List 7 Flashcards by Momo sun

Archetype

classic example of

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Clemency

mercy; lenience;

eg. the parole board advised against clemency

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Disinterested

unbiased; not interested, indifferent

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Flout

defy; reject; openly disregard (a rule/law)
flout - play flute, whistle
eg. these companies still flout basic ethical practices

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Ingénue

naiive, unsophisticated person (young woman)

eg. an actress who plays an ingénue

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Mendacious (adj)

given to lying; untruthful
mendac - lying
eg. mendacious propaganda

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Paucity

shortage; small insufficient amount;

eg. a paucity of information

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Protean

changeable; unstable; ever-changing
chimerical (changeable, unreal); vacillate (waver)
eg. it’s difficult to understand the protean project

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Sophomoric

juvenile; immature

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Venal

corrupt; can be bribed
venum-thing for sale
eg. venal politicians

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Archives

collections of old records; place of storage of old documents

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Cliché

overused expression; something unoriginal

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Disparage

criticize; belittle; regard as being little worth
dis-not, par-equal
eg. he always disparaged his competitors

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Flustered

worked-up; not calm

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Ingrate

ungrateful person

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Mercenary

concerned only with money

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Peccadillo

minor weakness; trivial offence

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Protégé

person under protection of, or guided by another

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Soporific

inducing sleep or drowsiness;

eg. motion of a train has a soporific effect

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Veneer

surface coating

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Articulate

clear; lucid; eloquent

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Clientele

customers

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Disparity

an inequality

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Fly-by-night

unreliable; disreputable

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Inimical

hostile, harmful; | eg inimical alien power

Mercurial

volatile; changeable; subject to sudden/unpredictable changes of mood; eg. his mercurial temperament

Pedant

person excessively concerned with adhering to minor details for academic learning

Protocol

procedure; code of behavior

Sparse

spare; bare; meager

Venerate

revere; worship; regard with respect | eg. Mother Teresa is venerated as a saint

Artifice

deception; trickery

Coalesce

come together; merge

Dispassionate

neutral; objective

Forensic

concerned with argument or debate (esp. for legal evidence)

Innate

inherited; inborn

Merge

come together

Pedestrian

common; mundane; banal

Provincial

unsophisticated; narrow-minded

Specious

false

Venial

minor; unimportant

Artisan

craftsman

Coddle

pamper; fuss over; indulge

Disseminating

circulating; broadcasting; spreading (infor

Fortitude

bravery

Innocuous

harmless; inoffensive

Metaphorically

symbolically; figuratively

Peerless

without equal

Prudent

cautious; wise

Speckled

spotted; freckled; dotted

Veracity

truthfulness

Ascetic

without luxuries; severely simple

Coercion

force

Diurnal

active in daytime

Fortuitous

happening by chance

Innovate

create; introduce something new

Meticulous

very careful; painstaking

Pejorative

derogatory

Puerile

childish

Sporadic

not continuous; intermittent

Verbose

talkative; long-winded; rambling

Assiduous

thorough; diligent

Cogent

lucid; well argued

Divert

1. entertain; 2. distract; 3. cause a detour

Fractious

irritable; difficult to control

Inscrutable

mysterious; impenetrable

Mettle

courage; bravery; valor

Pellucid

transparently clear

Punctilious

paying attention to small details

Spurious

false

Verbosity

using too many words

Assuage

to calm

Cogitate

think over something; ponder

Docile

gentle and easily lead

Fraudulent

fake; false

Insentient

unfeeling

Milieu

environment

Pensive

in a thoughtful mood; thinking deeply

Purloin

steal

Stagnant

still; not moving

Vertigo

dizziness

Astute

perceptive; sharp-witted

Collage

picture made from fragments of other pictures

Dogmatic

having stubbornly held opinions

Frivolous

not serious

Insipid

dull; bland; boring

Mire

swamp; muddy ground

Penury

poverty

Pusillanimous

cowardly

Staid

dull; sober; serious

Vestigial

not developed

Asylum

place of refuge or safety

Collate

arrange in order

Dolt

stupid person

Frugal

economical; not wasting anything

Instigate

to start; provoke

Misanthrope

hater of the rest of mankind

Perceptive

observant

Pyromania

compulsion to start fires

Stanza

section of a poem

Vignette

small sketch

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