English9VocabFinal Flashcards

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inanimate

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(adjective) not having life; dead

My inanimate toys would come to life at night.

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supercilious

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(adj) full of hate, arrogant

“supercilious look on his face”

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doleful

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(adj) sad

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meander

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(verb) to wander about

Some students meander to school, instead of going directly there.

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flippant

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(adj) disrespectful

Flippant responses have a time and place.

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larceny

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(Noun) theft

If you steal property worth $1000s, you commit grand larceny.

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pliant

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(adj) flexible, easily influenced.

People with pliant personalities always do as their friends want them to do.

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reprieve

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(noun) temporary relief or delay

Mom went to San Diego to take a reprieve from her duties back home.

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hoodwink

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(verb) trick, deceive

Internet scams intend to hoodwink people into giving out their bank account info.

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abscond

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(verb) to run off and hide

Thieves absconded the museum’s artwork.

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anarchy

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(noun) lack of government

At the end of wars, people often find themselves living in anarchy

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daunting

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(adj) intimidating; difficult to deal with

Homework at Rocky is often daunting.

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auspicious

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(adj) fortunate

Good weather in April is an auspicious sign, so people plant gardens.

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intrepid

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(adj) fearless

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marauder

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(noun) pirate or robber

Marauders sneak onto ships to steal treasures.

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pauper

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(noun) very poor person

My great-grandfather was a pauper during the Depression of the 1930’s.

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rift

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(noun) split or break

Rifts often occur in families when they divide up their deceased parents belongings.

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trite

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(adj) overused, old

Trite sayings can be annoying to hear again & again.

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altercation

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(noun) angry argument

As voices rose, we feared an altercation may take place.

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cherubic

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(adj) round, angel-like face

Newborn babies often look cherubic.

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condone

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(verb) overlook

Most bosses do not condone disrespectful behavior.

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deadlock

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(noun) situation where no further progress can be made.

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perennial

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(adj) everlasting

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illegible

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(adj) hard to read

Dad’s handwriting is often illegible.

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lucrative

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(adj) making money

His business was very lucrative.

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subjugate

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(verb) conquer by force

The troops worked fast to subjugate the enemy.

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fabricate

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(Verb) to make, or to lie

Silkworms fabricate silk.
The girl fabricated a story about how she lost her homework.

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exorcise

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(verb) to drive out something troublesome

We should do all we can to exorcise the prejudice in our society.

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fodder

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(noun) food for horses or cattle; raw material for a purpose

Life’s experiences are fodder for a poet’s imagination.

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salvage

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(verb) to save from a disaster.

We tried to salvage as much as we could from our flooded basement.

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dissolute

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(adj) loose morals or behaviors

Some emperors led dissolute lives.

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erratic

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(adj) inconsistent; undependable

Erratic attendance at school can get you expelled.

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admonish

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(verb) to scold mildly

The teacher admonished the student for forgetting her homework in her locker again.

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circumspect

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(adj) careful; cautious

Government officials need to be circumspect in their behavior.

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cumbersome

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(adj) hard to handle; slow-moving

Some furniture is cumbersome to move.

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muddle

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(verb) confuse

The big words in a poem can muddle it’s true meaning.

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spurious

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(adj) not genuine, false

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biased

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(adj) favors one side more than the other

Referees in sports are sometimes biased.

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succumb

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(verb) to give in or yield to

I often succumb to anything chocolate depending on the time of day.