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35 Flashcards

1
Q

ennui

A

boredom

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2
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exceptionable

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objectionable

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3
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faux

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false; phony; fake

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4
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forgo

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give up; do without

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5
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gloss over

A

explain away

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6
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hiatus

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gap; interruption in duration or continuity; pause

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7
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implicate

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incriminate; show to be involved

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8
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indict

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charge

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9
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insensible

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unconscious; unresponsive

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10
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jaundice

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prejudiced view; yellow discoloration of the skin and eyes;

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11
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lionize

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treat as a celebrity

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12
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materialism

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preoccupation with physical comforts and things

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13
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moratorium

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legal delay of payment

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nonchalant

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behaving in a calm manner, showing that you are not worried or frightened; not showing excitement or anxiety; cooly confident, unworried; casually indifferent

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15
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ordination

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ceremony making someone a minister

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16
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pathological

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related to the study of disease; diseased or markedly abnormal

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17
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phlegmatic

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calm; not easily disturbed

18
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posthumous

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after death (as of child born after father’s death or book published after author’s death)

19
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prognosticate

A

to foretell or predict

20
Q

putative

A

commonly accepted

21
Q

recede

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to move back or away from a point

22
Q

reprieve

A

temporary stay

23
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rudimentary

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not developed; elementary; crude

24
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serendipity

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gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck

25
Q

splinter

A

sharp piece broken or split off from something; silver; fragment; to break into splinters

26
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subside

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settle down; descend; grow quiet

27
Q

taut

A

tight; ready

28
Q

tract

A

region of land (often imprecisely describes); pamphlet

29
Q

unfathomable

A

incomprehensible; impenetrable

30
Q

viable

A

practical or workable; capable of maintaining life

31
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xenophobia

A

fear or hatred of foreigners

32
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alacrity

A

cheerful promptness

33
Q

apprise

A

inform

34
Q

baffle

A

frustrate; perplex

35
Q

bourgeois

A

middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional

36
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cerebration

A

thought

37
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compendium

A

a concise summary

38
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constituency

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the body of voters from a district represented by an elected official; a group of supporters for anything

39
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curtail

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shorten; reduce

40
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depose

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dethrone; remove from office

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