Set 6 Flashcards
(199 cards)
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tenacious
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holding fast (as to a belief); persistent
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cosmic
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pertaining to the universe; vast
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skimp
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provide or use scantily; live very economically; ex. skimp on necessities; adj. skimpy: inadequate in amount; scanty; stingy; niggardly
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adamant
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hard; inflexible
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influx
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flowing into
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veto
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vested power to reject a bill; exercise of this right; v. prevent or forbid by exercising the power of veto
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balm
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something that relieves pain; oily liquid with a pleasant smell from trees
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chasm
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abyss; very deep crack
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decimate
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kill (usually one out of ten or every tenth man); destroy or kill a large part of
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vitreous
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of glass; pertaining to or resembling glass; v. vitrify: change into glass; ex: petrify
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wade
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walk through a substance, such as water, that impedes movement
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brevity
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conciseness; shortness of duration
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conspire
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take part in a conspiracy; (of events) work together; combine; ex. Events conspired to produce great difficulties.
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corporeal
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bodily (rather than spiritual); of a bodily form; material; tangible
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acetic
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vinegary
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dally
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trifle with; toy with; treat without the necessary seriousness; procrastinate; waste time
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variegate
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change the appearance of (by marking with different colors)
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effulgent
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shining brightly; brilliant
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slacken
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slow up; loosen; make or become slack
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gambol
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romp; skip about; leap about playfully; frolic; n.
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impugn
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dispute or contradict (often in an insulting way); attack as false or questionable; challenge; gainsay; ex: fight
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meteoric
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like a meteor; swift; momentarily brilliant; ex. meteoric rise to fame; n. meteor
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babble
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chatter idly or foolishly; make continuous sounds like water running gently over rounded stone; n.
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equitable
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fair; impartial; OP. inequitable
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holster
leather pistol case (that hangs on a belt around the waist)
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reprise
musical repetition; repeating of a piece of music; repeat performance; recurrent action; ex. reprise in the finale; ex. constant reprises
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turpitude
depravity; baseness; ex. moral turpitude
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provisional
tentative; temporary
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synoptic
providing a general overview; summary; n. synopsis
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choice
delicate; of very fine quality
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distill
refine (a liquid by evaporating and subsequent condensation); concentrate; separate the most important parts from; ex. distill fresh water from sea water; ex: brew
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tremor
trembling; slight quiver (as of the earth or from nervous agitation)
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stately
formal; ceremonious; grand in style or size; majestic
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responsiveness
state of reacting readily to appeals, orders, etc.; adj. responsive: readily reacting; ex. responsive to treatment
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waver
move or swing back and forth; be uncertain or unsteady in decision or movement; ex. wavering between accepting and refusing
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nomadic
wandering; n. nomad: tribe who migrates from place to place
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septic
of or causing sepsis; putrid; producing putrefaction; n. sepsis: poisoning of part of the body (producing pus)
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frolicsome
prankish; gay; playful; merry; frisky
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noxious
harmful; ex: obnoxious
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perverse
purposely continuing to do something wrong; stubbornly wrongheaded; perverted; directed away from what is right; wicked and unacceptable; ex. perverse satisfaction; ex. Hannibal Lecter in a perverse mood; n. perversity
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placate
pacify; bring peace to; conciliate; appease
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confide
tell in confidence (to a person one trusts); be confident about
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minuscule(miniscule)
extremely small
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hydrophobia
fear of water; rabies
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elegy
poem or song expressing lamentation (for the dead); adj. elegiacal, elegiac
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plebeian
common; vulgar; pertaining to the common people; n. common people in ancient Rome; ex: patrician
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germane
pertinent; bearing upon(having connection with) the case at hand; appropriate
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scale
climb up; ascend; remove or come off in scales; n. flake of epidermis; ascending or descending series of musical tones
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canker
any ulcerous sore; ulcer; any evil; ex: cancer
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immaculate
spotless; flawless; absolutely clean
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sovereign
ruler in a monarchy; adj. (of a country) independent and self-governing; having supreme power; supreme; excellent
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sidereal
relating to stars; ex. sidereal day
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lustrous
shining; brilliant; ex. lustrous hair
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fruitful
producing results; profitable; prolific; producing in abundance
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palpable
tangible; (of something bad) easily perceptible; obvious; ex. palpable blunder
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chicanery
trickery; deception
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heckler
person who verbally harasses others; v. heckle: verbally harass as with gibes (by interrupting a speaker or speech)
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pulchritude
beauty; comeliness; adj. pulchritudinous
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rendezvous
meeting place; meeting at a set time or place; v.
