Difficult Barron's 2400 Upper-Level Flashcards by Rachel K

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bane

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a cause for ruin

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bevy

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a large group

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bilk

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to steal; to embezzle

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boon

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a sudden gain; a windfall

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gait

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a manner or rate of walking

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glib

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easeful with speaking, storytelling

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glut

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to oversupply; to stuff

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hack

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hackneyed, trite, stale; to chop

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hale

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healthy

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mire

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a swamp pit; mud; a quagmire

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alacrity

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cheerful readiness

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aspersion

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misleading or false rumor; gossip

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brook (v.)

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to endure; to put up with

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bungle

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to botch; to mess up

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chagrin

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embarrassment

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constituents

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voters

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denuded

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made ineffective or infertile

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diaphanous

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sheer, gauzy, see-through; transparent

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discretionary

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based on personal choice; showing prudence

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epitaph

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words inscribed on a tomb

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extant

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existing

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felicitous

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suitable; pleasant

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flotilla

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fleet of ships

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gaunt

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thin; haggard

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hermetic

sealed in an airtight manner

insular

isolated; remote

jingoism

aggressive touting of one's patriotism

juggernaut

relentless force

melee

a hand-to-hand fight involving several participants

mendacity

deceit, dishonesty, fabrication

myopic

short-sighted

nondescript

featureless; hard to describe

oblique

indirect; slanted

perfidious

disloyal; traitorous

petulant

irritable

plaudits

applause; praise

precept

a rule of behavior or action

probity

honesty; integrity

pundits

erudite (learned, scholarly) persons

quibble

to find fault with

raiment

clothing, apparel, attire

rectitude

the quality of being right, moral, good

reprehensible

worthy of blame

retrograde

going backward and therefore not progressing

spate

an outpouring

subterfuge

deception

surfeit (n.)

a surplus, an oversupply

synergistic

working together and having a greater combined effect because of simultaneous operation

table (v.)

to set aside an issue to be discussed at a later time

temper (v.)

to lessen the severity of

treacly/treacle

overly sentimental

unheralded

unannounced

upstart

a rebel, an insurgent; a maverick

venial

forgivable; pardonable

verisimilitude

probability; something that has the appearance of truth

victuals

food

watershed

a defining moment; a turning point

waylay

to ambush

wheedle

to cajole or coax

windfall

an unexpected gain or boon