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8 Flashcards

1
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ordain

A

decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine

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2
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nominal

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in name only; trifling

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3
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monotony

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sameness leading to boredom

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4
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martinet

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strict disciplinarian

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5
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limber

A

flexible

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6
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itinerary

A

plan of a trip

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7
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inscrutable

A

impenetrable; not readily unquenchable; greedy

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8
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indenture

A

bind as servant or apprentice to master

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9
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implacable

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incapable of being pacified

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10
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heterodoxy

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unconventionality; unorthodox

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11
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glimmer

A

shine erratically; twinkle

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12
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forestall

A

prevent by taking action in advance

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13
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fathom

A

comprehend; investigate

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14
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exalt

A

raise in rank or dignity; praise

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15
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enigmatic

A

obscure; puzzling

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16
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duress

A

forcible restraint, especially unlawfully

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17
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disdain

A

view with scorn or contempt

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18
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deplore

A

regret; disapprove of

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19
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curb

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to restrain or control

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20
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consort

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husband or wife

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21
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communal

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held in common; of a group of people

22
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celibate

A

unmarried; abstaining form sexual inter-course

23
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boor

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a rude person; someone who is unrefined

24
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awe

A

solemn wonder

25
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appall

A

dismay; shock

26
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aggrandizement

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an exaggeration, an appearance of greater power or influence

27
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wrath

A

anger; fury

28
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vestige

A

trace; remains

29
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unequivocal

A

plain; obvious; unmistakable

30
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touchstone

A

a test or criterion for quality; gauge

31
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tantamount

A

equivalent in effect or value

32
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submissive

A

yielding; timid

33
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spendthrift

A

someone who wastes money

34
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sentient

A

able to perceive by the sense; conscious; cognizant

35
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rotundity

A

roundness; sonorousness of speech

36
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repository

A

storehouse

37
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recant

A

to take back, retract, repudiate, disavow

38
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purvey

A

to provide, furnish, supply items as a business or service

39
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profusion

A

overabundance; lavish expenditure; excess

40
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portend

A

foretell; presage

41
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philanthropist

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lover of mankind; doer of good

42
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partisan

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one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party

43
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oracular

A

prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous

44
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nomenclature

A

terminology; system of names

45
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monotonous

A

arousing no interest or curiosity

46
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marsupial

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one of a family of mammals that nurse their offspring in a pouch

47
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lieu

A

instead of; in place of

48
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itinerant

A

wandering; traveling

49
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insatiable

A

not easily satisfied; unquenchable; greedy

50
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indentation

A

notch; deep recess

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