Vocab 3 Flashcards
(209 cards)
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Placid
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Not easily upset/excited; tranquil; calm; equable
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Insidious
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Something that gradually and subtly causes harmful effects
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Defer(ment)
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To postpone or adjourn
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Contention
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- An argument or debate between two parties
2. An assertion or claim expressed in an argument
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Eradicate
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To completely destroy/remove; put to an end
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Painstaking
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Done carefully and thoroughly; meticulous; assiduous; sedulous
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Lackadaisical
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Lacking enthusiasm and determination; careless; lazy
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Accentuate
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Make more noticeable or prominent
Eg; The shirt accentuated his gut
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Arbitrate
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3rd party (arbiter) making judgement to settle dispute b/w 2 people
Eg; The arbiter agreed to arbitrate the opposing sides
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Triumvirate
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Regime ruled by 3 people
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Intercede
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To intervene on behalf of another; arbitrate; mediate
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Byzantine
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- Devious and surreptitious manner of operation
2. Difficult to understand; intricate
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Tortuous
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Full of twists and turns; sinuous
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Sloven
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Person who is habitually messy or careless (appearance, hygiene, manner, etc.)
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Pernickety
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Over-fastidious; exacting; punctilious; finicky; dainty
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Insouciant
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Nonchalant lack of concern; indifferent
Eg; He gave an insouciant shrug
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Morose
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Sullen and bad-tempered; gloomy
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Capitulate (3 syn)
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To surrender or give in; acquiesce; accede; relent
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Remonstrate
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Reproachful protest; expostulate; objurgate; denounce
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Vexation
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To be annoyed, frustrated, or worried
Eg; She held her tongue in vexation
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Chagrin
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Feeling upset from failure/humiliation; annoyance; irritation; vexation
Eg; Jeff, much to his chagrin, wasn’t invited
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Condemn
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- To express disapproval of; censure; castigate; chastise
2. To sentence someone to particular punishment, especially death
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Volatility
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- (Finance) Degree of variation in trading price
2. (Chemistry) Tendency of substance to evaporate at normal temperatures
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Deride
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To insult or express contempt; ridicule; mock
Eg; The bully derided other kids on the field
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Emulate
Imitate or copy
Eg; They tried to emulate his style
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Virtuoso
Person highly skilled in music or other arts
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Bumpkin
Stereotype of an unsophisticated/socially awkward person from the countryside; Yokel
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Lugubrious
Dismal; gloomy; morose; somber
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Premonitory
Sign/warning that predicts negative events; ominous; portentous
Eg; A premonitory headache that comes before a flu
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Bucolic
Relating to pleasant aspects of rural life; pastoral
Eg; He was calmed by his bucolic surroundings
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Surreptitious
Covert; clandestine; secret; sneaky; hidden
Eg; "They surreptitiously made their way to the cookie jar"
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Hubris
Excessive self-confidence; arrogance; haughtiness
Eg; "His hubris costed him his friendship"
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Perspicacity
Quality of shrewdness/acumen, acuity, or insight
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Encomium
Speech/writing that praises someone; eulogy
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Obloquy
Strong criticism or verbal abuse; condemnation; vilification; flak
Eg; "He endured years of contempt and obloquy"
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Pastiche
Visual art/music that imitates the style of another’s work
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Panegyric
Accolade; encomium; eulogy
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Inscrutable
Impossible to understand/interpret; enigmatic; cryptic
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Tractable
Easy to control or influence; malleable
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Recalcitrant
Intractable attitude towards authority; uncooperative
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Espouse
Adopt or support
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Calamitous/Calamity
| Cataclysm/Cataclysmic
A disaster or catastrophe
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Alacrity
Brisk and cheerful enthusiasm; eager/willingness
Eg; She accepted the invitation with alacrity
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Maladroit
Ineffective, bungling, or clumsy
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Lubucrate
Written in scholarly fashion
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Quibble
Argue about trivial matters
Eg; They wouldn’t stop quibbling about the details
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Arrant
Complete; utter; downright
Eg; What arrant nonsense!
