Vocabulary List 1 Flashcards
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Inundate
2 verbs
v. overwhelm someone with things to take care of
v. flood
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Hamlet
1 noun
n. A modest settlement, usually smaller than a town
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Detritus
1 noun
n. Debris, waste, dross
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Maelstrom
1 noun
n. A situation of turbulence or turmoil; a state of confused movement
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Colloquial
1 adjective
adj. Used in ordinary conversation
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Vernacular
1 noun, 1 adjective
n. The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people of a particular region or country
adj. spoken or written in one’s mother tongue
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Dressing
1 noun
n. Material used to protect a wound
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Tempest
1 noun
n. A violent storm
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Percolate
1 verb
v. To spread an idea, feeling, or gossip throughout a populace
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Exultant
1 adjective
adj. effusively happy
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Unearthly
2 adjectives
adj. abnormal or mysterious
adj. unreasonably inconvenient
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Eldritch
1 adjective
adj. preternatural, anomalous, caused by supernatural influences
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Compendium
1 noun
n. an abridged summary of a larger work; a compilation of information
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Nondescript
1 noun, 1 adjective
adj. stark, austere, having nothing of interest
n. a person of pedestrian qualities, a snip
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Escapade
1 noun
n. a wild and exciting undertaking
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Apparition
1 noun
n. a ghostly figure
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Hale
1 verb, 1 adjective
v. to drag forcibly
adj. restored to good health (hale and hearty)
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Glade
1 noun
n. an open space in a forest
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Inscrutable
1 adjective
adj. impossible to read or comprehend
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Connive
1 verb
v. conspire to do something illegal; to inconspicuously allow an illegal act to be carried out
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Beatific
1 adjective
adj. blissfully happy
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Ream
1 noun
n. a large quantity of written materials
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Enigmatic
1 adjective
adj. difficult to understand, abstruse
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Transcendent
1 adjective
adj. surpassing the normal, preternatural
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Prima donna
1 noun
n. a self-consequential, temperamental person
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Askance
1 adjective
adj. directed with doubt or suspicion
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Oblique
1 adjective
adj. not forthright or direct in speaking
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Crotchety
1 adjective
adj. cantankerous, ornery
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Auspicious
1 adjective
adj. felicitous, apposite, happening under fitting circumstances
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Overt
1 adjective
adj. artless, plainly apparent
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Decorum
1 noun
n. behavior in keeping in good tastes; urbanity
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Wily
1 adjective
adj. skilled at getting an advantage, canny, sharp
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Snide
1 adjective
adj. derogatory or disparaging in tone
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Laden
1 adjective
adj. loaded or weighed down with
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Petulant
1 adjective
adj. childishly sulky and bad-tempered
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Addle
1 verb
v. confuse or vex
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Condone
1 verb
v. accept; approve
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Divisive
1 adjective
adj. tending to engage in contention
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Underfoot
2 adjectives
adj. under one’s feet
adj. constantly present and in one’s way
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Scintillating
1 adjective
adj. sparkling
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Backwater
n. a cloistered settlement; a stymied, non-progressive place
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Cad
1 noun
n. someone of low moral, a sordid person
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Bureaucracy
1 noun
n. excessively byzantine legal procedure
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Titular
1 adjective
adj. derived from a title
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Staid
1 adjective
adj. calm, respectable, unadventurous
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Feckless
1 adjective
adj. irresponsible, not fit for a mantle of power; inept, lacking initiative or strength of character
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Dalliance
1 noun
n. procrastination, a deliberate waste of time
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Bygone
1 adjective
adj. belonging to an earlier time
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Spartan
1 adjective
adj. not indulging much in luxuries, non-epicurean
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Functionary
1 noun
n. one who performs official duties
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Appellation
1 noun
n. a name or title
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Infringe
1 verb
v. encroach, advance exceeding personal space (infringe on)
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Fop
1 noun
n. a man concerned with his clothes and appearance
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Effulgent
1 adjective
adj. refulgent
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Balm
1 noun
n. something with a soothing, calming, or restorative effect
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Partisan
1 adjective
adj. prejudiced in favor of a cause
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Dissolute
1 adjective
adj. morally lazy, supine
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Adage
1 noun
n. a short proverb, aphorism
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Aplomb
1 noun
n. self-confidence, assurance, hubris
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Balk
1 verb
v. refuse to comply
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Foray
1 noun
n. an attempt to assimilate into a new activity or sphere
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Bastion
1 noun
n. a place or person strongly upholding or advocating an attitude, principle, or activity
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Lisp
1 noun, 1 verb
n. a speech defect where s sounds like th in thick and z sounds like th in thin
v. to speak with a lisp
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Transverse
1 adjective
adj. situated or extending across something
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Contour
1 noun
n. an outline depicting a shape
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Facsimile
1 noun
n. an exact copy, autotype
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Patronize
1 verb
v. treat with kindness demeaningly
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Penitent
1 adjective
adj. feeling remorseful; repentant
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Derelict
1 adjective, 1 noun
adj. dilapidated to disuse and negligence
n. a person without a home, job, or property
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Bequeath
1 verb
v. endow, leave behind for someone after one’s parting; to pass on to someone else
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Schism
1 noun
n. a split or division between two strongly opposed parties due to difference in belief or opinion (a schism between two things)
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Guttural
1 adjective
adj. produced in the throat; harsh-sounding
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Syntax
1 noun
n. the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences of a language
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Modicum
1 noun
n. a small quantity of something
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Yokel
1 noun
n. a country person
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Sashay
1 verb
v. to walk in an ostentatious yet casual manner
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Wanton
2 adjectives
adj. deliberate and unprovoked
adj. salacious
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Plait
1 noun
n. a length of hair or other flexible material interlaced by three or more strands, a braid
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Jaunty
1 adjective
adj. cheerful, sanguine, self-confident
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Brook
1 verb
v. tolerate or allow
