2.5-2.7 Flashcards
Nominal
Trifling; insignificant; existing or being something in name or form only
Castigate
To subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism
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Picayune
Of little value; petty; small-minded
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Conflagration
A large, disastrous fire; a conflict or war
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Pertinacity
Adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design; stubbornly tenacious
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Poetaster
An inferior or bad poet
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Callow
Lacking adult sophistication; immature
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Beatify
To make supremely happy; to declare to be among the blessed and entitled to local veneration
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Bellicose
Favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars
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Calumny
A misrepresentation intended to harm another’s reputation; the act of uttering false charges or misrepresentations maliciously calculated to harm another’s reputation
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Antilogy
A contradiction in terms or ideas
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Archetype
The original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representatives or copies; a perfect example
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Obdurate
Stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action
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Venerate
Regard with great respect; revere
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Penultimate
Next to last in a series of things; not last, but second to last
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Nonpareil
An unrivaled or matchless person or thing
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Epicurean
Fond of adapted to luxury or indulgence in earthly, sensual pleasures (eating and drinking in particular)
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Abstemious
Not self-indulgent, especially when eating and drinking; having restraint
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