Vocab Set 2 Flashcards
(101 cards)
1
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Abnegation
A
Self denial
2
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Abstruse
A
Hard to grasp/understand
3
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Acrophobia
A
Fear of heights
4
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Adroit
A
Showing skill or resourcefulness
5
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Affable
A
Friendly
6
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Androphobia
A
Fear of men
7
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Aquiline
A
Hooked, like an eagle
8
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Assuage
A
To appease or pacify
Antonym: exacerbate
9
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Benison
A
A spoken blessing
10
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Bifurcate
A
Forked
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Brook
A
To tolerate or put up with
12
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Cassock
A
A loose robe worn by priests
13
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Cajole
A
To coax
14
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Canonical
A
Orthodox, authoritative
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Bathos
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Overdone pathos, anti climax
16
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Cavil
A
To nitpick
17
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Chauvinism
A
Excessive or blind patriotism
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Circumspect
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Cautious, considering all options
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Cognizant
A
Observant
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Contentious
A
Argumentative
21
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Croupier
A
Collector and payer of debts at a casino
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Dearth
A
Severe shortage
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Deliquesce
A
To dissolve, become soft especially with age
24
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Desiccate
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To dry out
25
Dexterous
Mentally skillful, artful or clever
26
Diatribe
A bitter denunciation
Antonym: panegyric
27
Diminution
A decrease
28
Discourse
Conversation
29
Dissemble
To pretend
30
Dray
A vehicle used to haul goods
31
Efface
To wear away, erase or remove
32
Egress
Exit, or to go out from
33
Endue
To endow, provide
34
Equivocal
Deliberately confusing, able to be interpreted in more than one way
35
Excoriate
To wear off the skin
36
Expunge
To strike out or erase
37
Factitious
Artificial
Antonym: authentic
38
Feckless
Worthless, feeble
39
Fiduciary
A trustee
40
Foible
Minor flaw or weakness in a character
41
Fractious
Unruly, quarrelsome
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Frenetic
Frantic, frenzied
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Fulsome
Abundant, or morally offensive/disgusting
44
Gamut
Entire range
45
Gauche
Lacking social grace, awkward
46
Gorgon
One of three snake haired sisters whose glance turned the beholder into stone
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Harbinger
Someone or something who foreshadows things to come
48
Hirsute
Hairy
Antonym: glabrous
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Hypocritical
Pretending to have qualities or virtues that are not possessed
50
Iconoclast
One who destroys religious images or attacks beliefs
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Imbue
To permeate or influence
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Impecunious
Having little or no money
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Improvident
Careless, not providing for the future
54
Incarnadine
Blood red
55
Incommodious
Troublesome
56
Indemnify
To secure against loss, to compensate for hurt or loss
57
Insurgent
Someone who rebels against established authority
58
Intrepid
Fearless
Antonym: timorous
59
Jenny
Female donkey
60
Junta
Political group or committee, ESP after revolution
61
Laconic
Concise
Antonym: verbose, redundant
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Libertine
A person not restrained by convention or morality
63
Littoral
Shore or coastal region
64
Lucre
Monetary gain, profit
65
Lurid
Gruesome, shocking, ghastly pale
66
Malfeasance
Wrongdoing, official misconduct
67
Maudlin
Foolishly sentimental or morose
68
Mercurial
Inconstant, quickly changing
69
Mitigate
To soften
70
Napery
Table linens
71
Necropolis
Cemetery
72
Noisome
Offensive, harmful
73
Nugatory
Inconsequential
74
Obfuscate
Confuse
Antonym: clarify
75
Obloquy
Abusive language or bad repute
76
Ochlophobia
Fear of crowds
77
Oligarchy
Form of government where control is placed in the hands of few - usually corrupt
78
Onus
Burden, obligation
79
Osmosis
To purify through a membrane
80
Palliate
To cover up with excuses
81
Pariah
Outcast
82
Partisan
One committed to a person, cause or idea
83
Pedantic
Characterised by an ostentatious display of learning
84
Peripatetic
Wandering
85
Piscatorial
Relating to fish
86
Polemic
Strong argument in refutation of another, practice of engaging in controversy
87
Precipitous
Steep
88
Prevaricate
Lie
89
Prognosticate
Forecast, prophesy
90
Puce
Dark red
91
Purloin
To steal
92
Quaff
To drink heartily
93
Quisling
Traitor
94
Quotidian
Daily
95
Recidivism
Repeated relapse, as in to repeat criminal activity
96
Recusant
Refusal to obey authority
97
Reprobate
Villain, immoral person
98
Ribald
Rude or offensive
99
Sagacious
Wise
100
Sanguine
Hopeful
101
Scintilla
Minute trace or jot, iota
