9 Flashcards by Lakshay Chauhan

Placebo

a fake medication

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Plebeian

common; vulgar; low class

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Pluralism

a society in which distinct group function together; but retain their identities

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Portent

an omen; a sign of something coming; a foreshadowing

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Pregnant

highly significant; overflowing; rich in significance

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Prepossess

to cause to be preoccupied; to influence; positively; in advance

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Prescient

having foresight

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Prevaricate

to deviate from the truth

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Privation

lack of comforts; poverty; a state of being deprived

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Probity

honesty; uprightness

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Profligate

corrupt; degenerate; wildly extravagant

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Propinquity

nearness in place or time; kinship

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Protean

readily assuming different shapes or characters

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Provenance

origin; source; proof of posting ownership

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Prowess

exceptional skill or strength; military valor

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Prurient

lascivious; have lustful thoughts or desires

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Puissance

power; strength

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Punctilious

meticulously attentive to detail; exacting

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Putrefy

to rot

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Quiescence

state of rest or inactivity

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Raffish

jaunty; sporty; disreputable; vulgar; characterized by a careless Unconventionality

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Rapprochement

a re

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Rarefied

esoteric; interesting to only a few

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Recalcitrant

stubbornly defiant and resistant of authority

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Recidivism

the act of repeating an offense

Recondite

hard to understand; abstruse; over one’s head

Redoubtable

formidable; fearsome; deserving of respect

Remuneration

payment; recompense

Repartee

a quick; witty reply; spirited conversation

Reprobate

a morally unprincipled person; a scoundrel

Reticent

restrained; reluctant; uncommunicative

Ribald

vulgar or indecent language

Rife

widespread; abounding; occurring frequently

Rout

to put to flight; to scatter; to cause a huge defeat

Rubric

heading; title; category

Ruminate

to muse upon

Sagacious

wise shrewd

Sallow

a sickly; greenish

Sally

a rushing attack; witty repartee; a brief excursion

Salubrious

favorable to health

Sangfroid

extraordinary composure in the face of danger

Sartorial

relating to dress or fashion

Saturnine

sullen; gloomy; depressed

Savant

a scholar; a very knowledgeable person

Scofflaw

one who is continually breaking the law

Scotch

to put an end to

Secrete

to give off; to conceal

Sententious

preachy; pompous; using wise sayings excessively

Shibboleth

a distinctive word or behavior that typifies a group; a slogan

Simper

to smile foolishly

Sine qua non

something that is an essential condition of

Sinuous

winding; having many curves

Slatternly

squalid; a slovenly woman

Somnolent

drowsy; sleepy

Spate

a sudden outburst

Spelunker

a cave explorer

Stalwart

unwavering; robust; sturdily built

Striated

marked with thin lines or grooves

Sturm and drang

turmoil

Sui generis

unique; of its own kind; in a class by itself

Supercilious

arrogant; overbearing; condescending

Surreptitious

sneaky; secret

Sycophant

a flatterer; a self

Syllogism

a form oflogic in which major and minor premises are made and a conclusion drawn;

Sylvan

forestlike; wooded

Synergy

the combined force of two distinct elements that is more powerful then each alone

Temerity

boldness; rashness; audacity

Temporize

to compromise; to draw something out in order to gain time

Tendentious

advancing a point of view; biased

Timorous

fearful; easily frightened

Titular

in title only

Tony

fashionable; trendy; aristocratic

Toothsome

tasty; sexually attractive; luscious

Trice

an moment; a short period of time

Truculent

hostile; aggressive; savage

Umbrage

displeasure or resentment; shade

Undulate

to move smoothly in a wavelike manner

Usury

lending money at a high interest rate

Vacuous

empty; lacking intelligence

Vagary

whim; an unpredictable action

Vainglorious

boastful; pompous

Veneer

façade; coating; outward appearance

Venerate

to honor; to worship; to respect

Veracious

truthful; honest

Verdant

covered with green plants; leafy

Vicarious

acting for another; sharing in an experience of another through the Imagination

Viscosity

a thick or sticky consistency of a liquid

Vitriolic

corrosive; biting; bitterly scathing

Wastrel

someone who wastes; a spendthrift

Wizened

shriveled; withered

Wont

custom; habit

Zaftig

full

Zeitgeist

the mood or spirit of the times

Zephyr

a gentle breeze