List 2 Flashcards
(45 cards)
1
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acrid
A
sharp, pungent
2
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epistle
A
a letter
epistolary - concerned with letters
3
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poignant
A
deeply moving
4
Q
respite
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a break, intermission
5
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terse
A
concise, to the point
6
Q
bourgeois
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middle class
7
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languid
A
tired, slow
8
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braggart
A
someone who boasts
9
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hidebound
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rigid in opinions
10
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languish
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decay, fade away, get weaker
11
Q
obsequious
A
servile, submissive
12
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polemical
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causing debate or argument
13
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equivocate
A
to speak ambiguously, avoid telling the truth
14
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larceny
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theft, robbery
15
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ponderous
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weighty, slow and heavy
16
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timorous
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cowardly, fearful
17
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largess
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generosity
18
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pontificate
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speak pompously or dogmatically
19
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reticent
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restrained
20
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adulation
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strong admiration, worship
21
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histrionic
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theatrical, exaggerated
22
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laud
A
praise
23
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obstreperous
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noisy and boisterous
24
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portend
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fortell
25
deference
respect
26
esoteric
obscure and difficult to understand
27
hoary
old
28
portent
a warning sign, omen
29
tome
large book
30
brusque
blunt, abrupt
31
defoliate
cause leaves to fall off
32
espouse
take up, support
33
hone
sharpen, increase, whet
34
obviate
avoid, make unnecessary, remove difficulty
35
torpid
inactive, lazy, stagnant
36
bulwark
fortification, barricade
37
defunct
no longer in existence or function
38
hyperbole
grossly exaggerated speech
39
odious
hateful
40
torpor
dormancy, inactivity
41
affable
friendly, easygoing
42
legion
in large numbers
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officious
domineering, intrusive, meddlesome
44
posthumous
after death
45
rigor
thoroughness
