Vocabulary List 19 Flashcards

Question

Which of your vocabulary words mean the following? adj. denoting a sin that is not regarded as depriving the soul of divine grace adj. (of a fault or offense) slight and pardonable

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Peregrinate

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Disarticulate

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Rigor mortis

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Insuperable

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Proselytize

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Esprit de corps

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n. energy, style, and enthusiasm: a rousing march, played with great elan

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n. the works of a painter, composer, or author regarded collectively: the complete oeuvre of

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n. an impressive performance or achievement that has been accomplished or managed with great skill: his novel is a tour de force

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n. excessive sentimentality, especially in music or movies

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n. an animal whose existence or survival is disputed or unsubstantiated, such as the yeti

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n. a lacy decorative piece of cloth used as a mat on a table often under plates

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adj. covered with dust or powder | adj. consisting of dust or fine powder

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n. good order or management: The meeting, in fact, put the final touches to the establishment of the first real Stock Exchange; henceforward eutaxy was to reign

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n. an expert: There was no getting away from it, when it came to making something out of nothing Archie was a dabster, an absolute dabster! n. a person who works in a superficial or clumsy manner; dabbler

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n. the brightest star in a constellation

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n. a mediocre work of literature or art produced merely for financial gain

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n. one's own way, choice, or preference: If I had my druthers, I'd dance all night

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n. ambiguity of speech, especially from uncertainty of the grammatical construction rather than of the meaning of the words, as in The Duke yet lives that Henry shall depose: Maybe it was better to evade the issue, to delay, to be ambiguous and equivocal, indulge in vagueness, anacoluthon, and amphiboly?

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n. the shrubs and plants growing beneath the main canopy of a forest: Outside, in the rambling estate with its green canopies and wandering animals, its replanted indigenous understory and its old enclosures now becoming overgrown, the birds and the ground dwellers were settling to roost and sleep as they did every night when the light dimmed to a dusky blue and the earth began to cool.

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adj. pertaining to or resembling a tortoise or tortoise shell: Once Mrs. Buckland found herself being shaken awake in the middle of the night, her husband crying in excitement: “My dear, I believe that Cheirotherium’s footsteps are undoubtedly testudinal.” … Mrs. Buckland made a flour paste, which she spread across the table, while the Reverend Buckland fetched the family tortoise.

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n. something that attracts strongly: The portrait was for him a lodestone imbued with some irresistible magnetic force n. a variety of magnetite that possesses magnetic polarity and attracts iron

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adj. (also eristical) pertaining to controversy or disputation; controversial n. a person who engages in disputation; controversialist n. the art of disputation

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n. darling; dear

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adj. homey; cozy and unpretentious: An English captain of police, trying to get a haimish farfel soup and boiled beef at the inn, told me he believed both concoctions kept replenishing themselves day in day out without human assistance

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Pulverulent

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Understory

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Testudinal

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Mavourneen

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Tour de force

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n. a witty remark or comment; clever saying; witticism: He was an extrovert and a character, again like his mother, with a knack for tossing off the perfect bon mot. Once at a dinner party, he told his seat mate, "We are all worms. But I do believe that I am a glow-worm."

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n. a seemingly inescapable moral or emotional burden, as of guilt or responsibility n. something burdensome that impedes action or progress: If the Republicans want a clean and decisive victory in November, or perhaps any kind of victory, they must get rid of this albatross before going to voters

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n. a hen's egg used for food: "This cackle-berry's got a double yolk." She scowled at the thing. "I don't remember right off if that's a good sign or a bad one."

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n. the rule or power of wealth or of the wealthy | n. a government or state in which the wealthy class rules

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adj. turning yellow; yellowish: A few flavescent leaves, shed during delivery, fell to weaving the carpet that would be finished by nightfall

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n. inspiration; an impelling mental force acting from within: Through me the afflatus surging and surging, through me the current and index n. divine communication of knowledge

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n. a roundabout way; circumlocution: It took what that literal fellow, Captain Lawton, calls a circumbendibus, a route never taken by the swords of his men, notwithstanding the multiplied pains I have been at to teach him how to cut scientifically

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n. a small or minor work n. a literary or musical work of small size: Its proprietor was William Heckler, who had already achieved fame in his chosen profession and who had written some 10 years earlier his opuscule on the peregrinations of trained fleas, ''Pulicology.''

