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Vocab 10.9 Flashcards

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Simile

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  • Figure of speech in which two dissimilar things are compared using the word “like” or “as”
    • As weak as Water - called a simile
    • She is dead as a dodo
    • We have looked at the word - extant
      Extant - something that exist
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Similitude

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  • Replica, copy, similarity

Something that closely resembles something else

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Verisimilitude

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  • Veri (prefix) - means the truth
    • Something that has an appearance of being truth or real or genuine
    • Plausibility
    • Plausible - something very similar
    • Likelihood
      Usage: To land very similitude to support my story
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Veritable

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  • Veri (prefix) - means the truth
    • Something that you know to be truth
    • Something that is authentic
    • Something that is real, true, genuine
      While in verisimilitude had the nuance of being likely being true
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Tentative:

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  • something that is not for sure
    • Tentative schedule - some schedule that is liable to change
    • Something that is not yet done deal
    • Something that is not certain
    • Something that is a experimental nature
    • Something that is not confirmed
    • Something that is iffy
    • Something that is provisional
    • Tentative and provisional - synonyms
      Teachers generally talk about syllabus as tentative
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Edifice

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  • A grand building or structure

A building that is imposing in appearance or size

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Christen

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  • Write Christ and then insert “en”
    • Literal: to baptize: to dedicate
    • Metaphorical: to give someone or something a name
      To perform the sacrament of baptism by sprinkling or pouring water over someone or immersing them in water
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Another phrase from latin we see quite often in science and maths textbooks

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build up

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Ceteris Paribas

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  • With all other things or variables being constant
    • All things equal
    • All other things being constant
    • It is the assumption that we make assuming all other things remain constant
      The notice or the warning is Ceteris Paribas
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Caveat (Noun)

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  • Form of warning
    • Formal notice
    • A caution
      The caveat that was ceteris Paribas
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Thrice

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  • Three times something
    • (as opposed to twice)
    • A period of two-weeks - Fort Night
      “I get paid Fortnightly”
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Impasse

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  • Deadlock
    • A stalemate
    • A difficult situation that offers no workable solution
    • A situation where neither parties are willing to compromise
      A standstill
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Mar

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  • To mar something
    • To tarnish
    • To blemish
    • To disfigure
    • To deface
    • To damage
      You can mar somebodies reputation
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Heinous

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  • Something that is shockingly or evil
    • heinous crime
    • Something that is atrocious
    • Something that is horrendous, flagrant
    • Outstandingly bad
      Conspicuously bad
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Furtive (Adjective)

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  • Something that is hidden, secretive
    • Something that is not disclosed
    • Something that is characterized by stealth
      Surreptitious - already learnt, to do something in a sneaky manner, secretive manner, stealthy way when no one is looking
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Clement

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  • To be clement means to not be too harsh
    • To not be too harsh
    • Lenient (spelling check)
      To be merciful
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Clemency

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  • Mercy
    • Leniency
      Leniency towards an offender or an enemy
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Inclement

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  • Not mild or merciful
    • Weather that is not harsh or severe, stormy
      Inclement weather
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All the words today means a disastrous event

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build up

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Apocalypse

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  • A grand revelation
    • A prophetic disclosure
      Adjective: Apocalyptic and apocalyptical
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Cataclysm

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  • A huge disaster
    • A catastrophe
    • A devastating flood
    • A deluge
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Deluge

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  • A great flood
    • A flood of monumental proportion
    • Metaphorically - something that is overwhelming
    • A deluge of complaints - felt like they were flooded by them
    • A deluge of junk mails
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Calamity

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A huge disaster that results in horrible loses and terrible suffering

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Echelon (noun)

