Vocab 4 Flashcards
(209 cards)
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Ferret
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Driver hunt out of hiding; expel; uncover or discovered by searching
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Proviso
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Stipulation, provision
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uxorious
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Excessively submissive or devoted to one’s wife
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slough
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Shed or cast off
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Rake
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Immoral or dissolute person
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Fresco
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Painting on wet plaster
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privation
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Lack of basic necessities or comforts of life, hardship, want
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Tensile
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Capable of being stretched; of tension
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Plumb
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Exactly vertical
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Gibe
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Mock
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Phalanx
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Formation of infantry, group of men act together
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halcyon
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Calm, peaceful
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conjoin
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To join together
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Physiognomy
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Face; part of judging human character from facial features
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Hermitage
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Home of a hermit
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ingenue
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Young innocent girl
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Imprecation
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Curse, swearword
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cynosure
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Object of general attention
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Phoenix
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Symbol of immortality or rebirth
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limn
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Draw; outline; describe
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Lancet
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Small surgical tool for making incisions
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Repartee
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Quick clever reply
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Cache
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Hiding place
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Mealymouthed
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Indirect In Speech; hypocritical; evasive
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Sheaf
Bundle of things tied together
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floe
Flat Mass of floating ice
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rotundity
Roundness; sonorousness of speech
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Glutinous
Sticky, like glue in texture
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bait
Harass, tease
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chimerical
Fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic
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Bilious
Irritable; suffering from indigestion
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Cleft
Split
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Gull
To trick, to deceive, to hoodwink
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Opalescent
Iridescents; lustrous; like an opal
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Pandemic
Widespread; affecting the majority of people
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bedizen
Dress with vulgar finery
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Patrimony
Property inherited from the father
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Impute
ascribe
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Connivance
Pretense of ignorance of something wrong; assistance; permission to offend
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Sumptuous
Grand; suggesting great expense; lavish; Rich
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Gerontocracy
Government ruled by old people
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Bombast
Grandiloquent, pompous speech
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incrustation
Hard coding or crust
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Docket
agenda; Program as for trial; book where such entries are made; list of things to be done; label fix to a package listing contents or directions
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plait
braid
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Plutocracy
Society ruled by the wealthy
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Concerted
Mutually agreed-upon; done together by agreement
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Propinquity
Nearness in time or place; affinity of nature
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Oligarchy
Government by the privileged few
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Febrile
Feverish
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Piscatorial
Pertaining to fishing
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Jaundiced
Yellowed; prejudiced from a long and disappointing experience of human affairs;
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Sectarian
Of a sex; narrowminded; parochial
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Quietude
State of calmness, stillness, and quiet
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unregenerate
Not reforming or showing repentance
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Attrition
Gradual decrease in numbers; reduction in the workforce without firing employees
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Truant
Shirking, lazy
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Profligate
Wasteful; dissipated; wildly immoral
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dissolute
lax in morals; licentious
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Syllogism
Standard logical argument
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Histrionic
Theatrical; excessively dramatic or emotional; affected; of actors were acting
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remunerative
Compensating, rewarding, profitable, well-paid
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Interloper
Intruder; one who interferes
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baneful
Causing harm or ruin, pernicious, destructive
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Fancier
Breeder or dealer of animals; one who has a special interest, as for raising specific plants or animals
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Elysian
Relating to paradise; blissful
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filial
Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter
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Ichthyology
Study of fish
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Implacable
Incapable of being pacified; impossible to appease
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Ramshackle
Poorly constructed; Rickety; falling apart
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Inveterate
Deep rooted, ingrained, habitual
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virago
Allowed, domineering woman; scold or nag
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Quail
Lose courage, turn frightened
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Internecine
Mutually destructive
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Tumid
Swollen; distended; Boombastic; office
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Indemnify
Make secure against damage or loss; compensate for damage or loss
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Sybarite
Lover of luxury; person devoted to pleasure and luxury
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Recrimination
Countercharge
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exculpate
show or declare that someone is not guilty
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ennui
Boredom; listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest
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Tract
Propaganda pamphlet; expanse of land; region of indefinite sides; system of related organs
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ken
Range of knowledge
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Extrinsic
External, not essential or inherent, extraneous
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Encomiastic
Praising, eulogist
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Munificent
Very generous in giving
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Immure
Imprison
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Extirpate
To destroy, exterminate, cut out,
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Plaudit
Praise, enthusiastic approval
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Repine
Fret, complain, be annoyed
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prate
talk idly
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descry
catch sight of
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Dowdy
Untidy, slovenly
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Demotic
Of or pertaining to the people
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Interstice
Narrow space between things
