Set 3 Flashcards
(199 cards)
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kernel
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central or vital part; core; whole seed (as of corn)
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start
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move suddenly or involuntarily; ex. start at the sight of a snake
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rancid
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having the odor of stale or decomposing fat; rank
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stench
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strong foul odor; reek; stink
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lust
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intense sexual desire; intense eagerness; v.
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swindler
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cheater
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acclivity
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sharp upslope of a hill; OP. declivity
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misanthrope
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one who hates mankind; misanthropist
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casual
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happening by chance; irregular; occasional; informal; showing or feeling little interest; ex. casual reader/labor/remark
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miscellaneous
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made up of a variety of parts
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theoretical
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based on theory; not practical or applied; hypothetical
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invincible
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unconquerable
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brisk
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quick and active; marked by liveliness and vigor
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confluence
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flowing together; the place where two rivers flow together; crowd; gathering together
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engross
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occupy fully; absorb
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impair
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injure; hurt; damage
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apposite
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appropriate; fitting
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glutton
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someone who eats too much; adj. gluttonous: given to gluttony; greedy; ex: gluttony: habit of eating too much
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phylum
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major classification second to kingdom of plants and animals; category ranking below a kingdom and above a class; division
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induce
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persuade; lead to do something; bring about; n. inducement
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unexceptionable
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entirely acceptable; not offering any basis for criticism
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exact
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demand and obtain by force; ex. exact a promise from him; n. exaction
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carafe
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glass water bottle; decanter
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evanescent
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fleeting; vanishing; soon disappearing; v. evanesce
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pang
sudden sharp feeling of pain
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curator
superintendent; manager (in charge of a museum or a library)
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satellite
small body revolving around a larger one
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cajole
persuade by praise or false promise; coax; wheedle
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virtue
goodness; moral excellence; good quality; advantage; ex. by virtue of; ex. make a virtue of necessity
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elicit
draw out fact or information (by discussion or from someone)
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pauper
very poor person
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pulse
rhythmical throbbing of arteries; brief sudden change in a normally constant quantity; v. pulsate
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authoritarian
subordinating the individual to the state; completely dominating another's will; ex. authoritarian regime/father
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mange
skin disease (esp. of domestic animals) marked by loss of hair
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hallucination
delusion; false idea; false perception of objects with a compelling sense of their reality; objects so perceived; v. hallucinate; adj. hallucinatory
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emolument
salary; payment for an office; compensation
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serpentine
winding; twisting; of or like a serpent; ex. serpentine course of the river; n. serpent: snake
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liaison
contact that keeps parties in communication; communication between groups; one that maintains communication; go-between; secret love affair; v. liaise: keep a connection
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chasten
discipline; punish in order to correct; ex: castigate
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whet
sharpen; stimulate;
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adulation
flattery; admiration that is more than is necessary or deserved
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portly
stout; corpulent
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flush
redden; blush; flow suddenly and abundantly; wash out by a rapid brief flow of water; n. reddish tinge; blush; brief rush; rush of strong feeling; ex. flush of pride; adj. having surfaces in the same plane; even; blushing
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detain
keep waiting; prevent from leaving or going; n. detention
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indignity
treatment or situation that causes shame or loss of dignity respect; offensive or insulting treatment; humiliating or degrading treatment; ex. I suffered the indignity of having to say that in front of them.