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marital
pertaining to marriage
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aureole
sun's corona; halo; bright circle of light
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wanton
unrestrained; gratuitously cruel; willfully malicious; unchaste; sexually improper; promiscuous; ex. wanton spending/killing; ex: having no just cause
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garish
overbright in color; unpleasantly bright; gaudy
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casualty
serious or fatal accident; person killed or wounded in an accident or battle
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tortuous
winding; full of curves; ex. tortuous mountain road
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smolder
smoulder; burn slowly without flame; be liable to break out at any moment; exist in a suppressed state; ex. smoldering anger
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dynamo
generator for producing electricity; energetic person
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dissuade
persuade not to do; discourage; n. dissuasion
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insolvent
bankrupt; lacking money to pay; n. insolvency
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discomfit
frustrate; put to rout; defeat; disconcert; embarrass; perturb
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induct
place formally in office; install; admit as a member; initiate; n. induction: inducting; process of deriving general principles from particular facts
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fraudulent
cheating; deceitful; ex. fraudulent means; n. fraud: deception; swindle
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imprecation
curse; swearword
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rooster
cock; adult male chicken
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saturnine
morose; gloomy; ex. Do not be misled by his saturnine countenance.
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parody
humorous imitation; spoof; takeoff; travesty; v.
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withhold
refuse to give; hold back; ex. withholding tax
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complacency
self-satisfaction; smugness; adj. complacent
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detonation
explosion
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anthology
book of literary selections by various authors; ex: omnibus
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parallel
similar; analogous; corresponding; n. parallel line; person or thing that is parallel (to another); similarity; ex. know of no parallel to the case; ex. without parallel; v. be similar to; make parallel; ex. Your experience parallels mine; ex: unparallele
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rant
speak violently or excitedly; rave; talk excitedly showing anger; scold; make a grandiloquent speech; ex. The priest ranted about the devil.
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insubstantial
lacking substance; insignificant; frail; immaterial
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bog
soft wet land; v. hinder or be hindered; ex. bogged down in the mud
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malediction
curse
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cater
provide food and drink (for); cater to: try to satisfy (desires of a bad kind)
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allay
calm; pacify
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aberration
deviation from the normal; mental disorder
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definitive
most reliable; authorative and complete; that cannot be improved; conclusive; decisive; definite; ex. definitive decision by the supreme court
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flourish
grow well; prosper; make sweeping gestures; wave; brandish; ex. The trees flourished in the sun. n. showy movement or gesture; embellishment or ornamentation (esp. in handwriting)
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antithesis
contrast; direct opposite of or to; adj. antithetic or antithetical
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discrepancy
lack of consistency or agreement as between facts; difference; ex. discrepancy between two descriptions
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labyrinth
maze
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irrefutable
indisputable; incontrovertible; undeniable
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artifacts
object made by human beings, either hand-made or mass-produced
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bedraggle
wet thoroughly; adj. bedraggled: draggled
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perfidious
treacherous; disloyal; n. perfidy: treachery
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titular
of a title; in name only; nominal; having the title of an office without the obligations; ex. titular head of the company
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spectrum
colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; broad and continuous range; ex. whole spectrum of modern thoughts
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hirsute
hairy; having a lot of hair
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parochial
narrow in scope or outlook; provincial; related to parishes
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reparation
compensation (for loss or wrong); amends; ex. make reparation for the damage; ex: repair
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crinkle
wrinkle
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melancholy
gloomy; morose; blue; n. adj. melancholic; ex: melancholia
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evasive
not frank; trying to hide the truth; eluding; evading; v. evade: avoid (a duty or responsibility) or escape from by deceit
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exacting
extremely demanding; ex. exacting standard of safety
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gawk
stare foolishly; look in open-mouthed awe
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contaminate
pollute
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lascivious
lustful
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uxorious
excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife; ex: uxor: wife
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exempt
not subject to a duty or obligation; free from a duty; v.
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noisome
foul smelling; very unpleasant; unwholesome
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concave
hollow; curved inwards; OP. convex
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timidity
lack of self-confidence or courage
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fictitious
imaginary; non-existent; purposely invented to deceive; untrue; ex. fictitious name/boyfriend; ex: fictional
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glossary
brief explanation of words used in the text
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hap
chance; luck
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valediction
saying farewell; expression of leave-taking
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slack
moving slowly; sluggish; inactive; (of a rope) loose; negligent; lax; ex. slack season; ex. slack in one's work; n. v.
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dingy
(of things and place) dirty and dull; ex. dingy street/curtain
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censorious
severely critical
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pensive
dreamily or deeply thoughtful; sadly thoughtful; thoughtful with a hint of sadness; contemplative; ex: think over
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agitate
stir up; disturb
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bourgeois
middle class; selfishly materialistic; too interested in material possessions
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lookout
act of keeping watch; high place commanding a wide view; person who keeps watch
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margin
border; room; allowance beyond what is needed; ex. margin of safety
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pose
assume a particular posture; put forward; present; affect a particular attitude (to impress others); ex. pose a threat; n.
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affected
artificial; pretended
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dirge
funeral song; slow mournful piece of music (sung over a dead person)
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relic
surviving remnant (from an extinct culture); memento; keepsake; relics: corpse; ex. ancient relics; ex. relics of his travel; ex. His relics are buried at X.
