Word List 60 Flashcards by Jennifer Zhang

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Incantation

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Singing or chanting of magic spells; Magical formula

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Cupidity

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Greed

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Totter

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Move steadily; Sway, as if about to fall

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Rigid

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Stiff and unyielding; Strict; Hard and unbending

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Misgivings

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Doubts

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Paean

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Song of praise or joy

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Stalemate

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Deadlock

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Scad

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A great quantity

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Concentric

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Having a common center

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Inscrutable

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Impenetrable; Not readily understood; Mysterious

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Pervasive

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Pervading; Spreading throughout every part

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Inimical

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Unfriendly; Hostile; Harmful; Detrimental

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Appease

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Pacify or soothe; Relieve

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Dossier

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File of documents on a subject

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Behemoth

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Huge creature; Monstrous animal

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Prate

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Speak foolishly; Boast idly

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Vacuous

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Empty; Inane

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Lackadaisical

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Lacking purpose or zest; Halfhearted; Languid

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Opalescent

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Iridescent; Lustrous

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Caption

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Title; Chapter heading; Text under illustration

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Intuition

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Immediate insight; Power of knowing without reasoning

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Quay

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Dock; Landing place

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Allusion

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Indirect reference

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Betroth

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Become engaged to marry

Volition

Act of making a conscious choice

Hierarchy

Arrangement by rank or standing; Authoritarian body divided into ranks

Matriarch

Woman who rules a family or larger social group

Generate

Cause; Produce; Create

Epic

Long heroic poem, or similar work of art

Friction

Clash in opinion; Rubbing against

Cantankerous

Ill humored; Irritable

Withhold

Refuse to give; Hold back

Accessible

Easy to approach; Obtainable

Quorum

Number of members necessary to conduct a meeting

Subterfuge

Deceitful stratagem; Pretense; Evasion

Remiss

Negligent

Striated

Marked with parallel bands; Grooved

Beget

Father; Produce; Give rise to

Bogus

Counterfeit; Not authentic

Anthropologist

A student of the history and science of mankind

Embezzlement

Stealing

Genesis

Beginning; Origin

Neologism

New or newly coined word or phrase

Transmute

Change; Convert to something different

Pliable

Flexible; Yielding; Adaptable