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1
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Define:

Malinger

A

v. shirk

2
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Define:

Mannered

A

adj. styled; pretentious

3
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Manumit

A

v. release from slavery

4
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Marshal

A

v. to gather together

5
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Martial

A

adj. warlike

6
Q

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Martinet

A

n. a person who believes in strict discipline

7
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Maudlin

A

adj. sad; sentimental; inclined to weep

8
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Define:

Maverick

A

n. loner

9
Q

Define:

Mawkish

A

adj. falsely sentimental

10
Q

Define:

Menagerie

A

n. collection of animals

11
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Define:

Quibblers

A

n. one who argues trivial matters

12
Q

Define:

Querulous

A

adj. always complaining

13
Q

Define:

Quarry

A

n. something that is hunted

14
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Define:

Qualm

A

n. hesitation or fear

15
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Quaff

A

v. drink down quickly

16
Q

Define:

Pyrrhic

A

adj. won at too great a cost to have been worthwhile to the victor

17
Q

Define:

Pyromania

A

n. compulsion to start fires

18
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Define:

Pyre

A

n. ceremonial fire

19
Q

Define:

Putsch

A

n. a violent attempt to overthrow a government

20
Q

Define:

Putative

A

adj.generally considered or reputed to be

21
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Define:

Turbid

A

adj. murky and muddy

22
Q

Define:

Tumid

A

adj. swollen; pompous and bombastic

23
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Define:

Tumescence

A

n. swollen or becoming swollen; pompous or pretentious

24
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Define:

Trundled

A

v. move or cause to move slowly and heavily

25
Q

Define:

Trudge

A

v. to walk slowly with heavy steps

26
Q

Define:

Triage

A

v. to assign degrees of urgency to

27
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Define:

Trenchant

A

adj. vigorous or incisive in expression or style

28
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Define:

Transmute

A

v. to change in form, nature, or substance

29
Q

Define:

Transmogrify

A

v. to transform

30
Q

Define:

Transgress

A

v. commit a sin

31
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Unfrock

A

v. to remove a priest from a position

32
Q

Define:

Repudiated

A

v. to refuse to accept or be associated with

33
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Define:

Preclude

A

v. to prevent or make impossible

34
Q

Define:

Tamp

A

v. to plug; press loose matter down tightly

35
Q

Define:

Tender

A

v. to offer

36
Q

Define:

Bleated

A

v. to make the weak, wavering cry,

37
Q

Define:

Disabuse

A

v. to make someone aware of an error in thinking

38
Q

Define:

Leaven

A

v. to make light; modify

39
Q

Define:

Usury

A

v. to lend money at a high interest rate

40
Q

Define:

Skulk

A

v. to keep out of sight, typically with a sinister or cowardly motive

41
Q

Define:

Garner

A

v. to gather; collect

42
Q

Define:

Fringe

A

v. to form an edge

43
Q

Define:

Whet

A

v. to excite or simulate

44
Q

Define:

Gaucherie

A

n. awkwardness

45
Q

Define:

Shirk

A

v. to avoid, especially work

46
Q

Define:

Winsome

A

adj. attractive or appealing in character

47
Q

Define:

Pillory

A

v. to attack or ridicule publicly

48
Q

Define:

Expiate

A

v. to atone for (guilt or sin)

49
Q

Define:

Solicit

A

v. to ask for; to seek

50
Q

Define:

Bombast

A

n. arrogant pompous language

51
Q

Define:

Pretension

A

n. arrogance

52
Q

Define:

Collate

A

v. to arrange in order

53
Q

Define:

Sordid

A

adj. arousing moral distaste and contempt

54
Q

Define:

Invidious

A

adj. arousing envy or anger; unjust

55
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Define:

Felicitous

A

adj. apt

56
Q

Define:

Approbation

A

n. approval

57
Q

Define:

Seemly

A

adj. conforming to accepted notions of propriety or good taste

58
Q

Define:

Bile

A

n. anger; irritability

59
Q

Define:

Forebears

A

n. ancestor

60
Q

Define:

Explicate

A

v. analyze and develop (an idea or principle) in detail

61
Q

Define:

Contretemps

A

n. an unexpected and unfortunate occurrence

62
Q

Define:

Gibe

A

n. (or v.) an insulting or mocking remark; a taunt

63
Q

Define:

Ferrous

A

adj. concerned with iron or its compounds

64
Q

Define:

Mercenary

A

adj. concerned only with money

65
Q

Define:

Dissimulation

A

n. concealment of one’s thoughts, feelings, or character

66
Q

Define:

Obligate

A

v. to bind or compel (someone), esp. legally or morally

67
Q

Define:

Sangfroid

A

n. composure or coolness, sometimes excessive, as shown in danger or under trying circumstances

