Direct Hits Volume 1 Flashcards
(144 cards)
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
to get out of a difficult situation or entanglement
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Extricate
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
to hold back one’s thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs; restrained or reserved
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Reticent
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Quixotic
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foolishly impractical in the pursuit of ideals; impractical idealism
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
characterized by a huge appetite that cannot be satisfied; insatiable
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Ravenous/Voracious
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Acerbic
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harsh or severe, as of temper or expression
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
given to fantastic schemes; existing only as a product of the unchecked imagination
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Chimerical
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Censure
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strong or vehement expression of disapproval; to criticize or reproach in a harsh or vehement manner
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Dissembler/Prevaricator
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liar; deceiver
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
independent; not controlled by others
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Autonomous
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Forlorn
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desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
willing to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullible
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Credulous
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Fallacious
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logically unsound; deceptive; misleading
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Prudent
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careful; cautious; sensible
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Capricious/Mercurial
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very changeable, fickle, characterized by constantly-shifting moods
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Partisan
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a person with strong and therefore biased beliefs
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Maganimous
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filled with generosity and forgiveness; forgoing resentment and revenge
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Ravenous/Voracious
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characterized by a huge appetite that cannot be satisfied; insatiable
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
someone who is clumsy or inept; a person who makes mistakes because of incompetence
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Bungler
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
a person who hates or distrusts humankind
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Misanthrope
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Charlatan
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a fake; fraud; imposter; cheat
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Exorbitant
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literally out of orbit and therefore unreasonably expensive
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
to put down by exposing false and exaggerated claims
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Debunk
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Panoply
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complete suit of armor
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
a person who seeks favor by flattering people of influence; a toady; someone who behaves in an obsequious or servile manner
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Sycophant
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
to put down in the sense of openly condemning; to express strong disapproval
Decry
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
Vulgar; characterized by crude behavior and deplorable manners
Boorish/Uncouth
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
poor; penniless
Impecunious
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Misanthrope
a person who hates or distrusts humankind
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Acrimonious
filled with bitterness; sharpness in words; rancorous
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
very changeable, fickle, characterized by constantly-shifting moods
Capricious/Mercurial
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Admonish
to earnestly caution; to warm against (another) to avoid a course of action
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Circumscribe
to draw a line around and therefore to narrowly limit or restrict actions
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Bucolic/Pastoral/Rustic
refering to charming, unspoiled, countryside
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
take out; delete; remove
Excise/Expunge/Expurgate
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
filled with moderation; temperate in eating and drinking
Abstemious
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
accustomed to sit or rest a great deal or to take little exercise; abiding in one place; not migratory or itinerant
Sedentary
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Inscrutable
mysterious; puzzling; unfathomable; baffling
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Reprobate
a morally unprincipled person
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
to put down with contemptuous jeering; to ridicule or laugh at
Deride
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
a disloyal person who betrays his or her cause
Renegade
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
something of small value or importance; petty; trifling
Picayune
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
Fleeting
Ephemeral
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
indisputable; beyond doubt
Incontrovertible
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
complete suit of armor
Panoply
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
cautious and careful; prudent
Circumspect
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
to divide a geographic area into voting districts so as to give unfair advantage to one party in elections
Gerrymander
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Martinet
a strict disciplinarian; a person who demands absolute adherence to forms and rules
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Implacable
not capable of being placated or appeased
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
very favorable
Auspicious
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Excise/Expunge/Expurgate
take out; delete; remove
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Equanamity
calmness; composure; even-tempered; poise
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
tearful; excessively sentimental
Maudlin
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
literally out of orbit and therefore unreasonably expensive
Exorbitant
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
mysterious; puzzling; unfathomable; baffling
Inscrutable
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
a strict disciplinarian; a person who demands absolute adherence to forms and rules
Martinet
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Incontrovertible
indisputable; beyond doubt
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
harsh or severe, as of temper or expression
Acerbic
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Sycophant
a person who seeks favor by flattering people of influence; a toady; someone who behaves in an obsequious or servile manner
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
strong dislike; ill will; the state of detesting someone
Antipathy
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Impecunious
poor; penniless
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
careful; cautious; sensible
Prudent
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
a plausible but deliberately misleading or fallacious argument designed to deceive someone
Sophistry
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
a morally unprincipled person
Reprobate
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Irreverent
