Day 28-30 Flashcards by Stephen Kim

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perfunctory

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lacking interest

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truculent

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fierce, cruel, brutal

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pugnacious

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inclined to quarrel or fight readily

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pique

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fleeting feeling of hurt pride

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recpitulate

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to review by a brief summary

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cogent

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convincing, incisive presentation

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desiccate

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to dry thoroughly, to dry up

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curmudgeon

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malcontent, stingy, miser

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penitent

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expressing sorrow for sins

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austere

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rigorous self-discipline and severely moral

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tantmount

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equivalent in value or significance

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heuristic

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encouraging a person to learn

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convoke

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to call together

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jettison

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discard, throw away, eject

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circumlocution

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a roundabout expression

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serendipity

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good fortune

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eulogy

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to praise highly

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pontificate

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to speak in a pompous or dogmatic way

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belie

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to show to be false

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propagate

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to increase in extent

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perfidious

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disloyal

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veracity

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habitual observance of truth in speech

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emollient

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to soften, relax

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perdition

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complete and utter loss

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inoculate

to prevent a disease

squalor

filth, misery

adumbrate

to sketch, outline

mellifluous

sweet, smoothly

secant

straight line intersecting a curve at two points

caucus

to bring up for discussion in a meeting

prognosticate

to assume, conjecture

forthright

direct, outspoken

berate

scold, rebuke

censorious

severly critical

tedium

long and tiresome

laggard

casual, unhurried

refectory

room where meals are served

grandiloquence

pompous talk, fancy

denigrate

to criticize, belittle

detractor

someone who belittle or disparages

enthrall

praise, distinction

accrue

to accumulate, to grow by addition

foible

minor, weakness, character flaw

filibuster

use of obstructive tactics in a legislative assembly to prevent adoption of a measure

foliating

developing, flourishing

prepossessing

engaging, appealing

tepid

lukewarm, apathetic

convex

curved outward, arched, bent

mercurial

capricious, changing fickles

fetter

chain, shackle

fraternize

to associate with on friendly terms

stymie

hinder, block, thwart

sumptuous

lavish, splendid

superannuated

too old, obsolete, outdated

domineer

to rule over

dissension

to disagree with theethods

promulgate

to decare

simian

apelike

perfunctory

routine

bereft

lacking or deprived of something

chimerical

fanciful

perdition

complete and utter loss