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Foment
Instigate or provoke a course of action - typically undesirable/violent sentiment
Eg; He was arrested for fomenting a riot
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Salacious
Undue emphasis on sexual matters; improper; obscene; lewd
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Cunning
Astute; adroit; canny; devious; duplicitous; guileful; wily
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Exculpate
Show or declare someone’s innocence; absolve; acquit; exonerate; vindicate
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Disinterested
Uninterested/indifferent
Unbiased;impartial
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Acquiesce
Accept reluctantly but without protest; permit; allow
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Impecunious
Having little or no money; penurious; indigent
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Dynamism
Vigorousness; activity; effectiveness
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Ballad
Song or poem that tells a story
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Incipient
Nascent; emerging; inceptive; initial; inchoate; rudimentary
Eg; “He could feel incipient anger building up”
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Loll
Sit, lie, or stand in a lazy/relaxed way; lounge; sprawl
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Heterodox
Not conforming to orthodox; heretical; unorthodox; dissenting
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Inure
Accustom someone to something unpleasant; condition; toughen
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Reverberate
A loud noise being echoed
Eg; “Her deep booming laugh reverberated around the room”
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Abysmal
Extremely bad; appalling; awful
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Court
To be romantically involved with
To pay special attention in attempt to win support
To risk, provoke, or attract
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Recondite
Esoteric; arcane, abstruse; obscure
Eg; “The book is full of recondite information”
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Canonize
Regard as belonging to a canon of artistic works; grouping
Eg; “They have become cult classics, canonized in American literature in many critics”
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Disparate
Different in kind or not comparable; divergent; contrasting
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Amiable
(adj.) Pleasant and friendly; affable
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Divest
Deprive someone of something; despoil
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Perfunctory
Cursory and desultory (lacking plan)
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Facile
1. Task done superficially; ignores true complexities of an issue
2. Task done effortlessly; easily achieved
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Germane
Relevant and applicable; pertinent; apposite; felicitous
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Pejorative
Expressing contempt; disparaging; deprecating; derogatory
Eg; "Passiveness is used universally as a pejorative term"
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Surly
Bad-tempered and unfriendly
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Panacea
Cure-all remedy for all difficulties or diseases
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Squalid
1. Sordid; dirty (due to poverty/neglect)
| 2. Sordid; dishonest; debased; contemptible
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Hidebound
Unwilling to change due to tradition or convention; conservative; orthodox; fundamentalist
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Penchant
Habitual preference for something; predilection; proclivity
Eg; "He has a penchant for adopting stray dogs"
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Outmode
Outdated or obsolete
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Hortatory
Encouraging some course of conduct/action; exhorting; enjoining
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Trifle
Of little value or importance; triviality; inessential
Eg; "No reason to argue over such trifles:
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Unprecedented
Never done or known before; unparalleled
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Impetus
The driving force; motivation; incitement
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Blight
Have a detrimental effect on; devastate; frustrate; scotch
Eg; "The scandal blighted his career"
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Fortuitous
Happening by accident/chance; serendipitous; inadvertent
Eg; "From a cash standpoint, the company's timing is fortuitous"
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Evanescent
Quickly fading out of sight, memory, or existence
Eg; A shimmering evanescent bubble
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Meritorious
Deserving reward or praise; laudable
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Onerous
Burdensome; arduous; formidable; exacting; exigent
Eg; "He found his duties increasingly onerous"
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Splendor
Magnificent features; splendid ; grandeur
Eg; "The splendor of the Florida Keys"
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Foible
Weakness; flaw; eccentricity; frailty; infirmity; idiosyncrasy
Eg; "They have to tolerate each other's little foibles"
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Jovial
Cheerful and friendly; ebullient; genial; congenial; convivial; buoyant; vivacious
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Equanimity
Tranquility in the midst of chaos; aplomb; poise; sangfroid
Eg; "She accepted both the good and the bad with equanimity"
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Augury
Omen; herald; harbinger
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Irascible
Bad-tempered and irritable
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Jejune (2)
1. Naive; simplistic; superficial; unpretentious; credulous; puerile
2. Banal; dreary; humdrum; mundane; tedious; insipid; sterile; trite
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Upbraid
Scold; admonish; rebuke
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Gerontocracy
State, society, or group governed by old people
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Caricature
A parody or satire; to mock/ridicule
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Fitful
Occurring intermittently or sporadically; not regular/steady
Eg; "I had a few hours of fitful sleep"
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Pompous
Conceited; domineering; imperious; overbearing; self-important
