2021 Apr Flashcards

1
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Pleonasm

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The use of more words than are necessary

E.g.,

Black darkness

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2
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Accoutrement

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Additional items of dress or equipment worn for special occasions

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3
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Chicanery

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Trickery

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4
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Buttress

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A prop or safeguard

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5
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Buttressed

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Fortified

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6
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Cogent

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Convincing

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7
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Cassandra

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A prophet of disaster

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8
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Pandowdy

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A kind of spiced apple pie fried in a deep dish

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9
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Ratel

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A honey badger

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10
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Quiddity

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The inherent nature of essence of someone

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11
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Coda

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The concluding passage of a piece of statement

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12
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Dyspeptic

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Bad-tempered

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13
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Cognoscente

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A connoisseur

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14
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Schuss

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SHUU-S

A straight downhill run on skis

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15
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Theodolite

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A surveying instrument with a rotating telescope for measuring horizontal and vertical angles

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16
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Veblen

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Describes a good which experiences a high demand after use

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17
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Ad hominem

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Relating to an argument directed against a person instead of the issues being discussed

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18
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Miscegenation

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Interracial breeding

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19
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Coffer

A

A strongbox

Fund

20
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Sprachgefühl

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An intuitive feeling of a language

21
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Lagomorph

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A hare, rabbit or pika

22
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Volute

A

A spiral scroll
Sea mollusk

(Adj.) | forming a spiral curve or curves

23
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Amuse-gueule

A

Appetizer

24
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Esculent

A

Fit to be eaten

Edible

25
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Indefatigable

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Tireless

26
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Protean

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Ever-changing

Versatile

27
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Confer

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Bestow on

Consult

28
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Coeval

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Contemporary

29
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Obnubilate

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To darken with a cloud

To obscure

30
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Icarus paradox

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Referring to the phenomenon of businesses failing abruptly after rapid success

31
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Digerati

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IT experts

32
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Nodus

A

A problem, difficulty, or complication

33
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Doula

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A woman who provides support during pregnancy training

34
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Bereft

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Deprived of

Sad (due to death or departure)

35
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Despondent

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Disheartened

36
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Waggish

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Playful

37
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Staccato

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Performed with each note detached from the others

38
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Numismatic

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Relating to coins and medals

39
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Inosculate

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Join by intertwining or placing closely together

40
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Asterism

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A prominent pattern or group of stars

41
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Billet-doux

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A love letter

42
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Confrere

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A colleague

43
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Futz

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To waste time

44
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Heuristic

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Enabling someone to learn more about themselves

45
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Synechode

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A technique in which a part represents the whole entity