Vocabulary Set VIII Flashcards
(125 cards)
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penury
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poverty, barrenness, dearth, destitution, indigence
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indigence, destitution, dearth, barrenness, poverty
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penury
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emissary
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deputy, envoy, go-between, intermediary, messenger
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messenger, intermediary, go-between, envoy, deputy
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emissary
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denizen
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resident, dweller, inhabitant, occupant
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occupant, inhabitant, dweller, resident
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denizen
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miscreant
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evil, immoral, criminal
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criminal, immoral, evil
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miscreant
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ensconce
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hide, tuck away, situate, stash, bury, cache
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cache, bury, stash, situate, tuck away, hide
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ensconce
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beleaguer
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harass, besiege, annoy, bedevil, beset, plague
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plague, beset, bedevil, annoy, besiege, harass
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beleaguer
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winnow
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blow away, fan, puff, scatter, stir
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stir, scatter, puff, fan, blow away
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winnow
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posh
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luxurious, upper-class, chic, classy, deluxe, elegant, exclusive, fashionable, grand, high-class, ritzy, swank, la-di-da
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la-di-da, swank, ritzy, high-class, grand, fashionable, exclusive, elegant, deluxe, classy, chic, upper-class, luxurious
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posh
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derivate
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secondary, auxiliary, dependent, resultant, subordinate, subsidiary
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subsidiary, subordinate, resultant, dependent, auxiliary, secondary
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derivate
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tenuous
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weak, thin, delicate, dubious, flimsy, insubstantial, nebulous, questionable, shaky, sketchy
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sketchy, shaky, questionable, nebulous, insubstantial, flimsy, dubious, delicate, thin, weak
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tenuous
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plethora
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excess, deluge, glut, overabundance, plenty, profusion, surfeit
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surfeit, profusion, plenty, overabundance, glut, deluge, excess
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plethora
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pliancy
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flexibility, affability, bounce, complaisance, compliance, docility, ductility
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ductility, docility, compliance, complaisance, bounce, affability, flexibility
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pliancy
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intrepid
brave, nervy, courageous, fearless, heroic, plucky, spunky
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spunky, plucky, heroic, fearless, courageous, nervy, brave
intrepid
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inadvertent
accidental, careless, reckless, unintended, unintentional, unwitting
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unwitting, unintentional, unintended, reckless, careless, accidental
inadvertent
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discomfit
defeat, frustrate, confuse, demoralize, disconcert, perplex, vex
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vex, perplex, disconcert, demoralize, confuse, frustrate, defeat
discomfit
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castigate
criticize severely, berate, censure, chastise, criticize, excoriate, flog, lambaste, lash, penalize, pummel, punish, rebuke, reprimand, scold, upbraid
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upbraid, scold, reprimand, rebuke, punish, pummel, penalize, lash, lambaste, flog, excoriate, criticize, chastise, censure, berate, criticize severely
castigate
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demented
crazy, insane, deranged, hysterical, mad, maniacal, manic, psychotic, unhinged
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unhinged, psychotic, manic, maniacal, mad, hysterical, deranged, insane, crazy
demented
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oaf
person who is clumsy, stupid, beast, blunderer, bruiser, brute, chump, clod, clown
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clown, clod, chump, brute, bruiser, blunderer, beast, stupid, person who is clumsy
oaf
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ogre
nasty person, fiend, demon, devil, giant
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giant, devil, demon, fiend, nasty person
ogre
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impost
tariff, assessment, charge, custom, duty, fee, levy
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levy, fee, duty, custom, charge, assessment, tariff
impost
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alcove
nook, secluded spot, compartment, cubicle
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cubicle, compartment, secluded spot, nook
alcove
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anathema
something hated, bane, pariah
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pariah, bane, something hated
anathema
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preponderance
great numbers, supremacy, predominance, prevalence
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prevalence, predominance, supremacy, great numbers
preponderance
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perforate
make a hole in, puncture, bore, drill, drive
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drive, drill, bore, puncture, make a hole in
perforate
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vitiate
cancel, annihilate, negate, quash
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quash, negate, annihilate, cancel
vitiate
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elliptical
oval-shaped, ovoid
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ovoid, oval-shaped
elliptical
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truculent
belligerent, hateful, abusive, aggressive, antagonistic, bad-tempered
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bad-tempered, antagonistic, aggressive, abusive, hateful, belligerent
truculent
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pernicious
bad, hurtful, damaging, dangerous, deadly, destructive, detrimental, devastating, harmful, lethal, malicious, nefarious, noxious, poisonous, ruinous, toxic, virulent
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virulent, toxic, ruinous, poisonous, noxious, nefarious, malicious, lethal, harmful, devastating, detrimental, destructive, deadly, dangerous, damaging, hurtful, bad
pernicious
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abstemious
restraining behaviour or appetite, abstinent, ascetic, austere
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austere, ascetic, abstinent, restraining behaviour or appetite
abstemious
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caveat
