Vocabulary List 2 Flashcards
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Define the following:
Skipper
1 noun
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n. captain of a ship, boat, aircraft, or sports team
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Nether
1 adjective
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adj. lower in position
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Primordial
2 adjectives
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adj. there since the beginning of time
adj. basic and fundamental
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Gaunt
2 adjectives
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adj. lean and haggard, esp. due to torment
adj. (of a store or house) grim or desolate in appearance
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Deference
1 noun
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n. humble submission and respect
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Dowdy
1 adjective
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adj. (of a woman or their clothing) unfashionable and without style
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Malaise
1 noun
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n. a feeling of discomfort, illness, or uneasiness of which the exact identify of its cause is dubious
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Fleck
1 noun
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n. a small amount of light or color; a speck of something
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Ambience
2 nouns
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n. the character or atmosphere of a place
n. background noise
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Perpetual
1 adjective
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adj. never ending or changing, impervious; occurring repeatedly
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Cathartic
1 adjective
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adj. providing mental relief through open expressions of strong emotion
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Insensate
1 adjective
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adj. lacking feeling, sense, physical sensation, or reason
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Firmament
1 noun
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n. the sky, viewed as a solid surface
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Defenestration
2 noun
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n. the action of throwing someone out the window
n. the act of removing or dismissing someone from their position of power
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Pelage
1 noun
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n. the fur hair or wool of a mammal
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Aphonic
1 adjective
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adj. voiceless or mute
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Geriatric
1 adjective, 1 noun
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n. an old person
adj. relating to old people
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Posterity
1 noun
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n. the descendants of a person
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Pontificate
1 verb
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v. express one’s opinions pompously or dogmatically
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Congenial
1 adjective
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adj. pleasant because of a personality, qualities, or interests similar to one’s own
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Proffer
1 verb
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v. to offer; to hold out something for someone to accept
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Languid
1 adjective
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adj. slow and relaxed
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Rote
1 noun
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n. mechanical or habitual repetition of something inculcated; by heart (by rote)
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Lilt
1 noun
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n. a characteristic rising and falling of one’s voice when speaking
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Dredge (dredge up)
| 1 verb
v. to bring up an unpleasant fact
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Cagey
| 1 adjective
adj. reluctant to give out information
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Scion
| 1 noun
n. a descendant of a notable family
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Tepid
| 2 adjectives
adj. lukewarm
| adj. showing little enthusiasm
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Rictus
| 1 noun
n. a fixed grimace or grin
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Matriarch
| 1 noun
n. a woman who is powerful within a family or organization
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Sublime
| 2 adjectives
adj. inspiring great admiration and awe
| adj. used to denote the extreme nature of one's attitude or behavior (e.g. sublime audacity)
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Lithe
| 1 adjective
adj. thin, supple, and graceful
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Ungulate
| 1 noun
n. a hoofed animal
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Cull
| 1 verb
v. select from a large quantity (e.g. cull from a group)
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Tantamount
| 1 adjective
adj. equivalent in seriousness to
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Ostracize
| 1 verb
v. exclude from a group or society
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Belaguer
| 1 verb
v. lay siege to; beset with difficulties
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Tripe
| 1 noun
n. nonsense, rubbish
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Avant-garde
| 1 adjective
adj. heretical, iconoclastic
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Axiomatic
| 1 adjective
adj. obvious, self-evident
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Parochial
| 1 adjective
adj. insular, limited in outlook
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Burble
| 1 verb
v. to speak in an excited manner
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Bourgeois
| 1 adjective
adj. middle class
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Catch-22
| 1 noun
n. a lose-lose situation
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Cavalier
| 1 adjective
adj. without concern for others, offhand
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Cronyism
| 1 noun
n. the appointment of people close to you to preside in positions of authority
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Delineate
| 1 verb
v. limn, describe or portray precisely
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Dichotomy
| 1 noun
n. a division of contrast between two things (e.g. a dichotomy between love and lust)
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Disseminate
| 1 verb
v. to spread or disperse (such as information) widely
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Divulge
| 1 verb
v. to put out in the open, promulgate
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Egalitarian
| 1 adjective
adj. related to the belief that all people are equal (e.g. egalitarian principles)
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Expendable
| 1 adjective
adj. able to be lost without any substantial consequence
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Fastidious
| 1 adjective
adj. picky, finicky, minute
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Galvanize
| 1 verb
v. shock or excite someone to take action (e.g. galvanize into watching a movie)
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Gambit
| 1 noun
n. an action taken to gain an advantage
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Kibosh (put the kibosh on)
| 1 verb
v. to stop (e.g. put the kibosh on his burgeoning feelings)
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Misnomer
| 1 noun
