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Vocab 10.8 Flashcards

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Erudite

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  • Adjective
    • If someone is described as being erudite.
    • Someone with a great deal of knowledge
    • Someone with great deal of learning
      Who is well read
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Learned

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  • The most common meaning won’t fit here
    • Someone who is well read
    • Synonym of erudite
      Scholar
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Profound

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  • Deep, thorough, absolute
    • Profound truth, profound silence
      Noun: profundity - depth
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Remember the mnemonic we used - RAVEN, to describe effect and affect

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Anachronistic

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  • Noun: Anachronism
    • Not belonging to the correct time period
    • Not of the time
      The costumes are anachronistic
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Chronometer

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  • Something that measures time
    • Exceptionally precise time piece
      Something kind of art
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Chronological

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  • Something that is arranged chronologically

It means it is arranged in order of time

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The words that we are going to see is something related to obsolete

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Archaic

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  • No longer in use
    • Something that is old fashioned
    • Ancient
      Out of date
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‘thou’ - ‘you’ is meaning of this word. Its archived

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Antiquated

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  • Synonym of archaic
    • Obsolete
      This word has the connotation where this word is used with machinery
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Aged

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  • Has different meaning on how it is being used
    • Off the age
    • I’ve have 2 kids, aged 3 and 7
      Alternate meaning: old and obsolete
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Infirm

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  • Weak

Aged infirm man

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Antediluvian

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  • Before + flood
    • Literal meaning: before the flood - the flood is Noah’s flood, ancient
    • Metaphorical: is obsolete
      By today’s standard it is antediluvian
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Ante

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  • Before
    • Earlier
      Prior
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Antecedent

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  • Something coming or occurring before

Another meaning: bet, price, stake - he upped the ante - he increased the bet

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Antedate

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To be of earlier date

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Antemeridian

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  • Meridian - noon

Means before noon

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Narcissistic

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  • Being narcissistic
    • A person who is in love with himself
    • Someone who thinks too highly of himself
    • Someone who is “vain”
    • Someone who is “conceited”
      The word comes from narcissus
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Narcissus

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  • Character from Greek mythology

A boy who was very handsome, when he saw himself in the pond he fell in love with himself

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Synonyms of narcissistic

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  • Egocentric, egoist, egotist, egotistical, egomaniac, egomaniacal
    Arrogant
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Used as: someone “who is narcissistic”

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Vain

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  • Conceited - overly proud of yourself
    • One more meaning: “In vain”
    • Not producing the desired result
    • Something that you did became fruitless
    • Did it in Vain
    • Something that is “futile”
    • Idiom - to do something in vain
    • Eg: you hope in vain
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The words that we are going to learn -

