Words Flashcards
(133 cards)
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piquant
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Of interesting provocative or agreeable character
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Parlance (noun)
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A particular way of speaking or using words. Has French root from Parler- speak; Parabola from Latin which means comparison.
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pied-à-terre
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A small house, apartment or room let for occasional use.
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arcane
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Mysterious, understood by a few.
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Refractory
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Rebellious
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Lugubration
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Intense study
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ubiquitous
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Found everywhere
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Reproach
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To express disapproval
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Disseminate
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To spread or to share the knowledge
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Confound
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To cause confusion
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Salubrious
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Healthy , giving healthy
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Divagation
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Go off the tangent , distracted
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Precedent
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Earlier event or action regarded as an example
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Countenanced
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Support or giving
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Unprecedented
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Not known before
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Bastion
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An institution place or person upholding strong principles
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Conversant
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Knowledgable
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Factitious
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Artificially created
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Ingenous
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Innocent & original
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Moribund
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in a dying state, or becoming extinct
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ascendant
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in a state of dominance, or power
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unflagging
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not declining in strength or power
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defunct
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no longer in effect or use
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Sated
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to satisfy fully, coming from satiated
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Inveigling
win over by talking in a form of flattery, or by artfully talking
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Opining
Having an opinion
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Needling
Anything done by needle; more specifically anything to prod or goad.
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Fulminate
to denounce; usually is followed by the word against
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Minions
people of high regard, or anyone serving to a higher authority
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Mien
demeanor; character of a person
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adroit
expert
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ecumenical
general; universal
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penitent
to be sorry, or repent. contrite.
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obviate
to anticipate and prevent; avert; preclude
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sapped
to deplete, exhauste
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libelous
constituting or involved in libel; malicious defamatory
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avowed
declare frankly; acknowledge
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forfeit
a fine or a penalty; a right that is lost
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recidivist
habitual relapse into crime
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lucrative
profitable; money making
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nonchalance
aloof; unconcerned; uninvolved
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decrepitude
feebleness;break down due to old age or hard use
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recriminations
countercharge
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apotheosis
raising the rank of a person to that of a God; epitome;
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belligerence
angry, warlike attitude; hostile
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hedonism
the doctrine that pleasure is the highest good; debauchery
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aggrandize
to make something wider in scope; to make something greater; inflate; magnify
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hubris
excessive pride
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bluster
to rant, boast; loud; noisy; threaten
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pretense
to claim to dignity; or importance
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truculent
fiercely brutal
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Salutary
Salubrious; healthy
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odious
highly offensive; disgusting; hateful
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lulled
from lullaby;soothe;
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claque
a group of sycophants
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detract
defame
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Propitiate
appeasing
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deprecatory
expressing disapproval
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tantamount
equivalent
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habiliment
clothes
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paragon
ideal;standard; epitome
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transcendent
surpassing; superior
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iridescent
display of colors, shimmer on clothes
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cad
a man who misbehaves with women; ungentlemanly
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solecism
a breach of good manners
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proscribe
denounce; to outlaw
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denigrate
defame
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divest
to strip / take away
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Abrogate
Violate
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Vitiate
Spoil;impair the quality or efficiency of.
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Adumbrate
Create outline; foreshadow; symbolize
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Abash
To feel embarrassed
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Moribund
in a dying state, or becoming extinct
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ascendant
in a state of dominance, or power
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unflagging
not declining in strength or power
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defunct
no longer in effect or use
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Sated
to satisfy fully, coming from satiated
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Inveigling
win over by talking in a form of flattery, or by artfully talking
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Opining
Having an opinion
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Needling
Anything done by needle; more specifically anything to prod or goad.
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Fulminate
to denounce; usually is followed by the word against
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Minions
people of high regard, or anyone serving to a higher authority
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Mien
demeanor; character of a person
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adroit
expert
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ecumenical
general; universal
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penitent
to be sorry, or repent. contrite.
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obviate
to anticipate and prevent; avert; preclude
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sapped
to deplete, exhauste
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libelous
constituting or involved in libel; malicious defamatory
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avowed
declare frankly; acknowledge
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forfeit
a fine or a penalty; a right that is lost
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recidivist
habitual relapse into crime
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lucrative
profitable; money making
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nonchalance
aloof; unconcerned; uninvolved
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decrepitude
feebleness;break down due to old age or hard use
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recriminations
countercharge
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apotheosis
raising the rank of a person to that of a God; epitome;
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belligerence
angry, warlike attitude; hostile
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hedonism
the doctrine that pleasure is the highest good; debauchery
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aggrandize
to make something wider in scope; to make something greater; inflate; magnify
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hubris
excessive pride
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bluster
to rant, boast; loud; noisy; threaten
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pretense
to claim to dignity; or importance
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truculent
fiercely brutal
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Salutary
Salubrious; healthy
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odious
highly offensive; disgusting; hateful
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lulled
from lullaby;soothe;
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claque
a group of sycophants
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detract
defame
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Propitiate
appeasing
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deprecatory
expressing disapproval
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tantamount
equivalent
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habiliment
clothes
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paragon
ideal;standard; epitome
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transcendent
surpassing; superior
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iridescent
display of colors, shimmer on clothes
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cad
a man who misbehaves with women; ungentlemanly
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solecism
a breach of good manners
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proscribe
denounce; to outlaw
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denigrate
defame
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divest
to strip / take away
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Abrogate
Violate
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Vitiate
Spoil;impair the quality or efficiency of.
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Adumbrate
Create outline; foreshadow; symbolize
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Abash
To feel embarrassed
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Palpable
Obvious
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Assuage (verb)
soothe;mitigate;relieve;satisfy
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Enigma (noun)
Puzzling
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Equivocal (adj)
Questionable; misguiding;having many different meanings
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Erudite (adj)
Knowledgeable;Scholarly
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Fervid (adj)
heated; burning; vehement in spirit
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Lucid (adj)
unintelligible; clearly understood; shining
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Placate (v)
appease;pacificy
