Deck 1 Flashcards
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Animus
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n
- intense dislike; hatred; animosity.
- motive, intention, or purpose, disposition.
- (Psychology) (in Jungian psychology) the masculine principle present in the female unconscious.
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Convivial
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adj.
- Fond of feasting, drinking, and good company; sociable. See Synonyms at social.
- Merry; festive: a convivial atmosphere at the reunion.
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Vapid
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adj.
- Lacking liveliness, animation, or interest; dull: vapid conversation.
- Lacking taste, zest, or flavor; flat: vapid beer.
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Parochial
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adj.
- Of, relating to, supported by, or located in a parish.
- Of or relating to parochial schools.
- Narrowly restricted in scope or outlook; provincial: parochial attitudes.
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Saunter
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intr.v. To walk at a leisurely pace; stroll. n. 1. A leisurely pace. 2. A leisurely walk or stroll.
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Sanctimonious
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adj.
Feigning piety or righteousness.
Affecting piety or making a display of holiness.
“a solemn, unsmiling, sanctimonious old iceberg that looked like he was waiting for a vacancy in the Trinity” (Mark Twain).
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Antediluvian
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adj.
- Extremely old and antiquated. See Synonyms at old.
- Bible Occurring or belonging to the era before the Flood.
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Affability
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adj.
- Easy and pleasant to speak to; approachable.
- Gentle and gracious: an affable smile.
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Loath
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adj.
Unwilling or reluctant; disinclined: I am loath to go on such short notice.
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Repine
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intr. v.
1. To be discontented or low in spirits; complain or fret.
2. To yearn after something: Immigrants who repined for their homeland.
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Approbation
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n
- An expression of warm approval, commendation; praise.
- official recognition or approval.
- an obsolete word for proof.
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Minatory
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adj.
Of a menacing or threatening nature; minacious.
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Superintend
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tr.v.
To oversee and direct; supervise.
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Quadrille
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n.
- A square dance of French origin composed of five sections and performed by four couples.
- Music for this dance in 6/8 and 2/4 time.
a meeting of four or more persons; a band, troop, or company; a dance performed by four couples, 1773; a group of four horsemen, 1738; a square dance.
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Apprise
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tr.v.
To give notice to; inform: “apprised us of our rights.”
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Disavow
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vb
1. (tr) to deny knowledge of, connection with, or responsibility for
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Flagitious
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adj.
- Characterized by extremely brutal or cruel crimes; vicious.
- Infamous; scandalous: “That remorseless government persisted in its flagitious project” (Robert Southey).
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Calumniate
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tr.v.
To make maliciously or knowingly false statements about. malign. slander.
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Indenture
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n.
1. A contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term. Often used in the plural.
2.
a. A document in duplicate having indented edges.
b. A deed or legal contract executed between two or more parties.
c. An official or authenticated inventory, list, or voucher.
3. Indentation.
tr.v.
1. To bind into the service of another by indenture.
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Manumit
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tr.v.
To free from slavery or bondage; emancipate.
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Desuetude
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n
1. the condition of not being in use or practice; disuse: “those ceremonies had fallen into desuetude.”
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Peregrination
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v.intr.
To journey or travel from place to place, especially on foot and with the suggestion of a roundabout route.
v.tr.
To travel through or over; traverse.
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Meritorious
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adj
1. praiseworthy; showing merit
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Abrogation
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tr.v.
To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
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Recapitulate
1. to review by a brief summary, as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize.
2. to repeat (ancestral evolutionary stages) during embryonic development or during a life cycle.
v. i.
3. to sum up statements or matters.
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Praetorian
adj.
venal, corruptible.
Characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality.
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Talion
n.
A punishment identical to the offense, as the death penalty for murder.
Retaliation.
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Condole
v.
| 1. to express sympathy with a person suffering sorrow, misfortune, or grief (usu. fol. by with).
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Travail
n.
1. Work, especially when arduous or involving painful effort; toil.
2. Tribulation or agony; anguish.
3. The labor of childbirth.
intr. v.
1. To work strenuously; toil.
2. To be in the labor of childbirth.
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Contrive
1. to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent: to contrive a means of escape.
2. to bring about by a plan, scheme, etc.; manage: He contrived to gain their votes.
3. to plot (evil, treachery, etc.).
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Droll
adj
| 1. amusing in a quaint or odd manner; comical, whimsically humorous; waggish.