warning, admonition
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admonition, warning
caveat
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oleander
a poisonous Eurasian evergreen shrub having fragrant white, rose or purple flowers
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a poisonous Eurasian evergreen shrub having fragrant white, rose or purple flowers
oleander
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patagium
a thin membrane extending between the body and a limb to form a wing or winglike extension
Greek: patageion = clatter, of imitative origin
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a thin membrane extending between the body and a limb to form a wing or winglike extension
Greek: patageion = clatter, of imitative origin
patagium
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turgid
swollen, bloated, distended, inflated, puffy
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puffy, inflated, distended, bloated, swollen
turgid
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quarantine
isolation, detention, lazaretto, seclusion
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seclusion, lazaretto, detention, isolation
quarantine
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peremptory
overbearing, authoritative, absolute, arbitrary, autocratic
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,autocratic, arbitrary, absolute, authoritative, overbearing
peremptory
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nebulous
confused, obscure, ambiguous, amorphous, hazy, imprecise, murky, shadowy, vague
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vague, shadowy, murky, imprecise, hazy, amorphous, ambiguous, obscure, confused
nebulous
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truncated
shorten, abbreviate, abridge, curtail, cut short
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cut short, curtail abridge, abbreviate, shorten
truncated
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vitriolic
bitter, acerbic, antagonistic, caustic, scathing
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scathing, caustic, antagonistic, acerbic, bitter
vitriolic
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inauspicious
ominous, unpromising, unfortunate, baleful
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baleful, unfortunate, unpromising, ominous
inauspicious
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inauspicious
ominous, unpromising, unfortunate, baleful
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copious
abundant, ample, extensive
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extensive, ample, abundant
copious
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copious
abundant, ample, extensive
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gore
bloodshed, carnage, slaugther
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slaughter, carnage, bloodshed
gore
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brawn
muscular strength and breadth, beef, clout, energy, flesh
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flesh, energy, clout, beef, muscular strength and breadth
brawn
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ardent
very enthusiastic, avid, fervent, fierce, impassioned, intense, keen, passionate, vehement, zealous
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zealous, vehement, passionate, keen, intense, impassioned, fierce, fervent, avid, very enthusiastic
ardent
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craven
weak, timid, mean-spirited, cowardly, dastardly, fearful, gutless
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gutless, fearful, dastardly, cowardly, mean-spirited, timid, weak
craven
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circuitous
going around, indirect, devious, labyrinthine, meandering, rambling, tortuous
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tortuous, rambling, meandering, labyrinthine, devious, indirect, going around
circuitous
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juggernaut
overpowering force, barrage, cavalcade, campaign, steamroller, blitz
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blitz, steamroller, campaign, cavalcade, barrage, overpowering force
juggernaut
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imprecation
blasphemy, curse, malediction
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malediction, curse, blasphemy
imprecation
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cabal
plot, conspiracy, intrigue, scheme
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scheme, intrigue, conspiracy, plot
cabal
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oeuvre
body of work, opus, output, work
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work, output, opus, body of work
oeuvre
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encomium
compliment, accolade, commendation, eulogy, panegyric, praise, salutation
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salutation, praise, panegyric, eulogy, commendation, accolade, compliment
encomium
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torrential
overflowing, teeming, abounding, swarming
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swarming, abounding, teeming, overflowing
torrential
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unwieldy
awkward, bulky, burdensome, clumsy, cumbersome, inconvenient, massive, onerous, ponderous, ungainly, unmanageable
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unmanageable, ungainly, ponderous, onerous, massive, inconvenient, cumbersome, clumsy, burdensome, bulky, awkward
unwieldy
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reclusive
unsociable, cloistered, isolated
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isolated, cloistered, unsociable
reclusive
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sundry
miscellaneous, assorted, various
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various, assorted, miscellaneous
sundry
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subservient
extremely compliant, deferential, inferior, submissive
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submissive, inferior, deferential, extremely compliant
subservient
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subversive
rebellious, destructive, incendiary, riotous, insurgent
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insurgent, riotous, incendiary, destructive, rebellious
subversive
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rapturous
ecstatic, delightful, euphoric, delighted, enchanted
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enchanted, delighted, euphoric, delightful, ecstatic
rapturous
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elated
very happy, delighted, ecstatic, enchanted, euphoric, excited, exultant, joyful, jubilant, overjoyed, proud
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proud, overjoyed, jubilant, joyful, exultant, excited, euphoric, enchanted, ecstatic, delighted, very happy
elated
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obstinate
stubborn, determined, adamant, dogmatic, headstrong, inflexible, intransigent, recalcitrant, steadfast, tenacious, unyielding, willful
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willful, unyielding, tenacious, steadfast, recalcitrant, intransigent, inflexible, headstrong, dogmatic, adamant, determined, stubborn
obstinate
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indemnity
reimbursement, compensation, repayment, restitution
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restitution, repayment, compensation, reimbursement
indemnity
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annulment
voiding an agreement, abolition, abrogation, breakup, cancellation, deletion, dissolution, nullification, repeal, retraction, reversal, revocation
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revocation, reversal, retraction, repeal, nullification, dissolution, deletion, cancellation, breakup, abrogation, abolition, voiding an agreement
annulment
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This one's for all you dreamers, visionaries, innovators, makers, hackers, creators, idealists, and thinkers!
To you beautiful people with your heads in the clouds.
The ones who solve, when most whine, and the ones who get a bigger piece of the pie by making the pie bigger.
The ones who create something where it was not before.
Here's to you!
Where is it written that all our dreams must be small?
