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11 Flashcards

1
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Ineluctable

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inescapable; not to be avoided

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Inquietude

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uneasiness; restlessness

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Inured

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to become accustomed to something undesirable

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Jejune

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dull; lacking interest; empty of food

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4
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Labile

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unstable; adaptable; liable to change

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5
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Lachrymose

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tearful; mournful

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Lambent

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radiant; flickering; marked by lightness

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Lissome

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supple

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Luminary

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a person of great intellectual; creative or spiritual stature

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Lupine

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having the characteristics of a wolf

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Manqué

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a failure to realize one’s aspirations

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11
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Manumit

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to release from slavery

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12
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Matrix

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something from which something else originates or takes from

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13
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Mélange

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a mixture of incongruous elements

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Mien

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demeanor; the air bearing of a person

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15
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Minion

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a hanger on; a follower; an underling

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Moue

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a pout; usually playful; a little grimace

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Mugwump

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a person or politician who can’t make up his mind; an independent

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Nefandous

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unspeakable; unutterable

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Nimbus

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an atmosphere that surrounds a person or thing; a rain cloud;

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Obloquy

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strong language of condemnation

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Obstreperous

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stubbornly defiant; angry and clamorous

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22
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offal

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the waste parts of a product (often as in a butchered animal); refuse; rubbish

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Opine

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to express an opinion

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24
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Pace

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with deference to

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Pachyderm

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a thick skinned animal

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26
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Paralogism

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illogical reasoning of which the reason is not aware

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Paroxysm

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a fit

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Parvenu

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an upstart who has acquired wealth and class but hasn’

29
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Pastiche

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a piece that imitates or is made up from pieces of other works;

30
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Percipience

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keen perception

31
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Perdition

A

eternal damnation

32
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Plenary

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complete; fully attended; not deficient in any way

33
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Pluvial

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rainy

34
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Poltroon

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a coward

35
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Proscenium

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the part of the stage in front of the curtain; the wall frame for the stage

36
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Proselytize

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to seek to convert someone to a religion; cause or political position

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Pulchritude

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physical beauty

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Qua

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in the capacity of

39
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Quiddity

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the real nature of a thing; the essence ; a hairsplitting distinction

40
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Quisling

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a traitor who helps an enemy who occupies his country

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Quotidian

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occurring every day; commonplace

42
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Retinue

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a group of attendants to an elevated person

43
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Roué

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a lecherous man; a rake; a person devoted to sensual pleasures

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Saporous

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tasty; flavorsome

45
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Satrap

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a subordinate ruler

46
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Sciolism

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superficial knowledge

47
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Senescence

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beginning of old age

48
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Sequacious

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slavish; obsequious; following in logical sequence

49
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Serried

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crowded together

50
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Serviette

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a table napkin

51
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Shantung

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a heavy nubby fabric; made of wild silk

52
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Supervene

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to follow immediately after; to ensue

53
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Surcease

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cessation

54
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Tatterdemalion

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a ragged person; always in tatters

55
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Teleology

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the study of design or purpose in natural phenomena

56
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Temerarious

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recklessly daring; rash

57
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Tenebrous

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dark and gloomy

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Termagant

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a quarrelsome woman; a shrew

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Tor

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a high rock; a high rocky hill; or pile of rocks

60
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Trilemma

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a problem for which there are three possible courses of action; and none perfect

61
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Tumid

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swollen; distended; a bulging shape; overblown; bombastic

62
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Ukase

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an authoritative decree; official edict

63
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Usufruct

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the right to use someone else’s property as long as its not damaged in the process

64
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Vernal

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occurring in spring; springlike youthful

65
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Vitiate

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to impair the quality of; to corrupt morally

66
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Vituperative

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harshly scolding; acrimonious

67
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Votary

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a person bound by vows to live a life of religious service

68
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Welter

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to write; toss; wallow

69
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Winnow

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to blow of; or away; to separate the good from the bad

70
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Wraith

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a specter; ghost of a dead person

71
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Ziggurat

A

a terrace

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