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Vocabulary 7 > Deck C > Flashcards

Deck C Flashcards

1
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cark

A

to burden oneself with worries

Many cark themselves about the future, not me.

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meritorious

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worthy of praise

The meritorious conduct of the Ukrainian’s serves as reminder to all that Freedom is not Free.

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eschew

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do without

I must eschew chips.

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reprove

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to criticize and correct others

Like, when he reproved my short dress, I was totally crushed , like, you know.

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pique

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to trigger ones interest

The Lecture on Pyramid Power in Maui piqued my interest.

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crabbed

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crotchety and ill-humored

The crabbed old woman laughed when the dog bit me.

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7
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rubiginous

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rusty

The rubiginous Japanese Zero rested on the bottom of Truk Lagoon.

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repetend

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a repeated word

The repetend “Nevermore” is instantly recognizable.

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forbearance

noun

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time alone

Give me forbearance.

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vouchsafed

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to granted an explanation

Jesus vouchsafed his divinity to only a few disciples.

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struthius

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ostrich like

The struthius handling by CNN of the Hunter laptop debacle is pathetic for a company that claims to be about the news.

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12
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vanguard

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the leading edge of an army

The Russian vanguard encountered stiff resistance.

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obstreporous

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stubbornly defiant

Smollet, like OJ, remains obstreporous that he is innocent.

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fugacious

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fleeting tending to disappear

Youth and good looks are fugacious.

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fushion

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strength in Scottish

I have regained my fushion.

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layettes

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clothes and toiletries for newborns

In a rush to get his pregnant wife to the hospital , the husband forgot the layettes.

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17
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verisimilitude

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authenticity

Putin’s rage gave verisimilitude that the invasion had not gone to plan.

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commonweal

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the common interest

At first, mandatory vaccination and masks seemed the commonweal. Now both have proven nugatory.

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nugatory

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worthless

Masks and current vaccines are nugatory.

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prorogue

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to delay or put off

He let his cowardice prorogue his decision to become a policeman.

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21
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enmity

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mutual hatred

The enmity of Ukraine and Russia will prolong this war unnecessarily.

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libertine

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one leading a dissolute Life

Cleopatra! Keep the libertine entwined in your limbs.

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23
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derogate

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to cause something to seem inferior

Do not derogate my achievements.

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imputation

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falsely blaming someone

Biden’s imputation of Putin for the USA inflation problem is bullshit.

25
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superannuation

A

becoming useless with age

Superannuation is a modern problem where only youth is revered.

26
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inurement

A

resigned acceptance of mistreatment

The inurement of the many to draconian vaccine mandates will doom many to long term health problems.

27
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gorgonize

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to paralyze with fear

The Mothman gorgonized the youths.

28
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delassation

A

weariness

My delassation is always profound following Miami trips.

29
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thunder-plump

A

heavy rainfall during a thunderstorm

The thunder-plump last night was thrilling and wild.

30
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digmix

A

a disagreeable chore

Cleaning the pig sty was the ultimate digmix.

31
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metonymy

A

a figure of speech

Mark Anthony used metonymy in “ countrymen lend me your ears”.

32
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pulchritude

A

physical beauty

The pulchritude on Duval is distracting.

33
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maladroit

A

clumsy

His maladroit handling of The Afghanistan Withdrawal put into question his ability to lead.

34
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delope

A

to fire ones dueling pistol into the air to signify the desire to cease hostilities

Putin will never delope.

35
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jeremiad

A

a wailing of protestation against injustice

The jeremiads of lesbians against the reversal of Roe v Wade is ironic.

36
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boodle

A

money obtained illicitly in politics

Hunter will be stripped of his boodle.

37
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casuistry

A

clever but specious reasoning

No one is falling for the Democratic casuistry that this is Putin’s fault.

38
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eudaemonia

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happiness achieved by devotion to moral obligations

Eudaemonia is an impetus for men to join the priesthood.

39
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priapic

A

concerning the phallus

At first I thought his rushing off to her was simply a priapic imperative.

40
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tu quoque

A

tu =you quoque=also
a retort accusing another of hypocritical actions

Biden said to Putin, “You caused our inflation !” and he replied “ tu quoque.”

41
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revirescence

A

the act becoming young again

In mice, mouse poop transplants causes revirescence. I think I will just die.

42
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xerosis

A

the aging of skin characterized by dryness and wrinkles

Billions of dollars are spent be women trying to avoid xerosis.

43
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pacable

A

easily appeased

Amy is far more pacable than myself.

44
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sessle

A

to move about restlessly

Mom with her dementia is constantly sessle.

45
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summum bonum

A

the supreme or highest good

Self-rule continues to tyrannize liberal ideologies, secure in its place as the summum bonum.

46
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defi

A

a challenge

What cretin would hurl a defi at a desperate nuclear power?

47
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unshirted

A

undisguised

My unshirted hatred towards liberalist agendas means I do not have a lot of friends in New Jersey…Thank God!

48
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maleferous

A

producing evil

Stalin and Hitler are tied as the ne plus ultra maleferous villains of the 20th Century.

49
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invious

A

untrod, pristine

The leaves along both roads in “The Road Not Taken” were both invious.

50
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hylogenesis

A

the origin of dark matter

If it even exists, the hylogenesis of dark matter is enigmatic.

51
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ecbole

eck buh lee

A

a digression and diversion in speech

Faced with failure on all fronts , Biden launched into his standard ecbole of the problems of Maga.

52
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quizzically

A

amusingly curious

Her liberal rant ongoing, he looked up quizzically at her.

53
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banausic

A

purely mechanical and uninspired

He churned out his banausic art.

54
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quidnunc

A

a nosy busybody

The quidnuncs across the street turned in Paul for lacking a permit to build the deck.

55
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litterateur

A

one well versed in literature

I consider myself a litterateur.

56
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prospicience

A

the action of looking forward and anticipating a result

Assimov’s prospicience about telecommunications satellites was 100% correct.

57
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cloven

A

split in two

The cloven ice cream dessert satisfied the twins, who then ceased warring with one another.

58
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redivivus

A

come back to life

The redivivus Frankenstein terrorized the peasantry.

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