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4600 - 4811 Flashcards

1
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Underworld

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Noun

Hades

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Underwrite

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Verb

To issue or be party to the issue of a policy of insurance.

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Unguent

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Noun

Any ointment or lubricant for local application

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Unisonant

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Adjective

Being in a condition of perfect agreement and accord.

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Unitarian

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Adjective

Pertaining to a religious body that rejects the doctrine of the Trinity.

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6
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Upbraid

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Verb

To reproach as deserving blame.

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Upturn

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Verb

To throw into confusion.

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Urbanity

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Noun

Refined or elegant courtesy

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Usurious

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Adjective

Taking unlawful or exorbitant interest on money loaned.

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Usury

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Noun

The demanding for the use of money as a loan, a rate of interest beyond what is allowed by law.

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Utilitarianism

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Noun

The ethical doctrine that actions are right because they are useful or of beneficial tendency.

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12
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Vacillate

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Verb

To waver

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13
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Vagrant

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Noun

An idle wanderer.

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Vainglory

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Noun

Excessive, pretentious, and demonstrative vanity.

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Vale

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Noun

Level or low land between hills.

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16
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Variegate

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Verb

To mark with different shades or colours

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Vassal

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Noun

A slave or bondman

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18
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Vaudeville

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Noun

A variety show.

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Venal

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Adjective

Mercenary, corrupt.

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Venial

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Adjective

That may be pardoned or forgiven, a forgivable sin.

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21
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Venison

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Noun

The flesh of deer.

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22
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Veracious

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Adjective

Habitually disposed to speak the truth

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Verbiage

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Noun

Use of many words without necessity.

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Verdant

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Adjective

Green with vegetation

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Verily

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Adverb

In truth.

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Verity

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Noun

Truth

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Vernal

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Adjective

Belonging to or suggestive of the spring

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Vestment

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Noun

Clothing or covering.

29
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Viceroy

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Noun

A ruler acting with royal authority in a place of the sovereign in a colony or province

30
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Vicissitude

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Noun

A change, especially a complete change, of condition or circumstances, as of fortune.

31
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Vignette

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Noun

A picture heading a background or that is shaded off gradually.

32
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Vindicatory

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Adjective

Punitive

33
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Viol

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Noun

A stringed instrument of the violin class.

34
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Viola

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Noun

A musical instrument somewhat larger than a violin.

35
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Violoncello

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Noun

A stringed instrument held between the player’s knees.

36
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Virago

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Noun

A bold, impudent, turbulent woman.

37
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Virile

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Adjective

Masculine

38
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Viscount

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Noun

In England, a title of nobility, ranking fourth in the order of British peerage.

39
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Vitiate

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Verb

To contaminate.

40
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Vivisection

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Noun

The dissection of a living animal.

41
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Vivify

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Verb

To endue with life.

42
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Vocative

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Adjective

Of or pertaining to the act of calling. M

43
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Voluble

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Adjective

Having great fluency in speaking.

44
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Vortex

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Noun

A mass if rotating or whirling fluid, especially when sucked spirally toward the center.

45
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Votary

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Adjective

Consecrated by a vow or promise.

46
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Votive

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Adjective

Dedicated by a vow.

47
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waif

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noun

A homeless, neglected wanderer.

48
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wampum

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noun

Beads strung on threads, formerly used among the American Indians as currency.

49
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wantonness

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noun

Recklessness.

50
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warlike

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adjective

Belligerent.

51
Q

wavelet

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noun

A ripple.

52
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weak-kneed

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adjective

Without resolute purpose or energy

53
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weal

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noun

Well-being.

54
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well-doer

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noun

A performer of moral and social duties.

55
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whereupon

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adverb

After which.

56
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wherewith

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noun

The necessary means or resources.

57
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winsome

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adjective

Attractive

58
Q

wintry

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adjective

Lacking warmth of manner

59
Q

wiry

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adjective

Thin, but tough and sinewy.

60
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witling

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noun

A person who has little understanding.

61
Q

wizen

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verb

To become or cause to become withered or dry.

62
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wrangle

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verb

To maintain by noisy argument or dispute.

63
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yearling

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noun

An animal in its second year.

64
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zenith

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noun

The culminating point of prosperity, influence or greatness.

65
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zephyr

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noun

Any soft, gentle wind.

66
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zodiac

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noun

An imaginary belt encircling the heavens within which are the larger planets.

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