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palm
conceal in the palm of the hand; palm off: pass off; ex. palm off some bad oranges onto the lady/the painting as a real Renoir
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lugubrious
mournful; sorrowful
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espionage
spying
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grisly
ghastly; horrifying; ex. grisly remains of the bodies
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diurnal
daily; occurring during the daytime
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indoctrinate
cause to accept a doctrine without questioning it; ex. indoctrinated with mindless anti-communism
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transcendental
going beyond common thought or ideas; impossible to understand by practical experiences or practices; known only by studying thoughts or intuition; OP. empirical; ex: transcendentalism
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corpulent
very fat; n. corpulence
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defoliate
destroy leaves; deprive of leaves (by the use of chemicals); n. defoliant
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mogul
powerful person; ex. oil moguls; ex: Mogol Moghul; ex: Mongolian
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exodus
departure (of a large number of people)
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intrepid
fearless
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gruesome
grisly; horrible
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dregs
sediment in a liquid; lees; worthless residue
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mercurial
capricious; quick and changing; fickle; containing the element mercury; ex. mercurial temper; ex: mood
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illuminate
brighten; clear up or make understandable; enlighten; enable to understand; ex. illuminating remarks
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random
without definite purpose plan or aim; haphazard; ex. random shots; ex. chosen at random
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tundra
rolling treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America
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mirth
merriment; laughter
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trepidation
fear; nervous apprehension
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Elysium
place or condition of bliss
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jargon
language used by special group; technical terminology; gibberish; nonsensical or incoherent talk
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pr\'ecis
abstract; concise summing up of main points; concise summary of a text
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condone
overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse
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contingent
dependent on something uncertain or in the future; conditional; happening by chance; accidental; n. a group of soldiers ships to a larger force; ex: contingency: future event that may or may not occur; possibility; ex. prepare for every contingency
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confound
confuse; puzzle
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imbalance
lack of balance or symmetry; disproportion
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bellicose
warlike
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resign
give up (a position right or claim); submit (oneself) passively
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fluted
having vertical parallel grooves (as in a pillar); v. flute: make long parallel inward curves in; n. flute: long rounded groove incised on the shaft of a column
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plenitude
abundance; plenty; great amount; completeness; fullness; ex: plenary plenty
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sedulous
diligent; assiduous; paying attention; n. sedulity
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fanciful
whimsical; visionary; imaginary; produced by imagination; ex. fanciful scheme
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annihilate
destroy
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stamina
power of endurance; strength; staying power
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subsistence
existence; means of subsisting; means of support; livelihood; v. subsist: exist; maintain life (at a meager level)
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sarcasm
cutting ironic remark; scornful remarks; stinging rebuke; adj. sarcastic
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inkling
hint; slight indication
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choreography
art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances
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phoenix
symbol of immortality or rebirth; ex. phoenix rising from its ashes
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aboriginal
being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native; indigenous; n. aborigine
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fleece
wool coat of a sheep; v. shear the fleece from; rob by a trick; swindle; plunder
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motif
theme; recurrent thematic element in a musical or literary work; single or repeated pattern; figure
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euphoria
feeling of exaggerated or unfounded(ungrounded; baseless) well-being; feeling of great happiness or well-being (when unreasonable); adj. euphoriaric
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pushy
disagreeably aggressive
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attest
testify; bear witness
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hiatus
gap; pause; gap or interruption in space or time; break
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minion
servile dependent; obsequious follower
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incident
event; event that causes a crisis
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vise
vice; tool for holding work in place; clamping device
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grudging
unwilling; reluctant; stingy(giving reluctantly)
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expletive
meaningless word; interjection; profane oath; swear-word
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euphony
sweet sound; adj. euphonious
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incidental
not essential; minor; n. something incidental
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amnesia
loss of memory
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cohesion
tendency to keep together
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pry
inquire impertinently (someone else's private affairs); use leverage to raise or open something; prize; n. pries: tool for prying
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overt
open to view; public; not secret; ex: covert
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sibling
brother or sister
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acclimate
adjust to climate or environment; adapt
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exult
rejoice
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rile
irritate; vex; muddy
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amity
friendship; peaceful relationship as between nations
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bruise
injure without breaking the skin; n.
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sidetrack
switch (a railroad car) to a siding; divert from a main issue; n. ex: siding: short section of railroad track connected by switches with a main track
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procurement
obtaining; v. procure: obtain by effort; obtain (a prostitute) for another
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stump
base of a tree trunk left after the rest has been cut down; v. walk in a heavy manner; baffle; puzzle
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forum
public square of an ancient Roman city; public place for open discussion; court of law
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interregnum
period between two successive reigns or governments
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realm
kingdom; field or sphere; ex. not within the realms of possibility
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rhetoric
art of effective communication; art of using language effectively and persuasively; style of speaking or writing; grandiloquent language; ex. political rhetoric; adj. rhetorical; ex: rhetorical question: question to which no answer is expected as ``Who kn
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sterile
incapable of producing young; free from microorganism; v. sterilize
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mortify
humiliate by embarassing excessively; shame; punish the flesh; discipline (one's body) by self-denial; ex. mortified by her blunder; ex. mortify the flesh; ex: cause to die
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credulity
belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naivet\'e; adj. credulous
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brunt
