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Flashcards in Word List 10 E-I Deck (35)
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1
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effrontery

A

open rudeness

2
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elegy

A

song or poem for the dead

3
Q

edifice

A

a large building

4
Q

enumeration

A

a numbered list

5
Q

epochal

A

important, pertaining to a particular period of history

6
Q

erudition

A

knowledge acquired from books

7
Q

ethereal

A

not physical, spiritual

8
Q

execrable

A

very bad

9
Q

faction

A

a group of people who think the same way

10
Q

fecund

A

fertile

11
Q

fetid

A

having a bad smell

12
Q

fledgling

A
  1. inexperienced person

2. young bird

13
Q

forgo

A

to do without, to give up

14
Q

fractious

A

disobedient, unruly, irritable

15
Q

fulsome

A
  1. gross, offensive

2. lavish, overdone

16
Q

futile

A

useless, unsuccessful

17
Q

galvanize

A
  1. to inspire or stimulate sudden action

2. to prevent rust with a zinc coating

18
Q

gaunt

A

thin, grim

19
Q

genteel

A

upper class, elegant, polite

20
Q

gibe

A

to ridicule

21
Q

glacial

A

cold, unfriendly

22
Q

gratis

A

free or charge

23
Q

harbinger

A

a sign or omen, a messenger

24
Q

herculean

A

of great power or difficulty

25
Q

immutable

A

unchangeable

26
Q

impetus

A

motivation, driving force

27
Q

improvidence

A

lack of foresight

28
Q

indigent

A

extremely poor

29
Q

indubitable

A

certain, definite

30
Q

infatuation

A

foolish or impulsive love

31
Q

inkling

A

beginning of an idea

32
Q

inscrutable

A

mysterious, hard to understand

33
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insurmountable

A

impossible to overcome

34
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intractable

A

hard to manage, disobedient

35
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irascible

A

bad-tempered