English, 7 Flashcards
(100 cards)
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Surfeit
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an overindulgence that causes disgust or revulsion
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Enmity
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hostility between enemies
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Swarthy
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having a dark complexion
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Supplicate
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an appeal made to somebody in authority
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Glean
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to obtain information in small amounts over time
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Bifurcate
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to divide in two
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Maladroit
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clumsy or insensitive in speech or behavior
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Dalliance
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1) a flirtation or affair; 2) an idle waste of time
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Facilitate
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to simplify a process
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Quisling
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a traitor
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Arrears
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unpaid debts
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Intone
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to say something in a solemn tone
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Hale
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in robust good health
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Skint
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penniless
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Bibulous
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tending to drink too much alcohol
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Spadework
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preliminary work that is often hard drudgery
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Indigence
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destitution
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Dotard
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offensive term for somebody who is thought to be unable to think clearly, especially when attributed to old age
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Inviolable
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secure from being infringed, breached, or broken
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Parricide
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murder of a parent
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Guerdon
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a reward
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Bewail
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to lament something
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Condign
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completely appropriate, fitting
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Libation
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the pouring out of a liquid as a sacrifice
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Oblation
the offering of a gift or sacrifice to a deity
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Gaud
a showy trinket or ornament
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Fardel
a tied package (archaic)
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Insensate
without feeling; cold and heartless
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Connivance
secret plotting
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Emulous
motivated or characterized by rivalry or imitation
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Cumber
to hamper somebody
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Insatiate
same as insatiable
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Malapert
impudent or bold in speech or behavior (archaic or literary)
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Verdure
the green color associated with lush vegetation
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Recusant
a Roman Catholic who broke the law by refusing to attend Church of England services in England between the 16th and 18th centuries
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Gibe
mocking remark
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Impetuous
acting impulsively
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Dilatory
tending to waste time or move slowly
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Manifest
clear to see or understand
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Repine
to feel dissatisfied and complain about it
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Adduce
to offer as evidence
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Deliquesce
to become liquid from decaying
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Misologist
a hater of ideas or reason
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Asseverate
to state something earnestly or solemnly
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Equipoise
a state of balance
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Perfidious
deceitful and untrustworthy
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Wight
a living person
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Panegyrist
extravagant praise delivered in formal speech or writing
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Encomium
a formal text that expresses high praise for somebody
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Epicure
somebody who has developed a refined taste for food
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Impregnable
too strong to be captured or entered by force
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Torpid
sluggish
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Felicitate
to congratulate somebody
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Quietus
death, especially viewed as a welcome release from life
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Eristic
fond of arguing or controversy
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Fecundity
1) the ability to produce offspring, especially in large numbers; 2) the ability to produce many different and original ideas
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Concupiscence
powerful feelings of physical desire
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Amenable
1) willing to cooperate; 2) able to be affected or judged
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Allay
to calm emotions or worry
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Facetious
intended to be humorous, but usually inappropriate
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Inanition
exhaustion caused by lack of food or water or as a result of disease
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Caitiff
coward
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Supercilious
full of contempt and arrogance
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Pastiche
a piece of creative work, e.g. in literature, drama, or art, that imitates and often satirizes another work or style
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Remittance
the act of paying
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Diasporas
a dispersion of a people, language, or culture that was formerly concentrated in one place
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Gentrify
to transform a run-down or aging neighborhood into a more prosperous one
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Presage
a sense of something to come
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Embryonic
in an initial or rudimentary stage of development
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Commensurable
related by virtue of sharing the same system of measurement or by being measurable using the same units
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Corporeal
relating to or involving the physical body rather than the mind or spirit
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Pugilist
the practice, sport, or profession of boxing
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Chasten
to make somebody less self-satisfied or self-assertive and more subdued
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Internecine
1) involving conflict within a group; 2) damaging or injuring participants on both sides of a conflict
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Despond
to become discouraged or lose hope
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Nimby
somebody who objects to something unattractive or potentially dangerous being located near his or her home
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Fitful
starting and stopping irregularly
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Hedonism
a devotion, especially a self-indulgent one, to pleasure and happiness as a way of life
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Demimonde
people who are not considered to be entirely respectable
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Ossification
the process of becoming set and inflexible in behavior, attitudes, and actions
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Turgid
swollen and distended or congested
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Conurbation
an extended urban area, typically consisting of several towns merging with the suburbs of one or more cities
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Spurious
not being what it purports to be; false or fake
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Dirigisme
state control of economic and social matters
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Arriviste
an ambitious or ruthlessly self-seeking person, especially one who has recently acquired wealth or social status
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Wastrel
a wasteful or good-for-nothing person
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Historiography
the study of historical writing
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Parsimonious
unwilling to spend money or use resources; stingy or frugal
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Gumshoe
a detective
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Espouse
adopt or support
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Marginalize
to treat as insignificant or peripheral
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Hamstring
severely restrict the efficiency or effectiveness of
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Scintilla
a tiny trace or spark of a specified quality or feeling
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Risible
such as to provoke laughter
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Obstreperous
noisy and difficult to control
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Mitigate
make less severe, serious, or painful
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Capitulate
cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender
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Perfunctory
carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection
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Pusillanimous
showing a lack of courage or determination; timid
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Plebeian
of or belonging to a lower class; lacking in refinement