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Accost
tr.v.
1. To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request. Confront boldly.
2.to approach with a greeting, question, or remark.
3.To solicit for sex
n.
1.a greeting
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Epigrammatic
Adj. 1. terse and witty and like a maxim
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Bestir
tr.v.
| To cause to become active; rouse: "finally bestirred himself to look for work."
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Clout
n.
1. a blow with the hand or a hard object
2. power or influence, esp in politics
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Drivel
v.intr.
1. To slobber; drool.
2. To flow like spittle or saliva.
3. To talk stupidly or childishly.
n.
1. Saliva flowing from the mouth.
2. Stupid or senseless talk.
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Acquiesce
intr.v.
| To consent or comply passively or without protest. (usu. foll. by in or to)
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Benefaction
n
1. the act of doing good, esp by giving a donation to charity
2. the donation or help given
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Encumber
1. to impede or hinder; hamper.
2. to block up or fill with superfluous or obstructive things.
3. to weigh down; burden.
4. to burden with obligations, debt, etc.
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Edifying
Adj. 1. enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement; "the paintings in the church served an edifying purpose even for those who could not read"
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Vitreous
Adj.
| 1. of the nature of or resembling glass, as in transparency, brittleness, hardness, or glossiness: "vitreous china."
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Lascivious
adj.
1. Given to or expressing lust; lecherous.
2. Exciting sexual desires; salacious.
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Patrician
n.
1. A person of refined upbringing, manners, and tastes.
2. A member of an aristocracy; an aristocrat.
3. A member of one of the noble families of the ancient Roman Republic, which before the third century b.c. had exclusive rights to the Senate and the magistracies.
adj.
1. aristocratic.
2. oligarchic and often antidemocratic or nonpopular: patrician political views.
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Precarious
Adj.
1. dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain: "a precarious livelihood."
2. dangerous because insecure or unsteady.
3. based upon insufficient evidence.
4. dependent on the will of another.
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Sycophantic
Adj. 1. attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery.
bootlicking, fawning, obsequious, toadyish
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Garrote
n. , v.
1. a method of execution in which an iron collar is tightened around a person's neck until death occurs.
2. the collarlike instrument used for this.
3. strangulation or throttling, esp. in the course of a robbery.
4. a cord or wire used for strangling.
v. t.
5. to execute or stangle with the garrote.
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Muckrake
vb
| to seek out and expose scandal, esp concerning public figures
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Incommode
v.
| 1. to inconvenience or discomfort; disturb; trouble.
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Hew
vb
1. to strike (something, esp wood) with cutting blows, as with an axe
2. (often foll by: out) to shape or carve from a substance
3. (tr; often foll by away, down, from, off, etc) to sever from a larger or another portion
4. (often foll by: to) US and Canadian to conform (to a code, principle, etc)
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Which one of your vocabulary words mean?
1. dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain.
2. dangerous because insecure or unsteady.
3. based upon insufficient evidence.
4. dependent on the will of another.
Precarious
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Which one of your vocabulary words mean:
1. to impede or hinder; hamper.
2. to block up or fill with superfluous or obstructive things.
3. to weigh down; burden.
4. to burden with obligations, debt, etc.
Encumber
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Which one of your vocabulary words mean:
to seek out and expose scandal, esp concerning public figures
Muckrake
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Which one of your vocabulary words mean the following?
1. to strike (something, esp wood) with cutting blows, as with an axe
2. to cleave, to carve
3. to conform (to a code, principle, etc)
Hew
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Seclude
vb (tr)
1. to remove from contact with others
2. to shut off or screen from view, make private.
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Which word means:
menacing or threatening?
Minatory
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Which word means?
1. An expression of warm approval, commendation; praise.
2. official recognition or approval.
Approbation
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Which word means:
Unwilling or reluctant?
Loath
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Which of your words mean:
Feigning piety or righteousness.
Sanctimonious
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Which one of your vocabulary words mean:
To consent or comply passively or without protest
Acquiesce
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Which word means:
1. To be discontented or low in spirits; complain or fret.
2. To yearn after something.
Repine
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Which of your words mean:
1. Easy and pleasant to speak to; approachable.
2. Gentle and gracious.
Affability
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Which of your vocabulary words mean the following?
to inconvenience or discomfort; disturb; trouble.
