
vituperation
verbal abuse
63
unprincipled
lacking morals
64
anodyne
1. Painkiller
| 2. Innocuous
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tortuous
1. Twists and bends
| 2. Deceptive
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advent
coming into being
67
flout
scorn or treat with contempt
68
fastidious
extreme delicacy and care
69
investiture
1. The act of ratifying or establishing in office
| 2. Something that covers or adorns
70
specious
false look of truth
71
culpable
guilty
72
concerted
mutually agree
73
transmute
to alter/change form
74
proscribe
prohibit
75
chagrin
distress
76
perspicacious
keen
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callow
immature
78
disaffect
to alienate the affection or loyalty of
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sinuous
winding, intricate, complex
80
humdrum
monotonous
81
vindicate
1. Free from allegation
| 2. Avenge
82
contrite
remorseful
83
penitential
expressing regret
84
messianic
marked by idealism and aggressive crusading spirit
85
phlegmatic
stolid temperment
86
blandishment
allure, coax
87
enthuse
enthusiastic
88
irascible
easily angered
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satiety
fed or gratified beyond capacity
90
surfeit
excess
91
engender
beget, cause, produce
92
monger
1. Broker, dealer
| 2. Person attempting to stir up something petty
93
apocryphal
spurious, doubtful authenticity
94
saccharine
sweet, sugary
95
abate
decrease
96
subsidize
to aid or promote with public money
97
evince
to display, reveal
98
cavalier
offhand, disdainful
99
dissonance
lack of agreement
100
strident
harsh sound
101
dally
1. Act playfully
| 2. Waste time
102
tarry
to delay, to stay
103
skulk
1. Move stealthily
| 2. Hide or conceal (fear or sinister intent)
104
equivocate
1. Use equivocal language with intent to deceive
| 2. Avoid committing oneself in what one says
105
appellation
name, title
106
sobriquet
nickname
107
misnomer
misnaming, innapropriate name
108
accolade
award
109
query
question
110
extemporaneous
impromptu
111
lubricious
lecherous
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affability
pleasant, friendly
113
unaffected
genuine
114
magnanimous
lofty and courageous spirit
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abjure
renounce
116
renege
revoke a promise or commitment
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forgo
give up
118
contravene
violate
119
moribund
inactive, dying
120
burgeon
flourish
121
debase
lower in status esteem or character
122
incorrigible
1. Incapable of being corrected
| 2. Unruly
123
pathologize
characterize as medically or psychologically abnormal
124
flummox
confuse
125
pedagogy
the art of teaching
126
impervious
1. Impenetrable
| 2. Not capable of being affected
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opprobrium
disgrace
128
fulminate
violent protest
129
exculpate
clear from fault
130
inter
bury a body
131
manumit
release from slavery
132
turpitude
depravity
133
incipient
beginning to come into being
134
nascent
recently coming into existence
135
nebulous
vague, indistinct
136
nettle
sting, arouse to anger or annoyance
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fetter
shackle, restrain
138
egregious
conspicuous, flagrant
139
underpin
support
140
undergird
strengthen
141
cleave
1. Divide
| 2. Adhere firmly and closely to
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palliate
moderate, reduce
143
laconic
using minimal words
144
aphorism
concise statement of a principle
145
sententious
pompously moralising
146
glib
offhand, nonchalant
147
recumbent
leaning, resting, lying down
148
misanthrope
person who hates humankind
149
diatribe
abusive speech
150
sedition
insurrection against authority
