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Vocab Week 10-16 Flashcards

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Bamboozle

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To cheat or steal

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Charlatan

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Quack. Imposter.

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Circumspect

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Cautious, prudent, wary; taking all circumstances into account.

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Cleave

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To split or penetrate; to cling or be faithful.

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Disambiguation

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The removal of ambiguity; clarification.

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Draconian

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Hard, severe, cruel.

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Effrontery

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Shameless audacity; rank impudence.

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Egregious

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Outstanding, usually in the negative sense. Outrageously bad.

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Equivocate

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To speak ambiguously or evasively, in such a way as to avoid taking a position; hedge.

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Feckless

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Ineffectual, ineffective, incompetent, weak.

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Fortnight

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Two weeks.

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Genteel

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Polite, refined, stylish or graceful in manner.

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Imbroglio

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A complicated disagreement; a confused or chaotic situation.

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Jeremiad

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A long and mournful story, often prophesying doom or at least decrying the sad state of society.

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Assuage

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To make something less painful or severe

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Befuddle

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To confuse, perplex or bewilder

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Blithe

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Joyous; lighthearted; casual; careless

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Denigrate

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Criticize; defame; disparage

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Ennui

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Boredom

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Imperturbable

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Marked by extreme calm; serene

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Loquacious

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Talkative; especially excessively so

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Malfeasance

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Wrongdoing, misconduct or misbehavior, especially by a public official

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Apoplectic

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Feeling intense rage or fury to the point of virtual paralysis.

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Mercurial

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Fickle or erratic

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Obsequious
Overly deferential; fawningly submissive
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Panache
Distinctive often flamboyant style or action
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Paramount
Extreme importance
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Succor
To help in a time of need or stress; to aid or relieve
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Promulgate
To make known or public
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Sagacity
Keen discernment or insight; sound judgement
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Abominable
Loathsome. | EX) Jennifer's neglect of her pets was abominable and inexcusable.
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Bloviate
To speak at length in a boastful or pompous manner. | EX) I was totally put off by the winning coaches' tendency to bloviate ad nauseam.
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Cogent
Convincing, plausible. | EX) He presented a cogent argument that acid rain has killed off thousands of acres of US forest.
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Discombobulate
Confuse or upset. | EX) He was discombobulated by his wife's moodiness.
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Eleemosynary
Charitable. | EX) Many people only become eleemosynary around the holiday's.
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Eviscerate
Literally, to disembowel. More commonly, to remove vital parts from something. EX) Despite his good intentions, Brian's bill to limit campaign spending was eviscerated in congress.
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Flummox
Bewilder, baffle. | EX) Beth was completely flummoxed by the directions for taking her new birth control pills.
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Indefatigable
Tireless; endlessly persistent. | EX) The English privateer Francis Drake was indefatigable in his attempts to find Spanish gold.
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Innocuous
Harmless. | EX) The seemingly innocuous software code fix caused the entire East Coast electrical grid to fall.
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Lachrymose
Tearful; mournful | EX) After the death of his dog, Rob was lachrymose for weeks.
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Lugubrious
Extremely mournful or gloomy. | EX) His lugubrious mood was due to the death of his grandfather.
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Mendacious
Untruthful; dishonest. | EX) His mendacious claim that he had a beautiful sister led to one of my most memorable surprises.
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Obtuse
Dull; slow on the uptake. | EX) If you weren't so obtuse, you would understand the problem.
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Pariah
Outcast; someone to be avoided. | EX) Donald suspected that his fear of turkey's made him a pariah at his family's thanksgiving dinner.
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Phlegmatic
Not easily excited or upset; calm or composed. | EX) Jeremy sat lost in thought, an island of phlegmatic cool amid the furor raging around him.
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Arbiter
a judge who decides a disputed issue
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Exculpate
to free from guilt or blame
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Penitent
expressing remorse for deeds done
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Haughty
Arrogant
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Imperious
arrogantly domineering or overbearing
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Convoluted
intricate
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Indolent
lazy
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Insipid
uninteresting
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Torpor
laziness
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Opulent
exhibiting a display of great wealth
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Effusive
gushy; emotionally unrestrained
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Gratuitous
unearned
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Coup
a brilliantly executed plan
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Dubious
doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
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Wily
cunning
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Churlish
Rude, boorish.
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Consternation
Stunning or confounding amazement and/or dismay
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Crestfallen
Disappointed, blue.
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Cruz
The pivotal point in an argument
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Didactic
Instructive; intended to teach
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Disingenuous
Insincere
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Dulcet
Pleasing to the ear or sweet to the taste
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Esoteric
Understood or known by few
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Fulsome
Excessively, even offensively, flattering or ingratiating
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Imperious
Overbearing; arrogant; dictatorial
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Intelligentsia
The intellectual elite
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Kerfuffle
Brouhaha
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Meretricious
Falsely attractive
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Nadir
Lowest point
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Ossify
To harden like a bone
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Cadge
to mooch
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Conundrum
A difficult decision
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Dragoon
To force into compliance
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Fractious
Cranky
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Gallivant
to frolic or roam about in a joyful manner
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Laggard
sluggish
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Malapropism
The substitution of an incorrect word for one with a similar sound
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Nonplus
To bewilder or confound
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Odium
A state of disgrace resulting from hateful conduct
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Parlous
Dangerous
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Parsimonious
stingy
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Petulant
Irritable
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Proclivity
predisposition
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Quaff
To drink deeply or with vigor
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Resplendent
Splendid
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Derision (noun)
Ridicule
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Fervent (adj.)
Ardent, strongly felt, enthusiastic
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Implore (verb)
To beseech or beg for strongly
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Inadvertent (adj.)
Unintentional
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Metamorphosis (noun)
A transformation
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Multifaceted (adj.)
Possessing many sides
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Perpetuate (verb)
To prolong memory or use of something
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Proliferate (verb)
To multiply or come into being rapidly
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Superlative (adj.)
To the highest possible degree
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Ameliorate (verb)
To improve or upgrade
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Indoctrinate (verb)
To instruct, especially in fundamental or basic skills
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Lackadaisical (adj.)
To be lacking in life, spirit, or zest
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Mitigate (verb)
To moderate
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Caveat (noun)
A further explanation to prevent misinterpretation or to add a warning
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Facetious (adj.)
Playful; communicated in jest

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