Eg; "He's a pompous ass who pretends he knows everything"
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Imperious
Assuming power without justification; arrogant and domineering; officious; peremptory; dictatorial
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Reproach
Scold; admonish; rebuke
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Dote
To adore or idolize; amorous; besotted; solicitous
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Deposition (2 def)
1. To remove or overthrow someone
| 2. Process of giving sworn evidence
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Repine
Feel/express discontent; fret; sorrow; lament
Eg; "Must not let yourself repine"
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Inveterate
Habitual habits/attitudes; entrenched; chronic; congenital; incorrigible
Eg; "He's an inveterate liar"
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Derision
Contemptuous ridicule or mockery
Eg; "My story was greeted with derision and disbelief
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Ostracize
Exclude; boycott; repudiate; spurn
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Venerate
Revere/reverence
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Presage
A sign/warning that something bad will happen; an omen
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Benison
A blessing
Eg; "The rewards and benisons of marriage"
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Guile
Artifice; cunning; deception; duplicity
Eg; "He used all his guile to free himself from the situation"
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Pervade
Spread throughout; permeate; infuse; suffuse
Eg; "The smell of shit pervaded the air"
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Quotidian
Something that's commonplace or occurs daily
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Canny
Sharp powers of judgement; astute; shrewd
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Happenstance
Coincidence; serendipity; fortuity; providence
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Impute
To credit someone as responsible for something; attribute/ascribe (Typically bad)
Eg; "The crimes imputed to Richard"
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Objurgate
Scold; admonish; rebuke
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Coalesce
Combine to form a whole; amalgamate; unite; merge
Eg; "The puddles has coalesced into shallow streams"
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Rarefy
Become less rare, thin, or dense
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Utilitarian
Designed for practical reasons rather than attractive; functional
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Supplicate
Humbly ask/beg; beseech; entreat; implore; petition
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Incensed
Apoplectic; incandescent
Eg; "She was incensed by the accusations"
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Apoplectic; incandescent
Incensed
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Buccaneer
Daring and adventurous; unscrupulous; audacious
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Vanity
Arrogance; egocentrism; narcissism; haughtiness; self-adulation
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Supposition
Uncertain belief; conjecture; deduction; inference; postulation; surmise
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Largesse
Generosity; altruism; benevolence; munificence; magnanimity
Eg; "He's dispensing his money with such largesse"
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Perquisite
Perk; privilege; gratuity (reward)
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Avarice
Greed; acquisitiveness; cupidity
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Greed; acquisitiveness; cupidity
Avarice
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Conflate
Amalgamate; combine; consolidate; coalesce
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Amalgamate; combine; consolidate; coalesce
Conflate
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Jocular
Humorous; jovial; jocose; ludic
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Humorous; jovial; jocose; ludic
Jocular
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Distend
Expand; intumesce; protuberant; tumescent; turgescent; ventricose
Eg; "The abdomen distended rapidly"
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Expand; intumesce; protuberant; tumescent; turgescent; ventricose
Distend
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Unlettered
Ignorant; benighted; nescient; philistine; vulgar
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Ignorant; benighted; nescient; philistine; vulgar
Unlettered
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Expedite
Accelerate; facilitate; precipitate
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Accelerate; facilitate; precipitate
Expedite
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Doff
Remove; shed; discard
Opposite: Don (put on)
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Remove; shed; discard
Opposite:
Doff
Opposite: Don
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Inert
Apathetic; dormant; inactive; indifferent; indolent (lazy)
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Apathetic; dormant; inactive; indifferent; indolent (lazy)
Inert
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Scotch
Put an end to; destroy; devastate; frustrate; foil; thwart
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Put an end to; destroy; devastate; frustrate; foil; thwart
Scotch
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Cant
1. Hypocritical; sanctimonious (self-righteous); humbug (deceptive)
2. Slang; vernacular; jargon; idiom; argot
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1. Hypocritical; sanctimonious (self-righteous); humbug (deceptive)
2. Slang; vernacular; jargon; idiom; argot
Cant
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Ascetic
Person who practices austerity, abstinence, and solidarity; recluse; hermit
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Person who practices austerity, abstinence, and solidarity; recluse; hermit
Ascetic
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Effuse
Give off; disseminate; decant
Eg; "The town effuses warmth and hospitality"
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Give off; disseminate; decant
Effuse
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Vestige
Trace; sign; remnant; remainder
Eg; "He said, without a vestige of empathy"
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Trace; sign; remnant; remainder
Vestige
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Cardinal
Fundamental; integral; paramount; preeminent
Eg; "The cardinal rule of marriage is loyalty"