Incommode
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Which of your vocabulary words mean the following?
the act of doing good, esp by giving a donation to charity
Benefaction
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Which word means:
A leisurely stroll?
Saunter
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Which word means:
Narrowly restricted in scope or outlook.
Parochial
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Which of your words mean:
1. intense dislike; hatred; animosity.
2. motive, intention, or purpose, disposition.
Animus
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Which of your words mean:
Extremely old and antiquated.
Antediluvian
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Which of your words mean
1. Fond of feasting, drinking, and good company; sociable.
2. Merry; festive.
Convivial
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Which of your vocabulary words mean the following?
1. to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent.
2. to bring about by a plan, scheme, etc.; manage
3. to plot (evil, treachery, etc.).
Contrive
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Which one of your words mean:
| Lacking liveliness, animation, or interest
Vapid
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Which of your vocabulary words mean the following?
1. amusing in a quaint or odd manner; comical.
Droll
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Which of your vocabulary words mean the following?
To talk stupidly or childishly.
Drivel
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Which of your vocabulary words mean the following?
To make maliciously or knowingly false statements about. malign. slander.
Calumniate
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Which one of your vocabulary words mean the following?
1. attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery.
Sycophantic
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Which of your vocabulary words mean the following?
1. the condition of not being in use or practice; disuse.
Desuetude
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Which of your vocabulary words mean the following?
enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement
Edifying
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Which of your vocabulary words mean the following?
n.
1. A contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term.
2.
a. A document in duplicate having indented edges.
b. A deed or legal contract executed between two or more parties.
c. An official or authenticated inventory, list, or voucher.
Indenture
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Which one of your vocabulary words mean the following?
1. aristocratic.
2. oligarchic and often antidemocratic or nonpopular
Patrician
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Which of your vocabulary words mean the following?
1. Characterized by extremely brutal or cruel crimes; vicious.
2. Infamous; scandalous.
Flagitious
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Which of your vocabulary words mean the following?
of the nature of or resembling glass, as in transparency, brittleness, hardness, or glossiness:
Vitreous
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Which one of your vocabulary words mean the following?
1. to remove from contact with others
2. to shut off or screen from view, make private.
Seclude
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Which of your vocabulary words mean the following?
terse and witty and like a maxim
Epigrammatic
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Which of your vocabulary words mean the following?
n. , v.
1. a method of execution in which an iron collar is tightened around a person's neck until death occurs.
2. the collarlike instrument used for this.
3. strangulation or throttling, esp. in the course of a robbery.
4. a cord or wire used for strangling.
Garrote
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Which of your vocabulary words mean the following?
1. Given to or expressing lust; lecherous.
2. Exciting sexual desires; salacious.
Lascivious
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Which of your following words mean the following?
A punishment identical to the offense.
Retaliation.
Talion
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Which of your vocabulary words mean the following?
To oversee and direct; supervise.
Superintend
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Which of your vocabulary words mean the following?
venal, corruptible.
Praetorian
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Which of your vocabulary words mean the following?
1. to express sympathy with a person suffering sorrow, misfortune, or grief
Condole
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Which of your vocabulary words mean the following?
1. a blow with the hand or a hard object
2. power or influence, esp in politics
Clout
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Which of your vocabulary words mean the following?
1. praiseworthy; showing merit
Meritorious
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Which of your vocabulary words mean the following?
To cause to become active; rouse
Bestir
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Which of your vocabulary words mean the following?
1. to review by a brief summary, as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize.
2. to repeat during embryonic development or during a life cycle.
Recapitulate
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Which of your vocabulary words mean the following?
1. Work, especially when arduous or involving painful effort; toil.
2. Tribulation or agony; anguish.
3. The labor of childbirth.
Travail
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Which of your vocabulary words mean the following?
1. To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.
Accost
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Which of your vocabulary words mean the following?
To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
Abrogation
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Which of your vocabulary words mean the following?
tr.v.
To free from slavery or bondage; emancipate.
Manumit
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Which of your vocabulary words mean the following?
1. to deny knowledge of, connection with, or responsibility for
Disavow
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Which of your vocabulary words mean the following?
A square dance composed of five sections and performed by four couples.
Quadrille
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Which of your vocabulary words mean the following?
To give notice to; inform.
Apprise
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Which of your vocabulary words mean the following?
To journey or travel from place to place, especially on foot and with the suggestion of a roundabout route.
Peregrination
