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Deck 1 Flashcards

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Inveterate

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Habitual

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Spurious

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Plausible but false

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Cabal

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Secret group

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Ersatz

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Something not real or genuine

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Indigent

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Poor; having very little means

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Imprecate

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To curse someone (witches in Macbeth cast imprecations on mortals)

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Peremptory

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Bossy and domineering (ex. My sister told me to do the dishes in a peremptory manner)

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Admonitory

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Expressing warning

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Insidious

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Working in a subtle but destructive way (ex. Plaque in arteries)

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Apocryphal

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Of doubtful authenticity

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Halcyon

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Calm, peaceful, tranquil, prosperous

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Fatuous

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Foolish or inane, silly (synonym: dim-witted)

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Attenuate

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To reduce in force or degree, to weaken (ex. The bill of rights attenuated the traditional power of gvt to change laws at will

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Garrulous

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Very talkative in a rambling or tedious, pointless way

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Bellicose

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Having a tendency to argue or fight

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Racalcitrant

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Stubbornly refusing to obey rules or orders (ex. A heart to heart with the recalcitrant youth revealed that he was having trouble at home)

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Truculent

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Easily annoyed or angered; likely to argue

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Taciturn

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Tending to be quiet, not speaking frequently

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Nugatory

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Of little consequence; trifling

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Inchoate

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Not fully formed; disorganized

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Foment

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To incite

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Ineffable

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Unable to be expressed

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Specious

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False

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Exigent

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Immediate

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Obloquy

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Disgrace/public censure

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Pernicious

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Dangerous

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Inimical

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Hostile

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Seditious

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Rebellious

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Estimable

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Worthy

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Irresolute

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Unsure, uncertain

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Endemic

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Inherent

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Contumacious

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Rebellious

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Chicanery

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Deception, trickery

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Abjure

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To renounce, repudiate, retract

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Vicissitudes

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A change in variation in the course of something

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Noisome

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Very unpleasant or disgusting

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Equanimity

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Calm emotions when dealing with problems or pressure

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Pleonastic

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Use of more words than necessary

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Inveighing

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To complain or protest bitterly (always inveighing against the high property taxes)

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Ecumenical

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Involving people from different kinds of churches

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Exiguous

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Inadequate (ex. the rural school had an exiguous budget)

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Arcane

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Known or understood by select few; mysterious; secret

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Largess

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Extreme generosity and giving

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Pedantic

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Marked by a narrow focus on trivial aspects

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Perfunctory

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Doing something routine in a careless way (doing the dishes)

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Inculpate

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To charge with wrong-doing, accuse

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Fastidious

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Nit picky

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Sanguine

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Cheerful, optimistic

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Capricious

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Unpredictable, whimsical (changing one’s mind frequently)

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Mephitic

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Offensive to the smell; noxious, poisonous

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Disaffected

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Discontented as toward authority

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Pellucid

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Very clear (lets light through), or easy to understand

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Ingenuous

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To be naive and innocent

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Venality

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The condition of being susceptible to bribes or corruption

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54
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Theme: difficult to understand (5)

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Recondite
Abstruse
Esoteric
Arcane
Inscrutable
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Torrid

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Oppressively hot, parching or burning as climate

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Hackneyed

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Not interesting, funny etc. because of being used too often

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Refractory

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Stubbornly resistant to authority or control (ex. Disruptive kindergartners)

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Diffident

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Showing modest reserve, lacking self-confidence

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Intransigent

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Unwilling to change ones course of a action or beliefs

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Abstruse

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Difficult to understand, incomprehensible

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Precipitous

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Done with great haste and without deliberation

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Harangue

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A long and pompous speech

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Gainsay

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Deny or contradict, speak against or oppose

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Propitious

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Presenting favorable conditions; likely to succeed (ex. Doctor thinks that the girls health is propitious–likely to recover)

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Assuage

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To make something unpleasant less severe (ex. Use aspirin to assuage a headache)

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Equivocal

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Confusing or ambiguous

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Calumny

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Making a false statement meant to injure a person’s reputation

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Parochial

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Narrowly restricted in scope or outlook

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Guileless

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Free of deceit

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Prodigal

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Rashly or waste fully extravagant

