Vocab - Set 10 Flashcards
(100 cards)
1
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undercut
A
undermine, weaken
2
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peccadillo
A
small mistake or fault
3
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antagonize
A
make someone angry or annoyed, irritate or offend
4
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dirge
Barron’s 333
A
elegy, lament
5
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imperturbable
Barron’s 333
A
unshakable, not easily upset
6
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wheedle
A
cajole, coax, sweet-talk
7
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xenophobic
A
anti-immigrant, nativist
8
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repugnant
A
abhorrent, awful
9
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heady
A
high on alcohol (or something else) making one feel ecstatic, confident, without worries
10
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exigent
A
critical and needing immediate attention
11
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disdain
A
despise, open contempt towards someone
12
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august
A
dignified, distinguished
or
large, grandeur
13
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recant
Barron’s 333
A
retract, withdraw
14
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abeyance
Barron’s 333
A
a state of temporary inactivity
15
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burnish
Barron’s 333
A
polish, shine
16
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wily
A
Cunning
17
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distend
Barron’s 333
A
inflate, blow up
18
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sophistry
A
reasoning or arguments that sound correct but are actually false
19
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affront
A
sarcasm, scorn
20
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Abstemious
Barron’s 333
A
abstinent
21
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Apprise
Barron’s 333
A
inform
22
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Assiduous
Barron’s 333
A
constant activity/ hardworking
23
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Castigation
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A
punishment
24
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Coagulate
Barron’s 333
A
become jelly, solidify
25
coda
Barron's 333
epilogue, section that appears at the end of the book that serves as a comment on or a conclusion to what has happened
26
Compendium
Barron's 333
collection of writings
27
Contention
Barron's 333
claim, argument
or
battle
28
Diffidence
Barron's 333, ets
being timid, shy, lacking confidence
29
Discerning
Barron's 333
understand something then point out the difference
30
Disparage
Barron's 333
belittle
31
Dissonance
Barron's 333
no harmony
32
Elegy
Barron's 333
writing or song expressing one's grief over a loss
33
Exigency
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urgent situation
34
Fatuous
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airheaded, dumb
35
Gouge
Barron's 333
overcharge, surcharge
36
Idolatry
Barron's 333
worshipping idols
37
Impassive
Barron's 333
emotionless
38
Indigence
Barron's 333
poverty
39
Inert
Barron's 333
inactive
40
Insularity
Barron's 333
conservatism, opinionatedness
41
Intractable
Barron's 333
(problems) gone out of control
or
someone being difficult or stubborn
42
Intransigence
Barron's 333
stubbornness
43
Lassitude
Barron's 333
burnout, collapse, exhaustion, fatigue
44
Latent
Barron's 333
dormant, unused (talent, skill)
existing but not yet developed
45
Levee
Barron's 333
dam
or
dock
46
Levity
Barron's 333
lack of seriousness (often at an improper time)
47
Mendacious
Barron's 333
dishonest, full of lies, untruthful
48
Occlude
Barron's 333
choke, clog, clot, congest, stuff
49
Partisan
Barron's 333
partial
50
Pathological
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caused by a physical or mental disease
51
Penury
Barron's 333
poverty
52
Perfidious
Barron's 333
disloyal, unfaithful to one party/someone
53
Piety
Barron's 333
reverence to god
54
Plasticity
Barron's 333
malleability, to be easily molded into something
55
Preamble
Barron's 333
introductory statement
56
Recalcitrant
Barron's 333
rebel, disobedient
57
Recluse
Barron's 333
loner
58
Sage
Barron's 333
insightful, perceptive, prudent
59
stint
Barron's 333
also means - retain, skimp on something
60
Striated
Barron's 333
striped, speckled
61
Subpoena
Barron's 333
written notice ordering a person to appear in court
62
Supposition
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hypothesis, proposition, theory
63
Tenuous
Barron's 333/ets
delicate, fragile, frail;
or
insubstantial, thin
64
Viscous
Barron's 333
sticky
65
Vituperative
Barron's 333
harsh insulting language
66
Welter
Barron's 333
a large number of items in no order; a confused mass.
"there's such a welter of conflicting rules"
confusion, jumble, tangle, clutter, mishmash
67
Zealot
Barron's 333
fanatic (of something or someone)
68
derivative
ets
copy of something, a different form of something
69
obscure
ets
ambiguous
70
underscore
ets
underline, highlight, make more important by highlighting
71
notoriety
ets
the state of being famous or well known for some bad quality or deed
72
Eminence
ets
fame
73
Providential
ets
favourable or divine
74
Imperceptive
ets
so subtle, gradual or slight that can’t be noticed - unnoticeable, undetectable
75
Trifling
ets
trivial
76
Ameliorated
ets
made better
77
Exacerbated
ets
made worse
78
prophetic
ets
forward looking
79
fastidiousness
ets
meticulousness, showing extreme care and detail into something
80
didacticism
ets
didactic - to teach; didacticism means something (piece of writing) serving as the means to teach someone something
81
iconoclasm
ets
rejecting religious/cherished beliefs/institutions/doctrines
82
polemical
ets
critical speech or writing
83
exacting
ets
demanding, testing
84
copious
ets
abundant amount
85
acerbic
ets
sharp wit, sarcastic
86
stinginess
ets
not only stingy with money, but also not generous with things in general
87
illiberality
ets
not generous with things OR narrow minded person
88
thrift/frugality
ets
spending money wisely, economically
89
involved
ets
general - being engaged with animals/people BUT ALSO with respect to an object, thing, anything non-living like ideas or thoughts, it means challenging, difficult
90
miserliness
Excessive desire to save money
And also the quality of being small or inadequate (a gift); meagreness
91
florid
ets
excessive or over elaborate
or
redness, blushing
92
disquieting
ets
inducing feeling of anxiety or worry
93
injudicious
ets
judicious - in good judgment, wise decision; injudicious: not in good judgment, ill considered, misguided decision
94
patent
adjective
ets
easily recognizable; obvious
95
accessibility
ets
general meaning + quality of being easily understood or appreciated
96
frivolity
ets
light heartedness
97
penitential
ets
showing guilt or sorry for something (bad) done
98
impetuous
ets
rash movement/rash decision
99
prodigality
ets
someone who spends money freely or foolishly
100
volubility
ets
verbose, too much talking
