Vocabulary List 3 Flashcards by Byzan Grandyll

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Privation

1 noun

n. a state in which necessities are extremely lacking, divulged

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Cant

1 verb

v. talk hypocritically and sanctimoniously about something

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Purport

1 verb, 1 noun

v. appear or claim to be something, especially spuriously

n. the purpose or intent of something

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Vassal

1 noun

n. a person or country in a subordinate position to another

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Lapidary

2 adjectives

adj. elegant and pithy (a lapidary epigram)

adj. relating to precious gems and the work involved such as cutting, engraving, or polishing

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Repast

1 noun

adj. a meal

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Tarry

1 verb

v. stay longer than intended, delay leaving a place

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Pall

1 noun, 1 verb

n. a dark cloud or covering of smoke, dust, or similar matter
v. become less appealing or interesting due to familiarity

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Victual

1 noun, 1 verb

n. food prepared for consumption

v. supply with food

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Intermittent

1 adjective

adj. occurring at irregular intervals, sporadic

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Imbibe

1 verb

v. absorb or assimilate (knowledge or ideas)

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McGuffin

1 noun

n. an object or device in a book made merely to trigger a plot

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Embankment

2 nouns

n. a wall or bank of earth or stone used to elevate a road or railroad above an area of low ground
n. a wall or bank of earth or stone used to prevent a river flooding an area

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Keen

1 verb, 2 adjectives

v. make an eerie wailing sound
adj. (of the air or wind) extremely cold; biting
adj. (of a smell, light, or sound) clear; penetrating

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Batty

1 adjective

adj. crazy, insane, daft

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Careen

1 verb

v. move swiftly and uncontrollably in a specific direction

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Wan

2 adjectives

adj. pale and giving off the impression of illness or exhaustion
adj. (of a smile) weak; strained

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Spurn

1 verb

v. reject with contempt or disdain

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Cradle-robber

1 noun

n. someone who marries or has a sexual relationship with a much younger person

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Wedlock

1 noun

n. the state of being married (pregnant out of wedlock)

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Expenditure

2 nouns

n. the action of spending money

n. an amount of money spent

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Slog

2 verbs, 1 noun

v. work hard over a period of time
v. (with adverbial or direction) walk or move with difficulty or effort (slogged through the mud)
n. (a slog) a spell of tiring, hard work or travel

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Ministrations (usu. ministrations)

1 noun

n. the providing of assistance or care (made spotless by the ministrations of the maid)

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Slight

1 adjective, 2 verbs, 1 noun

adj. not sturdy or strong in build (she was slight and delicate-looking)
v. to raze a fortification
v. to insult by showing a paucity of proper respect
n. an insult of such a nature

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# Define the following: Privy | 2 adjective

adj. sharing the knowledge of (something secret); privy to | adj. hidden; secret

# Define the following: Sanction | 2 nouns, 2 verbs

n. a threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule n. official permission or permission to do something v. give official permission to do something v. to place a sanction or penalty on

# Define the following: Tableau | 1 noun

n. a group of models of motionless figures frozen representing a scene from a story or history

# Define the following: Macabre | 1 adjective

adj. disturbing or horrifying because of its involvement of depiction of death or injury

# Define the following: Conflagration | 1 noun

n. an extensive fire that destroys a large portion of land and property

# Define the following: Allay | 2 verbs

v. diminish or put to rest (fear, suspicion, or worry) | v. to relieve or alleviate (pain or hunger)

# Define the following: Stipple | 1 verb

v. mark a surface with numerous small dots or specks

# Define the following: Malaprop | 1 noun

n. the accidental misuse of a word or phrase for a similar-sounding one, often unintentionally with humorous effects

# Define the following: Portmanteau | 1 noun

n. a new word made by combining two words, such as RariShy

# Define the following: Droll | 1 adjective

adj. curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement (his unique brand of droll mockery)

# Define the following: Goodly | 2 adjectives

adj. considerable in size or quantity | adj. attractive, excellent, or admirable

# Define the following: Mien | 1 noun

n. a person's look or manner, especially a particular kind indicating character or mood

# Define the following: Berth | 1 noun, 1 verb

n. a bed or bunk on a train, ship, or other transportation vehicle v. moor a ship to its allotted spot

# Define the following: Thrall (in thrall to) | 1 noun

n. the state of being in something's power

# Define the following: Pique | 1 noun, 1 verb

n. a feeling of anger or irritation | v. to feel irritated or angry

# Define the following: Languor | 2 nouns

n. the state or feeling of, often pleasant, lassitude or inertia n. an oppressive stillness of the air

