2014 preliminaries Flashcards
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assiduous
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clairvoyance
A
3
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ecotourism
A
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farcical
A
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loris
A
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Magellan
A
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metatarsal
A
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profundity
A
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ritenuto
A
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sargasso
A
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tamborito
A
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voilà
A
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abrogate
A
annul or repeal
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Beaucoup
A
a lot of apple pie
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calumny
A
slander
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eccentric
A
deviates from common usage in a whimsical way
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inscrutable
A
not readily comprehensible
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manifold
A
diversity or variety
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oblique
A
slanting in direction or position
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phlebotomy
A
drawing blood from a vein
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rongeur
A
a surgeon
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sybaritic
A
opulent luxury
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Trenchant
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sharply perceptive
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vicissitude
A
a change of luck
25
honorific
imparts glory or esteem
26
effrontery
flagrant, offensive boldness
27
tepidity
lukewarmness
28
educand
student
29
autodidact
self-taught
30
overwrought
agitated
31
registrar
keeping academic records
32
Nomenclature
names
33
Hippology
horses
34
marimba
xylophone
35
hackneyed
trite
36
gaudery
ostentatious
37
satyr
an ancient Greek deity
38
portentous
foreshadowing a coming
event
39
perambulator
to transport an infant
40
umbrage
resentment
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McCoy
a real or genuine article
42
tribunal
court
43
supervenient
occurring unexpectedly
44
conferee
is publicly granted
something
45
lambently
in a light or brilliant manner
46
puerilely
immaturely
47
gubernatorial
a governor
48
venatorial
is related to or used in
hunting
49
Retinol
vitamin A
50
argot
particular slang
51
Bohemian
art
52
denizen
a person living in a certain
region
53
approbatory
commendation
54
Zirconium
a metallic element
55
ranine
frogs
56
Chia
plant
57
rancorous
full of hatred and ill will
58
calligram?
a figure formed by the
letters of a word
59
necrotic
produces death in living
tissue
60
fulcrum
lever
61
diglot
uses two languages
62
vestibule
between the outer door and
the interior of a building
63
rictus
a gaping grin
64
grapheme
an X
65
fumulus
a thin, veillike cloud
66
imperate?
command or govern
67
coiffure
a hairstyle
68
sirenian
a manatee
69
apparatus
an appliance
70
anglified
adapted to English usage
71
luminance
emission of light
72
speciosity
the quality of being superficially but not actually
correct
73
yeanling
lamb
74
eclampsia
a severe pregnancy
complication
75
iniquity
wickedness
76
macular
is spotted
77
Trignometry
a branch of mathematics dealing with sides and angles
78
fatuity
foolishness
79
quittance
a discharge from debt
80
unregenerate
obstinate
81
graticule
a cartographer
82
transposable
interchanged
83
altercation
an angry dispute
84
caldera
volcanic crater
85
Striation
marked with narrow lines or
bands
86
loupe
a jeweler
87
nubilous
cloudy or misty
88
pulmonate
has lungs
89
xenocentric
prefers a culture other than his own
90
tributary
a river feeding into a larger river
91
malinger
to pretend to be sick to get
out of working
92
hominivorous
eats people
93
malicious
done in order to inflict harm
