Flashcards in RGRE 1010 Deck (53):
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LATITUDE
freedom from narrow restrictions
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SIBILANT
hissing
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ABRADE
to wear off or down by scraping or rubbing
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SVELTE
slender; esp. in figure
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LISSOME
flexible; lithe; supple
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REBUFF
a blunt or abrupt rejection
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RAILLERY
good-natured teasing or ridicule
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FORAY
raid
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ADJURE
solemn urging
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PECULATE
steal; embezzle
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TRADUCE
to cause humiliation or disgrace by making malicious and false statements
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APLOMB
self-confidence
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CABAL
a scheme or plot; a group of plotters
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DEMAGOGUE
a person who gains power or popularity by arousing strong emotions; passions and prejudices
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ECUMENICAL
universal; pertaining to all of Christianity
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EDACIOUS
voracious; devouring
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EFFETE
exhausted; self-indulgent; infertile
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INVOLUTE
complex
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LIEN
legal claim until a debt on it is repaid
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LIONIZE
treat as a famous person
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MACERATE
to separate into parts by steeping in liquid
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PALADIN
hero
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PELLUCID
transparent; easy to understand
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RAFFISH
low; vulgar; base
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RECREANT
cowardly or craven
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VAGARY
unpredictable act or idea; caprice
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VIRAGO
a loud; domineering woman
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WAFFLE
talk vaguely and without much result
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PALAVER
idle talk
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UXORIOUS
overly fond of one's wife
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ONTOLOGY
the study of the nature of existence
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PASTICHE
artistic piece which consists of many different styles
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PREDICATE
to proclaim; declare
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ZEITGEIST
the general trend of culture; the spirit of time
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INEXORABLE
unchanging; unyielding
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LEGATEE
someone who receives a legacy
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BELEAGUER
to surround with military forces or with troubles
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ANCILLARY
subordinate; assisting
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CAVALIER
haughty; disdainful; unceremonious
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PENULTIMATE
second to last
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ANTEPENULTIMATE
third to last
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MAVEN
expert
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ILLICIT
illegal
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IMMOLATE
to kill as a sacrifice
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NUGATORY
of no real value; trifling; worthless
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PRESTIDIGITATION
sleight of hand; legerdemain
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ASSEVERATE
to aver; allege; assert
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CAPTIOUS
disposed to point out trivial faults; calculated to confuse or entrap in argument
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CAVIL
to find fault without good reason
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AXIOMATIC
taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth
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VAPIDITY
dull or lacking in taste
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CONTUMACIOUS
insubordinate; rebellious
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