voc7 Flashcards
(106 cards)
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Archetype
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classic example of
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Clemency
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mercy
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Disinterested
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unbiased
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Flout
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openly disregard;defy; reject;
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Ingenue
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naive, unsophisticated person
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Mendacious
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not telling the truth; lying:
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Paucity
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shortage
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Protean
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changeable;tending or able to change frequently or easily
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Sophomoric
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juvenile; immature; pretentious
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Venal
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corrupt; can be bribed
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Archives
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collections of old records; place of storage of old documents
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Cliche
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overused expression; something unoriginal
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Disparage
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criticize; belittle
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Flustered
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worked-up; not calm; agitated or confused
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Ingrate
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ungrateful person
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Mercenary
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concerned only with money
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Peccadillo
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minor weakness; trivial offence
- (pecado:péché)
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Protege
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person under protection of, or guided by another
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Soporific
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inducing sleep
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Veneer
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- surface coating
- cover or disguise (someone or something’s true nature) with an attractive appearance:
- “he exuded an air of toughness, lightly veneered by the impeccably tailored suit;”
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Articulate
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clear; lucid; eloquent
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Clientele
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customers
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Disparity
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an inequality
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Inimical
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hostile
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Mercurial
volatile; changeable
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Pedant
insisting on strict adherence to rules or narrow learning;
| excessively concerned with minor details
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Protocol
procedure; code of behavior
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Sparse
spare; bare; meager
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Venerate
revere; worship
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Artifice
deception; trickery
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Coalesce
come together; merge
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Dispassionate
neutral; objective
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Forensic
scientific tests or techniques ; concerned with argument or debate (esp. for legal evidence)
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Innate
inherited; inborn
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Merge
come together
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Pedestrian
common; mundane; banal
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Provincial
unsophisticated; narrow-minded
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Specious
superficially plausible, but actually wrong; false
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Venial
slight and pardonable;minor; unimportant;
| -"denoting a sin that is not regarded as depriving the soul of divine grace"
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Artisan
craftsman
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Coddle
I was coddled and cosseted; pamper; fuss over; indulge
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Disseminating
circulating; broadcasting; spreading (information)
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Fortitude
bravery
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Innocuous
harmless; inoffensive
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Metaphorically
symbolically; figuratively
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Peerless
without equal
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Prudent
cautious; wise
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Speckled
spotted; freckled; dotted
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Veracity
truthfulness
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Ascetic
without luxuries; severely simple
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Coercion
force
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Diurnal
active in daytime
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Fortuitous
happening by chance
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Innovate
create; introduce something new
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Meticulous
very careful; painstaking
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Pejorative
derogatory
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Puerile
childish
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Sporadic
not continuous; intermittent
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Verbose
talkative; long-winded; rambling
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Assiduous
thorough; diligent
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Cogent
lucid; well argued;convincing
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Divert
1. entertain; 2. distract; 3. cause a detour
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Fractious
irritable; difficult to control
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Inscrutable
mysterious; impenetrable
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Mettle
a person's ability to cope well with difficulties; spirit and resilience;courage; bravery; valor
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Pellucid
transparently clear
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Punctilious
paying attention to small details
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Spurious
false
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Verbosity
using too many words
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Assuage
to calm
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Cogitate
think over something; ponder
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Docile
gentle and easily lead
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Fraudulent
fake; false
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Insentient
unfeeling
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Milieu
environment
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Pensive
in a thoughtful mood; thinking deeply
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Purloin
steal
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Stagnant
still; not moving
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Vertigo
dizziness
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Astute
perceptive; sharp-witted
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Collage
picture made from fragments of other pictures
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Dogmatic
having stubbornly held opinions
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Frivolous
not serious
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Insipid
dull; bland; boring
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Mire
swamp; muddy ground
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Penury
poverty
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Pusillanimous
cowardly; timid
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Staid
sedate, respectable, and unadventurous;dull; sober; serious. "staid law firms"
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Vestigial
- not developed (atrophied /Biology)
| - forming a very small remnant of something that was once greater or more noticeable
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Asylum
place of refuge or safety
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Collate
arrange in order;collect and combine (texts, information, or data):
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Dolt
stupid person
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Frugal
economical; not wasting anything
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Instigate
to start; provoke
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Misanthrope
hater of the rest of mankind
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Perceptive
observant
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Pyromania
compulsion to start fires
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Stanza
section of a poem
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Vignette
small sketch
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Swamp
bog; marsh; quagmire
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Sedate
Calm, dignified, and unhurried
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Cosset
Care for and protect in an overindulgent way
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Bland
Lacking strong features or characteristics and therefore uninteresting.
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Versatile
Able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities
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Sordid
Involving immoral or dishonourable actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt
-"the story paints a sordid picture of bribes and scams"
Dirty or squalid
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Compelling
not able to be refuted; inspiring conviction
not able to be resisted; overwhelming
evoking interest, attention, or admiration in a powerfully irresistible way
"a compelling film"
