626-650 Flashcards

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subsequent

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happening afterward; following in order

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pugilist

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a boxer

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bungle

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to handle badly; to botch or mess up

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stationary

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not moving

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5
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disciple

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a follower of another who helps to spread teachings

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exorbitant

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excessive

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conception

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formation or an idea in the mind; the start of pregnancy

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deem

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to ahve as an opinion; to consider

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lucid

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easily understood, clear

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macabre

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suggesting the horror death

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eddy

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a current, as of water or air, moving contrary to the direction of the main current, esp. in a circular motion

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oracle

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a person thought to be a source of wisdom or prophecy

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unseemly

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not decent or proper

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reverberate

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to reecho

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desideratum

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something needed and wanted

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disabuse

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to free from error or falsehood

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gambit

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a calculated, risky opening move

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ewe

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a female sheep, esp. when full grown

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cite

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to refer to or quote

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cicumspect

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showing discretion and careful judgment

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impertinent

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crass

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dull-witted; unrefined

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incipient

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beginning to appear or be noticed

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captious

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critically faultfinding

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pugnacious
belligerent, ready to fight
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recalcitrant
marked by stubborn defiance of authority ro guidance
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blase
indifferent of bored with life; unimpressed as if because of too much worldly experience
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spurious
not genuine; false
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turmoil
extreme confusion; uproar
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genesis
birth; beginning; origion
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puntilious
careful about every detail of behavior
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viscou
resistant to flow; thick (of a liquid)
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inert
unable to move or respond; sluggish
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paramount
supreme; ranking higher than others in power or importance
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torrid
parched with heat; ardent or passionate
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subjugate
to bring uder control
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unseemly
not decent or proper
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oracle
a person thought to be a source of wisdom or prophecy
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convoluted
intricate; complicated
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supercilious
feeling or showing proud contempt
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recrimination
a reply to one charge with a coutercharge
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stultify
to make absurdly useless, esp. by degrading; to make appear foolish
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sodden
thoroughly wet, drenched
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dogmatic
arrogantly asserting unproved principles
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obituary
a newspaper account of a person's death, usually including biographical information
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wayward
stubbornly going against what is expected or requiered to satisfy one's own desires
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abeyance
a suspension of activity
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amenable
responsive to advice or authority
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revile
to attack with harsh language