# Define the following: Comportment | 1 noun

n. behavior, mien; bearing

# Define the following: Spendthrift | 1 noun

n. a person who spends money lavishly and prodigally

# Define the following: Amalgam | 1 noun

n. a mixture or blend

# Define the following: Retinue | 1 noun

n. a group of advisors or assistants; people accompanying an important person

# Define the following: Epigone | 1 noun

n. a less remarkable follower or imitator of someone, especially an artist or philosopher

# Define the following: Bibliophile | 1 noun

n. a person who collects or has a great love for books

# Define the following: Narcissist | 1 noun

n. one with excessive or erotic interest in their own physical appearance

# Define the following: Deferment | 1 noun

n. the action or fact of putting something off for a later time

# Define the following: Footnote | 1 noun

n. a thing that is additional or less important

# Define the following: Subsidiary | 1 noun

adj. less important but related or supplementary to

# Define the following: Opiate | 1 noun

n. a thing that soothes or stupefies

# Define the following: Mogul | 1 noun

n. an important or powerful person, especially in the motion picture or media industry

# Define the following: Stagnate | 2 verbs

v. become stymied, cease development and progress; turn prosaic and myriad v. (of water or air) cease to flow or move

# Define the following: Ruddy | 1 adjective

adj. having a reddish color, erubescent

# Define the following: Accost | 1 verb

v. approach and address someone boldly and aggressively

# Define the following: Frowzy | 1 adjective

adj. sordid and neglected in appearance

# Define the following: Interminable | 1 adjective

adj. endless

# Define the following: Lout | 1 noun

n. an uncouth man or boy

# Define the following: Heresy | 1 noun

n. a heretical belief that opposes canonical principles

# Define the following: Polysyllabic | 1 adjective

adj. words containing many syllables

# Define the following: Jargon | 2 nouns

n. vernacular particular to a certain profession or group | n. a form of language regarded as barbarous, debased, hybrid

# Define the following: Pneumatic | 2 adjectives

adj. related to spirits | adj. containing or operated by gas or pressure

# Define the following: Vapid | 1 adjective

adj. offering nothing entertaining or challenging

# Define the following Aquiline | 2 adjectives

adj. like an eagle | adj. (of a person's nose) curved like an eagle's beak

# Define the following: Dingy | 1 adjective

adj. gloomy and drab

# Define the following: Caricature | 1 noun

n. an imitation of something in which certain traits are exaggerate to create a comic or burlesque effect

# Define the following: Jeer | 1 verb

v. make rude or mocking remarks, usually in a loud voice

# Define the following: Statutory | 1 adjective

adj. required, permitted, or enacted by statute

# Define the following: Calisthenics | 1 noun

n. exercise to achieve bodily fitness and grace of movement

# Define the following: Tenor | 2 nouns

n. (the tenor of) the general meaning, the purport, the gist of something n. (the tenor of) the settling or prevailing character or direction of something, especially the course of someone's life or habits

# Define the following: Rumpus | 1 noun

n. a noisy disturbance, a fracas

# Define the following: Indomitable | 1 adjective

adj. unable to subdue or defeat

# Define the following: Waif | 2 nouns

n. a homeless and helpless person, esp. a neglected and abandoned child n. an abandoned pet

# Define the following: Bereave | 1 verb

v. be deprived of a loved one through a profound absence

# Define the following: Bereft | 2 adjectives

adj. deprived of or lacking something, especially a nonmaterial asset adj. (of a person) lonely and abandoned, especially through one's death or departure

# Define the following: Abreast | 2 adjectives

adj. alongside each other and facing the same way | adj. up to date with information, news, or gossip (keeping abreast of developments)

# Define the following: Proletariat | 1 noun

n. the class of wage-earners or industrial workers

# Define the following: Varicose | 1 adjective

adj. a condition of swelling and tortuous lengthening of the veins, most of often in the legs

# Define the following: Acrid | 2 adjectives

adj. having an irritatingly strong and unpleasant taste or smell adj. angry and bitter

# Define the following: Persona non grata | 1 noun

n. a pariah or vagabond, someone unaccepted by others

# Define the following: Lambaste | 1 verb

v. inveigh, deprecate, fulminate

# Define the following: Venereal | 1 adjective

adj. of or relating to sexual desire or intercourse

# Define the following: Delirium | 2 nouns

n. wild excitement or ecstasy | n. a perturbed state of mind in illness characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of speech or thought

