Zing Words 3 and 4 Flashcards
(124 cards)
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Bailiwick
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I never drew artwork for our presentations because that was Kelly’s bailiwick
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Malfeasance
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His malfeasance during his last term prevented any chances of re-election.
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Brouhaha
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There’s been a lot of brouhaha about her statements.
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Conundrum
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The conundrum of how an ancient people were able to build such massive structures without the benefit of today’s knowledge and technology puzzles anthropologists.
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Bravado
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His stories are always told with bravado.
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Scion
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He’s a scion of a powerful family with a lot of economic power.
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Debacle
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After the debacle of his first novel, he had trouble getting a publisher for his next book.
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Denizen
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The polar bear is an iconic denizen of the snowy Arctic
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Diatribe
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She gave a bitter diatribe about how unfair the tax system is.
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Kerfuffle
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Predictably, the royal scandal caused quite a kerfuffle on Fleet Street.
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Emote
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He stood on the stage, emoting and gesturing wildly
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Regale
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A hotel that nightly regales its guests with five-course meals prepared by a master chef.
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Brook
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He would brook no interference with his plan
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Proselytize
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The efforts of early missionaries to proselytize the Native Americans of Minnesota were largely unproductive
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Kowtow
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You can try kowtowing to the boss, but he’ll see right through you.
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Ferret
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The investigator tried to ferret out the answers.
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Preclude
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She suffered an injury that precluded the possibility of an athletic career.
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Mollify
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He tried to mollify his critics with an apology.
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Decimate
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The black plague decimated the population
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Pander
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A book that panders to the one’s emotions.
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Fastidious
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She was too fastidious to do anything that might get her dirty.
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Quizzical
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He gave me a quizzical look.
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Idiosyncratic
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Her use of “like” in every sentence made her rather idiosyncratic.
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Ebullient
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The ebullient performers made up for the lack of plot in the play
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Eclectic
The collection includes an eclectic mix of historical artifacts.
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Onerous
This assignment is rather onerous
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Inexorable
The inexorable (unstoppable) rise of a political movement once the masses got on board
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Macabre
A macabre story of murder and madness
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Pejorative
She could only think of pejorative words to describe this assignment
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Histrionic
A penchant for dish throwing, door slamming, and other histrionic displays of temper
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Ignominious
Some of his friends considered the job of janitor to be an ignominious fate for the laid-off executive.
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Obfuscate
The second explanation only obfuscated the initial instructions.
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Burgeon
The market for collectibles has burgeoned in recent years.
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Bowdlerize
A bowdlerized version of “Gulliver's Travels” that purportedly makes it readable for children
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Winnow
The least qualified applicants were winnowed out of the initial pool.
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Ostracize
The girl was ostracized from those of her age group.
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Deprecate
Movie critics tried to outdo one another in deprecating the comedy as the stupidest movie of the year.
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Stigmatize
A legal system that stigmatizes juveniles as criminals
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Palliate
Don't try to palliate your constant lying by claiming that everybody lies
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Inveigle
She nveigled her way into a promotion
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Remand
The judge remanded the case for further consideration.
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Exacerbate
The argument exacerbated the situation
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Garner
He could not garner enough evidence
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Evince
She evinced an interest in art at an early age.
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Rankle
The joke about her family rankled her.
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Appropriate
He appropriated the tasks
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Zeitgeist
His songs perfectly captured the zeitgeist of 1960s America.
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Adamant
We've tried to talk him into coming with us, but he's adamant about staying here.
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Recant
Church officials asked the minister to recant.
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Vet
They vetted her thoroughly before offering her the job.
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Roil
Financial markets have been roiled by the banking crisis.
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Enervate
A lifetime of working in dreary jobs had enervated his very soul
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Bellwether
She is a bellwether of fashion.
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Nemesis
He was her nemesis.
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Coup de foudre
She felt coup de foudre when they first met each other's eyes.
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Anathema
a politician who is anathema (intensely disliked) to conservatives
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Cacophony
The cacophony of a pet store full of animals
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Sycophant
When her career was riding high, the self-deluded actress often mistook sycophants for true friends
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Dilettante
She writes about art not from the point of view of a true artist but from that of a committed dilettante
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Catharsis
Singing is a catharsis for me.
