CSP vocab Flashcards
To learn words (86 cards)
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Incumbent (adj.)
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Obligatory (often followed by “on” or “upon”
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abhorrent (adj.)
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utterly opposed, or contrary, or in conflict (usually followed by “to”)
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compass (v)
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- to attain or achieve; accomplish; obtain. 2. perimeter; the enclosing lines.
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confutation (n)
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The act of proving somethign wrong or invalid.
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prelate (n)
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an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.
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ecclesiastic (n)
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a member of the clergy or other person in religious orders
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gibbet (n)
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a gallows with a projecting arm at the top, from which the bodies of criminals were formerly hung in chains and left suspended after execution.
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pare (v)
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remove; diminish
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pestiferous (adj.)
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- Bringing or bearing disease 2. Pernicious; dangerous to society
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retainer (n)
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a servant or attendant who has served a family for many years.
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whither (adv.)
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to what place
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arable (adj.)
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suitable for farming; able to produce crops
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engross (v)
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to acquire the whole of (a commodity), in order to control the market; monopolize
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perdition (n)
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a state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation
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pretense (n)
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a claim or title to something
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abrogate (v)
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to abolish by formal or official means
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avail (v)
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to be of use or value to; profit; advantage
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pliable (adj.)
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adjusting readily to change; adaptable
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uncouth (adj.)
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stranger
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precept (n)
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a command or principle intended, especially as a general rule of action
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leaden (adj.)
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dull, spiritless, or gloomy as in mood or thoughty
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indigence (n)
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seriously impoverished condition; poverty
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environ (v)
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to form a circle or ring around; surround
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environs (n)
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the surrounding parts or districts, as of a city; outskirts; suburbs
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brackish (adj.)
slightly salty
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cistern (n)
an underground container that is used for collecting and storing rainwater
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fetter (n)
a chain or manacle used to restrain a prisoner, typically around the ankles
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surfeit (n)
an excessive amount of something
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vitiate (v)
spoil or impair the quality of or efficiency of
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surcharge (n)
an additional charge or payment
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importunity (n)
the act of soliciting urgently or persistently
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intercession (n)
intervening or pleading on behalf of another
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probity (n)
integrity and uprightness; honesty
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rapine (n)
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder
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vicissitudes (n)
successive, alternating, or changing phases or conditions, as of life or fortune; ups and downs
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soever (adj.)
1. to any possible or known extent--used after an adjective preceded by "how" or a superlative preceded by "the" 2. of any or every kind that may be specified--used after a noun modified by "any," "no," or "what"
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extrapolate (v)
to infer (an unknown) from something that is known
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stolid (adj.)
not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive
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flue (n)
a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney
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palliate (v)
to make the effects of something less painful, harmful, or harsh. The underlying problem is not solved
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Tower of Babel
tower constructed by tyrant Nimrod to reach the heavens. United humanity cursed with different languages by God for their hubris
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bestial (adj.)
1. without reason or intelligence; brutal; inhuman 2.carnal; debased
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Theramin (n)
AKA etherphone; it is an electronic musical instrument that detects the theraminist's hands, which controls electric signals which produce noise. No physical contact.
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"finger in the dike"
a small effort that averts a major disaster but only the symptoms are addressed, not the underlying cause(s)
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dike (n)
an embankment for controlling or holding back the water of the sea or a river
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parlor (n)
a room in a house or apartment that is used for conversation or for spending time with guests
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sieve (n)
1. a person who cannot keep a secret 2.an instrument with a meshed bottom, used for separating coarse from fine aprts of loose matter, for straining liquids, etc.
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jowl (n)
a jaw, especially the lower jaw. usually fleshy or dropping
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loam (n)
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay
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friable (adj.)
easily crumbled or reduced to powder
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centrifuge (n)
an apparatus that rotates at high speed and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities, as milk and cream
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welter (n)
a confused mass; a jumble or muddle
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enameled (adj.)
a glassy substance, usually opaque, applied by fusion to the surface of metal, pottery, etc, as an ornament or for protection
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titter (v)
to laugh in a restrained, self-conscious, or affected way, as from nervousness or in ill-suppressed amusement
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filigree (n)
1. delicate ornamental work of fine silver, gold, or other metal wires 2. anything very delicate or fanciful
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moor (n)
a tract of open, peaty , wasteland often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitutdes where drainage is poor.
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heath (n)
a tract of open uncultivated land; wasteland overgrown with shrubs
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beatific (adj.)
bestowing bliss, blessing, happiness or the like
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chaff (adj.)
1. worthless matter; refuse 2. the husks of grains and grasses that are separated during threshing
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fender (n)
the pressed and formed sheet-metal part mounted over the road wheels of a vehicle to reduce splashing
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bole (n)
the stem or trunk of a tree
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valise (n)
a small piece of luggage that can be carried by hand, used to hold clothing, toiletries; suitcase; traveling bag
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séance (n)
1. a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead 2. a session or sitting, as of a class or organization
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bay (v)
to howl, especially with a deep, prolonged sound, as a hound on the scent
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retch (v)
to vomit (transitive) or to make an effort to vomit (intransitive)
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gout (n)
a mass or splash, as of blood; spurt
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exhortation (n)
an utterance; discourse, or address conveying urgent advice or recommendations
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composite (adj.)
made up of disparate or separate parts or elements
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insofar (adv.)
to such an extent (usually followed by as)
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constitution (n)
the way in which a thing is composed or made up
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beguile (v)
to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.
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in principle
with respect to fundamentals. Ex. prepared to accept the proposition in principle.
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interlocutor (n)
a person who takes part in a dialogue
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purport (v)
appear or claim to be or do something, especially falsely; profess
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aforethought (n)
previously in mind; planned beforehand
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contravene (v)
to fail to do what is required (by law or rule)
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filch (v)
to steal (especially something of small value); pilfer
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pilfer (v)
to steal in small quantities
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supplant (v)
to take place of another, as through force, scheming or strategy
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gross national product (GNP)
the total monetary value of all final goods and services produced during one year by labor and property supplied by the residents of a country. GNP allocates production based on ownership (domestically or abroad)
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gross domestic product (GDP)
the total monetary value of all final goods and services produced during one year within a country's borders--whether produced by that country's own local firms or by foreign firms
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dispensation (n)
permission to break a law or an official promise you have made: release from a rule, vow, or oath; an arrangement
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rustic (adj.)
1. made of roguh wood 2. of, relating to, or suitable for the country or peole who live in the country; rural
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drab (adj.)
1. any of various clothes of a dull brown or gray color 2. a dull, lifeless, or faded appearance or quality
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slattern (n)
an untidy slovenly women; slut; prositute
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brazen (adj.)
acting or done in a very open and shocking way without shame or embarassment