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Ignoble

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Dishonorable

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Perspicacious

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Of acute or keen mental vision or discernment (synonym: shrewd)

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Winsome

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Charming in a childlike or naive way

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Reticent

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Reluctant to draw attention to yourself; temperamentally disinclined to talk

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Anathema

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Someone or something that is very strongly disliked

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Prevaricate

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To speak in an evasive way

77
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Ignominious

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Discreditable; humiliating; marked by ignominy (disgrace, dishonor)

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Mendacious

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Telling lies habitually

79
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Perquisite

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An incidental payment or benefit above regular; a gratuity or tip (trick: perk-qui site)

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Argot

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A special idiomatic vocabulary unique to a group of people

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Vituperation

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Verbal abuse or castigation

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Licentious

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Sexually immoral or offensive; lacking legal or moral restraints

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Sartorial

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Of or relating to clothes

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Malfeasance

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Wrongful conduct by a public official

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Inscrutable

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Difficult to understand

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Immutable

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Not subject to change

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Meritorious

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Deserving honor or praise

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Piquant

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Interesting, exciting; provocative, having a pleasantly spicy taste

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Recreant

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Crying for mercy, cowardly; unfaithful to duty or allegiance

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Clement

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Not too hot or too cold; mild; inclined to be merciful, lenient
(Opposite of inclement weather)

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Lackadaisical

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Lacking life, spirit or zest; languid

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Augury

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Omen, portent

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Aggrandize

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To make great or bigger

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Impecunious

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Having little or no money

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Insurgent

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A person who fights against an established government or authority

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Liminal

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1 : of or relating to a sensory threshold

2 : barely perceptible

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Magnetism

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A quality that makes someone able to attract and hold the interest of other people

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Sumptuous

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: very expensive, rich, or impressive

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Fracas

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: a noisy argument or fight

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Cavalcade

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: a line of riders, vehicles, etc., moving along in the same direction
: a series ofrelated things

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Peregrination

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journey

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Libretto

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: the words of an opera or musical

103
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Umbrage

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: a feeling of being offended by what someone has said or done

104
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Lugubrious

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: full of sadness or sorrow : very sad especially in an exaggerated or insincere way

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Presage

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Something that foreshadows or portends a future event

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Obviate

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: to make (something) no longer necessary : to prevent or avoid (something)

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Incipient

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: beginning to develop or exist

108
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Redolent

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: having a strong smell : full of a fragrance or odor

: causing thoughts or memories ofsomething

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Anodyne

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Something that calms or soothes pain

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Acme

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Highest point, summit

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Analgesia

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Soothing of pain without loss of consciousness

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Accretion

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A gradual increase in size

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Apostate

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One who renounces a religious faith (synonyms: defector, traitor)

114
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Affected

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Phony, artificial

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Approbation

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Praise and approval

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Abeyance

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Temporary suspension or cessation (ex. The baseball game was held in abeyance while it rained)

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August

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Grandiose, dignified

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Arrogate

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To claim unjustly (ex. Her boss arrogated credit for her project)

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Alacrity

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Speed, swiftness (the restaurant gained a reputation for the alacrity with which wait staff responded to customers) Synonym: celerity

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Abstemious

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Moderate in appetite

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Effrontery

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Barefaced audacity

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Gelid

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Extremely cold

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Otiose

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Lazy, idle

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Forbear

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Refrain from doing

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Metonymy

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Substituting the name of a part for the whole, in a figure of speech (ex. My wheels instead of my car)

126
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Ablate

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Cut away

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Abrogate

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Cancel

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Adventitious

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Coming from another source, not inherent. Synonyms: Accidental, extrinsic

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Actuate

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Induce, start

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Sanctimonious

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Pretending to be morally better than other people

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Antediluvian

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Very old or old-fashioned

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Edify

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to teach (someone) in a way that improves the mind or character

133
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Illusory

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: based on something that is not true or real : based on an illusion

134
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Temerity

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: the quality of being confident and unafraid of danger or punishment especially in a way that seems rude or foolish

135
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Profligate

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: carelessly and foolishly wasting money, materials, etc. : very wasteful

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Sacrosanct

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: too important and respected to be changed, criticized, etc.

