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Advanced Words VIII Flashcards

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Propensity

A

Natural inclination or tendency

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Prophetic

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Relating to prophesy, predicting, ominous

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Propitiate

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Attempt to reconcile with, satisfy, or reduce the animosity of

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Propitious

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Favorable, giving good signs for the future, likely to work out; kind or forgiving

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Providential

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Lucky, fortunate, or relating to divine care

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Proxy

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Agent, substitute, person authorized to act on behalf of another

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Puerile

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Juvenile, immature

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Pugilism

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Boxing, fighting with the fists

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Puissance

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Power, might

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Pulchritude

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Physical beauty

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Pungent

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Having a sharp taste or smell; biting, stimulating, sharp

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Pusillanimous

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Cowardly, timid

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Querulous

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Given to complaining, grumbling

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Quiescent

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Quiet, still

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Quixotic

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Extremely impractical but very romantic, chivalrous, or idealistic; impulsive

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Raconteur

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Witty storyteller

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Rarefied

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Lofty, very high up or elevated; exclusive, select; thin, pure, or less dense

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Reactant

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Something that reacts; a substance that undergoes a change in a chemical reaction

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Recalcitrant

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Not obedient, resisting authority, hard to manage

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Recant

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Withdraw, retract, or disavow something one has previously said, esp. formally

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Recapitulate

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Summarize, repeat in a concise way

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Recondite

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Not easily understood, hidden, dealing with an obscure topic

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Recrudescent

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Revival, breaking out into renewed activity

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Redound

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To have a good or bad effect, esp. as a result of a person’s efforts or actions

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Redress

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Setting something right after a misdeed, compensation or relief for injury or wrongdoing; correct, set right, remedy

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Refractory

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Stubbornly disobedient, hard to manage

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Refulgent

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Shining, radiant

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Rejoinder

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Response or reply, esp. a witty comeback

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Rend

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Tear violently, esp. to tear one’s clothing or hair out of grief; pull apart, split, or tear away

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Repast

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A meal; to eat or feast

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Repertorial

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Pertaining to a repertory or repertoire, a stock of available things or a number of theatrical performances presented regularly or in sequence

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Repose

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The act or state of resting; peacefulness, tranquility; lying dead in a grave

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Reprobate

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Disreputable, unprincipled, or damned person; shameless, depraved

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Resurgent

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Having a revival, renewing, rising or surging again

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Revamp

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Renovate, redo, revise; a restructuring, upgrade, etc.

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Ribald

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Using or relating to obscene or vulgar humor

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Ridden

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Dominated or burdened by

38
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Rift

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A gap or fissure, a break in friendly relations

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Rococo

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Very elaborate and ornate; relating to a highly ornate style of art and architecture in 18th-century France

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Rue

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Regret, remorse; to feel regret or remorse

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Ruminate

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Turn over in the mind, reflect on chew cud

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Salient

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Obvious, standing out; projecting, protruding, jutting out

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Sardonic

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Scornfully or ironically mocking, cynically derisive

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Savant

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Learned person, scholar, someone admitted to membership in a scholarly field; a person with amazing mental abilities despite having a cognitive difference or disability

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Scintilla

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A tiny bit or trace

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Scurvy

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Contemptible, mean

47
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Searchingly

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In a searching or penetrating manner; while examining closely or probing for answers

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Secrete

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Produce and release a substance form a cell or gland of the body for a functional purpose

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Sedition

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Inciting rebellion against a government, esp. speech or writing that does this

50
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Semantic

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Relating to the different meanings of words or other symbols

51
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Seraphic

A

Like an angel; serene, spiritually carried off or transported

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Sinecure

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A job or position that pays while requiring little or no work

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