list 7b Flashcards
(108 cards)
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lachrymose
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tending to cry often
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jargon
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technical language used by a particular profession
meaningless talk
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languid
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lacking energy, sluggish
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lexicon
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dictionary
special vocab of a group or field
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liniment
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a soothing lotion
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lugubrious
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gloomy, depressed
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magnanimous
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noble, generous
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malefactor
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evil doer
malificent
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marauder
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one who steals by force
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mason
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person who builds with stones
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menagerie
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zoo
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misapprehension
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misunderstanding
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monastic
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without luxuries
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morose
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gloomy, depressed
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munificent
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very generous
Minnie
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mutinous
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disobedient
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necromancy
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sorcery, evil magic
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newfangled
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new, trendy
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noisome
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offensive, disturbing
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obdurate
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stubborn
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obtrusive
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getting in the way
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oracular
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making wise or authoritative statements
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ore
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mineral containing metal
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page
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knight in training
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panacea
cure all, complete perfection
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paragon
symbol of excellence
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patronize
to talk down to
to buy from, to do business with
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Pedant
one who shows off his learning
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perennial
lasting forever
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pernicious
dangerous
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pervasive
widespread
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phylum
category
animal kingdom
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platoon
group of soldiers
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plumage
bird feathers
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ponderous
heavy, dull, lifeless
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postulate
assumption
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preclude
to prevent
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presumptuous
jumping to conclusions
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profess
to state a belief
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prolific
creative, producing a lot of something
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prosaic
dull, banal, un imaginative
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protract
to delay
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prudish
conservative
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punctilious
proper, careful
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purveyor
supplier
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quaff
to gulp
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quarry
place where stone is mined
something hunted
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quietude
calmness
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racketeering
illegal activity
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rancid
rotten, not fresh
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recalcitrant
disobedient
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redeem
to turn in for somehing else
| to rescue or save
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regimen
strict routine
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relish
to enjoy
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reprobate
immoral person
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reticent
quiet, not talkative
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revelation
the act of revealing
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rife
widespread frequent
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rostrum
healthy, reddish
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ruse
a trick, action meant to mislead
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salubrious
good for ones health
salad
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sanction
official approval
official punishment
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savannah
a flat, treeless are a
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scoff
to ridicule, to mock
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sedulous
hard-working
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sentient
aware, sensitive, feeling
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shadowy
unclear
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skulk
to sneak around
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slouch
lazy person
| to hunch over
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smolder
to burn slowly
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soporific
causing sleep, boring
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sparing
saving money, economical
| bare lacking
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spurious
illegitimate, deceitful u
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squelch
to squash, to crush
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stately
dignified, elegant
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stolid
unexcitable? showing little emotion
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strident
sounding harsh or loud
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stupefying
to stun or to shock
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subliminal
existing beyond consciousness or awareness
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succinct
short, to the point
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silly
to dirty
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suppleness
flexibility
bendability
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surreptitious
sneaky
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tacit
expressed with words
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tantalizing
tempting and just out of reach
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technocrat
one who believes in gov by technical experts
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tensile
bendable
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toady
flatterer, asskisser
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totter
to walk unsteadily
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tumultuous
stormy, greatly disturbing
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unabashedly
unashamedly, without excuse or explanation
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unobtrusive
not easily noticed
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upshot
outcome, final result
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vacuous
empty, stupid
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vapid
without force, uninteresting
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veneer
thing covering of niceooking material
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verdant
green with vegetation
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vestigial
having a trace of something lost
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virulent
harmful, bitter
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vociferous
loud and demanding
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voracious
having a huge appetite
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waive
to give up
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waylay
to lie in wait for, to attack by surprise
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whelp
young animal
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willful
intentional, stubborn
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wispy
frail, delicate
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wretchedness
misery
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yoke
to connect, to join
