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6/30 Flashcards

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Acumen

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n.
keen, accurate judgement or insight

Latin
acuere: sharpen

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Adulterate

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v.
to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

Latin

ad: to
versus: true

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Amalgamate

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v.
to combine several elements into a whole

n. amalgamation

malagma: (GR) softening substence
(alchemy) a blend of mercury with other metal

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Aver

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v.
to state as a fact; to declare or assert

ad- (LT) : to
verus (LT) : true

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Bolster

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v.

to provide support or reinforcement

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Bombastic

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adj.
pompous; grandiloquent

n. bombast

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Diatribe

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n.
a harsh denunciation

Greek

dia: through
tribein: rub

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Dissemble

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v.

to disguise or conceal; to mislead

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Endemic

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adj.
characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people

Greek

demos: people
endemios: native

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Evanescent

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adj.

tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing

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Exacerbate

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v.
to make worse or more severe

Latin
ex-
acerbes: harsh, bitter

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Fervent

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adj.
greatly emotional or zealous

n. fervor

Latin
fervent-: boiling

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Fortuitous

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adj.
happening by accident or chance

Latin
fors: chance, luck

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Germane

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adj.
relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter

Latin
german: having the same parents

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Grandiloquence

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n.
pompous speech or expression

adj. grandiloquent

Latin

grandis: big
loqui: to speak

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Hackneyed

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adj.

rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage

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Halcyon

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adj.
calm and peaceful

Greek

hals: sea
kuon: conceiving

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Hegemony

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n.
the consistent dominance of one state or group over others

Greek
hegemon: leader

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Iconoclast

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n.
one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions

Greek

eikon: likeness
klan: to break

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Idolatrous

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adj.
given to intense or excessive devotion to something

n. idolatry

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Impassive

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adj.

revealing no emotion

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Imperturbable

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adj.
marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness

Latin
in-: not
perturbare: to confuse, disturb

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Implacable

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adj.
not capable of being appeased or significantly changed

Latin
in-: not
placere: to appease

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Impunity

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n.
immunity from punishment or penalty

Latin
in-: not
punire: punish

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Inchoate

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adj.
in an initial stage; not fully formed

v. incohere

in-
cohum (LT): strap (to the oxen’s yoke)

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Infelicitous

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adj.
unfortunate; inappropriate

in-
felicite (FR): happiness

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Insipid

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adj.
lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge

Latin
in-: not
sapidus: tasty

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Loquacious

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adj.
extremely talkative

n. loquacity

Latin
loqui: to talk

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Mendacity

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n.
the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty

Latin
mendac-: lying

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Misanthrope

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n.
one who hates all other humans

adj. misanthropic

Greek

misein: to hate
anthropos: man

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Mitigate

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v.
to make or become less severe or intense; to moderate

Latin
mitis: mild

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Obdurate

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adj.
unyielding; hardhearted; intractable

Latin
durus: hard

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Obsequious

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adj.
exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

Latin
ob- (LT) : after
sequi (LT) : to follow

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Occlude

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v.
to obstruct or block

Latin
occludere: to shut up

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Opprobrium

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n.
disgrace; contempt; scorn

Latin
ob-: against
probrum: disgraceful act

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Pedagogy

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n.
the profession or principles of teaching, or instructing

pedo- (GR) : child
agogos (LT) : to lead

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Pedantic

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adj. overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show-offish about one’s knowledge

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Penury

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n.
poverty; destitution

Latin

penuria: need, scarcity
paene: almost

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Pervasive

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adj.
having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout

Latin
pervas-: passed through

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Pine

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v.
to yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor

Latin
poena: punishment, penalty

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Pith

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n.

the essential or central part

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Pithy

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adj.

precise and brief

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Placate

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v.
to appease; to calm by making concessions

Latin
placat-: appeased

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Platitude

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n.
a superficial remark, esp. one offered as meaningful

Latin
plat: flat

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Polemical

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adj.

controversial; argumentative

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Prodigal

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adj.
recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish

Latin
prodigus: lavish

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Profuse

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adj.
given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant

Latin
pro-: forth
fundere: pour

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Proliferate

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v.

to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly

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Queries

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n.
questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations

Latin
quaerere: ask, seek

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Querulous

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adj.
prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish

Latin
queri: complain

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Rancorous

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adj.
characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment

n. rancor

rancere (LT) : spoiled, rotten

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Recalcitrant

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adj.
obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage

Latin
re- (LT): back
calx (LT): heel
calcitrare (LT): to kick

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Repudiate

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v.
to refuse to have anything to do with; to disown

re- (LT): back
ped- (LT): foot (kick)
pudere (LT): cause shame to

54
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Rescind

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v.
to invalidate; to repeal; to retract

Latin
re-
scindere: to divide, split

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Reverent

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adj.
marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect

n. reverence

Latin
reverent-: revering

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Rhetoric

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n.

the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion

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Salubrious

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adj.
promoting health or well-being

Latin
salus: health

58
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Solvent

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adj.
able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance

Latin
solvent-: loosening, unfasting, paying

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Specious

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adj.
seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false

Latin
speciosus: fair

60
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Spurious

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adj.
lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit

Latin
spurius: false

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Subpoena

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n.
a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony

Latin
sub poena: under penalty

62
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Succinct

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adj.
brief; concise

Latin
sub-: from below
cingere: gird

63
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Superfluous

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adj.
exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

Latin
super-: over
fluere: to flow

64
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Surfeit

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v.
an overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess

n. surfeit

Latin
super-: above, in excess
facere: do

65
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Tenacity

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n.
the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination

adj. tenacious

Latin
tenere: to hold

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Tenuous

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adj.
having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak

Latin
tenuis: thin

67
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Tirade

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n.
a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation

Italian
tirare: to pull

68
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Transient

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adj.
fleeting; passing quickly; brief

Latin
trans-: across
ire: go

69
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Furtive

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adj.
marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious

Latin
furturn: theft

70
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Harangue

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v. n.
to deliver a forceful or angry speech; ranting speech or writing

German
hring: circle

71
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Hyperbole

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n.
an exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech

adj. hyperbolic

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Impecunious

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adj.
lacking funds; without money

Latin
pecunia: money

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Incipient

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adj.
beginning to come into being or to become apparent

Latin
in-: into, towards
capere: take

74
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Inert

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adj.
unmoving; lethargic; sluggish

Latin
in-: not
art-: skill, art

75
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Innocuous

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adj.
harmless; causing no damage

Latin
in-: not
nocuus: injurious

76
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Intransigent

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adj.
refusing to compromise

n. intransigence

Latin
in-: not
transigere: come to an understanding

77
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Inveigle

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v.
to obtain by deception or flattery

aveugle (FR): blind
ab- (LT): off
oculus (LT): eye

78
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Odious

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adj.
evoking intense aversion or dislike

Latin
odium: hatred

79
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Penurious

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adj.
penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous

Latin
penuria: need, scarcity

80
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Pernicious

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adj.
extremely harmful in a way that is not easily seen or noticed

Latin
nex-: death
pernicles: ruin
perniciosus: destructive

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Peruse

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v.
to examine with great care

n. perusal

English
per-: thoroughly

82
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Pious

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adj.
extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion

n. piety

Latin
pius: dutiful, pious

83
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Precursor

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n.
one that precedes and indicates or announces another

Latin

prae: beforehand
currere: to run

84
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Preen

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v.

to dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care

85
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Prodigious

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adj.

abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary

86
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Prolific

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adj.
producing large volumes or amounts; productive

Latin
proles: offspring

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Putrefy

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v.
to rot; to decay and give off a foul odor

adj. putrid

88
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Quaff

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v.

to drink deeply

89
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Quiescence

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n.
stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest

adj. quiescent

Latin
quiescere: to rest

90
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Redoubtable

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adj.

awe-inspiring; worthy of honor

91
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Sanction

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n. v.
authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance; to give permission or authority

Latin
sancire: ratify

92
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Satire

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n.
a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision

adj. satirical

Latin
satira: satire, poetic medley

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Squalid

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adj.
sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect

n. squalor

Latin
squalere: be rough or dirty

94
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Stoic

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adj.
indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast

n. stoicism

Latin
stoicus

95
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Supplant

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v.
to take the place of; to supersede

Latin
sub-: from below
planta: sole

96
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Torpid

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adj.
lethargic; sluggish; dormant

n. torpor
torpere: be numb or sluggish

97
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Ubiquitous

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adj.
existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread

Latin

ubi: where
ubique: everywhere

98
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Urbane

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adj.
sophisticated; refined; elegant

n. urbanity

99
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Vilify

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v.
to defame; to characterize harshly

Latin
villis: of low value

100
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Viscous

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adj.
thick; sticky

n. viscosity

Latin
viscum: birdlime

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