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Week 3 Flashcards

1
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Flag

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To signal, with or as with a flag

  1. To fall off in energy, vigor, interest, or activity
  2. To droop or hang loose
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Somatic

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  1. Pertaining to the body (as opposed to the mind, a body part, or the environment) 2. Relating to the wall of the body cavity
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3
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Fluke

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A stroke of good luck; a chance occurrence or accident

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Doff

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  1. To take off or remove (as clothes); to tip or remove (one’s hat) in greeting 2. To put aside or discard
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Apocryphal

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Of questionable authenticity or origin; spurious

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Scurvy

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A wasting disease caused by vitamin C deficiency Contemptible, despicable, or mean

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Apposite

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Appropriate, relevant, or apt

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Squalid

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Foul, dirty, or wretched, as from extreme poverty or neglect Morally repulsive or sordid

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Garrulous

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Wordy; overly talkative and given to long, rambling, often trivial speech

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Gambol

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To frolic, to skip or leap about playfully

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Fulminate

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  1. To send out or issue with denunciation, invective, or condemnation
  2. To explode
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Salubrious

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Promoting or conducive to health or well being

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13
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Abscission

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The act of cutting off

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Gauche

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Lacking in tact, sensitivity, or other social graces

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Truculent

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Ferocious, cruel, or savage; Deadly or destructive

Scating or harsh; belligerent or agressive; disposed to fighting

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Asperity

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Rigor or severity;

Roughness, unveness. or harhness, as of surface or sound;

Roughness or harhness of manner or temper

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Finesse

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Skillful or adroit handling

Refinement or delicacy or performance, skill, or workmanship

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Germane

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Relevant or closely related

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Viscid

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Having a sticky, adhesive , or viscous quality or consistency

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Glib

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Fluent in speaking or writing to the point of insincerity or thoughtlessness;

Done with natural ease or offhand nonchalance

21
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Requite

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To repay or make return for; to reciprocate

To avenge

To compense for a service, benefit, or injury

22
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Grouse

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To complain, grumble

A greivance, a persistent complaint

Any of various types of plump, chicken-like game birds

23
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Appreciable

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Possible to see, measure, or estimate

24
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Dilate

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  1. To cause to expand, to widen or enlarge
  2. To speak or write at length on a subject
25
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Subside

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To sink to a lower or normal level (such as a fever); to sink or settle down (as onto a couch or to the bottom of a river.

To become less agitated or active.

26
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Redundant

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More than necessary, superfluous

Excessively wordy or repetitive

27
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Antipathy

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An aversion, disliking, or distaste for

An object of dislike or aversion

28
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Convoluted

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Having a great number of coils, loops, or folds

Intricate or involved

29
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Mitigate

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To moderate (the force, intensity, or strength of) or alleviate

30
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Sangfroid

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Self-possession or composure, especially under stress

31
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Implosion

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Forceful collapse inward

32
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Condone

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To overlook, dismiss, or forgive (an offense)

33
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Catalyst

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Something precipitating, provoking, or accelerating an action, event, or change.

A substance that starts or speeds a chemical reaction

34
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Intemperance

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Indulgence of passions or appetites

Excessive drinking of alcohol

35
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Stalwart

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Strong or vigorous in mind, body, or spirit

36
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Augment

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To enlarge, make greater, more intense, or more numerous

37
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Abridge

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To cut short, condense (especially of a written work)

38
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Indifferent

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Not caring, having no interest, unbiased, impartial

39
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Verbose

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Using more words than necessary, wordy

40
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Squelch

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To crush or squash as if by trampling

Toquell or suppress completely

To silence, as by a crushing remark

To emit a splashing, sucking sound

41
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Emaciate

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Wastedaway, enfeebled, or made extremely thin

42
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Etempore

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Done, said, or composed with little or no preparation

43
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Forestall

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To hinder or prevent in advance

To anticipate or deal with in advance

To buy up goods so as to drive up prices for resale

44
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Analogous

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Similar or related so that one can draw an analogy or comparison

45
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Quiescence

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The state of being quiescent, tranquil restfulness or repose

46
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Adulterate

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To make impure or corrup by adding foreign or inerior materials or ingredients, particularly in preparation for sale

47
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Nabob

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A person who is wealthy, prominent, or important

A provincial governor of India’s Magul empire (historical)

48
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Cardinal

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Of prime importance, chief, main

49
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Puissance

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Power, might

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