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Xenophobia
Xenophobia sometimes contributes to genocides
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Voyeur
That voyeur was a prying observer who is sought the sordid or the scandalous
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Fleece
Learning how to shear the fleece off a sheep
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Maladroit
The governor has been criticized for his maladroit (not skillful) handling of the budget crisis.
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Bupkes
They received bubkes (zero) for their efforts.
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Nebbish
The son of the powerful politician had a nebbish demeanor.
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Mensch
She was a mensch who fit in well at TJ.
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Nosh
Noshing on pizza
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Schlock
A tourist trap selling schlock souvenirs
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Redact
The book was completely different after it was redacted for publication.
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Schmooze
People will have time to schmooze during the cocktail hour.
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Schmaltzy
The love song was a typical example of overproduced schmaltz
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Kibbitz
My uncle likes to kibitz (make comments) when I play cards with my cousins.
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Glitch
Glitchy vidya suck.
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Aficionado
An aficionado of the sci-fi series who has seen all the movies several times
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Mores
The mores of academic life as opposed to those of the business world
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Sacrosanct
It was a sacrosanct temple for the 3 abrahamic religions
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Effusive
He received effusive praise
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Ribald
A ribald tale rife with double entendres and racy innuendo
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Maudlin
He became maudlin and started crying like a child.
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Feckless
The CEO couldn't rely on his feckless son.
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Sophomoric
Freshmen are so sophomoric.
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Eschew
A psychologist who eschews the traditional methods of psychotherapy
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Abeyance
Our weekend plans were held in abeyance until we could get a weather forecast
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Largesse
He relied on the largesse of friends after he lost his job.
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Aggrandize
A movie that aggrandizes the bad guys and makes the cops look like dopes
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Aggregate
The team with the highest aggregate score wins.
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Aspersion
He cast aspersions on her integrity
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Assiduous
The project required some assiduous planning.
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Assuage
He couldn't assuage his guilt over the divorce.
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Behemoth
The newest SUV is a gas-guzzling behemoth that doesn't even fit in a standard parking space
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Capitulate
The teacher refused to capitulate: no calculators were to be used during the exam.
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Carouse
The Old West custom of heading to the saloon at night for an all-out carouse and some poker playing
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Carp
He's always carping about his boss.
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Circuitous
We took a circuitous route to the airport so as to avoid the massive traffic jam on the highway
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Cognizant
He is cognizant of his duties as a father.
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Probity
The defense attorney questioned the probity of the witness
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Expunge
Her foreign language credit was expunged from her high school transcript
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Extraneous
Extraneous roots in math
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Florid
She had a florid (tinged in red) complexion, and if you wanted to be rude, you could say she looked like a tomato.
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Garrulous
A garrulous boy who was in constant trouble for talking out of turn
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Harangue
He delivered a long harangue about the evils of popular culture.
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Hegemony
European intellectuals have long debated the consequences of the hegemony of American popular culture around the world.
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Harrowing
A harrowing film about racism and violence
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Iconoclast
People who break the mold are iconoclasts.
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Incendiary
Firefighters caught the incendiary, who was watching the effects of his handiwork
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Incorrigible
She's an incorrigible flirt
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Enmity
The neverending enmity between Protestants and Catholics
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Inure
These children have been inured to violence because of anime xd
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Diaphanous
A diaphanous dress of pale gold
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Discursive
Students often write dull, secondhand, discursive prose
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Disparate
They inhabit disparate worlds of though
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Dissonance
The dissonance between what we are told and what we see with our own eyes
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Effrontery
The little squirt had the effrontery to deny eating any cookies, even with the crumbs still on his lips
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Ennui
The kind of ennui that comes from having too much time on one's hands and too little will to find something productive to do.
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Erudite
The most erudite people in medical research attended the conference
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Debauch
The long stay on a tropical isle had debauched the ship's crew to the point where they no longer acted liked naval professionals
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Debunk
The article debunks the notion that life exists on Mars.
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Denigrate
No one is trying to denigrate the importance of a good education. We all know that it is crucial for success.
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Desiccated
Add a cup of desiccated coconut to the mix
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Compunction
He feels no compunction about his crimes.
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Coup de grâce
The legislature's decision to cut funding has administered the coup de grâce to the governor's proposal.
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Cupidity
The evidence revealed the cupidity of the company's directors.
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Coup d'état
The coup d' état prevented the bloodshed associated with most political regime changes
