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Flashcards in Vocab 1,201 - 1,220 Deck (20)
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Bibliotaph

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– noun

1) a person who caches or hoards books.

2
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Nocturne

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– noun

1) a musical piece appropriate to the night or evening.

3
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Pandiculation

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– noun

1) the act of stretching and yawning.

4
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Oniomania

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– noun

1) an uncontrollable desire to buy things.

Related forms
– oniomaniac, noun

5
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Gormandize

A

– verb

1) to eat greedily or ravenously.

Related forms
– gormandizer, noun

6
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Coiffure

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– noun

1) a style of arranging or combing the hair.

7
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Eleemosynary

A

– adjective

1) dependent on or supported by charity: an eleemosynary educational institution.

8
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Cardinal

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– adjective

1) of prime importance: of cardinal significance.

9
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Congenital

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– adjective

1) having by nature a specified character: a congenital fool.

10
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Metastasize

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– verb

1) to spread injuriously: Street gangs have metastasized in our city.

11
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Tribune

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– noun

1) a person who upholds or defends the rights of the people.

12
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Vis-à-vis

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– adverb / adjective / preposition

1) face to face or compared to:
- - They sat vis-à-vis at the table.
- - a vis-à-vis encounter.
- - income vis-à-vis expenditures.

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Furrow

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– verb

1) to make wrinkles in the face: to furrow one’s brow.

14
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Amity

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– noun

1) friendship; peaceful harmony.

15
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Fantabulous

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– adjective

1) extremely fine or desirable; excellent; wonderful.

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Sine qua non (sahy-nee qua non)

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– noun

1) something indispensable or essential: Her presence was the sine qua non of every social event.

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Tepid

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– adjective

1) lukewarm: tepid water.

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Austerity

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– noun

1) sternness or strict economy.

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Rigamarole

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– noun

1) an elaborate or complicated procedure: to go through the rigmarole of a formal dinner.

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Valorize

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– verb

1) maintaining of the value or price of a commodity via government purchasing of the commodity at the fixed price.

Related forms
– valorization, noun

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