Day 4 Flashcards
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vitality
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n. state and quality of being alive
2
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anesthetic
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n. anything which produces a loss of sensation, numbing agent
3
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swipe
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v. to hit with a sweeping motion
4
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monotheism
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n. belief in one God
5
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lechery
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gross lewdness; lustfulness
6
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outwit
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v. outsmart; to defeat by behaving more cleverly
7
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continence
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self-restraint; sexual chastity; sexual abstinence
8
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antler
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n. bony growth on the head of a deer
9
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charisma
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divine gift; great popular charm or appeal; magnetism
10
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intermingle
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v. to mix together
11
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abscond
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v. to depart secretly and hide
12
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lachrymose
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adj. doleful, depressed, mournful
13
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shiftless
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adj. useless, lazy
14
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effete
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adj. having lost one’s original power; barren; worn out; exhausted; 정력빠진, 여성적인
15
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disbar
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v. make a lawyer leave the bar or the legal profession
16
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lugubrious
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adj. mournful; very sad
17
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flay
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v. to strip off skin; plunder; remove the skin from; criticize harshly
18
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bluff
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v. to put up a false front
19
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momentous
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adj. important
20
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perimeter
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n. outer boundary; circumference
21
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patronizing
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adj. belittling
22
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litotes
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understatement for emphasis
ex. not bad = pretty good
23
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mischance
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n. ill luck
24
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upright
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adj. n. virtuous, having moral integrity
25
rolling
v. rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages
26
diurnal
adv. daily
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calorific
adj. heat producing
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hibernal
adj. wintery
29
resignation
n. patiently submissiveness; statement that one is quitting a job
29
intimidate *
adj. frighten
29
choreography
n. art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances
29
intermediary
adj. n. intermediate; acting as a mediator
30
idiom
n. expression whose meaning as a whole differs from the meanings of its individual words
31
roguish
adj. dishonest, mischievous or playful
31
ecstatic
adj. extremely happy
32
obsessive
adj. related to thinking about something constantly; of an obsession; preoccupying
32
septic
adj. of or causing sepsis; putrid; producing putrefaction; infected with microorganisms
32
brave
v. face courageously
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vampire
n. ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living
33
lace
n. cord used to draw and tie together two opposite edges as of a shoe
34
necromancy
n. black magic; sorcery; dealings with the dead
34
denouement
n. outcome; final development of the plot of a play
34
archived
v. kept in store
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backslide
v. to revert to bad habits
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wither
v. to dry up from loss of moisture; lose freshness; shrivel; decay
35
palette
n. board on which painter mixes pigments coloring matters
36
dispirited
adj. lacking in spirit
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presumption
adj. assuming too much
36
plausible
adj. believable
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felicitous
adj. fortunate
37
turelage
n. guardianship; training; function of a tutor; instruction
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malaise
n. uneasiness; vague feeling of ill health without any particular pain or appearance of...?
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permissive
adj. allowing much freedom; lenient
38
recourse
n. an opportunity or choice for help
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avuncular
adj. uncle like (kind, familiar)
39
plane
n. carpenter's tool for shooting and leveling wood
40
hardy *
sturdy; robust; of plants able to stand inclement stormy weather
40
eventual
adj. happening at last as a result
40
enamored
adj. in love
40
scotch
v. to put an end to
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pummel
v. beat or pound with fists
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tranquility *
n. peacefulness
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gregarious *
adj. friendly, sociable
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espionage
v. spying
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intrigue
n. scheme, plot
43
substantial
adj. solid, essential or fundamental; considerable
43
gavel
n. hammerlike tool
43
lambaste
v. to denounce
43
felicities
n. suitable or happy things
44
boundless
adj. endless, infinite
45
sanguine
adj. optimistic, positive thinker
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josh
v. to make joke
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pastime
n. hobby diversion
47
greg
n. herd, group
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scamp
n. rascal; 장난꾸러기
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impregnable *
adj. invulnerable, impenetrable
50
goad
v. to urge, incite, spur on
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mute
n. silent; without speech
51
plaster
n. paste that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls
51
rigorous
adj. unchanging; inflexible
52
crusade
n. a movement or declaration for an idea or principle
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irrelevant
adj. not applicable; unrelatedd
52
empirical
adj. based on experience
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predecessor
n. former occupant of a post
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guffaw
n. boisterous laughter
53
allude
v. to refer indirecly
54
intimate
n. hint; suggest; imply
adj. marked by close relationship; familiar; private; personal
54
antithesis
adj. exact opposite
55
feign
v. to pretend
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emollient
n. soothing or softening remedy for the skin
57
dominant
n. in control or command
57
reciprocate
v. to give and take equally
58
baffle
v. to confuse
59
opus
n. work, especially musical composition
60
slapdash
adj. hasty and careless
61
factious
adj. inclined to form factions; causing dessension
61
nonpareil
n. the best, one who is unequalled in excellence
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boorish
adj. rude; insensitive
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cordial *
adj. warmly friendly
63
paste
n. smoothing viscous mixture as of flour
64
Advocate
(v.) to argue in favor of
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Avid
(adj.) enthusiastic
65
Anthropology
(n.) the study of the origins, behavior, and culture of human beings
66
Deride
(v.) to ridicule
66
Collaborate
(v.) to work together
67
Conventional
(adj.) following accepted customs and behaviors
68
Dispute
(v.) to question the truth of
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Emphatic
(adj.) expressed with emphasis
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Explicit
(adj.) clearly expressed or demonstrated
70
Hostile
(adj.) openly opposed; showing ill-will
