Manhattan Prep Flashcards
1
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confabulated
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made up through fabrications
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avowed
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declared or stated assuredly
3
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limpid
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calm or without worry
4
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fervent
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enthusiastic or passionate
5
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scrimping
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sparing
6
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repose
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lay at rest
7
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galvanize
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excite, stimulate into activity
8
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cogitation
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intense thinking or meditation.
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complaisance
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tractability, the quality of complying with others’ wishes
10
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obviate
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prevent, make unnecessary
11
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proscribe
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prohibit
12
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absconding
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to make off with, leave hurriedly or secretly, clear out
13
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sententious
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tending to use maxims or aphorisms (short observations about truth), moralizing in a pompous or affected manner
14
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sanctimonious
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making a show of being morally superior to other people
15
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tacit
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implied but not expressed
16
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abet
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support an action, especially something illegal
17
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sequestered
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isolated and hidden away
18
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confluence
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coming together
19
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occlusion
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blockage
20
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sophistry
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deceptive reasoning
21
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demagoguery
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gaining power by arousing passions or appeal; trickery
22
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browbeating
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bullying
23
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idolatry
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extreme admiration
24
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feigned
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invented, made up
25
mephitic
foul or offensive smell
26
prophylactic
acting to defend against or prevent something, especially disease; protective
27
felicitous
pleasing and fortunate
28
bifurcation
division of something into two parts
29
supposition
an uncertain belief
30
depredated
plundered
31
to excise
to remove something
32
pulchritude
physical beauty or loveliness
33
trenchant
vigorous or incisive in expression or style," being sharp
34
descry
catch sight of, notice
35
bromide
a commonplace or boring, trite
36
complicit
involved with others in an activity that is unlawful or morally wrong
37
bathetic
characterized by a sudden, often ludicrous, switch from elevated to the everyday or banal
38
heterodox
contrary to accepted or approved beliefs,
39
insensate
“without feeling” or “without sense, understanding, or judgment.”
40
incommutable
“not exchangeable” or “unalterable”
41
inconsequential
“unimportant, trivial, insignificant” or “illogical.”
42
meek
timid, shy
43
requite
to repay or reciprocate
44
bridle
to control or restrain
45
retrench
reduce costs or spending in response to economic difficulty
46
shirk
to avoid one's work or duties
47
protract
prolong
48
reconnoitered
surveyed or explored the field
49
prototypical
a model on which something is based
50
palatial
resembling a palace in being spacious and splendid
51
subjugate
conquer, bring under domination or control, especially by conquest
52
reprehensible
deserving censure or condemnation, disgraceful
53
supererogatory
an action performed beyond what is expected or required
54
etiolated
weaken or drain of vigor
55
assuage
make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.
56
aver
assert to be the case
57
remunerate
pay
58
beguile
to charm, possibly deceptively
59
salubrious
health-giving; healthy
60
succinctly
briefly
61
impinge upon
infringe on, have a bad effect on
62
disconsolate
very unhappy
63
inveterate
habitual
64
fatuous
complacently foolish
65
halycon
peaceful, prosperous
66
scotched
ended
67
impartiality
fairness
68
partiality
bias
69
gallantry
dashing courage
70
asperity
harsh in tone
71
forestalled
hindered
72
coddled
treated with excessive care, pampered
73
palatable
acceptable
74
erudite
showing great knowlege
75
revel
to delight in
76
peruse
examine, read carefully
77
misanthropic
hatred toward human kind
78
hedonistic
pleasure seeker
79
nefarious
evil
80
feckless
lazy
81
nugatory
ineffective, trifiling
82
exacting
demanding
83
nebulous
vague
84
squalid
dirty or foul
85
sullied
dirty or soiled
86
transient
short time
87
foil
prevent success of
88
reverence
deep respect
89
uncanny
mysterious, almost supernatural
90
blasphemous
no respect
91
profane
no respect, vulgar
92
runic
mysterious
93
recalicitrant
resisiting authority
94
begrudging
envious, resentful
95
concilatory
attempt to win over
96
vicissitude
change of circumstances (usually for the worse)
97
equanimity
calmness and composure
98
eulogistically
in a praising way
99
extempore
without preparation
100
protracted
prolonged
101
attenuated
made thin, weak
102
abridged
shortened
103
tangential
only slightly connected
104
pertinent
relevant
105
noisome
unpleasant
106
cohesive
well put together
107
convoluted
complex
108
obfuscating
making unclear
109
inveighing
write with hostility
110
painstakingly
carefully (through hard work)
111
benevolent
kind
112
obtrusive
noticeable in a unpleasant way
113
deleterious
harmful
114
blunt
direct, insensitive, abrupt
115
discerning
showing good judgement
116
exiguous
small, scanty, inadequate
117
patronize
treat in a condescending manner
118
levity
lightness in manner, frivolous
119
excoriated
criticized, attacked
120
relish
enjoy
121
assailed
attacked
122
capricious
sudden changes in mood
123
unsparing
merciless, severe
124
bewildering
confusing
125
peddle
sell
126
indulgent
decadent, culture decline
127
blithe
careless
128
insipid
lacking flavor, lacking interest
129
acquiesced to
agree to
130
bristled at
showing anger
131
nascent
naive, just coming to existence
132
quietus
period of retirement
133
sinecure
job requiring little work
134
interregnum
interuption
135
potlatch
wild party
136
rota
work in rotation
137
indolence
laziness, avoiding activity
138
feign
pretend to be affected by something
139
irreconcilable
so different, cannot be compatible
140
circumspect
careful, not willing to take risks
141
purge
clean, purify
142
trifling
trivial, without seriousness, frivolous
143
diachronic
occurring across time
144
skullduggery
unfair, dishonest
145
bedlam
full of noise, confusions, lacking order
146
aggrandize
increase power of, lionize
147
indict
accuse formally, criticize
148
staid
sedate, respectable, unadventurous
149
waggish
humorous in a playful way
150
stentorian
loud and powerful
151
palliate
partially exuse
152
malfeasance
wrong doing
153
substantiate
validate, proof with evidence
154
innuendo
indirect information
155
overt
obvious
156
creed
a set of principles
157
geniality
agreeable, kind
158
fraudulent
intended to deceive
159
enigma
puzzling
160
gentry
high social class
161
vassal
loyal to feudal lord
162
bromide
commonplace, boring
163
tenebrous
difficult to understand
164
pertinacious
firmly held
165
intractable
hard to control
166
mirthful
high spirited
167
vapid
flat, bland, uninteresting
168
mote
small piece, speck
169
imploded
collapse
170
contracted
reduced to smaller size
171
turbid
unclear, murky
172
multifarious
various types, eclectic
173
rebuffed
rejected
174
exigent
demanding, urgent
175
"summary decision"
immediate direct prompt decision