# Define the following: Cyclical | 1 adjective

adj. occurring in circles, recurring

# Define the following: Stratify | 1 verb

v. arrange or classify into groups or strata

# Define the following: Abound | 1 verb

v. exist in large numbers or amounts

# Define the following: Minutiae | 1 noun

n. the small, precise, or trivial details of something

# Define the following: Antiquated | 1 adjective

adj. bygone, old-fashioned

# Define the following: Acclimate | 1 verb

v. adapt to, become accustomed to

# Define the following: Vogue | 1 noun, 1 adjective

n. the prevailing fashion or style at the time | adj. popular; fashionable

# Define the following: Psychedelic | 2 adjectives

adj. relating to or denoting drugs that produce hallucinations and apparent expansion of consciousness adj. denoting or having an intense, vivid color or a swirling abstract pattern

# Define the following: Fraudulent | 2 adjectives

adj. obtained, done by, or involving deception, especially criminal deception adj. unjustifiably purporting or being credited for particular accomplishments or qualities

# Define the following: Instigate | 2 verbs

v. bring about or initiate | v. (instigate someone to do something) incite someone to do something, especially something bad

# Define the following: Incite | 2 verbs

v. encourage or stir up (violent or unlawful behavior) | v. urge or persuade (someone) to act in a violent or unlawful way

# Define the following: Abominate | 1 verb

v. loathe, execrate; detest

# Define the following: Dint | 3 nouns

n. an impression or hollow in a surface n. impact, force of attack n. (by dint of) interchangeable with 'means' in the phrase 'by means of' or 'through the means of'

# Define the following: Reactionary | 1 adjective

adj. extreme conservatism, opposing political or social liberation or reform; loathing progress

# Define the following: Conducive | 1 adjective

adj. making it more likely, possible, or certain for an event to occur

# Define the following: Repugnant | 1 adjective

adj. extremely distasteful, unacceptable

# Define the following: Hoary | 2 adjectives

adj. grayish white | adj. old-fashioned and banal

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a state in which necessities are extremely lacking, divulged

Privation

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. talk hypocritically and sanctimoniously about something

Cant

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. appear or claim to be something, especially spuriously

Purport

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a person or country in a subordinate position to another

Vassal

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. relating to precious gems and the work involved such as cutting, engraving, or polishing

Lapidary

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. a meal

Repast

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. stay longer than intended, delay leaving a place

Tarry

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a dark cloud or covering of smoke, dust, or similar matter v. become less appealing or interesting due to familiarity

Pall

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. food prepared for consumption v. supply with food

Victual

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. occurring at irregular intervals, sporadic

Intermittent

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. absorb or assimilate (knowledge or ideas)

Imbibe

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. an object or device in a book made merely to trigger a plot

McGuffin

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a wall or bank of earth or stone used to elevate a road or railroad above an area of low ground n. a wall or bank of earth or stone used to prevent a river flooding an area

Embankment

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. make an eerie wailing sound

Keen

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. crazy, insane, daft

Batty

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. move swiftly and uncontrollably in a specific direction

Careen

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. pale and giving off the impression of illness or exhaustion adj. (of a smile) weak; strained

Wan

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. reject with contempt or disdain

Spurn

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. someone who marries or has a sexual relationship with a much younger person

Cradle-robber

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. the state of being married

Wedlock

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. the action of spending money n. an amount of money spent

Expenditure

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. work hard over a period of time v. (with adverbial or direction) walk or move with difficulty or effort

Slog

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. the providing of assistance or care

Ministration (usu. ministrations)

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. not sturdy or strong in build v. to raze a fortification v. to insult by showing a paucity of proper respect n. an insult of such a nature

Slight

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. sharing the knowledge of (something secret) adj. hidden; secret

Privy

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a threatened penalty for disobeying a low or rule n. official permission or permission to do something v. give official permission to do something

Sanction

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a group of models of motionless figures frozen representing a scene from a story or history

Tableau

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. disturbing or horrifying because of its involvement of depiction of death or injury

Macabre

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. an extensive fire that destroys a large portion of land and property

Conflagration

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. diminish or put to rest (fear, suspicion, or worry) v. to relieve or alleviate (pain or hunger)

Allay

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. mark a surface with numerous small dots or specks

Stipple

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. the accidental misuse of a word or phrase for a similar-sounding one, often unintentionally with humorous effects

Malaprop

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a new word made by combining two words, such as RariShy

Portmanteau

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement

Droll

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. considerable in size or quantity adj. attractive, excellent, or admirable

Goodly

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a chapter in a long poem

Canto

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a person's look or manner, especially a particular kind indicating character or mood

