Word List 21 Flashcards
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gambit
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n. opening in chess with a piece is sacrificed; prologue
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balk
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v. to hinder, foil or thwart
3
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perennial
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n. something that is continuing and recurrent
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hoodwink
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v. to deceive or delude
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churlish
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adj. boorish
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insomnia
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n. wakefulness
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obfuscate
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v. to bewilder, confuse
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queasy
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adj. easily nauseated
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protege
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n. person receiving protection
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quiver
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v. to shake
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bicameral
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adj. two-chambered
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effervescence
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adj. to be jubilant
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hamper
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v. hinder
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tribute
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n. tax
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loathe
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v. detest
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quagmire
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soft, wet, boggy land
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cower
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v. shrink quiver
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hilarity
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n. mirth
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plethora
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n. excess; overabundance
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divest
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v. strip, deprieve
21
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reprobate
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n. a person hardened in sin
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dutiful
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adj. to be respectful and obedient
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accede
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v. agree
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infirmity
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n. weakness
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motif
n. theme
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dissident
adj. dissenting; rebellious
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centripetal
adj. towards the center
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cadaverous
adj. like a corpose
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wrath
n. anger, fury
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abdicate
v. to renounce, abjure
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astringent
adj. to be binding; causing contraction
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beautitude
n. blessedness
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bedizen
v. dress with vulgar finery
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litigation
n. lawsuit
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acidulous
adj. slightly sour
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kindred
adj. ti be akin to
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jocose
adj. given to joking
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facsimile
n. copy
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deadpan
adj. to be wooden or impersonal
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emissary
n. agent
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genealogy
n. record of descent
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detrimental
adj. harmful; damaging
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brindled
adj. tawny or grayish with streaks or spots
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innuendo
n. hint, insinuation
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practitioner
n. someone engaged in profession
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guileness
adj. candid
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miasima
n. swamp gas; heavy, vaporous atomsphere
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liquidate
v. settle accounts; clear up
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tenuous
adj. to be thin and rare
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momentum
n. quantity of motion of a moving body
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truncate
v. to cut the top of
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harass
v. annoy by repeated attacks
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allegiance
n. loyalty
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wallow
v. to roll
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ardent
adj. to be zealous
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unprepossession
adj. unattractive
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fodder
n. coarse food for cattle
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omnivorous
adj. devouring everyting
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vigor
n. active strength
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oaf
adj. stupid, akward
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fawning
adj. courting favor by cringing and flattering
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truculence
adj. bellicose
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harrowing
adj. agonizing, distressing; traumatic
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subsistence
n. means needed to support life
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insuperable
adj. insurmountable
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bilious
adj. suffering from indigestion
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listless
adj. lacking in energy
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loom
v. appear or take shape
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latent
adj. potential but undeveloped
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savor
v. enjoy
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jaunt
n. trip, short journey
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germane
adj. pertinent
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flout
v. to reject or mock