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laity
Laypersons, Lehman, person is not connected with the clergy
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Disingenuous
Sophisticated, artful, trying to deceive, Connie
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doff
Take off
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fructify
bear fruit; produce fruit
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Missive
Letter; written statement
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apothegm
pithy, compact saying
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bacchanal
Noisy party with a lot of drinking
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viscid
Adhesive, gluey
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Coterie
Group that meets socially; select circle; close group of people with shared interests
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bilge
Bulge, the protuberance of a task
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pallet
Small poor bed
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artifice
Deception, trickery
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arroyo
gully
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pall
Become boring; grow tiresome
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straggle
move slowly
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Remonstrate
Protest, objection
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Depredation
Plundering
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Lubricious
Luna, Washington, greasy, slippery
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bivouac
Temporary encampment
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Tithe
Tax of one tenth contributed to a church
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Proscenium
Part of stage in front of curtain
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Convivial
Pleasantly married, festive
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Provender
Dry food for livestock; fodder
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escheat
Transfer of property ownership to the government by default
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Beset
Harass or trouble from all directions
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Lode
Metal bearing vein (long deposit of and four)
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yeoman
Man or farmer owning small estates, middle-class farmer
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Dint
Means; effort
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Vulpine
Like a fox; crafting
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effluvium
Noxious smell
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Fitful
Spasmodic; intermittent; irregular
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Rostrum
Raised platform for making speeches; pulpit
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homily
religious discourse
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lectern
reading desk or stand for a public speaker
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reprove
rebuke
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salutory
Remedial, wholesome, causing improvement
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scad
great quantity
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Doddering
Shaky, infirm from old
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leonine
Like a lion
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Dotage
Senility
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pinnace
Small boat
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labile
Likely to change, unstable
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Dissimulate
Pretend, conceal by feigning, dissemble
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warren
network of interconnecting rabbit burroughs
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dissemble
pretend
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supererogatory
Superfluous
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obeisance
To bow
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sartorial
relating to tailors or tailoring
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discompose
disturb the composure; confuse
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endue
endow
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sluice
Artificial channel for directing for controlling the flow of water
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dross
rubbish; worthless stuff
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exegesis
Explanation, especially biblical passages
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deign
Condescend; stoop
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Testator
Maker of a will
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Fiat
formal authorization or proposal
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Concatenate
link together in a chain or series
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Carillon
A set of bells
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Whelp
Young animal
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involute
involved; intricate
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Aseptic
Preventing infection
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Chortle
chuckle in delight
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Mordant
Biting, sarcastic, incisive, cut
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patois
Local and provincial dialect
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Concordat
Formal agreement
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Atavism
Resemblance to remote ancestors rather than two parents
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pinion
Restraint or immobilized by finding the wings were legs
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Orthography
conventional spelling system
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venial
Forgivable; trivial
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effulgent
Shining brightly, brilliant
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gadfly
Animal biting flies; irritating person
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Dysentery
Inflammatory disorder of the lower intestinal tract
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Fusillade
a series of shots in quick succession
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indite
write, compose
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palimpsest
Parchment or piece of writing material use for second time after original writing has been erased
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desuetude
Cessation of use; disuse
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Hem
Surround tightly so that movement is impossible
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subaltern
Subordinate
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Conjugal
Pertaining to marriage
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Rebus
Representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols
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Emolument
Salary; payment for an office; compensation
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Troth
Pledge of good faith especially in betrothal
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impuissance
Powerlessness
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tureen
Deep dish for serving soup
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lilliputian
Extremely small
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pellucid
Transparent, easy to understand
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Bedizen
To adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner
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wastrel
Waster, profligate
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polity
Political organization; form of government of nation or state
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Consanguineous
Having a common ancestor
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Tonsure
Shaving of the head especially by person entering religious orders
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Emblazon
Ornament richly
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Raiment
Clothing, garment
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blithe (blithesome)
Gay; joyous
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Controvert
Contradict
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Acarpous
Effete, no longer fertile, worn out
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detumescence
Diminishing or lessening of swelling
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SLEIGHT
dexterity
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rote
repetition; learning by repetition
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vitreous
of glass
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decollete
low neckline
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putative
generally considered or reputed to be
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inamorata
woman who loves a man
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Foppish
Jane about dress and appearance
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Bugaboo
Object of baseless terror
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Equipoise
Balance; balancing force; equilibrium
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synoptic
forming a summary
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pendulous
Hanging down loosely
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bandy
Discuss lately or glibly; exchange words heatedly
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Tipple
Drink frequently
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Vicar
Parish priest; representative
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Disport
Amuse
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Minatory
Menacing, threatening
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Superannuated
Retired or disqualified because of age; outmoded; obsolete
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Luculent
Easily understood, lucid, clear
