Direct Vocab 4 Flashcards
This deck continues to verify vocabulary knowledge. This level of knowledge is most helpful in confident elimination during sentence completion processes. It should also improve comprehension during passage reading. (100 cards)
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aerial
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(adj.) somehow related to the air
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aesthetic
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(adj.) artistic, related to the appreciation of beauty
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affable
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(adj.) friendly, amiable
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affinity
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(n.) a spontaneous feeling of closeness
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affluent
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(adj.) rich, wealthy
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affront
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(n.) an insult
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aggrandize
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(v.) to increase or make greater
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aggregate
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- (n.) a whole or total
- (v.) to gather into a mass
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aggrieved
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(adj.) distressed, wronged, injured
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agile
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(adj.) quick, nimble
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agnostic
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(adj.) believing that the existence of God cannot be proven or disproven
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agriculture
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(n.) farming
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aisle
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(n.) a passageway between rows of seats
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alacrity
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(n.) eagerness, speed
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alias
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(n.) a false name or identity
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benevolent
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(adj.) marked by goodness or doing good
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benign
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(adj.) favorable, not threatening, mild
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bequeath
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(v.) to pass on, give
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clemency
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(n.) mercy
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clergy
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(n.) members of Christian holy orders
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cloying
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(adj.) sickeningly sweet
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coagulate
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(v.) to thicken, clot
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coalesce
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(v.) to fuse into a whole
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cobbler
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(n.) a person who makes or repairs shoes
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coerce
(v.) to make somebody do something by force or threat
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cogent
(adj.) intellectually convincing
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cognizant
(adj.) aware, mindful
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coherent
(adj.) logically consistent, intelligible
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collateral
1. (adj.) secondary
2. (n.) security for a debt
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colloquial
(adj.) characteristic of informal conversation
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collusion
(n.) secret agreement, conspiracy
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deride
(v.) to laugh at mockingly, scorn
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derivative
(adj.) taken directly from a source, unoriginal
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desecrate
(v.) to violate the sacredness of a thing or place
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desiccated
(adj.) dried up, dehydrated
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desolate
(adj.) deserted, dreary, lifeless
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despondent
(adj.) feeling depressed, discouraged, hopeless
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despot
(n.) one who has total power and rules brutally
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destitute
(adj.) impoverished, utterly lacking
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deter
(v.) to discourage, prevent from doing
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eminent
(adj.) distinguished, prominent, famous
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emollient
(adj.) soothing
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emote
(v.) to express emotion
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empathy
(n.) sensitivity to the feelings of others and feel as they feel
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empirical
1. (adj.) based on observation or experience
2. (adj.) capable of being proved or disproved by experiment
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emulate
(v.) to imitate
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enamor
(v.) to fill with love, fascinate
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encore
(n.) the demand of the audience for continued performance
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feral
(adj.) wild, savage
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fervent
(adj.) ardent, passionate
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fetid
(adj.) having a foul odor
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gluttony
(n.) overindulgence in food or drink
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harangue
1. (n.) a ranting speech
2. (v.) to give such a speech
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impute
(v.) to ascribe, blame
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inane
(adj.) silly and meaningless
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inarticulate
(adj.) incapable of expressing oneself clearly through speech
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incarnate
1. (adj.) existing in the flesh, embodied
2. (v.) to give human form to
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incendiary
1. (n.) a person who agitates
2. (adj.) inflammatory, causing combustion
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incessant
(adj.) unending
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laudatory
(adj.) expressing admiration or praise
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lavish
1. (adj.) given without limits
2. (v.) to give without limits
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maverick
(n.) an independent, nonconformist person
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mawkish
(adj.) characterized by sick sentimentality
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maxim
(n.) a common saying expressing a principle of conduct
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neophyte
(n.) someone who is young or inexperienced
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nocturnal
(adj.) relating to or occurring during the night
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obsolete
(adj.) no longer used, out of date
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obstinate
(adj.) not yielding easily, stubborn
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pert
(adj.) flippant, bold
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pertinacious
(adj.) stubbornly persistent
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perusal
(n.) a careful examination, review
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pervasive
(adj.) having the tendency to spread throughout
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petulance
(n.) rudeness, irritability
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philanthropic
(adj.) charitable, giving
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phlegmatic
(adj.) uninterested, unresponsive
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pillage
(v.) to seize or plunder, especially in war
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pinnacle
(n.) the highest point
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pithy
(adj.) concisely meaningful
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quell
(v.) to control or diffuse a potentially explosive situation
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refract
(v.) to distort, change
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refurbish
(v.) to restore, clean up
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refute
(v.) to prove wrong
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regurgitate
1. (v.)to vomit
2. (v.) to throw back exactly
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relegate
1. (v.) to assign to the proper place
2. (v.) to assign to an inferior place
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seminal
(adj.) original, important, creating a field
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sensual
(adj.) involving sensory gratification, usually related to sex
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sensuous
(adj.) involving sensory gratification
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serendipity
(n.) luck, finding good things without looking for them
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serene
(adj.) calm, untroubled
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tome
(n.) a large book
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torpid
(adj.) lethargic, dormant, lacking motion
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torrid
(adj.) giving off intense heat, passionate
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tortuous
(adj.) winding
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tractable
(adj.) easily controlled
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unctuous
(adj.) smooth or greasy in texture, appearance, manner
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venerable
(adj.) deserving of respect because of age or achievement
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venerate
(v.) to regard with respect or to honor
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veracity
(n.) truthfulness, accuracy
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wily
(adj.) crafty, sly
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zephyr
(n.) a gentle breeze
