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Vocabulary List 6 Flashcards

1
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Define the following:

Crepitation

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n. a crackling or rattling sound (pistol-like crepitations)

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Define the following:

Nominal

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adj. (of a role or status) existing in name only
adj. relating to names
adj. (of a price or amount) very small; far below the value or real cost

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Define the following:

Nirvana

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n. a state of near-perfect bliss

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Define the following:

Lien

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n. a right to keep possession of property belonging to another person until a debt owed by that person is discharged

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Define the following:

Cogitation

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n. the action of thinking deeply about something

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Define the following:

Coup de grace

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n. a final blow or shot to kill a wounded person or animal

n. an action or event that serves as the culmination of a bad or deteriorating situation

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Define the following:

Prim

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adj. stiffly formal and respectable; feeling or showing disapproval towards anything regarded as improper
v. purse the mouth or lips in a prim expression (he primmed up his mouth)

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Define the following:

Tawdry

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adj. showy but cheap and of poor quality

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Define the following:

Recidivist

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n. a former convict who reoffends

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Define the following:

Quarry

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n. an animal pursued by a hunter, hound, predatory animal, or bird of prey
n. a thing or person that is chased or sought

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Define the following:

Mote

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n. a tiny piece of a substance

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Define the following:

Slalom

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v. move or race in a winding path, avoiding obstacles

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Define the following:

Agog

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adj. very eager or curious to hear or see something

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Define the following:

Anemic

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adj. lacking in color, spirit, or vitality

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Define the following:

Passé

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adj. bygone, out of fashion

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Define the following:

Gentry

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n. people of good position, specifically (in the UK) the class below the nobility in position or birth (a member of the landed gentry)

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Define the following:

Sheaf

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n. a bundle of objects of one kind, typically papers

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Define the following:

Opulent

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adj. ostentatiously rich and luxurious or lavish

adj. rich

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Define the following:

Gilt

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adj. layered or covered in gold leaf (a thin sheet of gold) or gold paint

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Define the following:

Vaulted

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adj. having a hemispherical vault or dome (a vaulted ceiling; a vaulted tent of white fabric)

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Define the following:

Sumptuous

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adj. splendid and expensive-looking

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Define the following:

Somnambulism

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n. sleepwalking

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Define the following:

Pad

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v. walk with steady steps making soft, steady sounds

v. traveling along on foot (he padded the streets)

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Define the following:

Trounce

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v. defeat heavily in a contest

v. rebuke or punish severely

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Define the following:

Whicker

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v. utter a half suppressed laugh, snigger
v. (of a horse) give a soft breathy whinny
v. move with the sound of something hurtling through or beating the air (the soft whicker of the wind through the corn)

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Define the following:

Snigger

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n. a smothered or half-suppressed laugh

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Define the following:

Vim

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n. energy, enthusiasm

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Define the following:

Swaddle

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v. wrap (someone, especially a baby) in garments or cloth

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Define the following:

Dendritic

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adj. having a branched form resembling a tree

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Define the following:

Lexicon

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n. the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge (the English lexicon)
n. a dictionary

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Define the following:

Saccade

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n. a rapid movement of the eyes between fixation points

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Define the following:

Bucolic

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adj. of or relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life

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Define the following:

Copse

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n. a small group of trees

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34
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Define the following:

Pitch

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v. throw or fling casually or roughly (he crumpled the page up and pitched it into the fireplace)
v. fall heavily especially headlong (she pitched forward into darkness)
v. (of vehicles) move in a vigorous jogging motion: the jeep came pitching over the hill
v. cause (a roof) to slope downward: the roof was pitched at an angle of 75 degrees

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35
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Define the following:

Deltoid

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adj. triangular (deltoid leaves)

n. a triangular muscle located at the shoulders

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36
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Define the following:

Mook

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n. a stupid or incompetent person

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Define the following:

Farrier

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n. a craftsman who trims and shoes horses’ hooves

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38
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Define the following:

Ballast

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n. something that gives stability or balance (the film was a comedy with some serious ideas thrown in for ballast)

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39
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Define the following:

Burg

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n. an ancient or medieval fortress or walled city

n. a town or city

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40
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Define the following:

Clout

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n. a heavy blow with the hand or heavy object
n. influence or power, especially in business
v. hit hard with the hand or heavy object

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41
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Define the following:

Menial

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adj. (of work) not requiring much skill and lacking prestige

n. a person with a menial job

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42
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Define the following:

Languish

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v. lose or lack vitality; grow weak or feeble
v. fail to make progress or succeed
v. pine with love or grief
v. suffer from being forced to remain in an uncomfortable place or situation

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43
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Define the following:

Seneschal

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n. the steward or major-domo of a medieval great house

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44
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Define the following:

Queue

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n. a line or sequence of people or vehicles waiting to be attended to or to proceed
v. (queuing up) be extremely keen to have or do something: companies are queuing up to move to the bay

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Define the following:

Cussed

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adj. stubborn; annoying

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Define the following:

Flinty

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adj. very hard and unyielding (a flinty stare)

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47
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Define the following:

Empirical

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n. based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic

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Define the following:

Canvass

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v. solicit votes from electors in a constituency (two workers canvassed some 2,000 voters)
v. question someone in order to ascertain their opinion on something
v. try to obtain, request
v. discuss thoroughly, deliberate

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Define the following:

Stigmatize

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v. describe or regard as worthy of disgrace or great approval

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50
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Define the following:

Miscreant

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n. a person who behaves badly or breaks the law

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Define the following:

Gravitas

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n. dignity, solemnity, or seriousness of a matter

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52
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Define the following:

Epigraph

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n. an inscription on a building, statue, or coin

n. a quote at the beginning of a book or chapter, intending to suggest its theme

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53
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Define the following:

Milieu

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n. a person’s social environment (he grew up in a military milieu)

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54
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Define the following:

Anomie (or anomy)

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n. lack of the usual social or ethical standards in an individual or group: the theory that high-rise architecture leads to anomie among the residents

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55
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Define the following:

Jeremiad

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n. a long, mournful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes

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Define the following:

Fusty

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adj. feeling stale, damp, or stuffy

adj. old-fashioned in attitude or style

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Define the following:

Epistemology

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n. the investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion

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58
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Define the following:

Rube

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n. a country bumpkin

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Define the following:

Quorum

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n. the minimum number or amount of people present at any of its meetings to make the proceedings valid

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Define the following:

Parcel

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v. make (something) into a parcel by wrapping it (he parceled up his only winter suit to sell to the pawnbroker)

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Define the following:

Luminary

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n. a person who inspires or influences others

n. an artificial light

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Define the following:

Pointillist

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adj. painted using tiny dots of various colors, which become blended in the viewer’s eye

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63
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Define the following:

Jettison

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v. abandon or discard

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64
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Define the following:

Octogenarian

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n. someone between 80-90 years in age

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Define the following:

Incipient

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adj. in an initial stage, beginning to form or develop

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66
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Define the following:

Pierrot

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n. a French male character in traditional pantomime with a sad white-painted face, a loose white costume, and a pointed hat

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Define the following:

Harlequin

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n. a mute character in traditional pantomime, typically masked and dressed in a diamond-patterned costume
adj. in varied colors; variegated

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Define the following:

Signet

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n. a small seal, usually set in a ring, used instead of or with a signature to give authentication to an official document

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69
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Define the following:

Afebrile

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adj. without fever

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Define the following:

Astraphobia

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n. a fear of lightning and thunder

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Define the following:

Ibidem

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adj. in the same book, chapter, page, etc.

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Define the following:

Intercut

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v. alternate (scenes or shots) with contrasting scenes or shots to make one composite scene in a film (pieces of film are intercut with brief interviews)

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Define the following:

Sachet

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n. a small bag used to hold herbs

n. dried, scented material for use in scented clothes

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Define the following:

Moue

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n. a pouting expression used to convey annoyance or distaste

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Define the following:

Deontology

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n. the philosophy of analyzing the rightness or wrongness of someone by looking at their actions, as opposed to looking at the consequences (consequentialism)

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Define the following:

Nary

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adj. not

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Define the following:

Rise

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v. to continue to blow or blow more strongly: the wind continued to rise

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Define the following:

Allegory

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n. a symbol

n. a story, picture, or poem that can be used to interpret a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one

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Define the following:

Superlative

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adj. of the highest quality or degree
n. (the superlative) the highest degree of comparison
n. someone or something embodying excellence

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Define the following:

Charnel

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adj. associated with death

n. also charnel house; a place associated with death

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Define the following:

Lucrative

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adj. producing a great deal of profit

82
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Define the following:

Discrepancy

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n. a pack of compatibility or similarity between two things

83
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Define the following:

Preclude

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v. forestall

84
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Define the following:

Nil

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adj. nonexistent

85
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Define the following:

Threadbare

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adj. (of cloth, clothing, or soft furnishings) becoming threadbare and tattered with age
adj. (of an argument, excuse, idea, etc.) used so often that it is no longer effective
adj. poor or shabby in appearance

