Vocab Words from Practice Sessions Flashcards
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obfuscate
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to obscure or darken; to bewilder or perplex
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elucidate
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to make clear, explain, or clarify
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inveigh
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Protest vehemently
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extempore
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spoken, or composed with little or no preparation or forethought
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eulogize
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to praise highly in speech or writing
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ecumenical
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general; universal; interreligious
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insouciant
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unconcerned or carefree
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pleonastic
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the use of more words than required to express and idea
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nugatory
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of little or no importance; trifling
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palatable
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acceptable or agreeable
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nefarious
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extremly wicked and infamous for it
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runic
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written in ruins
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inscrutable
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difficult to understand or interpret mysterious
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epaulet
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shoulder ornament, typically work on military uniforms
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cognoscenti
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people well informed about a subject
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fungible
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easily changeable
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sordid
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morally degraded, base, or vile
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gauntlets
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open challenges
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animadversions
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strong criticism
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condign
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appropriate, deserved
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flagitious
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marked by vice
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antediluvian
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extremely ancient
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costiveness
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constipation
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bathos
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anticlimax
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maleficent
malicious, intending or producing harm or evil
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georgic
agricultural or related to rural life
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natty
sharp or stylish
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sartorial
relating to clothes or style
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casuistic
practicing clever but unsound reasoning
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temerity
excessive confidence; audacity
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impugned
disputed; called into question
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narrativized
presented in a story
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waggish
humorous; mischevious
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incorrigible
inveterate, irredeemable
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antediluvian
extremely ancient, era before the flood
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platitude
trite saying
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bathos
anticlimax; banality; triteness
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insularity
the narrow point of view resulting from life in a closed, isolated community.
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stringency
tightness or strictness
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emend
edit, redact, change
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toothsome
delicious
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impuissant
powerless
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atavistic
manifesting or reverting to ancestral characteristics
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protract
promote, prolong
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warrant
justification
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epigram
witticism, quip
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succinct
short and to the point
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traduce
telling malicious lies about...
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catharsis
release of pent-up feelings and repressed emotions
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limn
to outline, deliente
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adroit
skillful or skilled, adept
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inveterate
habitual
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hubristic
arrogrant
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intuit
understand or solve by instinct
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bombast
bragging
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peremptory
urgent or commanding; not able to be debated, decisive; dogmatic
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atavistic
manifesting or reverting to ancestral characteristics; return of a trait or behavior after a period of absence
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espouses
to adhere to or advocate; to marry
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reneges
to fail to carry out a promise or commitment; to go back on one's word
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impetus
an impelling force; impulse; stimulus
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opacity
the quality or state of being opaqe; dullness of mind; obscurity
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churlish
bad disposition, surly
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blatancy
obvious and obtrusive
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commingling
a breach of trust
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enigmatic
puzzling
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adduce
to cite reasons or examples as evidence or proof
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maligning
to make evil, harmful, and often untrue statements about someone.
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axiomatic
self-evident
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patois
a regional dialect; nonstandard speech
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imbibe
to drink
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colloquy
a formal conversation; a written dialogue
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callow
immature
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inane
lacking sense or substance; unintelligent (inane questions or remarks)
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chimerical
highly improbably or illusory
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epicurean
devoted to pleasure, luxury living
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gustatory
sense of taste
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nimbus
halo; splendid aura
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ratiocinate
logical, methodical
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glean
to gather,; to collect bit by bit
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imprecations
a curse
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salvos
discharge of firearms
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consummate
conclude, fulfil
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bromide
commonplace remark; a tiresome bore
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bloviation
discourse at length in a pompous way
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corollaries
deduction; a result or natural consequence
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indemnify
insure; make compensation
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limn
to outline, deliente
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interpolate
to make additions; or to falsify with additions
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obtundity
dull, to deaden
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crepuscular
like twilight, dim
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avuncular
like an uncle, benevolent
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ineluctable
inevitable
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incontrovertible
unquestionable
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interminable
endless
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cerebration
to think, to reason
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mien
manner, bearing, or appearance
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adroit
skillful or skilled, adept
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fascistic
reactionary or dictatorial person
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opulence
wealth; affluence
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recriminations
a countercharge
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epitome
brief summary; a perfect example of a class or type (epitome of kindness)
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recidivism
habitual relapse into crime
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hubristic
arrogance
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odious
deserving hatred or dislike
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timbre
combinations of sounds that distinguish it from other sounds
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undulating
wavelike motion; to increase or decrease in pitch or volume
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rube
an unsophisticated country person
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malefactor
wrongdoer
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foibles
a minor weakness or failing of character
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bugaboo
object of obsessive fear or irritation; a difficult or persistent problem
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occlusive
become closed, obstruct
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compunction
a feeling of remorse, guilt, or regret
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malfeasance
wrongdoing, especially in a public office
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disportment
an amusement
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wheedling
to obtain through the use of flattery or guile
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freewheeling
headless to consequences
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frisson
a moment of intense excitement; a shudder
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covetousness
an envious eagerness to possess something
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virtuoso
A person highly skilled in the arts, or a very learned person
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doggerel
nonsense, drivel; comic verse
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repartee
a swift, witty reply
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Inerrant
Without error
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Tenebrous
Dark and gloomy, difficult to understand, obscure
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Pertinacious
Holding tenaciously or stubbornly to a purpose, opinion, or course of action.
Extremely persistent or unyielding
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Supercilious
Feeling it showing haughty disdain; arrogant
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Deigned
To condescend to give or grant; to do something that someone considers beneath their dignity.
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Jejune
Not interesting, dull
Lacking maturity; childish
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Turbid
Muddled; muddy; heavy and dense
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Rhapsodize
Talk with extravagant enthusiasm
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Madcap
Behaving impulsively or wild
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Revelries
Boisterous merrymaking
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Dionysian
The Greek god; orgiastic ecstatic undisciplined nature
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Saturnine
Gloomy, sluggish, taciturn
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Saturnalian
Unrestrained in revelry, orgiastic
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Plutonian
Resembling the lower world, infernal
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Summary
| Justice, rejection, decision
Performed speedily and without ceremony
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skullduggery
(adj) unfair or dishonest practices carried out in a secretive way in order to trick other people
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impalpable
(adj) difficult to understand (in the context of ideas)
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algorithmic
a step-by-step method for the solution of a problem
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gauge
(v) to measure
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gesticulate
(v) to gesture, often while speaking
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sophistry
deceptive reasoning
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mephitic
(adj) foul or offensive smelling
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depredate
(v) to plunder
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descry
(v) to catch sight of (something difficult to discern); to detect
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constitute
(v) to found; to enact; to establish according to law
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heterodox
(adj) contrary to accepted or approved beliefs
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somniferous
(adj) inducing sleep
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hypnagogic
(adj) inducing sleep
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bathetic
(adj) characterized by a sudden, often ludicrous, switch from elevated to the everyday or banal
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vitiated
(adj) impaired in quality
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derogated
(adj) detracted from
