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Adv 450-500 Flashcards

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Synoptic

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Relating to a synopsis or summary; giving a general view

“In all three of the synoptic Gospels, Peter answers immediately.”

Syn opic (together view)
résumé ophtalmo
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Tawdry

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1: GAUDY (voyant),looking bright and attractive but in fact cheap and of low quality
2: Showing or having low moral standards

“Their ugly front garden and tacky, tawdry lights fail to reflect our village image.
After every mass murder, Republicans offer lame excuses and tawdry evasions in lieu of badly needed action.”

Ta W(agon) dry. Faux or leaving, scandale

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Tendentious

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Having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one

“A Somerset Maugham story is always a story, not a literary experiment or tendentious social document.”

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Terrestrial

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1: Relating to the Earth or to land
2: Worldly,mundane in character

“It strongly urged nations everywhere to accelerate efforts to save the marine and terrestrial life that remain”

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Terse

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Brief and to the point; effectively cut short

“In a terse statement issued on Monday, Huawei called the “

Te RSE

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Toady

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Someone who flatters or acts in a servile manner for self-serving reasons

“nd yet the toadies keep covering for him.
why the president and his congressional toadies do not want the special counsel’s report discussed honestly.”

Toad peach

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Token

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An individual instance of a type of symbol
Something that you do, or a thing that you give someone, that expresses your feelings or intentions, although it might have little practical effect

“Whether as a token female, or a legitimate scientist, I was aiding them in upholding their web of influence.

It doesn’t have to be a big present - it’s just a token.”

Token koh lanta

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Tome

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Large or scholarly book; one of the volumes in a set of several books

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Tortuous

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Twisting or complicated.

“To be sure, Mueller’s tortuous explanation is as risible as it is tough to follow.”

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Transgression

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the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle

“For the accumulation of transgressions, Kyrgios was fined more than double his earnings for the tournament.”

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Travesty

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Exaggerated, debased(dégradé), or grotesque imitation

“Smollett’s lawyers previously slammed the ruling and called the case a “travesty of justice.”
A group of black Baptist ministers went to the mayor and demanded that the travesty be stopped.”

Travesti, ils exaggerent

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Treacherous

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1: Not faithful not DEPENDABLE(reliable)
2: dangerously unstable and unpredictable, deceptive

“Snow and ice have left many roads treacherous, and drivers are warned to use caution.
His remarks ignited a fierce debate Tuesday over how the Fed should navigate the treacherous economic and political waters it faces.”

Barbe rousse triche

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Trenchant

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If you’re trenchant, it means you think or say smart, sharply worded things that cut right to the heart of the matter

“I enjoy reading Murray’s trenchant comments on the relationship between sports and society.”

Faux amis

Lance couteau to say s.o

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Truculent

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Unpleasant and likely to argue a lot

“That was the goal confounded by the Trump administration’s truculent fight with California, which was certain not to back down.
a truculent teenager”

TruC suculent, cuisine argue a lot

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Tumultuous

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Very loud, OR full of confusion, change, or uncertainty

“It was a tumultuous fortnight that demanded talent and temperament.
Amid a tumultuous welcome from hundreds of thousands of Parisians.”

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Turgid

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Swollen, inflated.
Often used in a figurative sense to describe things that are overblown,ostentatiously lofty in style.

“a couple of pages of turgid prose
Retaining a formidable national defense is compulsory, but we shouldn’t be so rah-rah turgid about it.”

Tur(que) Gidré, qui gonfle

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Turpitude

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Depravity(immoral), baseness of character, corrupt or depraved acts

“Georgia prohibits voting by anyone convicted of a “felony involving moral turpitude.””

Tur(que) Pit UDE partie. only for money

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Tyro

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Someone new to a field or activity

“Tutor and tyro practiced together at Seminole some years.”

Tire 0/20

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Umbrage

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A feeling of anger caused by being offended

“Will she take umbrage if she isn’t invited to the wedding?
Donald Trump took umbrage when the Danish government dismissed his notion of buying Greenland as “absurd””

Umb(rela) rage

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Unconscionable

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Morally unacceptable,something that no reasonable person would even think of doing or saying

“The task is so large that direct government spending on projects such as power plants is a recipe for unconscionable waste.
This unconscionable policy will cause great suffering.”

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Unsparing

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1: showing no kindness and no wish to hide the unpleasant truth
2: extremely generous with money, time, help, etc

“Morrison was unsparing in her depiction of people who would use language to evil ends.
Last of all, our thanks go to the caterers who have been unsparing in their efforts to make this afternoon such a success.”

Non spare time, concorde to go faster, harsh to hurry up

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Untempered

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Not moderated or controlled or counterbalanced

“ut the movie deserves credit for its untempered nastiness.
Still, optimism persisted in spite of it all, at least long enough for many American leaders to greet the Arab Spring of 2011 with untempered hope.”

