2nd Semester Vocab Flashcards
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Obviate
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To make necessary (verb)
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Redound
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To reflect on (verb)
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Atavism
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A throwback (noun)
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Sapid
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Pleasing in taste (adj)
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Gradient
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Slope (noun)
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Occlude
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To block a passage (verb)
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Emolument
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Payment (noun)
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Dyspepsia
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Indigestion (noun)
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Escritoire
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Writing table (noun)
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Intrinsic
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Inherent (adj)
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Epithet
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A disparaging name (noun)
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Circumspect
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Cautious (adj)
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Toponym
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Place name (noun)
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Amorphous
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Without shape (adj)
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Superfluous
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Unnecessary (adj)
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Stratify
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To form layers (verb)
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Sarcasm
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Sneering remarks (noun)
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Acrimony
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Bitterness (noun)
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Paradox
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A self-contradictory truth (noun)
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Onerous
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Laborious (adj)
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Indurate
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To make callous (verb)
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Coherent
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Sticking together (adj)
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Cognate
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Of common ancestry (noun)
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Aperture
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An opening (noun)
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Exuviae
Castoff skin or shell (noun)
26
Incipient
Just beginning (adj)
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Concatenate
To chain together (verb)
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Incorporeal
Not consisting of matter (adj)
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Perspicuous
Brilliantly clear (adj)
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Ingenuous
Innocent and naive (adj)
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Impetus
Driving force (noun)
32
Prima facie
At first sight, obvious (adj)
33
Surcease
An end (noun)
34
Ipse facto
By the very fact (adj)
35
Plenary
Full (adj)
36
Vertiginous
Dizzying (adj)
37
Attrition
Wearing away (noun)
38
Unique
One of a kind (adj)
39
Inundate
To flood (verb)
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Procure
To obtain (verb)
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Necromancy
Sorcery (noun)
42
Phantasmagoria
Rapidly changing images (noun)
43
Anomaly
Abnormality (noun)
44
Preclude
Foreclose (Verb)
45
Circumscribe
To limit (verb)
46
Bathos
False sentimentality (noun)
47
Simulacrum
A semblance or sham (noun)
48
Cogitate
Think deeply (verb)
49
Anterior
At the front (adj)
50
Erratum
An error in writing (noun)
51
Hyperborean
Arctic (adj)
52
Finite
Measurable (adj)
53
Gravamen
Essential complaint (noun)
54
Contusion
A bruise (noun)
55
Fusillade
Firearm outpouring (noun)
56
Distend
Stretch out (verb)
57
Pro rata
Proportionate (adj)
58
Exhortatory
Urging (adj)
59
Sanguinary
Bloody (adj)
60
Anthropoid
Human like (adj/noun)
61
Gratuitous
Uncalled-for (adj)
62
Impedimenta
Hindering baggage (noun)
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Soi-disant
Self-styled (adj)
64
Tactile
Pertaining to touch (adj)
65
Similitude
Resemblance (noun)
66
Pointillism
Dot-painting (noun)
67
Turbid
Muddy or muddled (adj)
68
Turgid
Swollen (adj)
69
Permutation
Complete transformation (noun)
70
Convoke
Call together (verb)
71
Lugubrious
Full of mourning (adj)
72
Manifest
Evident (adj)
73
Extirpate
To root out (verb)
74
Surfeit
Excess (noun)
75
Pellucid
Crystal clear (adj)
76
Lachrymose
Tearful (adj)
77
Protege
One helped by a protector (noun)
78
Sciamachy
Fighting with shadows (noun)
79
Gnosis
Intuitive religious knowledge (noun)
80
Occident
The western world (noun)
81
Gesticulate
To gesture (verb)
82
Perquisite
A job benefit (noun)
83
Elegant
Cleverly simple (adj)
84
Pragmatism
Practicality (noun)
85
Irascible
Quick-tempered (adj)
86
Casuistry
Specious reasoning (noun)
87
Incorrigible
Not correctable (adj)
88
Renascent
Showing new life (adj)
89
Recumbent
Reclining (adj)
90
Metamorphosis
Change of shape (noun)
91
Holocaust
Great loss of life (noun)
92
Predicate
To base upon (verb)
93
Convoluted
Intricately complicated (adj)
94
Extrovert
A sociable person (noun)
95
Introvert
An introspective person (noun)
96
Eloquent
Persuasively expressive (adj)
97
Scintillate
To sparkle (verb)
98
Labyrinth
A maze (noun)
99
Catarrh
Runny nose or throat (noun)
100
Substratum
A foundation (noun)
101
Insipid
Boring (adj)
102
Sentient
Conscious (adj)
103
Immure
To wall in (verb)
104
Ecumenical
Universal (adj)
105
Bonhomie
Good-naturedness (noun)
106
Heterogeneous
Of varied composition (adj)
107
Osculate
To kiss (verb)
108
Ultimatum
Final demand (noun)
109
Hypostyle
Columned or pillared (adj)
110
Diapason
A surge of harmony (noun)
111
Anathema
A curse (noun)
112
Osseous
Bony (adj)
113
Antithesis
An opposite thought (noun)
114
Garrulous
Trivially verbose (adj)
115
Salient
Standing out or projecting (adj)
116
Sapient
Wise (adj)
117
Tergiversate
To desert (verb)
118
Indigenous
Native (adj)
119
Idiosyncrasy
Peculiar behavior (noun)
120
Platitude
A flat trite remark (noun)
121
Ubiquitous
Present everywhere (adj)
122
Succinct
Brief and clear (adj)
123
Aggravate
To worsen (verb)
124
Umbrageous
Shady (adj)
125
Ignis fatuus
A delusion (noun)
126
Diaspora
Dispersion of people (noun)
127
Engender
Bring into being (verb)
128
Grandiloquent
Bombastic (adj)
129
Paroxysm
Sudden convulsion (noun)
130
Ulterior
Not disclosed (adj)
131
Ostracize
Totally reject (verb)
132
Opulent
Rich (adj)
133
Obdurate
Hardhearted (adj)
134
Kleptomaniac
Pathological theif (noun)
135
Exquisite
Of rare quality (adj)
136
Homunculus
A little man (noun)
137
Magnifico
Important person (noun)
138
Paleontology
Geology of prehistoric life (noun)
139
Evoke
To call forth (verb)
140
Subsume
To include (verb)
141
Calumniate
To slander (verb)
142
Trident
Three-pronged spear (noun)
143
Latitude
Freedom from restriction (noun)
144
Impassive
Insensible to pain (adj)
145
Permeate
Spread through (verb)
146
Insouciant
Carefree (adj)
147
Proclivity
Discreditable tendency (noun)
148
Persona non grata
Unwelcome person (noun/adj)
149
Improvident
Without foresight (adj)
150
Disingenuous
Lacking frankness (adj)
