1. (n.) a whole or total 2. (v.) to gather into a mass

Direct Vocab 4 Flashcards by Andrew Cohen

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aerial

(adj.) somehow related to the air

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aesthetic

(adj.) artistic, related to the appreciation of beauty

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affable

(adj.) friendly, amiable

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affinity

(n.) a spontaneous feeling of closeness

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affluent

(adj.) rich, wealthy

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affront

(n.) an insult

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aggrandize

(v.) to increase or make greater

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aggregate

(n.) a whole or total
(v.) to gather into a mass

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aggrieved

(adj.) distressed, wronged, injured

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agile

(adj.) quick, nimble

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agnostic

(adj.) believing that the existence of God cannot be proven or disproven

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agriculture

(n.) farming

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aisle

(n.) a passageway between rows of seats

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alacrity

(n.) eagerness, speed

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alias

(n.) a false name or identity

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benevolent

(adj.) marked by goodness or doing good

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benign

(adj.) favorable, not threatening, mild

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bequeath

(v.) to pass on, give

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clemency

(n.) mercy

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clergy

(n.) members of Christian holy orders

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cloying

(adj.) sickeningly sweet

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coagulate

(v.) to thicken, clot

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coalesce

(v.) to fuse into a whole

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cobbler

(n.) a person who makes or repairs shoes

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# Define: coerce

(v.) to make somebody do something by force or threat

# Define: cogent

(adj.) intellectually convincing

# Define: cognizant

(adj.) aware, mindful

# Define: coherent

(adj.) logically consistent, intelligible

# Define: collateral

1. (adj.) secondary 2. (n.) security for a debt

# Define: colloquial

(adj.) characteristic of informal conversation

# Define: collusion

(n.) secret agreement, conspiracy

# Define: deride

(v.) to laugh at mockingly, scorn

# Define: derivative

(adj.) taken directly from a source, unoriginal

# Define: desecrate

(v.) to violate the sacredness of a thing or place

# Define: desiccated

(adj.) dried up, dehydrated

# Define: desolate

(adj.) deserted, dreary, lifeless

# Define: despondent

(adj.) feeling depressed, discouraged, hopeless

# Define: despot

(n.) one who has total power and rules brutally

# Define: destitute

(adj.) impoverished, utterly lacking

# Define: deter

(v.) to discourage, prevent from doing

# Define: eminent

(adj.) distinguished, prominent, famous

# Define: emollient

(adj.) soothing

# Define: emote

(v.) to express emotion

# Define: empathy

(n.) sensitivity to the feelings of others and feel as they feel

# Define: empirical

1. (adj.) based on observation or experience 2. (adj.) capable of being proved or disproved by experiment

# Define: emulate

(v.) to imitate

# Define: enamor

(v.) to fill with love, fascinate

# Define: encore

(n.) the demand of the audience for continued performance

# Define: feral

(adj.) wild, savage

# Define: fervent

(adj.) ardent, passionate

# Define: fetid

(adj.) having a foul odor

# Define: gluttony

(n.) overindulgence in food or drink

# Define: harangue

1. (n.) a ranting speech 2. (v.) to give such a speech

# Define: impute

(v.) to ascribe, blame

# Define: inane

(adj.) silly and meaningless

# Define: inarticulate

(adj.) incapable of expressing oneself clearly through speech

# Define: incarnate

1. (adj.) existing in the flesh, embodied 2. (v.) to give human form to

# Define: incendiary

1. (n.) a person who agitates 2. (adj.) inflammatory, causing combustion

# Define: incessant

(adj.) unending

# Define: laudatory

(adj.) expressing admiration or praise

# Define: lavish

1. (adj.) given without limits 2. (v.) to give without limits

# Define: maverick

(n.) an independent, nonconformist person

# Define: mawkish

(adj.) characterized by sick sentimentality

# Define: maxim

(n.) a common saying expressing a principle of conduct

# Define: neophyte

(n.) someone who is young or inexperienced

# Define: nocturnal

(adj.) relating to or occurring during the night

# Define: obsolete

(adj.) no longer used, out of date

# Define: obstinate

(adj.) not yielding easily, stubborn

# Define: pert

(adj.) flippant, bold

# Define: pertinacious

(adj.) stubbornly persistent

# Define: perusal

(n.) a careful examination, review

# Define: pervasive

(adj.) having the tendency to spread throughout

# Define: petulance

(n.) rudeness, irritability

# Define: philanthropic

(adj.) charitable, giving

# Define: phlegmatic

(adj.) uninterested, unresponsive

# Define: pillage

(v.) to seize or plunder, especially in war

# Define: pinnacle

(n.) the highest point

# Define: pithy

(adj.) concisely meaningful

# Define: quell

(v.) to control or diffuse a potentially explosive situation

# Define: refract

(v.) to distort, change

# Define: refurbish

(v.) to restore, clean up

# Define: refute

(v.) to prove wrong

# Define: regurgitate

1. (v.)to vomit 2. (v.) to throw back exactly

# Define: relegate

1. (v.) to assign to the proper place 2. (v.) to assign to an inferior place

# Define: seminal

(adj.) original, important, creating a field

# Define: sensual

(adj.) involving sensory gratification, usually related to sex

# Define: sensuous

(adj.) involving sensory gratification

# Define: serendipity

(n.) luck, finding good things without looking for them

# Define: serene

(adj.) calm, untroubled

# Define: tome

(n.) a large book

# Define: torpid

(adj.) lethargic, dormant, lacking motion

# Define: torrid

(adj.) giving off intense heat, passionate

# Define: tortuous

(adj.) winding

# Define: tractable

(adj.) easily controlled

# Define: unctuous

(adj.) smooth or greasy in texture, appearance, manner

# Define: venerable

(adj.) deserving of respect because of age or achievement

# Define: venerate

(v.) to regard with respect or to honor

# Define: veracity

(n.) truthfulness, accuracy

# Define: wily

(adj.) crafty, sly

# Define: zephyr

(n.) a gentle breeze

Direct Vocab 4 Flashcards

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