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Vocab 9 Flashcards

1
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Malinger

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v. shirk

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Mannered

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adj. styled; pretentious

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Manumit

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v. release from slavery

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Marshal

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v. to gather together

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Martial

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adj. warlike

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Martinet

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n. a person who believes in strict discipline

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Maudlin

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adj. sad; sentimental; inclined to weep

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Maverick

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n. loner

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Mawkish

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adj. falsely sentimental

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Menagerie

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n. collection of animals

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Quibblers

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n. one who argues trivial matters

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Querulous

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adj. always complaining

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Quarry

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n. something that is hunted

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Qualm

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n. hesitation or fear

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Quaff

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v. drink down quickly

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Pyrrhic

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

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Pyromania

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n. compulsion to start fires

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Pyre

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n. ceremonial fire

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Putsch

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n. a violent attempt to overthrow a government

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Putative

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adj.generally considered or reputed to be

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Turbid

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adj. murky and muddy

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Tumid

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adj. swollen; pompous and bombastic

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Tumescence

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n. swollen or becoming swollen; pompous or pretentious

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Trundled

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v. move or cause to move slowly and heavily

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Trudge

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v. to walk slowly with heavy steps

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Triage

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v. to assign degrees of urgency to

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Trenchant

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adj. vigorous or incisive in expression or style

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Transmute

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v. to change in form, nature, or substance

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Transmogrify

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v. to transform

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Transgress

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v. commit a sin

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Unfrock

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v. to remove a priest from a position

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Repudiated

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v. to refuse to accept or be associated with

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Preclude

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v. to prevent or make impossible

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Tamp

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v. to plug; press loose matter down tightly

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Tender

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v. to offer

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Bleated

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v. to make the weak, wavering cry,

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Disabuse

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v. to make someone aware of an error in thinking

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Leaven

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v. to make light; modify

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Usury

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v. to lend money at a high interest rate

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Skulk

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

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Garner

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v. to gather; collect

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Fringe

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v. to form an edge

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Whet

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v. to excite or simulate

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Gaucherie

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n. awkwardness

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Shirk

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v. to avoid, especially work

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Winsome

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adj. attractive or appealing in character

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Pillory

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v. to attack or ridicule publicly

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Expiate

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v. to atone for (guilt or sin)

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Solicit

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v. to ask for; to seek

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Bombast

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n. arrogant pompous language

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Pretension

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n. arrogance

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Collate

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v. to arrange in order

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Sordid

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adj. arousing moral distaste and contempt

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Invidious

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adj. arousing envy or anger; unjust

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Felicitous

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adj. apt

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Approbation

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n. approval

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Seemly

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adj. conforming to accepted notions of propriety or good taste

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Bile

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n. anger; irritability

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Forebears

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n. ancestor

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Explicate

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

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Contretemps

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n. an unexpected and unfortunate occurrence

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Gibe

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

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Ferrous

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adj. concerned with iron or its compounds

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Mercenary

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adj. concerned only with money

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Dissimulation

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

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Obligate

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

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Sangfroid

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

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Limpidity

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adj. completely clear

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Bemoan

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v. to express discontent or sorrow over (something)

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Indemnify

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v. to compensate someone for a loss or harm

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Benign

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adj. compassion; gentleness

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Coalesce

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v. to come together; merge

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73
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Define:

Cajole

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v. coax

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Cloture

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n. closure; terminate a debate by voting

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Ingenuous

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

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Flagrant

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adj. clearly wrong

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Vindicate

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v. clear someone from blame or suspicion

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Exposition

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n. clear explanation

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Archetype

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n. classic example

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80
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Incubus

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n. encumbrance; nightmarish thing

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81
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Traipse

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v. to walk or move wearily or reluctantly

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Define:

Totter

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v. to walk unsteadily

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Define:

Divagate

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v. to wander or digress

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Errant

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adj. wandering; wrong

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Parry

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v. to ward off; avoid

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Define:

Atrophy

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v. to waste away from lack of use

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Define:

Attenuate

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

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Cybernetic

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

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Asseveration

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n. the solemn or emphatic declaration or statement of something

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Define:

Salvo

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n. the start of a fight

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Define:

Semiotic

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

92
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Solipsism

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

93
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Veritable

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adj. true

94
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Dionysian

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

95
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Define:

Expostulate

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v. to offer strong objections; remonstrate

