Vocab Flashcards
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imprecation
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- the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult)
- a slanderous accusation
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Avuncular
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resembling a uncle in kindness or indulgence
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bruit
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tell or spread rumors
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malaise
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- physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression)
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volition
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- the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
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malapropism
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- the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
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assiduous
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- marked by care and persistent effort
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esurient
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- devouring or craving food in great quantities
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facetious
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cleverly amusing in tone
facetiously - not seriously
facetiousness - playful humor
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relapse
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- a failure to maintain a higher state
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innocuous
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innocuous - not injurious to physical or mental
- not causing disapproval
- lacking intent or capacity to injure
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sly
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marked by skill in deception
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deleterious
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- harmful to living things
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inveigle
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- influence or urge by deception or flattery
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wheedle
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- influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
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depraved
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- deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good
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iniquity
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- wicked act
- absence of moral or spiritual values
- an unjust act
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intransigent
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- unwilling or refusing to change one’s views or to agree about something
- impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason
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peremptory
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(esp. of a person’s manner or actions) insisting on immediate attention or obedience, esp. in a brusquely imperious way.
““Just do it!” came the peremptory reply”
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willful
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willful - habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
willful - done by design
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glee
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malicious satisfaction
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mirthfulness
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- great merriment
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sanitarium
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- a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases
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abstract
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- a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
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aerate
impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen
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alacrity
- liveliness and eagerness or readliness, often manifested by quick, lively action
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ancillary
subordinate
| - furnishing added support
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apprise
- increase valueof
| - notify
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aver
to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
| affirm
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balletOMANE
- a ballet enthusiast
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bellwether
- sheep that leads the herd often wearing a bell
| - someone who assumes leadership of a movement or activity
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bibulous
- given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol
| - highly absorbent
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billow
- a large wave
| - move with great difficulty(soldiers billowed through mud)
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bolster
- a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows
- support
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bowdlerize
- edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
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buffet
- strike against forcefully ( wind buffeted the tent )
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chevron
- V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service
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cloister
convent , monastry
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camatose
- in a state of deep and usually prolonged unconsciousness
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contemplation
- a long and thoughtful observation
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culpable
- deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious
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cursory
- hasty and without attention to detail
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cynosure
- something that strongly attracts attention and admiration
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empathy
empathy - understanding and entering into another's feelings
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envisage
- to face, confront
form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
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erudite
erudite - having or showing profound knowledge
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familial
- relating to or having the characteristics of a family
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felon
- someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
- a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail
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flint
- showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
- a fine-grained , very hard, siliceous rock, usually grey, that produces sparks when struck with steel and that breaks into pieces with sharp cutting edges
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fortitude
the strength to bear misfortune,pain etc calmly and patiently
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furtive
secret and sly or sordid
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grimace
- a contorted facial expression
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humdrum
humdrum - tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
- the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
- not challenging
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inimitable
too good to be imitated/copied/equalled
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laud
praise
| laudatory
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laurel
- (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory
- any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family
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lax
lax - emptying easily or excessively
| lax - lacking in strength or firmness or resilience
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liturgy
- a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship
| - a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine
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martinet
someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
| military-like discipline
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maverick
someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action
- stray animal
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morass
- a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot , marsh , swamp , often used figuratively of a difficult, troublesome, or perplexing stTe of affairs
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oblivion
state of being forgotten
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oddly
being one of a pair of which the other is missing
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palisade
- fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground
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panegyric
panegyric - a formal expression of praise
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panhandler
a beggar especially someone who begs on the street
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parisian
of or like Paris , its people , or culture
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perforate
to make a hole, penetrate
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perpetrates
to do or perform
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plausible
plausible - apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful
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prosaic
prosaic - not challenging
| prosaic - lacking wit or imagination
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quizzical
odd, comical
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rapacious
rapacious - living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
- excessively greedy and grasping
- plundering
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rue
- feel remorse for
| - sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
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scanning
to analuze(verse) in terms of its rhythmic components, as by counting accents and syllables and marking the metrical feet
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stultify
- prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence
- to make seem foolish , stupid, inconsistent, to make dull
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sybarite
any of the people of ancient
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plausible
plausible - apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful
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prosaic
prosaic - not challenging
| prosaic - lacking wit or imagination
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quizzical
odd, comical
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rapacious
rapacious - living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
- excessively greedy and grasping
- plundering
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rue
- feel remorse for
| - sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
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scanning
to analuze(verse) in terms of its rhythmic components, as by counting accents and syllables and marking the metrical feet
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stultify
- prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence
- to make seem foolish , stupid, inconsistent, to make dull
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sybarite
any of the people of ancient
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truculent
- defiantly aggressive
| a truculent speech against the govt
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verbiage
- the manner in which something is expressed in words
e. g. use concise military verbiage
- overabundance of words
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trench
cut or carve deeply into
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verbiage
- the manner in which something is expressed in words
| - overabumdance of words
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trench
- cut or carve deeply into
letters trenched in the stone
- fortify by surrounding with trenches
- impinge or infringe upon
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unscruplous
unscrupulous - without scruples or principles
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Narcissist
A person characterized by egotism, vanity, pride, or selfishness; an erotic gratification derived from admiration of one's own physical or mental attributes