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Obstreperous

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boisterous; resisting control or restraint (ex. obstreperous children running around)

138
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punctilious

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finicky

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Peculate

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Embezzle

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Callow

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Inexperienced

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Supererogatory

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Superfluous

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Scurrilous

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: said or done unfairly to make people have a bad opinion of someone (ex. tabloids generate scurrilous stories about celebrities)

143
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Inculcate

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Instill, indoctrinate

144
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Proscenium

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Part of the stage in front of the curtain

145
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Perjorative

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Insulting

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Pontificate

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To speak or express your opinion about something in a way that shows that you think you are always right

147
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Peripatetic

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Going from place to place usually as part of your job

148
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Recursive

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Something that is recursive has to do with a procedure or rule that is repeated. Think of something that “reoccurs” over and over again,

149
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Inculcate

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To inculcate is to teach through frequent instruction. If you repeatedly tell your brother how important it is to be responsible, then you’re trying to inculcate in him a sense of responsibility.

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Quinessence

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The quintessence of something is its perfect, ideal example. Some people say that the quintessence of American cuisine is the hamburger. Vegetarians may beg to differ.

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Ineluctable

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Impossible to avoid (ex. An ineluctable conclusion)

152
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Supercilious

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arrogant

153
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Bevy

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group

154
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indolent

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slow, lazy (ex. It can take an indolent teenager hours to get out of bed on the weekend)

155
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jejune

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lacking significance, uninteresting (ex. Many people say that they find celebrity gossip jejune, but ask about a recent scandal and they will know all about it)

156
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efficacious

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giving the power to produce a certain effect (ex. an efficacious medicine cures the ailment)

157
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scarify

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to make a scar on skin (ex. men in some tribes scarify their faces)

158
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charlatan

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a person who tries to deceive others with false claims (ex. The great ponzy scheme was perpetrated by the charlatan Madoff)

159
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adipose

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fatty tissue

160
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penury

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state of extreme poverty

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captious

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someone who tends to find and call attention to faults; critical

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Portentous

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an omen of a future event (negative) (ex. Ominous music in the background of a movie scene has a portentous quality, predicting doom for the character)

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Hapless

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Someone unlucky and deserving of pity (hapless car buyer gives in to the fast-talking salesman)

164
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Impute

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to name the cause of something that has happened (good or bad) (ex: You impute your ability to sing well to the vocal lessons; you impute your lateness to the lack of good directions)

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Accrue

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Grow by addition

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Abate

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become fewer or less intense (ex. Enthusiasm for skiing might abate after falling off the lift; the flood of fan mail began to abate after the actress stopped acting)

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Adamantine

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unbreakable, the quality of being adamant (ex. never able to escape the adamantine chains)

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Frangible

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capable of being broken (especially brittle or crumbly) (Ex. The frangible pages of an old book in the attic)

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Primordial

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having existed from the beginning (existed from the earliest time, like primordial mud scientists believe to be the source of life on earth)

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Heretical

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departing from accepted beliefs or standards (ex. family who believes making pancakes for dinner is heretical)

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Denouement

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The outcome of a complex sequence of events (ex. scene in a movie after the big action scene where loose ends get tied up)

172
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Modish

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in the current fashion or style

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Philistine

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A person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits

174
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Irascibility

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quality of being quickly aroused to anger

175
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Quiescence

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a state of quiet, if temporary, inaction (ex. nap time for toddlers is their period of quiescence)

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Redress

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make reparations or amends for (ex. Union workers wanted the company to redress the fact that workers weren’t getting lunch breaks)

178
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forbearance

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a delay in enforcing rights or claims, refraining from action (ex. someone owes you money and you give them extra time, you are showing forbearance)

179
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Propitiate

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To appease (tribesman offered sacrifices to propitiate the gods)

180
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Intemperance

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Exhibiting no restraint, no self-control

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Obdurate

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Stubburn

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Aver

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To state confidently

183
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Approbation

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Praise, approval

184
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Opprobrium

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A state of extreme dishonor (Throwing a drink in someone’s face undeservedly, people regard you with opprobrium)

185
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Disabuse

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To persuade someone that an idea or belief is mistaken

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Derision

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Contemptuous ridicule or mockery (Her presentation was greeted

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