Vocab List #5

Question 0

noun. a beginner or novice

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neophyte

Question 1

neophyte

Answer 1

noun. a beginner or novice

Question 2

proletarian

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adjective: pertaining or belonging to the class of wage earners, especially those who earn their living’s by manual labor or who are dependent for support on daily or casual employment; the working-class

Question 3

adjective: pertaining or belonging to the class of wage earners, especially those who earn their living’s by manual labor or who are dependent for support on daily or casual employment; the working-class

Answer 3

proletarian

Question 4

penury

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noun. extreme poverty; destitution. scarcity; dearth; inadequacy or insufficiency

Question 5

noun. extreme poverty; destitution. scarcity; dearth; inadequacy or insufficiency

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penury

Question 6

encumber

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verb: to impede or hinder, hamper, retard: to block up or fill with what is obstructive or superfluous. To burden her way down: to burden with obligations, debt, etc.

Question 7

verb: to impede or hinder, hamper, retard: to block up or fill with what is obstructive or superfluous. To burden her way down: to burden with obligations, debt, etc.

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encumber

Question 8

ready tape ______ all our attempts at action

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encumbers

Question 9

A mind _________ with trivial and useless information

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encumbered

Question 10

she was _______ with a suitcase and several packages

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encumbered

Question 11

onerous

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adj.
burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship: housing or involving obligations or responsibilities, especially legal ones, that outweigh the advantages.

Question 12

adj.
burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship: housing or involving obligations or responsibilities, especially legal ones, that outweigh the advantages.

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onerous

Question 13

surfeit

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noun. Excess: an excessive amount: access or overindulgence in eating or drinking

Question 14

noun. Excess: an excessive amount: access or overindulgence in eating or drinking

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surfeit

Question 15

perennial

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adjective. Lasting for indefinitely long time;
of plants: having a lifecycle lasting more than two years. Lasting or continuing throughout the entire year, as a stream. Perpetual; everlasting; continuing, recurrent, reoccurrence.

Question 16

adjective. Lasting for indefinitely long time;
of plants: having a lifecycle lasting more than two years. Lasting or continuing throughout the entire year, as a stream. Perpetual; everlasting; continuing, recurrent, reoccurrence.

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perennial

Question 17

idyllic

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adjective. Suitable for or suggestive of an idyll. charmingly simple rustic: of, pertaining to, or characterized of an idyll.

Question 18

adjective. Suitable for or suggestive of an idyll. charmingly simple rustic: of, pertaining to, or characterized of an idyll.

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idyllic

Question 19

niggardly

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adjective. Reluctant to give or spread; stingy; miserably. Meanly or ungenerously small or scanty meanly or ungenerously smaller scanty

Question 20

adjective. Reluctant to give or spread; stingy; miserably. Meanly or ungenerously small or scanty meanly or ungenerously smaller scanty

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niggardly

Question 21

Milieu

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n) Surroundings, especially of a social or cultural nature: a snobbish milieu. (Synonyms: background, sphere, setting.)

Question 22

n) Surroundings, especially of a social or cultural nature: a snobbish milieu. (Synonyms: background, sphere, setting.)

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milieu

Question 23

Sentient

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adj) Having the power of perception by the senses; conscious. Characterized by sensation and consciousness.

Question 24

adj) Having the power of perception by the senses; conscious. Characterized by sensation and consciousness.

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sentient

Question 25

Decorum

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(n.) That which is proper, suitable, seemly, befitting, becoming; fitness, propriety, congruity. Dignified propriety of behavior, dress, speech, etc. Orderliness

Question 26

(n.) That which is proper, suitable, seemly, befitting, becoming; fitness, propriety, congruity. Dignified propriety of behavior, dress, speech, etc. Orderliness

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decorum

Question 27

Prurient

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adj) Having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc. Causing lasciviousness or lust. Having a restless desire or longing.

Question 28

adj) Having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc. Causing lasciviousness or lust. Having a restless desire or longing.

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prurient

Question 29

Feckless

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adj) Ineffective; incompetent; futile: feckless attempts to repair the plumbing. Having no sense of responsibility; indifferent; lazy.

Question 30

adj) Ineffective; incompetent; futile: feckless attempts to repair the plumbing. Having no sense of responsibility; indifferent; lazy.

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feckless

Question 31

Bourgeoisie

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n) The class that, in contrast to the proletariat or wage- earning class, is primarily concerned with property values. The middle classes. In Marxist theory: the ruling class of the two basic classes of capitalist society, consisting of capitalists, manufacturers, bankers, and other employers. The bourgeoisie owns the most important of the means of production, through which it exploits the working class.

Question 32

n) The class that, in contrast to the proletariat or wage- earning class, is primarily concerned with property values. The middle classes. In Marxist theory: the ruling class of the two basic classes of capitalist society, consisting of capitalists, manufacturers, bankers, and other employers. The bourgeoisie owns the most important of the means of production, through which it exploits the working class.

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bourgeoisie

Question 33

Indigent

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adj) Lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished.

Question 34

adj) Lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished.

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indigent

Question 35

Infallible

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adjective. Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong | never failing always effective

Question 36

adjective. Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong | never failing always effective

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infallible

Question 37

chagrin

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noun - distress or embarrassment at having failed or being humiliated verb - feel distressed or humiliated

Question 38

noun - distress or embarrassment at having failed or being humiliated verb - feel distressed or humiliated

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chagrin

Question 39

craven

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adjective: contemptibly lacking encourage; cowardly noun: A cowardly person

Question 40

adjective: contemptibly lacking encourage; cowardly noun: A cowardly person

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craven

Question 41

cursory

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adjective: hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed

Question 42

adjective: hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed

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cursory