96
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Defeasible

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

97
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Flout

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v. to openly disregard a rule, law or convention

98
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Mordant

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

99
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Define:

Prurience

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adj. having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters

100
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Despondent

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adj. having no hope

101
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Sinuous

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adj. having many curves and turns, graceful

102
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Millinery

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n. hats and hat-making

103
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. shirk

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Malinger

104
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. styled; pretentious

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Mannered

105
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. release from slavery

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Manumit

106
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to gather together

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Marshal

107
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. warlike

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Martial

108
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. a person who believes in strict discipline

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Martinet

109
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. sad; sentimental; inclined to weep

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Maudlin

110
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. loner

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Maverick

111
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. falsely sentimental

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Mawkish

112
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. collection of animals

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Menagerie

113
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. one who argues trivial matters

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Quibblers

114
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. always complaining

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Querulous

115
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. something that is hunted

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Quarry

116
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. hesitation or fear

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Qualm

117
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. drink down quickly

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Quaff

118
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

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

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Pyrrhic

119
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. compulsion to start fires

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Pyromania

120
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. ceremonial fire

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Pyre

121
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. a violent attempt to overthrow a government

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Putsch

122
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj.generally considered or reputed to be

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Putative

123
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. murky and muddy

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Turbid

124
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. swollen; pompous and bombastic

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Tumid

125
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. swollen or becoming swollen; pompous or pretentious

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Tumescence

126
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. move or cause to move slowly and heavily

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Trundled

127
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to walk slowly with heavy steps

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Trudge

128
Q

What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to assign degrees of urgency to

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Triage

129
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. vigorous or incisive in expression or style

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Trenchant

130
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to change in form, nature, or substance

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Transmute

131
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to transform

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Transmogrify

132
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. commit a sin

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Transgress

133
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to remove a priest from a position

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Unfrock

134
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to refuse to accept or be associated with

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Repudiated

135
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to prevent or make impossible

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Preclude

136
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to plug; press loose matter down tightly

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Tamp

137
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to offer

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Tender

138
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to make the weak, wavering cry,

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Bleated

139
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to make someone aware of an error in thinking

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Disabuse

140
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to make light; modify

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Leaven

141
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to lend money at a high interest rate

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Usury

142
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

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

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Skulk

143
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to gather; collect

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Garner

144
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to form an edge

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Fringe

145
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to excite or simulate

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Whet

146
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. awkwardness

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Gaucherie

147
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to avoid, especially work

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Shirk

148
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. attractive or appealing in character

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Winsome

149
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to attack or ridicule publicly

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Pillory

150
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to atone for (guilt or sin)

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Expiate

151
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to ask for; to seek

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Solicit

152
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. arrogant pompous language

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Bombast

153
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. arrogance

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Pretension

154
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to arrange in order

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Collate

155
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. arousing moral distaste and contempt

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Sordid

156
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. arousing envy or anger; unjust

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Invidious

157
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. apt

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Felicitous

158
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. approval

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Approbation

159
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. conforming to accepted notions of propriety or good taste

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Seemly

160
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. anger; irritability

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Bile

161
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. ancestor

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Forebears

162
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

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

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Explicate

163
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. an unexpected and unfortunate occurrence

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Contretemps

164
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

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

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Gibe

165
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. concerned with iron or its compounds

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Ferrous

166
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. concerned only with money

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Mercenary

167
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

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

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Dissimulation

168
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

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

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Obligate

169
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

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

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Sangfroid

170
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. completely clear

A

Limpidity

171
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v. to express discontent or sorrow over (something)

A

Bemoan

172
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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
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. coax

A

Cajole

176
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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
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. clearly wrong

A

Flagrant

179
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. clear someone from blame or suspicion

A

Vindicate

180
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. clear explanation

A

Exposition

181
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. classic example

A

Archetype

181
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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
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to walk or move wearily or reluctantly

A

Traipse

183
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to walk or move wearily or reluctantly

A

Traipse

184
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to walk unsteadily

A

Totter

184
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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
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

v. to wander or digress

A

Divagate

186
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

adj. wandering; wrong

A

Errant

187
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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
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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
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. the solemn or emphatic declaration or statement of something

A

Asseveration

192
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What word most nearly fits this definition?

n. the start of a fight

A

Salvo

192
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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
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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
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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

GRE Additional Vocabulary (16 decks)

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