n. an inaccurate epithet (e.g. calling a black dog 'Snowie')
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Neophyte
| 1 noun
n. a dilettante, tyro, beginner
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Ait
| 1 noun
n. a small island in a river
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Non sequitur
| 1 noun
n. a conclusion or statement that does not adhere to the previous statement
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Panacea
| 1 noun
n. a solution or cure-all for anything
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Quid pro quo
| 1 noun
n. a favor intended to remit a previous favor or to work someone into their debt
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Je ne sais quoi
| 1 noun
n. a trait or quality that cannot be described or named easily
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Quintessential
| 1 adjective
adj. an epitome, a perfect archetype, exhibiting the most perfect example of something
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Quixotic
| 1 adjective
adj. unrealistic and impractical, fanciful thinking
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Ramification
| 1 noun
n. result, consequence, implication
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Red herring
| 1 noun
n. a gambit, something intended to mislead
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Rejoinder
| 1 noun
n. an acerbic, witty reply, a canny rebuttal
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Rife
| 1 adjective
adj. full of (e.g. when you're rife with devastation, there's a simple explanation)
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Stalwart
| 2 adjectives
adj. loyal, reliable, and hardworking
| adj. strongly built and sturdy (a stalwart frame)
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Svengali
| 1 noun
n. a puissant leader who exercises their powers, especially for baleful and malicious purposes
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Sycophant
| 1 noun
n. a toady, brownnoser, yes-man
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Tenuous
| 2 adjectives
adj. very weak to the point of being insubstantial
| adj. very slender or fine (e.g. a thin, tenuous cloud)
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Tête-à-tête
| 1 noun
n. a private conversation between two people
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Verisimilitude
| 1 noun
n. the appearance of being veritable and authentic (the writer's identity merely endows the article with but a fleck of verisimilitude)
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Vicarious
| 2 adjectives
adj. acted or done for another
| adj. feeling or imagining through other people (Fluttershy experiences vicarious melancholy for her animal's injuries)
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Wheelhouse
| 1 noun
n. a time or place at which one is advantageously at ease (in one's wheelhouse)
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White elephant
| 1 noun
n. a possession that is useless or onerous to keep
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Wunderkind
| 1 noun
n. a precocious person who achieves success when relatively young
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Glean
| 1 verb
v. to collect, gather, obtain from sundry sources gradually
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Anhedonic
| 1 adjective
adj. unable to experience pleasure, unflappable
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Sententious
| 1 adjective
adj. given to moralizing with pompous and grandiloquent fashion
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Harry
| 1 verb
v. to persistently beleaguer
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Erroneous
| 1 adjective
adj. wrong or incorrect
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Semblance
| 1 noun
n. the outward appearance of something, especially an erroneous depiction
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Anon
| 1 adverb
adv. soon, shortly (he will come anon)
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Occasion
| 1 verb
v. engender, cause (something)
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Duly
| 1 adverb
adv. jibing with what is expected of
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Draught (or draft)
| 3 noun
n. a single act of drinking or inhaling (knocked back the beer in one draught)
n. a current of cool air in a confined space
n. the action of pulling something along
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Curate
| 1 noun
n. a member of a clergy, a rector, a prelate
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Deign
| 1 verb
v. do something someone considers below them
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Wont
| 1 noun
n. one's normal behavior in a particular situation (a wont to sleep at 2 in the morning)
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Vale
| 1 noun
n. a valley, low part between two mountains
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Precept
| 1 noun
n. a general rule in order to regulate behavior and moral
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Crony
| 1 noun
n. a close friend or companion
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Twain
| 2 nouns
n. two
| n. two items of the same kind
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Heath
| 1 noun
n. uncultivated land with scrubby vegetation
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Impute
| 1 verb
v. assign as a cause, attribute, ascribe
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Yen
| 1 noun
n. a yearning or longing for (a yen to go back home)
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Recourse
| 1 noun
n. refuge, succor, a source of help in a difficult situation; solution
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a small island in a river
Ait
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. captain of a ship, boat, aircraft, or sports team
Skipper
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. lower in position
Nether
104
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. there since the beginning of time
adj. basic and fundamental
Primordial
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. lean and haggard, esp. due to torment
adj. (of a store or house) grim or desolate in appearance
Gaunt
106
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. humble submission and respect
Deference
107
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. (of a woman or their clothing) unfashionable and without style
Dowdy
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a feeling of discomfort, illness, or uneasiness of which the exact identify of its cause is dubious
Malaise
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a small amount of light or color; a speck of something
Fleck
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. the character or atmosphere of a place
n. background noise
Ambience
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. never ending or changing, impervious; occurring repeatedly
Perpetual
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. providing mental relief through open expressions of strong emotion
Cathartic
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. lacking feeling, sense, physical sensation, or reason
Insensate
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. the sky, viewed as a solid surface
Firmament
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. the action of throwing someone out the window
n. the act of removing or dismissing someone from their position of power
Defenestration
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. the fur hair or wool of a mammal
Pelage
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. voiceless or mute
Aphonic
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. an old person
adj. relating to old people
Geriatric
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. the descendants of a person
Posterity
120
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. express one's opinions pompously or dogmatically
Pontificate
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. pleasant because of a personality, qualities, or interests similar to one's own
Congenial
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to offer; to hold out something for someone to accept