lacking proper respect or seriousness; disrespectful
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
strong or vehement expression of disapproval; to criticize or reproach in a harsh or vehement manner
Censure
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Circumvent
to circle around and therefor bypass; to avoid by artful maneuvering
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Affluent/Opulent
very wealthy
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
filled with generosity and forgiveness; forgoing resentment and revenge
Maganimous
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
very wealthy
Affluent/Opulent
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Munificent
very generous
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Haughty
arrogant
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Maudlin
tearful; excessively sentimental
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Portend
foretell
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Repudiate/Recant/Renounce
to take back; to reject; disavow
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
the lowest point; the bottom
Nadir
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Decry
to put down in the sense of openly condemning; to express strong disapproval
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
circular and therefor indirect in language, behavior or action
Circuitous
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
to circle around and therefor bypass; to avoid by artful maneuvering
Circumvent
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Mellifluous
smooth and sweet; flowing like honey
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
liar; deceiver
Dissembler/Prevaricator
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Credulous
willing to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullible
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
a bitter abusive denunciation
Diatribe/Tirade
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning
Obsequious
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Antipathy
strong dislike; ill will; the state of detesting someone
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Obsequious
characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning
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Nadir
the lowest point; the bottom
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Chimerical
given to fantastic schemes; existing only as a product of the unchecked imagination
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
direct opposite; the complete reverse
Antipode/Antithesis
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Etymology
a branch of linguistics that specializes in the origin or words
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
logically unsound; deceptive; misleading
Fallacious
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Autonomous
independent; not controlled by others
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
refering to charming, unspoiled, countryside
Bucolic/Pastoral/Rustic
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Debunk
to put down by exposing false and exaggerated claims
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
very brief; concise; succinct; terse
Laconic
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
calmness; composure; even-tempered; poise
Equanamity
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
ubiquitous; pervasive; omnipresent; widespread
Prevalent
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance
Forlorn
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Circumspect
cautious and careful; prudent
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Renegade
a disloyal person who betrays his or her cause
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
a person who gives up material comforts and leads a life of self-denial, especially as an act of religious devotion
Ascetic
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Anachronism
the false assignment of an event, person, scene, or language to a time when the event, person, scene, or word did not exist
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
a person with strong and therefore biased beliefs
Partisan
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Fortuitous
of accidental but fortunate occurence; having unexpected good fortune
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Bungler
someone who is clumsy or inept; a person who makes mistakes because of incompetence
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
harmful
Inimical
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
smooth and sweet; flowing like honey
Mellifluous
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Auspicious
very favorable
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Circuitous
circular and therefor indirect in language, behavior or action
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Prevalent
ubiquitous; pervasive; omnipresent; widespread
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Demure
modest
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Ascetic
a person who gives up material comforts and leads a life of self-denial, especially as an act of religious devotion
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit
Spurious
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Bowderlize
to remove or delete parts of a book, song, or other work that are considered offensive
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
a fake; fraud; imposter; cheat
Charlatan
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
the false assignment of an event, person, scene, or language to a time when the event, person, scene, or word did not exist
Anachronism
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
a branch of linguistics that specializes in the origin or words
Etymology
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Reticent
to hold back one's thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs; restrained or reserved
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
very generous
Munificent
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Spurious
not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit
120
Boorish/Uncouth
Vulgar; characterized by crude behavior and deplorable manners
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Ephemeral
Fleeting
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
of accidental but fortunate occurence; having unexpected good fortune
Fortuitous
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Deride
to put down with contemptuous jeering; to ridicule or laugh at
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Diatribe/Tirade
a bitter abusive denunciation
125
Sedentary
accustomed to sit or rest a great deal or to take little exercise; abiding in one place; not migratory or itinerant
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
lacking proper respect or seriousness; disrespectful
Irreverent
127
Sophistry
a plausible but deliberately misleading or fallacious argument designed to deceive someone
128
Antipode/Antithesis
direct opposite; the complete reverse
129
Laconic
very brief; concise; succinct; terse
130
# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
to draw a line around and therefore to narrowly limit or restrict actions
Circumscribe
131
Picayune
something of small value or importance; petty; trifling
132
# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
foolishly impractical in the pursuit of ideals; impractical idealism
Quixotic
133
# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
modest
Demure
134
# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
to earnestly caution; to warm against (another) to avoid a course of action
Admonish
135
# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
foretell
Portend
136
Gerrymander
to divide a geographic area into voting districts so as to give unfair advantage to one party in elections
137
# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
to remove or delete parts of a book, song, or other work that are considered offensive
Bowderlize
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
filled with bitterness; sharpness in words; rancorous
Acrimonious
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Abstemious
filled with moderation; temperate in eating and drinking
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
arrogant
Haughty
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
to take back; to reject; disavow
Repudiate/Recant/Renounce
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Extricate
to get out of a difficult situation or entanglement
143
Inimical
harmful
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# Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
not capable of being placated or appeased
Implacable