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n. a. a rousing speech, especially a stirring political address. b. something remarkable of its kind. c. a stirring orator. n. a stemwinding watch

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n. goose bump

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adj. showing great vigor or intensity: a ripsnorting editorial

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n. a summary of the principles of Christian religion in the form of questions and answers, used for the instruction of Christians n. a series of fixed questions, answers, or precepts used for instruction in other situations

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n. a drinking glass with straight sides and no handle or stem n. an acrobat or gymnast, especially one who performs somersaults n. a pivoted piece in a lock that holds the bolt until lifted by a key

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v. shout, complain, or argue loudly or vehemently: he entered, vociferating curses

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v. tour rural districts giving theatrical appearances v. make a rapid tour of (an area), typically as part of a political campaign v. travel around giving exhibitions of flying and performing aeronautical stunts

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n. someone skilled in shooting

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adj. (especially of a person or speech) vehement or clamorous

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adj. not currently in use or occupied: the spare bedroom adj. with no excess fat, thin adj. elegantly simple adj. meager; nearly inadequate

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adj. (of water) slightly salty, as is the mixture of river water and seawater in estuaries adj. (of fish or other organisms) living in or requiring brackish water adj. unpleasant or distasteful

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adj. mawkishly sentimental: a good-hearted, slightly hokey song adj. noticeably contrived: a hokey country-western accent

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Cackleberry

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Plutocracy

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Flavescent

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Circumbendibus

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Stemwinder

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Goose pimple

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Ripsnorting

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Vociferate

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Crack shot

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Vociferous

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n. a beating; a thrashing | n. a resounding defeat in a match or contest

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n. a circle of light or brightness surrounding something, especially as depicted in art around the head or body of a person represented as holy

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adj. provided or intended for students who are experiencing learning difficulties: remedial education

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n. a book listing individuals or organizations alphabetically or thematically with details such as names, addresses, and telephone numbers n. a file that consists solely of a set of other files n. a book of directions for the conduct of Christian worship, especially in Presbyterian and Roman Catholic churches

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n. [in singular] a particular appearance or quality: a man of decidedly foreign aspect n. the positioning of a building or thing in a specified direction: a greenhouse with a southern aspect n. the side of a building facing a particular direction: the front aspect of the hotel was unremarkable

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n. (also mulligan stew) a stew made from odds and ends of food n. (in informal golf) an extra stroke allowed after a poor shot, not counted on the postcard

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adj. (of the former holder of an office, especially a college professor) having retired but allowed to retain their title as an honor: emeritus professor of microbiology; the gallery's director emeritus

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n. a baby with a blue complexion from lack of oxygen in blood due to a congenital defect of the heart or major blood vessels

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n. a group of people appointed to undertake a mission or take part in a formal process on behalf of a larger group: he had been a member of a deputation to Napoleon III

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n. a small bunch of flowers, typically one that is sweet-scented

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n. a drink or portion of food drunk or eaten in order to aid the digestion

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v. destroy or ruin (a plan or project)

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adj. relating to a system, especially as opposed to a particular part: the disease is localized rather than systemic adj. denoting the part of the circulatory system concerned with the transportation of oxygen to and carbon dioxide from the body in general, especially as distinct with the pulmonary part concerned with the transportation from and carbon dioxide to the lungs

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n. deep sadness or gloom; melancholy: rain slithered down the windows. encouraging a creeping melancholia n. a mental condition marked by persistent depression and ill-marked fears

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n. downward movement under the force of gravity only | v. move under the force of gravity; fall rapidly

