voc8 Flashcards
(106 cards)
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Colloquial
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local and informal (used of language)
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Dotard
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foolish old man
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Furrow
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groove
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Instigator
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troublemaker; person who entices others to do something
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Misnomer
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wrong name
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Percipient
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perceptive; insightful
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Quaff
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drink down quickly
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Staunch
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loyal; faithful; dependable
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Vilification
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blackening someone’s name
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Atrophy
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waste away from lack of use
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Collusion
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plotting and planning
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Drawl
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speak slowly with words running together
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Furtive
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hidden and secret
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Insurgent
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a rebel
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Misogynist
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hater of women
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Perdition
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damnation
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Quagmire
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marsh; bog
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Vindicate
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prove right; remove blame
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Attenuate
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weaken
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Commandeer
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take possession of
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Drivel
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nonsense
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Futile
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useless; hopeless
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Interminable
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never-ending
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Misrepresentation
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deliberately deceiving
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Peremptory
in a commanding manner
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Quaint
attractively unusual or old-fashioned;
picturesque
-"quaint country cottages"
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Stevedore
dockworker
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Complacent
self-satisfied; smug
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Droll
dryly amusing
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Galleon
ancient type of sailing ship
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Intermittent
sporadic; irregular
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Mitigate
lessen; make less severe
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Perfidy
treachery;deceitful; untrustworthy
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Quandary
dilemma; puzzle
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Stifle
suppress
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Virulent
dangerous; harmful
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Auspicious
favorable; promising to turn out well
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Compliant
easy to control; submissive;
| -"a compliant labour force"
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Drone
1. monotonous noise (n); 2. to speak with no emotion (v); 3.male bee
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Gambol
frolic; leap; bound
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Intransigence
stubbornness
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Modicum
small amount
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Perfunctory
superficial; cursory
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Quarantine
isolation to prevent the spread of disease
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Stoic
known for fortitude; indifferent to pleasure or pain
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Vital
essential; alive; important
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Austere
severe or strict in manner or attitude; having a plain and unadorned appearance; no comforts or luxuries:
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Dubious
doubtful
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Garble
distort; confuse; muddle
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Intransigent
stubborn; unyielding
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Momentous
very important
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Peripatetic
nomadic; moving from place to place
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Quarry
1. something that is hunted; 2. mine for stone
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Stoke
add fuel to; strengthen
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Vitriolic
filled with bitter criticism or malice;
corrosive; strongly attacking
vitriolic attacks on the politicians
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Aversion
a dislike of
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Concatenation
linking into chains
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Dupe
to fool someone
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Garish
gaudy
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Intrepid
fearless; brave; adventurous (often used for rhetorical or humorous effect): our intrepid reporter.
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Monotonous
dull; unvarying
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Peripheral
on the edge; not important
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Querulous
always complaining
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Stolid
calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation; impassive; dull; indifferent
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Vivacity
liveliness; animation
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Balk
hinder and prevent; hesitate over
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Conciliate
to bring together; end a dispute
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Dynamic
lively; vibrant; energetic
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Garner
gather; collect
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Inveterate
habitual
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Moratorium
temporary prohibition or halt to activity
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Perjury
telling lies under oath
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Quirk
oddity
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Stratagem
plot; plan; trick
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Vivify
enliven
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Banal
common; dull
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Concise
stated in few words
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Ebullient
very lively; cheerful; jovial; happy
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Garrulous
talkative
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Invidious
arousing envy
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Moribund
on the point of death
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Pernicious
having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way
- "the pernicious influences of the mass media"
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Ramble
wander aimlessly
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Strident
loud and harsh; grating
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Vociferous
noisy; loud in speech
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Banality
ordinariness; dullness
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Condescend
talk down to
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Eccentric
unusual; quirky; odd
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Gaunt
emaciated; bony and angular
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Inviolable
cannot be invaded
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Morose
gloomy; bad tempered; sullen
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Persnickety
fastidious; fussy
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Ramifications
branches; subdivisions of a complex system; outcomes
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Stringent
strict or severe
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Volatile
dangerously unstable; evaporates easily
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Smug
having or showing an excessive pride in oneself or one's achievements
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groove
a long, narrow cut or depression in a hard material; an established routine or habit
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fortitude
courage in pain or adversity
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Vindictive
having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge
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Dependable
Trustworthy and reliable
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Cursory
Hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed
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Gaudy
Extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless
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Garish
Obtrusively bright and showy; lurid
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Rod
a thin straight bar, especially of wood or metal.
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Spindly
long or tall and thin - weak or insubstantial in construction
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Grovel
lie or crawl abjectly on the ground with one's face downwards