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munificent
very generous in giving; ex. munificent benefactor; n. munificience
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fodder
coarse food for cattle, horses, etc.; feed for livestock; ex: food
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verdant
green; covered with green plants or grass; lush in vegetation; ex. verdant meadows
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chide
scold; rebuke (someone who has done wrong)
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laceration
torn ragged wound; v. lacerate: tear (the skin as with broken glass); wound
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anesthetic
substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness; n. anesthesia
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transcribe
copy; write a copy of; n. transcription
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esteem
respect; value; judge; n.
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luxuriate
take pleasure in great comfort
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chase
ornament a metal surface by indenting; follow rapidly to catch
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bucolic
rustic; pastoral
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gush
(of liquid) pour out in large quantities from a hole; make an excessive display of feeling (without true feeling); ex. Blood gushed from the wound.
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equivocate
use equivocal language to deceive people; lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth; n. equivocation
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spurious
false; counterfeit; forged; illogical; ex. spurious arguments
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amend
correct; change ; generally for the better
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berserk
mad with violent anger; frenzied; madly excited
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insurgent
rebellious; n.
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scrimmage
disorderly fight between two or more people
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pious
devout; religious; n. piety
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alienate
make unfriendly or hostile; estrange; separate; change the ownership of
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predispose
give an inclination toward (in advance); make susceptible to; ex. predispose people to certain cancer; n. predisposition
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platitude
trite remark; commonplace statement; adj. platitudinous
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turmoil
extreme confusion; great commotion and confusion; ex. throw the country into turmoil
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benefit
advantage; anything that brings helpl, advantage, or profit; money provided by the government to the people; fund-raising public entertainment; ex. unemployment benefit; v. receive benefits; be beneficial to; give benefits
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advocacy
support; active pleading on behalf of someone or something
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hazy
slightly obscure; misty; unclear; n. haze: light mist or smoke; confused state of mind
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panache
flair; manner of doing things without any difficulty (causing admiration); flamboyance; bunch of feathers (on a helmet); ex. with great panache; ex: ˆ ?®áÁáë ̵ËÈ È©?È«å ?¯??
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amnesty
pardon (allowed by government to political criminals)
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egress
exit; opening for going out; act of going out; OP. ingress
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virulent
(of a disease or poison) extremely harmful or poisonous; (of a feeling) hostile; bitter; n. virulence; ex: virus; ex: venom
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authoritative
having the weight of authority; regarded as providing knowledge that can be trusted; reliable; peremptory and dictatorial; ex. authoritative dictionary/manner; ex: definitive
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residual
remaining; left over; of a residue; n. residue
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bedizen
dress with vulgar finery
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canard
unfounded false rumor; exaggerated false report
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inopportune
untimely; inappropriate or ill-timed; poorly chosen
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ingrained
deeply established; firmly rooted; ex. ingrained dirt/prejudice
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luscious
pleasing to taste or smell; delicious
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ravel
fall apart into tangles; entangle; unravel or untwist
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affirmation
positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath; v. affirm; adj. affirmative; ex: affirmative action: positive discrimination
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lottery
contest in which winners are selected in a drawing of lots
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unregenerate
making no attempt to change one's bad practices
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lope
gallop slowly
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vehement
forceful; intensely emotional; with marked vigor; strong; n. vehemence
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mutilate
maim; injure lastingly; deprive of a limb or an essential part
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arcade
a covered passageway usually lined with shops
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sultry
(of weather) hot; sweltering; sensual; voluptuous
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remit
transmit (money) in payment; free someone from a debt or punishment
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igneous
produced by fire; of fire; volcanic; (of rocks) formed from lava; ex. igneous meteorite
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curtail
shorten; reduce
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accomplice
partner in crime
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recrimination
countercharges; v. recriminate
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lace
cord used to draw and tie together two opposite edges (as of a shoe); delicate fabric made of fine threads; v. draw together by tying a lace
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intimate
hint; suggest; imply; adj. marked by close relationship; familiar; private; personal; ex. intimate knowledge/thoughts in the diary; n. close friend or confidant; ex: intimacy
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ponderous
having great weight; weighty; unwieldy; lacking lightness; dull; ex. ponderous body/style of writing
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insurmountable
overwhelming; unbeatable; insuperable
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sedate
composed (with no excitement); grave; v. administer a sedative to; ex: sedative
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perfunctory
done routinely and with little care; superficial; not thorough; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm; ex. perfunctory kiss
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reek
emit (an unpleasant odor or smoke); give off an unpleasant odor; give out smoke; ex. reeking chimney; n. unpleasant odor; stench
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libido
psychic and emotional energy or urges behind human activity; sexual desire
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dorsal
relating to the back of an animal; ex. dorsal fin
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odds
chances; probability; disagreement; ex. The odds are that it will rain. ex. at odds with
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subsume
include (as a member of a group); encompass
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phlegmatic
calm and unexcitable; not easily disturbed; ex: phlegm: sticky mucus produced in the respiratory tract
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reticent
inclined to silence; uncommunicative; reserved; ex. He was reticent about the reasons; n. reticence
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mollify
soothe an angry person
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stanza
division of a poem (composed of two or more lines)
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rife
(of something bad) widespread; abundant; current
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aloof
apart; not open in one's relationship with other people; reserved; ADv.
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incur
bring upon oneself
