Day 27 Flashcards
1
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enjoin
A
to command
2
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kinetic
A
relating to movement
3
Q
excerpt *
A
selected passage taken from a longer work
4
Q
orient
A
get one’s bearings, adjust, make familiar with a situation
5
Q
nubile
A
marriageable age
6
Q
allocate
A
to set something aside for a purpose
7
Q
address (v)
A
to speak to or about
8
Q
dissemble
A
to lie
9
Q
immolate
A
offer or kill as a sacrifice by fire
10
Q
bastard
A
illegitimate child
10
Q
qualification
A
something added to modify an opinion
11
Q
domestic
A
relating to the home
not foreign
12
Q
loll
A
lounge about
13
Q
responsiveness
A
state of reacting readily to appeals, orders, etc.
14
Q
slaughter
A
killing of animals for food, massacre
15
Q
séance
A
session in which people try to contact the spirit world
16
Q
elicit *
A
to provoke a reaction
17
Q
reminiscent
A
suggestive of something in the past
18
Q
confound *
A
confuse, puzzle
18
Q
impecunious *
A
without money
18
Q
career
A
rush wildly, go at fully speed
19
Q
supersaturated
A
over filled
20
Q
migratory
A
wandering
v. migrate - move from one region and settle in another
20
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plaintive
A
sad, melancholic
21
flail
beat with or as if with a flail, move wildly, thresh grain by hand
22
extenuating
mitigating, excusing or making something seem less serious
23
chef de ouvre
masterpiece, ultimate work of art
24
brisk
quick and active, marked by liveliness and vigor
25
disenfranchise
to take away rights or power
26
lumen
unit of light energy
27
optimal
the best, the finest
28
duress
forcible restraint, especially unlawfully, coercion by threat, illegal coercion
29
funerary
be concerned with funerals
29
usury
lending money at illegal high rates of interest
30
suave
smooth and pleasant, practiced
30
hurtle
crash, rush, move with great speed
31
extirpate
root up, uproot, destroy completely
32
effectuate
effect, produce, achieve
33
farce
mockery, travesty
34
celerity
speed, rapidity
35
capitulate
to give up
36
predetermined
fixed beforehand, fated
37
sarcasm
sneering, bitter remarks, ironic or taunting
38
debut
first public appearance, formal presentations of a young woman to society
39
oligarchy
rule by a few
40
tourniquet
first aid divide to stop bleeding (twisted cloth)
41
malefactor
a criminal, wrong doer
42
diminution *
lessening, reduction in size
42
manumit
emancipate, free from slavery or bondage
43
unfaltering
steadfast, firm, not changing
43
mendacious
untruthful
44
flippant
lacking proper seriousness
45
expose
public revelation of something descreditable
46
bibliophile
a collector or lover of books
47
extrajudicial
happening outside of court
48
voluminous
large, bulky, extensive
49
exult
rejoice
50
resilience
strength, ability to withstand
50
hiatus
gap, pause, break
51
matricide
murder of a mother
51
stun
make unconscious or numb as a by a blow, amaze
52
unfettered
free, unregulated
53
outmoded
no longer in fashion or use, no longer stylish, old-fashioned
54
permeate
to fill completely
55
spartan
harsh, stark, bare
56
quaff
drink with zest, sip
57
sow
plant or scatter seed
58
yokel
rustic, country bumpkin
59
refrain
abstain from, resist, forbear
60
prescient
having knowledge ahead of time, able to predict
60
submerge
place under water, dip, go under water, cover completely as with water
61
swamp
wetland, marsh
v. flood, overwhelm
62
effusive
extremely enthusiastic, praising too much, fulsome
63
malfeasance
misconduct of an official or government worker
63
qualify
reach a necessary standard
limit the meaning of something stated
64
prophylactic
used to prevent disease
65
waffle
speak equivocally about an issue
66
conception
idea, view
beginning or pregnancy
67
extemporaneous
impromptu, in the spur of the moment, unplanned
67
sermonized
gave moral lecture
68
enervate
to weaken, take away energy
68
scribble
meaningless writing
69
sartorial
relating to clothes or fashion
70
novel
new, original, fresh
71
sadist
one who enjoys causing pain
72
ramify
brach out, divide into branches or subdivisions
73
poise
good judgement with composure, balance
v. place in a carefully balanced position
73
juxtaposition
next to, side by side
73
unassailable
not open to attack, impregnable, not subject to question
74
revisionists
people who revise
74
degenerate
become worse in quality, deteriorate
75
duplicity *
double-dealing, hypocrisy, being dishonest and deceitful
76
censures
blames, criticizes
77
conjure
cause to appear by magic, summon devil or spirit by magical power
77
stentorian
loud, powerful
77
preempt
to prevent by acting first
77
frivolity
non-seriousness
77
discretion
prudence, ability to adjust actions to circumstances, freedom of action or judgment
77
cross
bad-tempered, showing ill-humor, angry
78
ravage
to destroy completely