68
Q

Define:

Limpidity

A

adj. completely clear

69
Q

Define:

Bemoan

A

v. to express discontent or sorrow over (something)

70
Q

Define:

Indemnify

A

v. to compensate someone for a loss or harm

71
Q

Define:

Benign

A

adj. compassion; gentleness

72
Q

Define:

Coalesce

A

v. to come together; merge

73
Q

Define:

Cajole

A

v. coax

74
Q

Define:

Cloture

A

n. closure; terminate a debate by voting

75
Q

Define:

Ingenuous

A

adj. (of a person or action) innocent and unsuspecting

76
Q

Define:

Flagrant

A

adj. clearly wrong

77
Q

Define:

Vindicate

A

v. clear someone from blame or suspicion

78
Q

Define:

Exposition

A

n. clear explanation

79
Q

Define:

Archetype

A

n. classic example

80
Q

Define:

Incubus

A

n. encumbrance; nightmarish thing

81
Q

Define:

Traipse

A

v. to walk or move wearily or reluctantly

82
Q

Define:

Totter

A

v. to walk unsteadily

83
Q

Define:

Divagate

A

v. to wander or digress

84
Q

Define:

Errant

A

adj. wandering; wrong

85
Q

Define:

Parry

A

v. to ward off; avoid

86
Q

Define:

Atrophy

A

v. to waste away from lack of use

87
Q

Define:

Attenuate

A

v. to reduce the force, effect, or value of

88
Q

Define:

Cybernetic

A

n. the science of communications and automatic control systems in both machines and living things

89
Q

Define:

Asseveration

A

n. the solemn or emphatic declaration or statement of something

90
Q

Define:

Salvo

A

n. the start of a fight

91
Q

Define:

Semiotic

A

n. the study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation

92
Q

Define:

Solipsism

A

n. the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist

93
Q

Define:

Veritable

A

adj. true

94
Q

Define:

Dionysian

A

adj. of or relating to the sensual, spontaneous, and emotional aspects of human nature

95
Q

Define:

Expostulate

A

v. to offer strong objections; remonstrate

96
Q

Define:

Defeasible

A

adj. open in principle to revision, valid objection, forfeiture, or annulment

97
Q

Define:

Flout

A

v. to openly disregard a rule, law or convention

98
Q

Define:

Mordant

A

adj. (esp. of humor) having or showing a sharp or critical quality

99
Q

Define:

Prurience

A

adj. having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters

100
Q

Define:

Despondent

A

adj. having no hope

101
Q

Define:

Sinuous

A

adj. having many curves and turns, graceful

102
Q

Define:

Millinery

A

n. hats and hat-making

103
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. shirk

A

Malinger

104
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. styled; pretentious

A

Mannered

105
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. release from slavery

A

Manumit

106
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to gather together

A

Marshal

107
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. warlike

A

Martial

108
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. a person who believes in strict discipline

A

Martinet

109
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. sad; sentimental; inclined to weep

A

Maudlin

110
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. loner

A

Maverick

111
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. falsely sentimental

A

Mawkish

112
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. collection of animals

A

Menagerie

113
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. one who argues trivial matters

A

Quibblers

114
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. always complaining

A

Querulous

115
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. something that is hunted

A

Quarry

116
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. hesitation or fear

A

Qualm

117
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. drink down quickly

A

Quaff

118
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. won at too great a cost to have been worthwhile to the victor

A

Pyrrhic

119
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. compulsion to start fires

A

Pyromania

120
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. ceremonial fire

A

Pyre

121
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. a violent attempt to overthrow a government

A

Putsch

122
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj.generally considered or reputed to be

A

Putative

123
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. murky and muddy

A

Turbid

124
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. swollen; pompous and bombastic

A

Tumid

125
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. swollen or becoming swollen; pompous or pretentious

A

Tumescence

126
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. move or cause to move slowly and heavily

A

Trundled

127
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to walk slowly with heavy steps

A

Trudge

128
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to assign degrees of urgency to

A

Triage

129
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. vigorous or incisive in expression or style

A

Trenchant

130
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to change in form, nature, or substance

A

Transmute

131
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to transform

A

Transmogrify

132
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. commit a sin

A

Transgress

133
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to remove a priest from a position

A

Unfrock

134
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to refuse to accept or be associated with

A

Repudiated

135
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to prevent or make impossible

A

Preclude

136
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to plug; press loose matter down tightly

A

Tamp

137
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to offer

A

Tender

138
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to make the weak, wavering cry,

A

Bleated

139
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to make someone aware of an error in thinking

A

Disabuse

140
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to make light; modify

A

Leaven

141
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to lend money at a high interest rate