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Hardheaded
Realistic; practical; pragmatic; unsentimental
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Realistic; practical; pragmatic; unsentimental
Hardheaded
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Flak
Strong criticism; pan; censure; disappropriation; obloquy
Eg; "You have to be strong enough to take the flak"
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Strong criticism; pan; censure; disappropriation; obloquy
Flak
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Hapless
Opposite:
Unfortunate/unlucky and usually unhappy
Opposite: Hap (Fortunate/lucky and usually happy)
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Unfortunate/unlucky and usually unhappy
Hapless
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Effervescent
1. Enthusiastic; vivacious; ebullient; scintillating
| 2. Carbonated; fizzy; aerated
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1. Enthusiastic; vivacious; ebullient; scintillating
| 2. Carbonated; fizzy; aerated
Effervescent
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Prophetic
Predictive; prescient; oracular
Eg; "His warnings proved prophetic"
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Predictive; prescient; oracular
Prophetic
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Fetid
Noxious odor; acrid; pungent; malodorous
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Noxious odor; acrid; pungent; malodorous
Fetid
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Sinecure
Paid position involving little or no work; easy money
Eg; "Even though it was a seen as a sinecure, she took her job seriously"
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Paid position involving little or no work; easy money
Sinecure
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Prerogative
Exclusive privilege or right; entitlement
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Exclusive privilege or right; entitlement
Prerogative
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Perquisite
Incidental perk/benefit gained from employment
Eg; "Among many of the perquisites, I was given a company car"
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Incidental perk/benefit gained from employment
Perquisite
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Aver
Assert; attest; affirm; profess
Eg; "He averred that he was innocent"
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Assert; attest; affirm; profess
Aver
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Polymath
Person of wide-ranging knowledge; erudite; cultivated; intellect; lettered
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Person of wide-ranging knowledge; erudite; intellect; cultivated; sagacious
Polymath
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Abrogate
Avoid; abolish; disaffirm; repudiate; rescind; evade
Eg; "They proposed to abrogate the legislation"
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Avoid; abolish; disaffirm; repudiate; rescind; evade
Abrogate
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Illiberal
1. Parochial; dogmatic; intolerant; hidebound
| 2. Miserly; stringy; parsimony
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1. Parochial; dogmatic; intolerant; hidebound
| 2. Miserly; stringy; parsimony
Illiberal
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Involved
Complex; bewildering; tortuous; labyrinthine
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Complex; bewildering; tortuous; labyrinthine
Involved
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Unexceptional - positive/negative connotation in what context?
Ordinary; average; pedestrian
- Good in scientific context
- Bad in descriptive context
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Ordinary; average; pedestrian
Unexceptional
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Torrid
1. Hot and dry; sweltering; sultry
2. Difficult or tribulating (distressful)
Eg; "We're in for a torrid time in the next few weeks"
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1. Hot and dry; sweltering; sultry
| 2. Difficult or tribulating
Torrid
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Tribulation
Affliction; anxiety; distress; suffering
Eg; "The tribulations of medical school"
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Affliction; anxiety; distress; suffering
Tribulation
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Sultry
1. Humid; stifling; torrid (Weather)
| 2. Attractive; passionate; sensual (People)
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1. Humid; stifling; torrid (Weather)
| 2. Attractive; passionate; sensual (People)
Sultry
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Indecorous
Inappropriate; inapposite; unbecoming
Eg; "There was something indecorous about her proposal"
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Inappropriate; inapposite; unbecoming
Indecorous
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Timorous
Lacking confidence; diffident; reticent; meek
Eg; "He said, in a timorous voice"
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Lacking confidence; diffident; reticent; meek
Timorous
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Dispense
1. Distribute; bestow; confer
| 2. Waive; omit; renounce
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1. Distribute; bestow; confer
| 2. Waive; omit; renounce
Dispense
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Hodgepodge
Cluttered mixture; assemblage; miscellany
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Cluttered mixture; assemblage; miscellany
Hodgepodge
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Intractable
Recalcitrant; difficult; uncontrollable
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Recalcitrant; difficult; uncontrollable
Intractable
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Pernicious
Harmful; inimical; noxious; malign
Eg; "Media has a pernicious influence"
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Harmful; inimical; noxious; malign
Pernicious
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Salubrious
1. Healthy; beneficial; salutary
| 2. Pleasant; luxurious; fancy
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1. Healthy; beneficial; salutary
| 2. Pleasant; luxurious; fancy
Salubrious
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Judicious
Shrewd; astute; canny; circumspect; sagacious; prudent
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Shrewd; astute; canny; circumspect; sagacious; prudent
Judicious
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Crass
Insensitive; unrefined; unintelligent
Eg; "They immediately made crass assumptions about her"
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Insensitive; unrefined; unintelligent
Crass
