Group 1 Flashcards
(53 cards)
1
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abhor
A
hate
2
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noxious
A
harmful; poisonous
3
Q
remuneration
A
payment for work done
4
Q
talisman
A
lucky charm
5
Q
bilk
A
cheat; defraud
6
Q
engender
A
cause
7
Q
knotty
A
complex; difficult to solve
8
Q
abasement
A
humiliation; degradation
9
Q
billowing
A
swelling; fluttering; waving
10
Q
harangue
A
noisy; attacking speech; rant
11
Q
labyrinth
A
a maze
12
Q
replete
A
full
13
Q
abrogate
A
cancel; deny; repeal
14
Q
blasphemy
A
speech with offends religious sentiments
15
Q
enigma
A
mystery; puzzle
16
Q
harbingers
A
indicators; bringers or warning
17
Q
labyrinthine
A
complicated; highly convoluted
18
Q
plaudit
A
statement giving strong praise
19
Q
absolution
A
forgiveness; pardon; release
20
Q
ensconce
A
establish firmly in a position
21
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hasten
A
hurry; accelerate; rush
22
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obdurate
A
stubborn
23
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reprieve
A
a respite; postponement of a sentence
24
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tawdry
A
of little value; gaudy; showy
25
blighted
damaged; destroyed; ruined
26
credulous
gullible
27
haughtiness
arrogance; pride
28
lachrymose
tearful; sad
29
obfuscate
deliberately make difficult to understand
30
repudiate
shun; eschew
31
tedium
boredom
32
abstemious
self denying; refraining from indulging
33
blithe
carefree
34
crepuscular
active at dusk or dawn
35
lackluster
monotonous; dull
36
piable
flexible
37
rescind
retract; repeal
38
abstruce
difficult to understand
39
blunderbuss
1. ancient weapon 2. a clumsy person
40
envenom
to cause bitterness and bad feeling
41
hedonism
self indulgence
42
laconic
using few works; brief
43
plumage
feathers of a bird
44
ephemeral
short-lived
45
hedonist
a pleasure seeker
46
lamentation
expression of regret or sorrow
47
acquiesce
to agree to ; to give to
48
bombast
arrogant; pompous language
49
curtail
cut short
50
epicure
someone who appreciates good food or drink
51
heed
listen to
52
lampoon
ridicule ; spoof
53
tenuous
flimsy ; not solid