A

Usury

142
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to keep out of sight, typically with a sinister or cowardly motive

A

Skulk

143
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to gather; collect

A

Garner

144
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to form an edge

A

Fringe

145
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to excite or simulate

A

Whet

146
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. awkwardness

A

Gaucherie

147
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to avoid, especially work

A

Shirk

148
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. attractive or appealing in character

A

Winsome

149
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to attack or ridicule publicly

A

Pillory

150
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to atone for (guilt or sin)

A

Expiate

151
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to ask for; to seek

A

Solicit

152
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. arrogant pompous language

A

Bombast

153
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. arrogance

A

Pretension

154
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to arrange in order

A

Collate

155
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. arousing moral distaste and contempt

A

Sordid

156
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. arousing envy or anger; unjust

A

Invidious

157
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. apt

A

Felicitous

158
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. approval

A

Approbation

159
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. conforming to accepted notions of propriety or good taste

A

Seemly

160
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. anger; irritability

A

Bile

161
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. ancestor

A

Forebears

162
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. analyze and develop (an idea or principle) in detail

A

Explicate

163
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. an unexpected and unfortunate occurrence

A

Contretemps

164
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. (or v.) an insulting or mocking remark; a taunt

A

Gibe

165
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. concerned with iron or its compounds

A

Ferrous

166
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. concerned only with money

A

Mercenary

167
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. concealment of one’s thoughts, feelings, or character

A

Dissimulation

168
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to bind or compel (someone), esp. legally or morally

A

Obligate

169
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. composure or coolness, sometimes excessive, as shown in danger or under trying circumstances

A

Sangfroid

170
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. completely clear

A

Limpidity

171
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to express discontent or sorrow over (something)

A

Bemoan

172
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to compensate someone for a loss or harm

A

Indemnify

173
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. compassion; gentleness

A

Benign

174
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to come together; merge

A

Coalesce

175
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. coax

A

Cajole

176
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. closure; terminate a debate by voting

A

Cloture

177
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. (of a person or action) innocent and unsuspecting

A

Ingenuous

178
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. clearly wrong

A

Flagrant

179
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. clear someone from blame or suspicion

A

Vindicate

180
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. clear explanation

A

Exposition

181
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. classic example

A

Archetype

181
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. classic example

A

Archetype

182
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. encumbrance; nightmarish thing

A

Incubus

182
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. encumbrance; nightmarish thing

A

Incubus

183
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to walk or move wearily or reluctantly

A

Traipse

183
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to walk or move wearily or reluctantly

A

Traipse

184
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to walk unsteadily

A

Totter

184
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to walk unsteadily

A

Totter

185
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to wander or digress

A

Divagate

185
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to wander or digress

A

Divagate

186
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. wandering; wrong

A

Errant

187
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. wandering; wrong

A

Errant

187
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to ward off; avoid

A

Parry

188
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to waste away from lack of use

A

Atrophy

188
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to waste away from lack of use

A

Atrophy

189
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to reduce the force, effect, or value of

A

Attenuate

189
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to reduce the force, effect, or value of

A

Attenuate

190
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. the science of communications and automatic control systems in both machines and living things

A

Cybernetic

191
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. the science of communications and automatic control systems in both machines and living things

A

Cybernetic

191
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. the solemn or emphatic declaration or statement of something

A

Asseveration

192
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. the start of a fight

A

Salvo

192
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. the start of a fight

A

Salvo

193
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. the study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation

A

Semiotic

194
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist

A

Solipsism

194
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist

A

Solipsism

195
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. true

A

Veritable

195
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. true

A

Veritable

196
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. of or relating to the sensual, spontaneous, and emotional aspects of human nature

A

Dionysian

196
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. of or relating to the sensual, spontaneous, and emotional aspects of human nature

A

Dionysian

197
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to offer strong objections; remonstrate

A

Expostulate

197
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to offer strong objections; remonstrate

A

Expostulate

198
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. open in principle to revision, valid objection, forfeiture, or annulment

A

Defeasible

198
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. open in principle to revision, valid objection, forfeiture, or annulment

A

Defeasible

199
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to openly disregard a rule, law or convention

A

Flout

199
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to openly disregard a rule, law or convention

A

Flout

200
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. (esp. of humor) having or showing a sharp or critical quality

A

Mordant

200
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. (esp. of humor) having or showing a sharp or critical quality

A

Mordant

201
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters

A

Prurience

201
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters

A

Prurience

202
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. having no hope

A

Despondent

202
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. having no hope

A

Despondent

203
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. having many curves and turns, graceful

A

Sinuous

203
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. having many curves and turns, graceful

A

Sinuous

204
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. hats and hat-making

A

Millinery

204
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. hats and hat-making

A

Millinery