Vocab List 8-2-14 Flashcards
(85 cards)
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Abstemious
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Moderate, sparing.
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Abyssmal
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Bottomless, measureless (in a bad way).
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Acme
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High point, peak, summit
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Altruistic
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Unselfish, thoughtful
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Amalgamate
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To consolidate, unite.
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Ardent
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Eager, enthusiastic
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Atone
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To make amends
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Balmy
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Soothing, fragrant, mild
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Bellicose
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Warlike
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Berate
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To scold
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Bereave
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To take away from
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Bludgeon
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To strike with a club
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Brazen
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Shameless
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Burly
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Big and husky
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Cache
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Hiding place for food or supplies
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Cajole
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To coax or persuade with flattery
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Capricious
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Faultfinding
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Caricature
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A picture or description that exaggerates one’s traits
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Castigate
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To punish
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Chafe
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- To make angry or impatient
- To make sore by rubbing
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Chary
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Cautious, careful
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Churlish
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Crude, ungracious, ill-mannered.
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Clemency
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Mercy, mildness
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Comely
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Attractive, Of pleasing person and manner
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Consecrate
To set apart as sacred, dedicate to god.
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Contentious
Quarrelsome
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Coquette
Flirt
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Craven
Coward
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Convivial
Sociable, festive
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Corsair
A pirate
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Defamation
Slander, libel
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Delineate
To trace the outline of, describe in words.
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Derelict
Worthless, deserted thing or person
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Diurnal
Daily; belonging to the daytime
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Dogmatic
Positive, Assertive opinions as if one were the highest authority.
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Doting
Foolishly fond.
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Efface
To wipe out, rub out
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Egregious
Remarkable in a bad sense.
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Elucidate
To clarify, point out.
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Emissary
Representative, go-between
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Ennui
Boredom.
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Epitaph
Words about a person written on a tombstone.
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Geriatrics
The phase of medicine design with elderly people.
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Gibbet
A gallows
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Gratis
Free, without charge
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Hawser
A large rope or cable
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illicit
Improper, illegal, forbidden.
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Impenitent
Shameless, without regret or pangs of conscience.
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Impious
Sinful, irreligious
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Insolvent
Bankrupt, penniless.
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Iota
A very small quantity or part.
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Jaded
Worn out, weary, dull from constant use.
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Jocular
Funny, joking
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Laud
To praise
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Latent
Hidden but not active.
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Libretto
The words of a long musical composition.
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Leonine
Like a lion.
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Lithe
Supple, bending easily.
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Loquacious
Fond of talking.
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Lurid
Sensational, ghastly.
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Malign
To slander or blacken.
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Marauder
Raider, plunderer.
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Mire
Soft mud.
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Mollify
To soften, soothe, lesson.
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Mountebank
One who sells quack medicines; one who tries to deceive.
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Nape
The back of the neck
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Neophyte
Beginner.
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Nostalgia
Homesickness, longing for something long past or far away.
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Novice
Beginner
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Obstreperous
Nosily unmanageable
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Opiate
A narcotic; anything that quiets.
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Panacea
A cure-all.
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Parsimonious
Stingy
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Pedagog
A teacher
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Perennial
Constant, enduring
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Piquant
Spirited, clever; sharp, spicy.
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Posthumous
After death.
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Prate
To talk on and on.
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Precept
A rule, law, doctrine.
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Prevaricate
To lie.
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Prone
Lying face down.
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Proxy
Agent, deputy
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Pugnacious
Agressive, over willing to fight.
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Pusillanimous
Timid, weak.
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Qualms
Misgivings, doubts.
