Vocab 3

Question 1

Acclaim

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To praise; praise; applause

Question 2

Accolade

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Expression of praise; mark of acknowledgement; award; prize

Question 3

Arrogant

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Haughty; showing an attitude of superiority; contemptuously proud

Question 4

Articulate

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To express ideas; to put ideas into words; able to express ideas well

Question 5

Artisan

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A craftsman; someone who works with their hands to create an object

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Beleaguer

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To besiege; to trouble; to harass; most often in the form “beleaguered (by):

Question 7

Belittle

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To disparage; to express disdain; to minimize or trivialize

Question 8

Compelling

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Convincing; powerful; irresistible

Question 9

Complacent

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Smug; self-satisfied; overly content

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Convoluted

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Twisted; contorted; complicated

Question 11

Demeanor

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Behavior; bearing; manner; attitude

Question 12

Discerning

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discriminating; perceptive; showing taste and judgement

Question 13

Extol

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To eulogize

Question 14

Extravagant

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Excessive; exaggerated ; going beyond what is warranted; spending a lot of money

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Heed

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To pay attention to; to listen to; to act upon advice; notice; regard

Question 16

Inherent

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Built-in; natural; innate; necessarily part of

Question 17

Mar

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To spoil; disfigure; detract from; damage; most often in the form “marred”

Question 18

Meander

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To wander; to wind; to go without direction

Question 19

Nonplussed

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Taken aback; surprised; thrown off balance

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Nostalgia

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Looking back with fondness; wistful remembrance sentimentality over the past

Question 21

Perfuse

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Permeate or suffuse with a liquid, color, quality

Question 22

Pragmatic

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Practical; taking a realistic approach; matter-of-fact

Question 23

Provincial

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In the provinces and not the capital; unsophisticated; not cosmopolitan

Question 24

Revere

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Respect; honor; look up to

Question 25

Rhetorical

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Using deliberate effects of style in speech or writing, possibly pompously

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Serpentine

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Like a snake or serpent; winding; meandering; convoluted

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Stoic

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Patience, detachment and accepting the bad without emotion

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Vitriolic

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Bitter; vindictive; malicious; acidic; poisonous

Question 28

Upbraid

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To reprimand; to scold; to reproach; to rebuke

Question 29

Vituperative

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Loudly and extravagantly critical; abusive

Question 30

Acquiesce

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To consent without protest; to comply passively

Question 31

Amiable

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Friendly; agreeable; so

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Cantankerous

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Disagreeable;

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Capitulate

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To surrender; to give in; to stop resisting; to give up

Question 34

Copious

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Plentiful; having or giving ample supply; abundant

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Delusion

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False belief or opinion, sometimes as a symptom of a mental illness

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Diligent

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Careful and persevering in carrying out tasks; showing care and perseverance

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Efface

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To erase; wipe out; rub out

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Equivocal

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Of uncertain meaning; open to multiple interpretations; ambiguous

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Eradicate

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To root up; to get rid of as if by uprooting; to eliminate; to obliterate

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Erroneous

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Mistaken; incorrect; containing a mistake

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Extraneous

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Not essential; irrelevant; coming from outside; superfluous

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Frugal

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Costing little; thrifty

Question 43

Futile

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Having no effective result; pointless; unsuccessful

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Hiatus

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Gap; interruption; break

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Inadvertent

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Without attention; unintentional; lack of care

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Jocular

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Characterized by joking and good humor

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Innate

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Existing from birth; inborn; instinctive

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Judicious

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Showing good judgement; sensible

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Notoriety

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Being known for something unfavorable; bad reputation

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Oracle

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Source of wisdom; originally divine; source of prophecy

Question 50

Osmosis

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Diffusion of fluid through a semi-permeable membrane; gradual process of absorption or assimilation

Question 51

Perfunctory

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Done with little interest or care

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Portent

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Indication of a future event

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Prosaic

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Matter-of-fact; lacking imagination or inspiration

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Protract

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To draw out; prolong

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Redolent

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Aromatic; fragrant; suggestive; evocative

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Retribution

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Recompense that is deserved

Question 57

Sedulous

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Persevering; diligent