main impact or shock (of an attack or blow); ex. brunt of the argument
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perpetual
everlasting
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connoisseur
person competent to act as a judge of art etc. (whose judgments are respected); a lover of an art
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impolitic
not wise; not expedient; not politic
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cogent
convincing
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maraud
move in search of plunder; ex. marauding army
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prefigure
be a sign of; foreshadow
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char
make or become black by burning; reduce or be reduced to carbon or charcoal(black substance made by burning wood) by incomplete combustion
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distinction
honor; excellence; difference; contrast; discrimination; ex. graduated with distinction; ex. a writer of real distinction
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seep
pass slowly through small openings; ooze; trickle; n. seepage
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contend
struggle; compete; assert earnestly; state strongly
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appall
dismay; shock deeply
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seismic
pertaining to earthquakes
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bestow
confer
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maudlin
effusively sentimental
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disclaim
disown; renounce claim to; deny; ex: disclaimer
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novice
beginner
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stygian
unpleasantly dark; gloomy; hellish; deathly; ex: Styx: the chief river in the subterranean land of the dead
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victuals
food; provisions; v. victual: provide with food
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countermand
cancel; revoke (an order)
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enervate
weaken; take away energy from
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jaunt
trip; short journey
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parched
extremely dry; very thirsty; v. parch: make or become extremely dry (by exposure to heat)
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endear
make beloved; ex. endear her to everyone; adj. dear: loved; cherished; high-priced
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aviary
enclosure for birds; large cage
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commensurate
equal in extent; of the same size
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hovel
shack; small wretched house
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skinflint
miser; stingy person
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traverse
go through or across
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grandiose
affectedly grand; pretentious; high-flown; ridiculously exaggerated; impressive; great in size or scope; grand; ex. grandiose ideas
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foster
rear; bring up (for a certain period only); encourage; promote the development of (feelings or ideas); ex. help foster friendly relations; adj. giving parental care although not related by blood; ex. foster parents
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indisputable
too certain to be disputed; beyond doubt
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rapacious
voracious; ravenous; taking everything one can; excessively grasping; plundering; subsisting on live prey; ex. rapacious birds
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impoverish
make poor; deprive of natural strength or something important; ex. impoverished soil
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recline
lie down
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rip
tear or be torn quickly and violently; ex. The sail ripped under the force of the wind; n.
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compost
mixture of decaying organic matter used as fertilizer; v. put or make compost
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urchin
mischievous child (usually a boy); ex: urchin: hedgehog; ex: porcupine: pig with spikes ?; ex: sea urchin
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lineage
descent; ancestry
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parish
area in the care of a single priest and served by one main church
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maladroit
clumsy; not skillful; awkward; bungling
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snub
ignore or behave coldly toward; ex. I made a suggestion but she snubbed me; n.
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functionary
official (who performs a particular function)
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stringent
(of rules) binding; rigid; marked by scarcity of money; ex. stringent economic conditions
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dire
warning of disaster; disastrous; (of needs and dangers) very great; urgent; ex. dire prediction/need of food
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diffuse
wordy; verbose; rambling; spread out (like a gas); v. spread out in all directions; disperse; n. diffusion; ex: suffuse
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helm
steering wheel of a ship; position of control
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unction
the act of anointing with oil; ex. extreme unction
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humility
humbleness of spirit
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blotch
spot; blot; ex: blot+botch
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fecundity
fertility; fruitfulness; adj. fecund: very productive of crops or young
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buccaneer
pirate
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tyro
beginner; novice
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inductive
pertaining to induction or proceeding from the specific to the general
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magniloquent
boastful; pompous
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commemorate
honor the memory of; serve as a memorial to; ex. commemorate the 100th anniversary/those who died in the war
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sluggard
lazy person
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tertiary
third in order or rank
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wag
shake repeatedly from side to side; ex. The dog wagged its tail; n. humorous person; wit
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unprecedented
having no previous example; novel; unparalleled
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missive
letter; written statement; ex: sent
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skirmish
minor fight; minor battle in war; v.
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deface
mar; disfigure
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swarthy
(of a skin or complexion) dark; dusky; ex. swarthy Italian ?
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reverie
daydream; abstracted musing
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knave
untrustworthy person; rogue; scoundrel; jack; n. knavery
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verity
quality of being true; lasting truth or principle; ex. the verity of his testimony; ex. one of the eternal verities
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regime
method of system or government
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rent
tear made by rending; rip; split
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niggle
spend too much time on minor points (esp. when finding fault); find fault; ex. niggle over details; adj. niggling
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abstain
refrain; withhold from participation; intentionally not use one's vote; ±‰±‚‚ì«ô
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betroth
become engaged to marry
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matrix
point of origin; array of numbers or algebraic symbols; mold or die; ex. the matrix of Western civilization
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comatose
in a coma; extremely sleepy
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wizardry
sorcery; magic
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remission
temporary moderation (of disease symptoms); remitting of a debt or punishment; cancelation of a debt; pardon; ex. The disease went into remission; ex. Christians pray for the remission of sins.
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gory
bloody; n. gore: blood (from a wound)
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diverge
vary; go in different directions from the same point; adj. divergent: differing; deviating
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breach
breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap; opening; v.
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ambience
environment; atmosphere; ex. restraurant with a pleasant ambience; adj. ambient: completely surrounding; ex. ambient temperature