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  • Level of command or authority in a given organization
    • Echelon is the level of hierarchy in an organization
      Level of grade in a given organization
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Waffle
- Used in a colloquial sense - To speak or to write evasively - You are not giving a straight answer - To dodge the question - To mislead, but just doing it willfully - To mislead on purpose - To prevaricate - To equivocate To qualify
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Cop out - expression.. Colloquial
- To fail to accept responsibility for something - To refuse to commit oneself Usually out of timidity
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Intransigent
Uncompromising, unyielding, unbending, stubborn
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We'll learn a word from a sentence The only criteria we used in deciding which house to buy was the price Criteria is a plural in the previous sentence. So we use the word Criterion to be used
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Criterion
- Rule - System When you use "only", then we use criterion
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Acclimate
- To get used to one's surroundings - Your body gets acclimated to the cold water in the bathroom after 2 sittings To get used to one's environment or situation
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Assimilate
- To assimilate means to get used to new culture - To get used to new language - To get used to new society - To get used to new mores(45) More in the intellectual, but not in physical sense
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Remember we learned about Eclectic
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Eclectic
- Coming from various sources - Eclectic collection Coming from Disparate sources
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Disparate
Varied, dissimilar, different, distinct
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Muck up
- Colloquial expression - To botch something - To make a mess of something - To screw something up big time - To bungle To make pigs breakfast
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The words that we are learning today - "things that are easily noticeable"
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Conspicuous
- Easily noticeable - Something that is obvious - Something that attracts attention - Something can attract people's attention because it is gaudy and vulgar - but this word does not come under that category Something that attracts people's attention because it is showoff
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Ostentatious
- Means something similar to conspicuous - Showoff - Boastful - Meant to impress others Noun: Ostentation
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Pretentious
Synonym of ostentatious, conspicuous
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Pompous
- Exaggerated show of self-importance - Remember subramanium swamy calling kamal hasan a pompous idiot - To think highly of yourself - The word pompous comes from "pomp" Noun: pomp
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Pomp
- Vanity(forgot the meaning) | Ostentatious display of your belonging or things
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Flamboyant
- Something that is easily noticeable because Ornate | Richly designed or richly colored
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Now we are going to learn words that are easily noticeable | Because they are bad and horrible
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Flagrant
- Something that is outstandingly bad | Easily noticeable and meant/designed to shock others
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Glaring
- There are different meaning - To stare at something in an angry manner - Something that is very shinny - Something that is very obvious because it is poorly done Or done improperly. Mistake done too obvious
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Egregious
- Something that is outstandingly bad - Something that is horribly bad Something that is flagrant
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Pedantic
- To be excessively scholarly - Showing off one's knowledge To be ostentatious concern for formal rules
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Hoodlum and hooligans
- Thug, gangster | A rough rowdy destructive young man
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Ruffian
Synonym of rowdy
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Miscreant
- Mis + croire - Not believe An Infidel(don’t know this word)
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Hobble-de-hoy
- A gawky adolescent boy | Don't behave like a hobble-de-hoy
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Gawky
- Awkward and clumsy person | But there is not an equivalent word for the same with a girl
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All these words now we are going to learn is about stealing
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Pilfer (verb)
- To steal usually something of trivial nature - Petty thief Something in small amount of cash.
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Purloin (verb)
- To steal or to Filch | No insignificant value
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Filch
- To steal | No insignificant value
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Plunder
- To loot - To take something by force, in time of war - To take as spoils
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Pillage
Plunder and pillage means the same thing
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Recapitulate
Recap. Seen this word several times
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Purportedly
- Supposedly - Something that is assumed to be such - That is claimed That’s what they say
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Ostensible
- What something appears to be on the surface - To give appearance of something that is not - Michaels ostensible reason was to go and pray in the chruch - This word is for surya We know the ostensible reason for a politician to visit an orphanage
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Vie
- First meaning: to shoot for victory - Second meaning: to take part in a contest or a competition - To compete - To contend Second meaning: To wager, to bet
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Contend
- To strive or to shoot for something - To take part in a competition - Second meaning: to assert your point - To maintain that what a you saying is valid or true Assertion or contention
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Imbroglio
- Sticky complicated situation, difficult situation | Disagreement, quarrel, argument
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Extricate
- To free or to release oneself from a difficult situation or sticky situation - To disengage - To disentangle

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