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Define the following:

Blarney

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n. talk that aims to charm, flatter, or persuade

n. amusing and harmless nonsense

87
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Define the following:

Tress

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n. a long lock of a woman’s hair

v. arrange (a person’s hair) into locks

88
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Define the following:

Omnibus

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n. a book containing several volumes or books published separately
adj. comprising several items

89
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Define the following:

Happenstance

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n. coincidence

90
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Define the following:

Gumption

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n. shrewd or spirited initiative and resourcefulness

91
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Define the following:

Nepotism

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n. the practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs

92
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Define the following:

Verbose

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adj. using or expressed in more words than needed

93
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Define the following:

Viscera

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n. the internal organs in the main cavities in the body, exempli gratis the intestines

94
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Define the following:

Floatsam

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n. floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo

95
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Define the following:

Jetsam

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n. floating cargo purposely thrown overboard or jettisoned in order to lighten the load in a time of distress

96
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Define the following:

Refuse

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n. matter thrown away or rejected as trash

97
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Define the following:

Timbre

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n. the character or quality of a musical sound or voice as distinct from its pitch and intensity

98
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Define the following:

Genesis

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n. an origin or beginning of something

99
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Define the following:

Filial

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adj. of or due from a son or daughter

100
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Define the following:

Nautical

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adj. of or concerning sailors or navigation

101
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. dignity, solemnity, or seriousness of a matter

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Gravitas

102
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a crackling or rattling sound

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Crepitation

103
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. (of a role or status) existing in name only
adj. relating to names
adj. (of a price or amount) very small; far below the value or real cost

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Nominal

104
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a state of near-perfect bliss

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Nirvana

105
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a right to keep possession of property belonging to another person until a debt owed by that person is discharged

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Lien

106
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. the action of thinking deeply about something

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Cogitation

107
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a final blow or shot to kill a wounded person or animal
n. an action or event that serves as the culmination of a bad or deteriorating situation

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Coup de grace

108
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. stiffly formal and respectable; feeling or showing disapproval towards anything regarded as improper
v. purse the mouth or lips

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Prim

109
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. showy but cheap and of poor quality

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Tawdry

110
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a former convict who reoffends

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Recidivist

111
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. an animal pursued by a hunter, hound, predatory animal, or bird of prey
n. a thing or person that is chased or sought

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Quarry

112
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a tiny piece of a substance

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Mote

113
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. move or race in a winding path, avoiding obstacles

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Slalom

114
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. very eager or curious to hear or see something

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Agog

115
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. lacking in color, spirit, or vitality

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Anemic

116
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. bygone, out of fashion

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Passé

117
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. people of good position, specifically (in the UK) the class below the nobility in position or birth

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Gentry

118
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a bundle of objects of one kind, typically papers

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Sheaf

119
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. ostentatiously rich and luxurious or lavish
adj. rich

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Opulent

120
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. layered or covered in gold leaf (a thin sheet of gold) or gold paint

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Gilt

121
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. having a hemispherical vault or dome

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Vaulted

122
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. splendid and expensive-looking

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Sumptuous

123
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. sleepwalking

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Somnambulism

124
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. walk with steady steps making soft, steady sounds
v. traveling along on foot

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Pad

125
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. defeat heavily in a contest
v. rebuke or punish severely

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Trounce

126
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. utter a half suppressed laugh, snigger
v. (of a horse) give a soft breathy whinny
v. move with the sound of something hurtling through or beating the air

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Whicker

127
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a smothered or half-suppressed laugh

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Snigger

128
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. energy, enthusiasm

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Vim

129
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. wrap (someone, especially a baby) in garments or cloth

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Swaddle

130
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. having a branched form resembling a tree

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Dendritic

131
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge

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Lexicon

132
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a rapid movement of the eyes between fixation points

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Saccade

133
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. of or relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life

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Bucolic

134
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a small group of trees

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Copse

135
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. throw or fling casually or roughly

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Pitch

136
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. triangular

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Deltoid

137
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a stupid or incompetent person

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Mook

138
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a craftsman who trims and shoes horses’ hooves

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Farrier

139
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. something that gives stability or balance

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Ballast

140
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. an ancient or medieval fortress or walled city
n. a town or city

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Burg

141
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a heavy blow with the hand or heavy object
n. influence or power, especially in business
v. hit hard with the hand or heavy object

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Clout

142
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. (of work) not requiring much skill and lacking prestige

