Vocab - Set 6 Flashcards by Sugandha Vir Anand

duplicity

deceitfulness

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ebullient

animated, full of life

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effervescent

lively, animated

bubbly

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effrontery

Barron’s 333

shameless boldness, audacity

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elegiac

low energy, dull

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embryonic

budding, infant, emerging

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empiricism

any method that derives knowledge from experience

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encumber

to burden

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enjoin

to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority

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enormity

very large

very evil

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enthrall

captivated (attention), enchanted by someone or something

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epigram

proverb, saying

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eponym

a person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named.

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equivocate

Barron’s 333

be ambiguous, avoid giving clear answers

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ersatz

bogus, dummy, factitious, fake

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estimable

respectable

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evanescent

fleeting, short time

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excoriate

to criticize harshly and usually publicly

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execrate

to announce something as immoral/ evil

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exegesis

clear explanation

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exiguity

the quality of being meager or scanty

The exiguity of domestic natural resources turned out to be an unexpected advantage to Japan in that it can buy cheap raw material from sources in the rest of the world.

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expunge

destroy all traces of something

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expurgate

to remove objectionable parts from something (speech, news article, etc)

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facile

lack of depth, shallow, superficial

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factious

divided

factitious

fake, artificial, imitation

feckless

irresponsible so cannot be trusted

fecund

producing abundantly

firebrand

inciter of discontent amongst people/groups

flag (verb) Barron's 333

diminish/weaken or indicate

fractious

irritable, quarrelsome, unruly

gaffe

blunder or improper or unsuitable act or remark

graft

corruption or attach, fix

grandiloquent Barron's 333

use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases

gumption

If you have gumption, you have guts. People with gumption are determined and full of courage

hagiographic

very admiring of someone and representing the person as perfect or much better than they really are: The biography has been criticized for being too hagiographic.

halcyon

peaceful

hauteur

haughtiness

hector

bully

hedge | verb

restrict, limit

histrionic

melodramatic

hoary

aged, antique

hoodwink

trick someone

hobble

hamper - a process, a task

hubris

being too proud or arrogant (almost to the point that it can hurt you)

imbroglio

complicated situation - confusing and embarrassing

immure

box something, imprison

impecunious

broke, no money

imperious

fond of being authoritative, autocratic

impervious Barron's 333

impenetrable

impetuous

hasty reckless action/decision

importuned

plead, beg

improvident

no foresight, not thoughtful about future

impugn

blame, criticize

impute

cause of something

inanity

nonsensical remark or action

inchoate

just begun, will take time to develop

incontrovertible

incontestable, indisputable, irrefutable

indigent

dirt poor

ineffable

too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words

ineluctable

unavoidable, inescapable

infelicitous

inappropriate

insouciance

indifference, nonchalance

internecine

mutual harm or destruction

inure

(become) strengthened, toughened (in hard situations)

invective

harsh insulting language

invidious

jealous and resentful

inviolable

cannot be violated, untouched/undamaged

jaundice

enmity. hostility

jejune

boring, dull monotonous or juvenile, kid behaviour

jingoist

agitator/instigator of war or extreme nationalist

kowtow

ass-lick

lacerate

cut, slice

lachrymose

tearful, teary, weepy

lampoon

satire or satirize something

languish

to be forced to stay somewhere or suffer something unpleasant for a long time "During her illness she languished in bed for years" or become weak, feeble, enervated

lascivious

profane, raunchy

limpid

transparent or cool temperament

litany

list

lugubrious

dull, depressive

machinate

conspire, scheme

magisterial

most accurate and apparently thorough

malapropism

the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one for funny effect Malaprop include "illiterate him quite from your memory" (instead of "obliterate"), "he is the very pineapple of politeness" (instead of pinnacle) and "she's as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile" (instead of alligator).

malfeasance

wrongdoing or misconduct

malingerer

slacker, idler

martinet

disciplinarian, strict and strictness enforcer

maudlin

over-emotional, sentimental

maunder

ramble or meander one place to another

mendicant

a person who lives by public begging

meteoric

fast (meteoric rise to fame)

mettlesome

full of spirit and courage

mordant

sharp, sarcastic and intended to cause hurt

moribund

nearly dead, dated

mulct

fine, penalty

nettlesome

annoying

noisome

unhealthy for body

objurgate

stubborn

oblique

slanting or expressing something in indirect manner

Vocab - Set 6 Flashcards

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