To banish them from the society

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Pariah
- An outcaste | Someone who is shunned by the society
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Shunned
- To avoid dealing with | He shunned is siblings
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Ostracize
- to banish - To exclude someone from society or group - To treat someone as a pariah - He has been ostracized Noun: ostracism - exclusion, banishment
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Culpable (adjective)
- Culp - blame + pable - worthy - Someone who is worthy of the blame - Blameworthy Responsible for having done something wrong
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Culprit (Noun)
- Someone who is charged with an offense or crime | Guilty of crime
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Exculpate
- Ex - out of - To free someone from blame - To excuse someone from having done something wrong To clean someone of guilt or blame
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Exculpatory evidence
The evidence would free the person from the blame
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Syllables - see what is this | If you find a lot of these - slow down
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Exonerate
ex - out of, free from - Oner - onus - burden - To excuse or to forgive for having done something bad To free someone from a responsibility, obligation, duty or burden
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Mea culpa
- Mea - mine or my - Culpa - blame - To acknowledge your fault To admit your guilt
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Negate
- To make something invalid - To make something ineffective - To nullify - To deny - To canal out To void
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Nugatory
- Of very little value or importance - Trivial Trifling
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Aforementioned
- Afore means before - Something mentioned before - Mentioned previously Very formal word
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Ascertain
- To make sure/ certain of something - To be sure - To be definite - To examine I would like to ascertain the veracity of your story - veracity (truthfulness)
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Idiom - Up and up
Open and honest
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The words that we learn today will deal with scarcity
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Dearth
- Shortage of - Lack of - Scarcity Dearth of information from north Korea
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Paucity
- Synonym of dearth | Japan has a paucity of natural resources
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Modicum
- Small amount or small quantity - Yes I do accept that there is small amount of modicum in my family - Is there even a modicum of truth in whatever you said Idiom - modicum of
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Scintilla
- Small amount or trace amount - A minute amount A trace of something
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Trace
- When used as a noun - something that is barely noticeable, barely perceptible - When used as a verb- to delineate or sketch a figure To follow someone's path
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Minute
- Small amount. | There are 2 pronunciations for this
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Scant
- Inadequate - At the moment we have only scant details We were given scant amount of resources for the project
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Minuscule
- Extremely small or tiny | Minuscule script
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The words that we learned yesterday, all meant minuscule We'll learn the antonyms today
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Copious
- Large quantity , plentiful, abundance | Copious amount of information, copious sunshine
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Plethora
- Superabundance - Excess amount of something - Plenty of something - large amount - Plethora of topics to choose from Plethora of paintings, plethora of toys
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Prodigious
- Large size in the intellectual sense - Something that is enormous - Not in the physical sense he has prodigious amount of knowledge
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All these words will qualify as the antonyms for the words we learned yesterday
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Counter
- This word is the counter as in prefix - Just means opposite or contrary - Counterclaim, countersue, counteract, counterattack , counterbalance, countercharge, countercheck, counterculture - Counterculture - the culture especially of young people with values that run counter to those of the establishes norms, values, traditions, conventions, mores Counteroffer, counterplot, counterpoint, counterproposal, counterintuitive
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All the words that we are going to learn today is going to be with unfriendly
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Belligerent
- Quite aggressive - Noun: belligerence Aggressive character
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Bellicose
- Hostile - Aggressive - War like attitude - Combative attitude Noun: bellicosity
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Pugnacious
- Wanting to fight - Hostile - Quarrelsome
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Contentious
- He wants to engage in a rivalry - Wants to engage in competition - Striving to win Quarrelsome
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Comes from the word contend
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Contend
- Very competitive - To vie - I could have been somebody. I could have been a contender - You want to assert your point - To maintain your point - Noun: Contention
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Yesterday we learnt words who wants to fight | Today we are going to continue with the same theme
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Combative
- Wanting to engage in a combat, fight | Someone who is belligerent, quarrelsome, pugnacious, bellicose
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Cantankerous
- Somebody who is always very grumpy. - Someone who is not approachable - Someone who is not very friendly - Someone who is not amiable Someone who is ill-tempered, quarrelsome, disagreeable person
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Disagreeable
you know the meaning
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Pugilist
- Just means a boxer - Noun: Pugilism - means boxing Fighting with your fist
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Moribund
about to die
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Invalid
- Simple meaning: not valid, not legally enforceable - Faulty - not making a valid argument - Not based on sound reasoning - Second meaning: someone is described as invalid person - disabled person - Handicapped person Chronically ill person
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Debilitate
- They had a debilitated injury - To make weak To make feeble, infirm
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Infirm
- Not sound - Not valid - Not robust To be weak in body especially due to old age
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Metamorphose
- To transform - To change form Eg: larva metamorphosed into a beautiful butterfly
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Larva
- Singular word | Plural from - larvi
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Metamorphosis
- Noun | Plural : metamorphoses
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Mnemonic
- Mnemonic device is a memory device | Something that you make up to help you remember something
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Innocuous
- Having no adverse negative effect - Harmless comment Innocent comment
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Livid
- Extremely angry - Extremely upset - To be full of fury To be full of anger
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Postulate
- To suppose - To hypothesis - To speculate - speculation - Noun: postulation A supposition

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