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Upbraid

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To forcefully or angrily tell someone they should not have done a particular thing and criticize them for having done it

“At the time, Cherry again upbraided the fans, accusing them of ruining Scott’s career by denying him an NHL salary.
In newspaper articles she consistently upbraided those in authority who overstepped their limits.”

Up B raid, bastien win raid triche

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Usury

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Lending money at exorbitant interest rates.

““Every major religion, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, every religion understands that usury and loansharking are immoral. And let’s call this what it is. It’s immoral.””

Usur Yemen (plus de money so usury)

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Vanguard

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If you are in the vanguard, you’re up front. Of an advancing army, or in the vanguard of any movement, trend, or occupation.

“Los Angeles is embracing those strategies, in the vanguard of cities innovating to mitigate the damage of rising temperatures.
At the vanguard of the progressive DA movement is Krasner, a trim, gray-haired 58-year-old former defense lawyer”

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Variegated

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Having a variety of colors

“he quest for a golden spike leads back to those variegated layers beneath the still waters of Crawford Lake.
a variegated plant”

Varié

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Verdant

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Can mean young and inexperienced

Poeme soldat mort

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Verisimilar

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Appearing to be true or real

“As Actress unfurls we’re exposed to a mix of personal, verisimilar moments and artful vignettes.
She has included photographs in the book to lend verisimilitude to the story.”

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Vernal

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1: Printanier,something that occurs in springtime or is related to springtime
2: suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh

“Winter weather may still be lingering, but that hasn’t stopped people across the country from celebrating what’s known as the vernal equinox.”

Vernal, verlaine

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Vex

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To cause difficulty to someone, or to cause someone to feel angry, annoyed, or upset:

“This issue looks likely to continue to vex the government.
One of the most pressing and vexing problems in California.”

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Vicissitude

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Changes that happen at different times during the life or development of s.o or sth, especially those that result in conditions being worse.

“Losing your job is just one of the vicissitudes of life.”
“the project was subject to the usual vicissitudes of exploratory research”

Vice ici Tude (riviere), riviere ici les vices de la vie

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Vim

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Energy and enthusiasm

“His core message was that he would bring us all back together, apparently with vim.
At 87, Minna’s still full of vim and vigour.”

Dim, V oiseau joie

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Virulent

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1: Extremely poisonous or injurious (disease)
2: Verbal attack, causing sickness of the emotional kind.

“The most virulent voices are typically fringe characters who do not represent very many people.
Trump’s virulent wall mania”

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Viscid or viscous

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Visqueux

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Vitriol

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Violent hate and anger expressed through severe criticism:

“He is a writer who has often been criticized by the press but never before with such vitriol.”
“We live in such venomous times that these levels of vitriol are disturbingly common.”

Vite riot(l)

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Vociferous

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Noisily crying out, as in protest

“Top Indian government officials are engaged in a vociferous public debate over the state of the country’s economy.
Ms. Sharif is a vociferous critic of Mr. Khan and the powerful military.”

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Voluble

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Marked by a ready flow of speech

“The famously voluble Mr. Biden also continues to face significant unease about his ability to be a crisp messenger.
She was a voluble, smart, funny interviewee.”

Volubile, volume car voix

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Wan

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More pale than usual and tired-looking, weak

“a wan smile”

win wan won, Wan cause I win

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Wanton

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Wanton describes something excessive, uncontrolled and sometimes even cruel, showing no care at all.

“wanton destruction of human life
I also wrote that innocent people would die as a consequence of the wanton, lawless destruction of medical stocks in a dirt-poor country.”

Wanted Dalton, because wanton

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Welter

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Confused mass or pile, jumble

“The report was issued amid a welter of conflicting evidence.”
But then all of Muirhead’s prints appear to materialize from a welter of scratches, haphazard yet utterly assured.

Weller, T for trash

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Whet

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Aigiser,to increase someone’s interest in and wish for something

“The flow of creamy green gold from Mexico clearly whetted American appetites.
That one kiss had whetted his appetite.”

Wheat with couteau

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Whitewash

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1: A substance used to whiten
2: An attempt to stop people finding out the true facts about a situation (blanchir/dissimuler)
3: a complete defeat in a game or competition:

“The official report on the killings has been denounced as a whitewash.”

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Winnow

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The act of separating grain from chaff

“That means the first real winnowing of this historically large field is at hand.
A list of 15 applicants has been winnowed down to three.”

Windown grain and chaff enter but separate charettes when arrive

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Winsome

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Attractive or charming in an open and delightful way, as child

“Maria brought along her eldest daughter - a winsome girl with brown eyes and a ready smile.
Berman’s sardonic approach and light touch, however, kept things winsome enough to encourage enthusiasm.”

Some will win some will lose, children sing

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Wizened

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Désséché , lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness

“Perma-tanned and increasingly wizened, Blair cuts a tawdry figure these days.”

Music wize wize wize in desert

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yoke

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something that connects two things or people, usually in a way that unfairly limits freedom

“the yoke of marriage
Both countries had thrown off the communist yoke.”

Yack animal

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