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adj. tired and unhappy because of prolonged worry: a careworn expression

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v. act in an excessively subservient manner: she didn't have to kowtow to the boss v. kneel and touch the ground with the forehead in worship or submission as part of Chinese custom

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v. attack (someone) by repeatedly hurling things at them v. repeatedly hurl (something) at someone or something v. [pelt down] (of rain, hail, or snow) fall quickly and heavily: rain pelted down v. run somewhere very quickly: I pelted across the road

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n. an error in printing or writing | n. (errata) a list of corrected errors appended to a book or published in a subsequent issue in a journal

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adj. unimportant under the circumstances; irrelevant

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Deputation

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Melancholia

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Immaterial

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v. wet or moisten (something): the rain washed her face v. (of a river, sea, or lake) flow through or lap against (a country, coast, etc.): warm blue seas washed the offshore islands v. [with object] brush with a thin coat of diluted paint or ink: the walls were washed with shades of umber v. seem convincing or genuine: charm won't wash with this crew n. a situation or result that is of no benefit to either of two opposing sides: the plan's impact on jobs would be a wash n. a sandbank exposed only at low tide

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n. the part of a roof that meets or overhangs the walls of a building

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n. a small coffee cup

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n. a shrill, wailing sound, especially that of bagpipes | v. [no object] make a shrill, wailing sound

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n. a small circular area, in particular the ring of pigmented skin surrounding the nipple n. any of the small spaces between the veins on a leaf or the nervures on an insect's wing n. a reddened patch around a spot or papule

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n. an unintentional act or remark causing embarrassment to its originator; a blunder: an unforgivable social gaffe

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v to push with or as if with the shoulder v. to take upon, support, or carry on as if on the shoulder or shoulders v. to assume as a responsibility: to shoulder the expense

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n. an oil prospector n. a person who promotes risky or unsound business ventures n. a person who participates in a wildcat strike

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n. a collection of moralized fables, especially as written in the Middle Ages, about actual or mythical animals

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n. the wine from a particular harvest or crop n. the annual produce of the grape harvest, especially with reference to the wine obtained n. an exceptionally fine wine from the crop of a good year. n. the time of gathering grapes, or of winemaking. n. the act or process of producing wine; winemaking n. the class of a dated object with reference to era of production or use: a hat of last year's vintage

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adj. of or relating to wines or winemaking adj. being of a specified vintage: Vintage wines are usually more expensive than nonvintage wines. adj. representing the high quality of a past time: vintage cars; vintage movies. adj. old-fashioned or obsolete: vintage jokes. adj. being the best of its kind: They praised the play as vintage O'Neill.

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v. to gather or harvest (grapes) for wine-making | v. to make (wine) from grapes: a region that vintages a truly great champagne.

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v. a variety of a language used by a particular social group; a social dialect

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adj. being such in power, force, or effect, though not actually or expressly such: a virtual dependence on charity

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n. an accomplished fact; a thing already done

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n. a separable component, frequently one that is interchangeable with others n. any of the individual self-contained segments of a spacecraft: command module, lunar module n. a standard or unit of measuring

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v. to carry (small articles, goods, wares, etc.) from place to place for sale at retail; hawk. v. to deal out, distribute, or dispense, especially in small quantities: to peddle radical ideas. v. to sell (drugs) illicitly. v. to go from place to place with goods, wares, etc., for sale at retail. v. to occupy oneself with trifles; trifle.

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adj. of or relating to the making of myths; causing, producing, or giving rise to myths

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n. a strong or exaggerated sense of manliness; an assumptive attitude that virility, courage, strength, and entitlement to dominate are attributes or concomitants of masculinity. n. a strong or exaggerated sense of power or the right to dominate: The military campaign was an exercise in national machismo.

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adv. with the head foremost; head first: he fell headlong into the tent adv. in a rush; with reckless haste: a headlong dash through the house

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Wildcatter

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Fait accompli

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Mythopoeic

Vocabulary List 19 Flashcards

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