Advanced Word List # 11 Flashcards
(100 cards)
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Abate
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reduce in intensity
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Abjure
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renounce; swear to refrain from something
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Blandishment
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Words used to coax or flatter [blandish (v)]
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Boor
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ill-mannered person [boorish (a)]
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Cardinal
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- high ranking church official; 2. major, important
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Deliberate
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- slow (a); 1. to think over (v); 3. on purpose (a)
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Equivocation
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speaking ambiguously [equivocate (v), equivocal (a)]
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Feckless
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feeble; helpless; lacking in initiative
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Imperturbability
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quality of being calm and not easily disturbed [imperturbable (a)]
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Meretricious
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falsely attractive; tawdry
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Augury
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prediction; looking for omens [auger (v)]
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Boycott
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refuse to have dealings with
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Glib
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slick; superficial esp. in speech
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Incise
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cut into [incision (n); incisive (a)]
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Moralistic
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concerned with morals
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Ostracism
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shunning; social isolation [ostracize (v)]
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Penchant
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inclination; leaning; tendency; predilection
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Rarefy
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make less dense [rarefaction (n)
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Repine
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fret; be discontented
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Stipulate
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specify [stipulation (n)]
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Diaphanous
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transparent; thin and delicate
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Feint
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pretended attack; a move intended to deceive
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Inured
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hardened; habituated
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Mettlesome
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spirited [mettle (n)]
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Puissance
power
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Recondite
obscure
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Stygian
very dark
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Touting
advertising; supporting [tout (v)]
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Virtuosity
skill; expertise [virtuoso (n); virtuosi (n.pl)]
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Volubility
excessive talkativeness [voluble (a)]
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Caret
punctuation mark signifying omission
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Contiguous
adjacent; touching; abutting [contiguity (n)]
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Damp
(use of vibration) reduce in extent
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Ellipsis
omission of essential words
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Extirpation
wiping out; complete destruction [extirpate (v)]
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Foppish
behaving or dressing like a dandy; excessively concerned with fashion
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Gaffe
blunder; social mistake
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Hortatory
encouraging; exhorting
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Opprobrious
expressing great scorn [opprobrium (n)]
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Recumbent
reclining; lying down
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Ambidextrous
able to use both left and right hands equally well
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Culpability
guilt [culpable = blameworthy]
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Discernment
judgment; perceptiveness
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Encomium
praise
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Inveigle
coax; cajole; wheedle; entice
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Minatory
threatening
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Ossified
turned to bone; become rigid [ossification (n)]
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Plumb
measure depth of (v); exact (a. slang)
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Quintessential
most typical; the perfect example of [quintessence (n)]
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Runic
mysterious; magical
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Accretion
accumulation of matter; growth produced by adding from the outside
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Anachronistic
occurring in the wrong time period [anachronism (n)]
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Chronic
long lasting (often used for diseases in which case the opposite is acute)
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Churlishness
rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
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Demagogue
mob leader (who appeals to base instincts) [demagogy/demagoguery (n)]
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Effrontery
daring; audacity (has a negative connotation)
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Idyll
story or incident in peaceful or ideal setting [idyllic (a)]
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Interregnum
interval between reigns or governments
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Nugatory
of minor significance; futile
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Sinecure
job which pays salary but requiring little effort
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Anodized
electroplated; coated with thin layer of metal
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Aphoristic
expressed tersely [aphorism (n) = short statement; maxim]
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Canonical
orthodox [canon (n) = set of accepted works]
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Commensurate
equal in significance
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Dexterity
skill, esp. with hands [dexterous (a)]
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Extant
still in existence (opposite of extinct)
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Impugned
challenged; called into question
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Probity
uprightness; honesty
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Raconteur
person who relates a story
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Solicitous
kindly; expressing care and concern
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Amalgamate
join; consolidate [amalgamation (n)]
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Baleful
evil
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Coerce
force [coercion (n); coercing (a)]
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Inchoate
undeveloped; nascent
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Iniquitous
evil; unjust [iniquity (n)]
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Libertine
dissolute person, prodigal
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Millinery
hats and hat-making
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Natty
neat; dapper; smart
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Occluded
obscured; blocked
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Sidereal
of or related to stars
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Avaricious
greedy for money
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Extirpate
wipe out totally
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Halcyon
peaceful and happy; calm (esp. of summer weather)
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List (v)
1. to lead to one side; 2. to write in order
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Maudlin
sad; sentimental; inclined to weep
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Refulgent
glowing; radiant
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Subliminal
below the threshold of consciousness
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Testiness
irritability; irascibility [testy (a)]
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Vituperate
attack bitterly
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Whittle
1. carve with knife; 2. reduce step by step
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Caricature
ridicule (v); cartoon intended to ridicule
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Colander
bowl with holes used to drain vegetables etc.
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Cumbersome
bulky; difficult to carry [encumber = to burden]
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Dispatch
1. send (v); 2. speed; celerity (n)
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Epistemology
theory of knowledge
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Froward
stubborn; wayward; disobedient
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Supine
lying flat on one's back
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Throwback
exhibiting primitive, or ancestral, traits
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Untoward
unexpected
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Verisimilar
true to life; giving the appearance of reality
