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Advanced Word List # 11 Flashcards

1
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Abate

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reduce in intensity

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Abjure

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renounce; swear to refrain from something

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Blandishment

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Words used to coax or flatter [blandish (v)]

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Boor

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ill-mannered person [boorish (a)]

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Cardinal

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  1. high ranking church official; 2. major, important
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Deliberate

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  1. slow (a); 1. to think over (v); 3. on purpose (a)
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Equivocation

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speaking ambiguously [equivocate (v), equivocal (a)]

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Feckless

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feeble; helpless; lacking in initiative

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Imperturbability

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quality of being calm and not easily disturbed [imperturbable (a)]

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Meretricious

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falsely attractive; tawdry

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Augury

A

prediction; looking for omens [auger (v)]

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Boycott

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refuse to have dealings with

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Glib

A

slick; superficial esp. in speech

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Incise

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cut into [incision (n); incisive (a)]

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Moralistic

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concerned with morals

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Ostracism

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shunning; social isolation [ostracize (v)]

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Penchant

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inclination; leaning; tendency; predilection

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Rarefy

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make less dense [rarefaction (n)

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Repine

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fret; be discontented

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Stipulate

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specify [stipulation (n)]

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Diaphanous

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transparent; thin and delicate

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Feint

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pretended attack; a move intended to deceive

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Inured

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hardened; habituated

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Mettlesome

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spirited [mettle (n)]

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Puissance

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power

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26
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Recondite

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obscure

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27
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Stygian

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very dark

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Touting

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advertising; supporting [tout (v)]

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Virtuosity

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skill; expertise [virtuoso (n); virtuosi (n.pl)]

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Volubility

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excessive talkativeness [voluble (a)]

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31
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Caret

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punctuation mark signifying omission

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32
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Contiguous

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adjacent; touching; abutting [contiguity (n)]

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33
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Damp

A

(use of vibration) reduce in extent

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Ellipsis

A

omission of essential words

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35
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Extirpation

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wiping out; complete destruction [extirpate (v)]

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Foppish

A

behaving or dressing like a dandy; excessively concerned with fashion

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37
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Gaffe

A

blunder; social mistake

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38
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Hortatory

A

encouraging; exhorting

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39
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Opprobrious

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expressing great scorn [opprobrium (n)]

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Recumbent

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reclining; lying down

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41
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Ambidextrous

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able to use both left and right hands equally well

42
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Culpability

A

guilt [culpable = blameworthy]

43
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Discernment

A

judgment; perceptiveness

44
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Encomium

45
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Inveigle

A

coax; cajole; wheedle; entice

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Minatory

A

threatening

47
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Ossified

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turned to bone; become rigid [ossification (n)]

48
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Plumb

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measure depth of (v); exact (a. slang)

49
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Quintessential

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most typical; the perfect example of [quintessence (n)]

50
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Runic

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mysterious; magical

51
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Accretion

A

accumulation of matter; growth produced by adding from the outside

52
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Anachronistic

A

occurring in the wrong time period [anachronism (n)]

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Chronic

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long lasting (often used for diseases in which case the opposite is acute)

54
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Churlishness

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rudeness; ill-mannered behavior

55
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Demagogue

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mob leader (who appeals to base instincts) [demagogy/demagoguery (n)]

56
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Effrontery

A

daring; audacity (has a negative connotation)

57
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Idyll

A

story or incident in peaceful or ideal setting [idyllic (a)]

58
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Interregnum

A

interval between reigns or governments

59
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Nugatory

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of minor significance; futile

60
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Sinecure

A

job which pays salary but requiring little effort

61
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Anodized

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electroplated; coated with thin layer of metal

62
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Aphoristic

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expressed tersely [aphorism (n) = short statement; maxim]

63
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Canonical

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orthodox [canon (n) = set of accepted works]

64
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Commensurate

A

equal in significance

65
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Dexterity

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skill, esp. with hands [dexterous (a)]

66
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Extant

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still in existence (opposite of extinct)

67
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Impugned

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challenged; called into question

68
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Probity

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uprightness; honesty

69
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Raconteur

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person who relates a story

70
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Solicitous

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kindly; expressing care and concern

71
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Amalgamate

A

join; consolidate [amalgamation (n)]

72
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Baleful

73
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Coerce

A

force [coercion (n); coercing (a)]

74
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Inchoate

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undeveloped; nascent

75
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Iniquitous

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evil; unjust [iniquity (n)]

76
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Libertine

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dissolute person, prodigal

77
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Millinery

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hats and hat-making

78
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Natty

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neat; dapper; smart

79
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Occluded

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obscured; blocked

80
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Sidereal

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of or related to stars

81
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Avaricious

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greedy for money

82
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Extirpate

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wipe out totally

83
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Halcyon

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peaceful and happy; calm (esp. of summer weather)

84
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List (v)

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  1. to lead to one side; 2. to write in order
85
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Maudlin

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sad; sentimental; inclined to weep

86
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Refulgent

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glowing; radiant

87
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Subliminal

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below the threshold of consciousness

88
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Testiness

A

irritability; irascibility [testy (a)]

89
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Vituperate

A

attack bitterly

90
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Whittle

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  1. carve with knife; 2. reduce step by step
91
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Caricature

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ridicule (v); cartoon intended to ridicule

92
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Colander

A

bowl with holes used to drain vegetables etc.

93
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Cumbersome

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bulky; difficult to carry [encumber = to burden]

94
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Dispatch

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  1. send (v); 2. speed; celerity (n)
95
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Epistemology

A

theory of knowledge

96
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Froward

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stubborn; wayward; disobedient

97
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Supine

A

lying flat on one’s back

98
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Throwback

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exhibiting primitive, or ancestral, traits

99
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Untoward

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unexpected

100
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Verisimilar

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true to life; giving the appearance of reality

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