Perturb to Sensuous Flashcards
(120 cards)
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Perturb
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To disturb greatly; make uneasy or anxious; cause a body to deviate from its regular orbit
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Pervasive
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Spread throughout every part
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Petulant
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Rude; peevish
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Phlegmatic
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Calm in temperament; sluggish
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Phoenix
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Mythical, immortal bird that lives for 500 years, burns itself to death, and rises from the ashes; anything that is restored after suffering great destruction
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Physiognomy
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Facial features
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Piety
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Devoutness
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Piquant
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Appealingly stimulating; pleasantly pungent; attrative
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Pique
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N. fleeting feeling of hurt pride, v. to provoke or arouse
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Placate
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To lessen another’s anger; to pacify
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Placid
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Calm
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Plaintive
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Melancholy; mournful
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Plasticity
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Condition of being able to be shaped or formed; pliability
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Platitude
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Stale, overused expression
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Platonic
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Spiritual; without sensual desire; theoretical
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Platonic
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Spiritual, without sensual desire, or theoretical
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Plethora
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Excess; overabundance
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Plumb
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To determine the depth; to examine deeply
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Plume
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To congratulate oneself in a self-satisfied way
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Plummet
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To fall; plunge
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Plutocracy
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Society ruled by the wealthy
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Porous
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Full of holes; permeable to liquids
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Poseur
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Person who affects an attitude or identity to impress others
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Pragmatic
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Practical
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Prate
To talk idly; chatter
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Prattle
Meaningless, foolish talk
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Preamble
Preliminary statement
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Precarious
Uncertain
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Precept
Principle; law
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Precipitate
V. to cause to happen; throw down from a height, adj. rash; hasty sudden
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Precursor
Forerunner; predecessor
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Preempt
To supersede; appropriate for oneself
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Prehensile
Capable of grasping
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Premonition
Forewarning; presentiment
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Presage
To foretell; indicate in advance
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Presumptuous
Rude; improperly bold
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Preternatural
Beyond the normal course of nature; supernatural
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Prevaricate
To quibble; evade the truth
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Primordial
Original; existing from the beginning
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Pristine
Untouched; uncorrupted
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Probity
Honesty; high-mindedness
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Problematic
Posing a problem; doubtful; unsettled
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Prodigal
Wasteful; extravagant; lavish
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Profound
Deep; not superficial
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Prohibitive
So high as to prevent the purchase or use of; preventing; forbidding
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Proliferate
To increase rapidly
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Propensity
Inclination; tendency
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Propitiate
To win over; appease
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Propriety
Correct conduct; fitness
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Proscribe
V. to condemn; forbid outlaw, adj. relating to prohibition
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Provident
Providing for future needs; frugal
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Puissant
Powerful
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Punctilious
Careful in observing rules of behavior or ceremony
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Pungent
Strong or sharp in smell or taste; penetrating; caustic; to the point
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Purport
V. to profess; suppose; claim, n. meaning intended or implied
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Pusillanimous
Cowardly
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Quagmire
Marsh; difficult situation
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Quail
To cower; lose heart
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Qualified
Limited; restricted
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Qualm
Sudden feeling of faintness or nausea; uneasy feeling about the rightness of actions
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Query
To question
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Quibble
To argue over insignificant and irrelevant details
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Quiescent
Inactive; still
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Quorum
Number of members necessary to conduct a meeting
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Raconteur
Witty, skillful storyteller
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Rail
To scold with bitter or abusive language
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Raiment
Clothing
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Ramification
Implication; outgrowth; consequence
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Rarefied
Refined
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Rationale
Fundamental reason
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Rebus
Puzzle in which pictures or symbols represent words
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Recalcitrant
Resisting authority or control
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Recant
To retract a statement or opinion
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Recluse
Person who lives in seclusion and often in solitude
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Recondite
Abstruse; profound
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Redoubtable
Formidable; arousing fear; worthy of respect
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Reductionistic
Attempting to explain complex phenomena by simple principles
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Refract
Deflect light or sound
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Refractory
Stubborn; unmanageable; resisting ordinary methods of treatment
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Refulgent
Brightly shining; resplendent
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Refute
To contradict; disapprove
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Regale
Entertain
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Relegate
To consign to an inferior position
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Remonstrate
To object or protest
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Renege
To go back on one's word
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Reparation
Amends; compensation
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Repine
Fret; complain
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Reprise
Repetition, especially of a piece of music
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Reproach
To find fault with; blame
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Reprobate
Morally unprincipled person
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Repudiate
To reject as having no authority
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Rescind
To cancel
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Resolution
Determination; resolve
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Resolve
Determination; firmness of purpose
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Reticent
Not speaking freely; reserved; reluctant
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Reverent
Expressing deep respect; worshipful
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Riposte
Retaliatory action or retort
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Rococo
Excessively ornate; highly decorated; style of architecture in eighteenth century europe
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Rubric
Title or heading; category; established mode of procedure or conduct; protocol
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Rue
To regret
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Ruse
Trick; crafty stratagem; subterfuge
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Sage
Wise
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Salacious
Lascivious; lustful
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Salubrious
Healthful
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Salutary
Expecting an improvement; favorable to health
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Sanction
V. to approve; ratify; permit, n. approval; ratification; permission; penalize
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Sardonic
Cynical; scornfully mocking
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Sartorial
Pertaining to tailors
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Satiate
To satisfy
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Saturate
To soak thoroughly; imbue throughout
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Saturnine
Gloomy
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Satyr
A creature that is half-man, half-beast with the horns and legs of a goat; it is a follower of dionysos; a lecher
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Savor
To enjoy; have a distinctive flavor or smell
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Schematic
Relating to or in the form of an outline or diagram
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Secrete
Produce and release substance into an organism
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Sedition
Behavior prompting rebellion
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Sedulous
Diligent
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Seismic
Relating to earthquakes; earthshaking
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Sensual
Relating to the senses; gratifying the physical senses, especially sexual appetites
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Sensuous
Relating to the senses; operating through the senses