Proffer
123
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. slow and relaxed
Languid
124
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. mechanical or habitual repetition of something inculcated; by heart
Rote
125
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a characteristic rising and falling of one's voice when speaking
Lilt
126
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to bring up an unpleasant fact
Dredge (dredge up)
127
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. reluctant to give out information
Cagey
128
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a descendant of a notable family
Scion
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. lukewarm
adj. showing little enthusiasm
Tepid
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a fixed grimace or grin
Rictus
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a woman who is powerful within a family or organization
Matriarch
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. inspiring great admiration and awe
Sublime
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. thin, supple, and graceful
Lithe
134
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a hoofed animal
Ungulate
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. select from a large quantity
Cull
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. equivalent in seriousness to
Tantamount
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. exclude from a group or society
Ostracize
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. lay siege to; beset with difficulties
Belaguer
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. nonsense, rubbish
Tripe
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. heretical, iconoclastic
n. new ideas
Avant-garde
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adj. obvious, self-evident
Axiomatic
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. insular, limited in outlook
Parochial
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to speak in an excited manner
Burble
144
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. middle class
Bourgeois
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n. a lose-lose situation
Catch-22
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. without concern for others, offhand
Cavalier
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. the appointment of people close to you to preside in positions of authority
Cronyism
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. limn, describe or portray precisely
Delineate
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a division of contrast between two things
Dichotomy
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to spread or disperse (such as information) widely
Disseminate
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to put out in the open, promulgate
Divulge
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. related to the belief that all people are equal
Egalitarian
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. able to be lost without any substantial consequence
Expendable
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. picky, finicky, minute
Fastidious
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. shock or excite someone to take action
Galvanize
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. an action taken to gain an advantage
Gambit
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to stop
Kibosh (put the kibosh on)
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. an inaccurate epithet (e.g. calling a black dog 'Snowie')
Misnomer
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a dilettante, tyro, beginner
Neophyte
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a conclusion or statement that does not adhere to the previous statement
Non sequitur
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a solution or cure-all for anything
Panacea
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a favor intended to remit a previous favor or to work someone into their debt
Quid pro quo
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a trait or quality that can't be described
Je ne sais quoi
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. an epitome, a perfect archetype, exhibiting the most perfect example of something
Quintessential
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. unrealistic and impractical, fanciful thinking
Quixotic
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. result, consequence, implication
Ramification
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a gambit, something intended to mislead
Red herring
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. an acerbic, witty reply, a canny rebuttal
Rejoinder
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adj. full of
Rife
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. loyal, reliable, and hardworking
adj. strongly built and sturdy
Stalwart
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a puissant leader who exercises their powers, especially for baleful and malicious purposes
Svengali
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a toady, brownnoser, yes-man
Sycophant
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. very weak to the point of being insubstantial
adj. very slender or fine
Tenuous
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a private conversation between two people
Tête-à-tête
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. the appearance of being veritable and authentic
Verisimilitude
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. acted or done for another
adj. feeling or imagining through other people
Vicarious
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a time or place at which one is advantageously at ease
Wheelhouse
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a possession that is useless or onerous to keep
White elephant
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a precocious person who achieves success when relatively young
Wunderkind
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to collect, gather, obtain from sundry sources gradually
Glean
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. unable to experience pleasure, unflappable
Anhedonic
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. given to moralizing with pompous and grandiloquent fashion
Sententious
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to persistently beleaguer
Harry
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adj. wrong or incorrect
Erroneous
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. the outward appearance of something, especially an erroneous depiction
Semblance
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. soon, shortly
Anon
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. engender, cause (something)
Occasion
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. jibing with what is expected of
Duly
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a single act of drinking or inhaling (knocked back the beer in one draught)
n. a current of cool air in a confined space
n. the action of pulling something along
Draught (draft)
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a member of a clergy, a rector, a prelate
Curate
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. do something someone considers below them
Deign
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. one's normal behavior in a particular situation
Wont
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a valley, low part between two mountains
Vale
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a general rule in order to regulate behavior and moral
Precept
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a close friend or companion
Crony
196
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. two
n. two items of the same kind
Twain
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. uncultivated land with scrubby vegetation
Heath
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. assign as a cause, attribute, ascribe
Impute
199
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a yearning or longing for
Yen
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. refuge, succor, a source of help in a difficult situation; solution
Recourse
