English Vocab

Question 0

dilettante

Answer 0

a person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge

Question 1

peevish

Answer 1

Having an irritable disposition

Question 2

Obtuse

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annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand.

Question 3

Frass

Answer 3

Fine powdery refuse or fragile perforated wood from boring insects
Jamaican - high of weed

Question 4

sybaritic

Answer 4

fond of sensuous luxury or pleasure; self-indulgent

Question 5

In extremis

Answer 5

in the farthest reaches” or “at the point of death”

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Squib

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a short and witty or sarcastic saying or writing.

Question 7

Incipient

Answer 7

Beginning to develop

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Salvor

Answer 8

Person engaged in salvage of a ship or lost items at sea

Question 9

Chthonic

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Of/Relating to the underworld

Question 10

estropear

Answer 10

To break

Damage

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Milquetoast

Answer 11

Timid, spineless, in assertive person who is easily dominated

Question 12

Compunction

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A feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad

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Sempiternal

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Eternal and unchanging, everlasting

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Eminence gris

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A men nons grez

Grey eminence

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In spate

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A sudden flood, outpouring

Question 16

Rootle

Answer 16

Dig with the snout

Question 17

Sumptuary

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Relating to laws that limit private expenditure on food and personal items

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Impecunious

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Having little or no money

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Dirigisme

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Stare planning

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Exordial

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A introductory part, esp of a speech

Question 21

Pista

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Track

Court

Question 22

Abulia

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A lack of will or initiative. A disorder of diminished motivation

Question 23

Pentimenti

Answer 23

Underlying image in a painting

Question 24

Lee

Answer 24

The sheltered side of something

Question 25

Musth

Answer 25

Periodic condition in bull elephants, caused by a surge in testosterone

Question 26

malfeasance

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Wrongdoing, esp in US

Question 27

Fustian

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Pretentious speech or writing

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Poner a raya

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To check

To hold back

Question 29

Homology

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shared ancestry between a pair of structures, or genes, in different species

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Non serviam

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I will not serve

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Invidious

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Likely to arouse resentment or anger in others

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Risible

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Provoking laughter through being ludicrous

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Ecumenical

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worldwide or general in extent, influence, or application

Involving all Christian churches

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Roué

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A debauched man, especially an elderly one

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Benighted

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Overtaken by darkness

In a state of pitiful intellectual or moral ignorance

Question 36

Sybarite

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Perdon devoted to pleasure and indulgence

Question 37

Vitrine

Answer 37

Glass display case

Question 38

Benighted

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In a state of pitiful intellectual or moral ignorance

Question 39

Immiscible

Answer 39

(of liquids) not forming a homogeneous mixture when mixed.