WORD 4_>< Flashcards
(119 cards)
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aspersion
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slander | calumny
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androphobia
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fear of men
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somatic
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of the body | corporal / -eal
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flak
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criticism | aspersion | calumny | excoriation | anti-aircraft guns
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comely
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Attractive | beautiful or handsome
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stupefy
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to stun | baffle | amaze
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plumb
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get to the root of
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endodontics
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dental speciality of pulp & root canal
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odious
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repulsive hateful
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affiance
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give to (in marriage) | assure by promise
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berate
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scold sharply | reproach | vituperate | upbraid
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elicit
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draw out
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peruse
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to examine with great care
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exodontics
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dental speciality of tooth extraction
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expiation
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The act of making amends for wrongdoing | atonement
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avatar
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incarnation | new personification of a familiar idea
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contentious
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argumentative | combative | quarrelsome | pugnacious | bellicose
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recumbent
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lying down | in a position of comfort or rest | reclining | decumbent
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spurious
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false; counterfeit
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cardiology
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study of heart
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pry
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get something | inquire too curiously
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fluster
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make nervous or confused
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bagatelle
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A trifle | unimportant
any of various games involving the rolling of balls into scoring areas
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consternation
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feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected
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propitiatory
conciliatory appeasing mitigating
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commodious
having plenty of space for what is needed
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stymie
to hinder | obstruct or block
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relapse
fall back again
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verisimilitude
appearing TRUE or real
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ulterior
situated beyond
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fulgent
shining intensely | dazzling
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deplete
use until none remains
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osteopath
has interests in bones & blood vessels
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proscribe
denounce as dangerous
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compendium
a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work | collection
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imminent
likely to come or happen soon
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abstruse
difficult to comprehend | obscure | esoteric | recondite
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predilection
special liking | mental preference
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repine
to be discontented, to fret
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chastened
corrected punished
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incursion
a raid | a sudden attack
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enzyme
catalyst
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epitome
summary | abstract | synopsis | prologue / standard example | paradigm
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restive
refusing to move reluctant to be controlled
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persiflage
light teasing | banter
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avarice
greed | esp for wealth
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adulation
excessive praise | flattery | sycophancy
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victuals
stock or supply of foods
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veneration
regard with deep respect
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trite
repeated too often | banal | platitude | cliched | hackneyed
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craven
cowardly person | pusillanimous
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forage
food for horses and cattle
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lien
legal claim until a debt on it is repaid
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cumbersome
burdensome heavy and awkward to carry
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adiposity
the quality or state of being fat | obesity
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systolic
Blood pressure during heart beat (maximum pressure exerted on the arteries). 90 - 120 mmHg. More important with age. Happens when left ventricles contracts.
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diastolic
Blood pressure between heart beats (minimum pressure exerted on the arteries). 60 - 80 mmHg. More important in youth.
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meant as a joke
jocular
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slander | calumny
aspersion
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to move in wavelike fashion fluctuate | sinuate
undulate
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fear of men
androphobia
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bearing in abundance especially offspring | intellectually productive
prolific
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of the body
somatic
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keep the memory of
commemorate
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criticism | aspersion | calumny | excoriation | anti-aircraft guns
flak
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brave
valorous
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to stun | baffle | amaze
stupefy
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get to the root of
plumb
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not good enough | unable to have young ones without value
barren
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lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
wizened
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voluntary | free
gratuitous
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scent waving movement carry lightly through
waft
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attention/give notice to
heed
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repulsive hateful
odious
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give to (in marriage) | assure by promise
affiance
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scold sharply | reproach | vituperate | upbraid
berate
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draw out
elicit
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to examine with great care
peruse
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dental speciality of tooth extraction
exodontics
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the act of making amends for wrongdoing | atonement
expiation
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incarnation | new personification of a familiar idea
avatar
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being different in moral standards (from normal)
deviance
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argumentative | combative | quarrelsome | pugnacious | bellicose
contentious
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lying down | in a position of comfort or rest | reclining
recumbent
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false; counterfeit
spurious
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get something | inquire too curiously
pry
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make nervous or confused
fluster
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a trifle | unimportantany of various games involving the rolling of balls into scoring areas
bagatelle
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feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected
consternation
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conciliatory appeasing mitigating
propitiatory
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having plenty of space for what is needed
commodious
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to hinder | obstruct or block
stymie
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fall back again
relapse
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situated beyond
ulterior
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shining intensely | dazzling
fulgent
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use until none remains
deplete
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has interests in bones & blood vessels
osteopath
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denounce as dangerous
proscribe
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a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work | collection
compendium
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difficult to comprehend | obscure | esoteric | recondite
abstruse
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special liking | mental preference
predilection
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to be discontented, to fret
repine
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corrected punished
chastened
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a raid | a sudden attack
incursion
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summary | abstract | synopsis | prologue / standard example | paradigm
epitome
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refusing to move reluctant to be controlled
restive
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light teasing | banter
persiflage
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greed | esp for wealth
avarice
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excessive praise | flattery | sycophancy
adulation
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stock or supply of foods
victuals
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regard with deep respect
veneration
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repeated too often | banal | platitude | cliched | hackneyed
trite
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cowardly person | pusillanimous
craven
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food for horses and cattle
forage
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legal claim until a debt on it is repaid
lien
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the quality or state of being fat | obesity
adiposity
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Blood pressure during heart beat (maximum pressure exerted on the arteries). 90 - 120 mmHg. More important with age. Happens when left ventricles contracts.
systolic
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Blood pressure between heart beats (minimum pressure exerted on the arteries). 60 - 80 mmHg. More important in youth.
diastolic
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flag
droop | sink | or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
