voc9 Flashcards
(106 cards)
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Bane
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troublesome influence
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Condone
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tacitly support; overlook
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Eclectic
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taking things from different sources
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Genre
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a category; type
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Irascible
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easily angered
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Mundane
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ordinary; worldly
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Perpetuated
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caused to continue
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Rancor
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resentment; animosity; bad feeling
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Strut
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swagger; show off
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Voluble
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talkative
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Bard
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poet
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Condoning
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overlooking; disregarding; ignoring
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Edifice
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building; structure; construction
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Germane
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relevant
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Ire
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anger [irate (a) = very angry]
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Munificent
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generous; charitable
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Perpetuity
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eternity
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Rant
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use bombastic language
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Stupefying
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astonishing; shocking; stunning into silence
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Voluminous
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very large; spacious
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Bastion
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fortress; stronghold
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Conflagration
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big fire
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Efface
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wipe out; remove all trace of
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Germinal
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just growing; not developed; immature
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Irksome
annoying; infuriating
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Mutinous
very rebellious
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Personable
attractive
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Ratify
approve; consent
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Subpoena
summons to court
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Voracious
ravenous
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Befuddle
confuse
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Confound
confuse
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Effigy
a sculture or a model of a person
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Gibbering
making meaningless noises
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Ironic
satiric; unexpected
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Myriad
in large numbers
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Perspicacious
insightful; sharp; wise
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Raucous
harsh and loud noise;rough and unpleasant (of sounds)
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Substantiate
give supporting evidence
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Waive
surrender; give up
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Begrudge
resent
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Congeal
to solidify
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Effusive
showing or expressing gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner;gushing; demonstrative
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Glacial
hostile; unfriendly; cold; icy
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Irrational
unreasonable; absurd
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Navigable
suitable for sailing
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Perspicacity
insight
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Raze
destroy; demolish; tear down
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Subterfuge
a trick
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Wane
become weaker;grow less
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Beguile
charm or enchant (someone), often in a deceptive way:
- "he beguiled the voters with his good looks";
mislead; lure
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Congenital
present from birth
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Egalitarianism
belief in equality
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Goad
provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction;drive (an animal) with a spiked stick; prod; urge
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Irreproachable
cannot be criticized; perfect
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Nebulous
vague
| - "nebulous concepts like quality of life"
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Pertinent
relevant
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Rebuttal
denial
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Subtle
not obvious
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Wary
hesitant; cautious
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Belabor
argue or discuss (a subject) in excessive detail;attack (someone) physically or verbally
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Connoisseur
person with refined taste and good judgment
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Egregious
egregious abuses of copyright;outstandingly, obviously bad
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Grate
(v) 1. to annoy; aggravate; vex; 2. shred. "grated cheese".
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Irrevocable
cannot be cancelled; unchangeable
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Nefarious
wicked; immoral; disreputable;
| - "the nefarious activities of the organized-crime syndicates"
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Peruse
read carefully
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Recant
disclaim; retract statement;
| "Galileo was forced to recant his assertion that the earth orbited the sun"
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Subversive
rebellious; revolutionary
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Wax
to increase; to grow
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Beleaguer
besiege; attack
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Consecrate
dedicate formally to a religious purpose
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Egress
exit
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Gratis
free of charge; without payment
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Itinerant
nomadic; wandering from place to place
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Negate
cancel; deny
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Pervasive
spreading everywhere
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Recapitulate
summarize
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Succinct
concise
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Waylay
stop or interrupt (someone) and detain them in conversation or trouble them in some other way
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Belie
contradict
fail to fulfil or justify (a claim or expectation)
-the quality of the music seems to belie the criticism
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Consensus
general agreement
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Eloquent
fluent and persuasive in speech
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Gratuitous
unwarranted
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Jaded
bored or lacking enthusiasm; tired; worn out
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Negligence
carelessness
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Petrify
1. terrify; 2. turn to stone
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Receptacle
container; vessel; holder
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Suffragist
someone who campaigns for voting rights
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Weighty
serious
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Belittle
to demean
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Conspicuous
easily seen; prominent
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Elucidate
make clear
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Gravity
seriousness
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Jargon
specialized language used by experts
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Neologism
newly coined word
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Petulant
childishly sulky or bad-tempered; peevish
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Recluse
someone who cuts himself off from life
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Supercilious
proud and haughty
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Whelp
young dog
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peevish
having or showing an irritable disposition
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subvert
undermine the power and authority of (an established system or institution)
- "an attempt to subvert democratic government"
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wax and wane
undergo alternate increases and decreases:
| - "green sentiment has waxed and waned"
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ageism
prejudice or discrimination on the grounds of a person's age
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worldly
experienced and sophisticated:
| -"she was much more worldly than Nora and dismissed the slur."
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gushing
effusive or exaggeratedly enthusiastic
