S1 Vocab Flashcards
(106 cards)
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Acuity
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Sharpness, keenness
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Adept
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Having or showing knowledge and skills and aptitude
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Admonish
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To warn, scold or caution
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Ambiguous
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unclear meaning, two possible interpretations
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Apocryphal
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of questionable authenticity
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appellation
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a name, title or designation
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artifice
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pretense or ploy
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ascertain
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to determine; to find out
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assiduous
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dilligent, persistant
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bastion
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a well fortified position
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berate
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to rebuke, reprimand, or scold
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bourgeoisie
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the middle class
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calumny
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slander
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cant
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tedious talk
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censure
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reprimand, excommunicate
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charismatic
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charming
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coarse
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lacking refinement, rough grained in texture
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confute
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to prove to be wrong or in error
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connoisseur
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expert in arts
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corporeal
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having physical substance, material form
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decorous
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well-behaved
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defer
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to submit or yield to another’s wish or opinion
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deliquesce
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to disappear as if by melting
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dilatory
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incline to waste time and lag behind
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disparage
to criticize someone
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dogmatic
strict systemic belief
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draught
a current of unpleasantly cold air
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dray
low carriage
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dyspeptic
always angry or easily annoyed
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elicit
to call forth or provoke
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enfranchised
empowered
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engender
to create
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espionage
to spy
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explicit
precise, overly stated
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facile
easy, effortless
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faux
false, fake
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feign
to pretend, to misrepresent
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fester
to become infested
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festoon
draped, decorated as if for a parade
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fledgling
new and inexperienced
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fobs
to employ trickery; pass off as fake or genuine
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genuflect
to bow as before a priest
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grandeur
magnificent, splendid, vast beauty
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grudging
done in an unwilling way
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hack
a reporter, artist or writer whose work is not good
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husband
to use something carefully so you don't use it all
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illicit
contrary to accepted morality or convention
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illusory
not real
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imbibe
to drink alcohol
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impracticable
not possible; unusable
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inexorable
without end
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ingenuity
cleverness; resourcefulness
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introspection
examination of and attention to your own thoughts, ideas and feelings
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kowtow
to suck up
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languid
without energy, lazy
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magnanimity
great generosity of money or spirit
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malevolent
ill will; maliciousness
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mutton
meat from a sheep
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orthodoxy
a belief or orientation agreeing with traditional standards
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paramount
supreme or dominant
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parochial
provincial; country-like or of a church, community or religon
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pathos
the quality of emotion in a work of art or literature
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pecuniary
relating to money
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permeate
to spread throughout
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pernicious
deadly
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pious
godly, reverent, holy
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plait
to braid
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porter
a railroad employee who assists passengers
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prattle
to talk endlessly without meaning
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precipitate
done without thought
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precocious
characterized by early development or maturity
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prerogative
privilege, right
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profligate
wasteful, extravagant
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prostrate
to lay face down on the ground in humility, submission or adoration
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prudent
careful and sensible
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qualm
an uncomfortable feeling of doubt about whether you are doing the right thing
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randy
sexually aroused
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recitation
an event where one orally recites a literary work
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reputed
alleged; presumed
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resonant
having a strong or deep tone
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rheumatism
any painful disorder of the muscles or joint
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scant
barely sufficient
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schizoid
relating or having a personality disorder by an inability to form close relationships
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seethe
to burn with anger
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self-abasement
to put oneself down
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skirmish
a clash or battle
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sodden
drenched or soaked
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synergy
interaction; parts working together
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throes
conditions of agonizing struggle or conflict
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timorous
fearful; shy; timid
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torpor
without energy, apathetic
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torrent
an overwhelming amount
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transcendent
beyond ordinary; sublime
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tremulous
quivering from weakness or fear
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turbid
churned up; cloudy, muddy, murky
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unabashed
not embarrassed
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unimpeachable
impossible to discredit; without fault
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variegated
having streaks, marks or patches of a different color
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veracity
truthfulness
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veritable
real or genuine
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vigilant
on guard; cautiously aware
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vigilante
one who takes the law into their own hands
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vociferation
to cry out loud in protest
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voluble
talking easily at length
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weft
the horizontal threads woven into a fabric
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wholly
fully completely