Mien

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a bed or bunk on a train, ship, or other transportation vehicle v. moor a ship to its allotted spot

Berth

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. the state of being in something's power

Thrall (in thrall to)

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a feeling of anger or irritation v. to feel irritated or angry

Pique

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. the state or feeling of, often pleasant, lassitude or inertia n. an oppressive stillness of the air

Languor

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. behavior, mien; bearing

Comportment

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a person who spends money lavishly and prodigally

Spendthrift

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a mixture or blend

Amalgam

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a group of advisors or assistants; people accompanying an important person

Retinue

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a lesser follower or imitator of someone, especially an artist or philosopher

Epigone

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a person who collects or has a great love for books

Bibliophile

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. one with excessive or erotic interest in their own physical appearance

Narcissist

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. the action or fact of putting something off for a later time

Deferment

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a thing that is additional or less important

Footnote

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. less important but related or supplementary to

Subsidiary

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a thing that soothes or stupefies

Opiate

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. an important or powerful person, especially in the motion picture or media industry

Mogul

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. become stymied, cease development and progress; turn prosaic and myriad v. (of water or air) cease to flow or move

Stagnate

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. having a reddish color

Ruddy

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. approach and address someone boldly and aggressively

Accost

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. sordid and neglected in appearance

Frowzy

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. endless

Interminable

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. an uncouth man or boy

Lout

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a heretical belief that opposes canonical principles

Heresy

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. words containing many syllables

Polysyllabic

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. vernacular particular to a certain profession or group n. a form of language regarded as barbarous, debased, hybrid

Jargon

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. related to spirits adj. containing or operated by gas or pressure

Pneumatic

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. offering nothing entertaining or challenging

Vapid

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. like an eagle adj. (of a person's nose) curved like an eagle's beak

Aquiline

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. gloomy and drab

Dingy

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. an imitation of something in which certain traits are exaggerated to create a comic or burlesque effect

Caricature

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. make rude or mocking remarks, usually in a loud voice

Jeer

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. required, permitted, or enacted by statute

Statutory

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. exercise to achieve bodily fitness and grace of movement

Calisthenics

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. the general meaning, the purport, the gist of something n. the settling or prevailing character or direction of something, especially the course of someone's life or habits

Tenor

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a noisy disturbance, a fracas

Rumpus

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. unable to subdue or defeat

Indomitable

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a homeless and helpless person, esp. a neglected and abandoned child n. an abandoned pet

Waif

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. to be deprived of a loved one through a profound absence

Bereave

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. deprived of or lacking something, especially a nonmaterial asset adj. (of a person) lonely and abandoned, especially through one's death or departure

Bereft

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. alongside each other and facing the same way adj. up to date with information, news, or gossip

Abreast

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. the class of wage-earners or industrial workers

Proletariat

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. a condition of swelling and tortuous lengthening of the veins, most of often in the legs

Varicose

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. having an irritatingly strong and unpleasant taste or smell adj. angry and bitter

Acrid

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a pariah or vagabond, someone unaccepted by others

Persona non grata

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. inveigh, deprecate, fulminate

Lambaste

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. of or relating to sexual desire or intercourse

Venereal

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. wild excitement or ecstasy n. a perturbed state of mind in illness characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of speech or thought

Delirium

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. occurring in circles, recurring

Cyclical

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. arrange or classify into groups or strata

Stratify

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. exist in large numbers or amounts

Abound

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. the small, precise, or trivial details of something

Minutiae

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. bygone, old-fashioned

Antiquated

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. adapt to, become accustomed to

Acclimate

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. the prevailing fashion or style at the time adj. popular; fashionable

Vogue

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. relating to or denoting drugs that produce hallucinations and apparent expansion of consciousness adj. denoting or having an intense, vivid color or a swirling abstract pattern

Psychedelic

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. obtained, done by, or involving deception, especially criminal deception adj. unjustifiably purporting or being credited for particular accomplishments or qualities

Fraudulent

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. bring about or initiate v. incite someone to do something, especially something bad

Instigate

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. encourage or stir up (violent or unlawful behavior) v. urge or persuade (someone) to act in a violent or unlawful way

Incite

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. loathe, execrate; detest

Abominate

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. an impression or hollow in a surface n. impact, force of attack

Dint

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. extreme conservatism, opposing political or social liberation or reform; loathing progress

Reactionary

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. making it more likely, possible, or certain for an event to occur

Conducive

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. extremely distasteful, unacceptable

Repugnant

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. grayish white adj. old-fashioned and banal

Hoary

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