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Menial

143
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. lose or lack vitality; grow weak or feeble
v. fail to make progress or succeed
v. pine with love or grief
v. suffer from being forced to remain in an uncomfortable place or situation

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Languish

144
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. the steward or major-domo of a medieval great house

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Seneschal

145
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a line or sequence of people or vehicles waiting to be attended to or to proceed

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Queue

146
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. stubborn; annoying

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Cussed

147
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. (of a person or their expression) very hard and unyielding

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Flinty

148
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic

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Empirical

149
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. solicit votes from electors in a constituency
v. question someone in order to ascertain their opinion on something
v. try to obtain, request
v. discuss thoroughly, deliberate

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Canvass

150
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. describe or regard as worthy of disgrace or great approval

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Stigmatize

151
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a person who behaves badly or breaks the law

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Miscreant

152
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. an inscription on a building, statue, or coin
n. a quote at the beginning of a book or chapter, intending to suggest its theme

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Epigraph

153
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a person’s social environment

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Milieu

154
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. lack of the usual social or ethical standards in an individual or group

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Anomie (or anomy)

155
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a long, mournful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes

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Jeremiad

156
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. feeling stale, damp, or stuffy
adj. old-fashioned in attitude or style

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Fusty

157
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. the investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion

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Epistemology

158
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a country bumpkin

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Rube

159
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. the minimum number or amount of people present at any of its meetings to make the proceedings valid

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Quorum

160
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. make (something) into a parcel by wrapping it

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Parcel

161
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a person who inspires or influences others
n. an artificial light

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Luminary

162
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. painted using tiny dots of various colors, which become blended in the viewer’s eye

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Pointillist

163
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. abandon or discard

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Jettison

164
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. someone between 80-90 years in age

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Octogenarian

165
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. in an initial stage, beginning to form or develop

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Incipient

166
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a French male character in traditional pantomime with a sad white-painted face, a loose white costume, and a pointed hat

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Pierrot

167
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a mute character in traditional pantomime, typically masked and dressed in a diamond-patterned costume
adj. in varied colors; variegated

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Harlequin

168
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a small seal, usually set in a ring, used instead of or with a signature to give authentication to an official document

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Signet

169
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. without fever

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Afebrile

170
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a fear of lightning and thunder

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Astraphobia

171
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. in the same book, chapter, page, etc.

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Ibidem

172
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. alternate (scenes or shots) with contrasting scenes or shots to make one composite scene in a film

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Intercut

173
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a small bag used to hold herbs
n. dried, scented material for use in scented clothes

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Sachet

174
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a pouting expression used to convey annoyance or distaste

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Moue

175
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. the philosophy of analyzing the rightness or wrongness of someone by looking at their actions, as opposed to looking at the consequences (consequentialism)

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Deontology

176
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. not

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Nary

177
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. to continue to blow or blow more strongly

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Rise

178
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a symbol
n. a story, picture, or poem that can be used to interpret a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one

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Allegory

179
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. of the highest quality or degree
n. the highest degree of comparison
n. someone or something embodying excellence

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Superlative

180
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. associated with death

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Charnel

181
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. producing a great deal of profit

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Lucrative

182
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a pack of compatibility or similarity between two things

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Discrepancy

183
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. forestall

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Preclude

184
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. nonexistent

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Nil

185
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. (of an argument, excuse, idea, etc.) used so often that it is no longer effective
adj. poor or shabby in appearance

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Threadbare

186
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. talk that aims to charm, flatter, or persuade
n. amusing and harmless nonsense

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Blarney

187
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a long lock of a woman’s hair
v. arrange (a person’s hair) into locks

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Tress

188
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a book containing several volumes or books published separately
adj. comprising several items

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Omnibus

189
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

Happenstance

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n. coincidence

190
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. shrewd or spirited initiative and resourcefulness

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Gumption

191
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. the practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs

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Nepotism

192
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. using or expressed in more words than needed

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Verbose

193
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. the internal organs in the main cavities in the body, exampli gratis the intestines

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Viscera

194
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

Floatsam

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n. floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo

195
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

Jetsam

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n. floating cargo purposely thrown overboard or jettisoned in order to lighten the load in a time of distress

196
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. matter thrown away or rejected as trash

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Refuse

197
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. the character or quality of a musical sound or voice as distinct from its pitch and intensity

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Timbre

198
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. an origin or beginning of something

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Genesis

199
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. of or due from a son or daughter

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Filial

200
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. of or concerning sailors or navigation

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Nautical

English Lexicon (21 decks)

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