Bonus Terms 1 Flashcards

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Alloy

A

To commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior; unalloyed = pure

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Appropriate

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To take for one’s own use; to confiscate

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Arrest; arresting

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To suspend; to engage; holding one’s attention; as in an arresting portrait

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August

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Majestic, venerable

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Bent

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Leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency

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Broach

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To bring up; to announce; to begin to talk about

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Brook

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To tolerate; to endure; to countenance

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Cardinal

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Major, as in cardinal sin

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Chauvinist

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A blindly devoted patriot (among other meanings)

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Color (v)

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To change as if by dyeing, or affect

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Consequential

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Pompous, self important

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Damp

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To diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound

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Die

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A tool use for shaping, as in a tool and die shop

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Essay

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To test or try; to attempt; to experiment

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Exact

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To demand; to call for; to require; to take

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Fell

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To cause to fall by striking

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Fell (adj.)

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Inhumanely cruel (fell dragon)

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Flag

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To sag or droop; to become spiritless; to decline

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Flip (adj.)

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Sarcastic, impertinent, as in flippant

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Ford

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To wade across the shallow part of a river or stream

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Grouse

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To complain or grumble

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Guy (n/v)

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A rope, cord, or cable attached to something as a brace or guide; to steady or reinforce using a guy (think guide)

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Intimate (v)

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To imply, suggest, or insinuate

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List

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To tilt or lean to one side (e.g. listless)

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Lumber

A

To move heavily and clumsily

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Meet (adj.)

A

Fitting, proper

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Milk (v)

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To exploit, to squeeze every last ounce of

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Mince (v)

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To pronounce or peak affectedly; to euphemize; to speak too carefully; to take tiny steps

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Nice

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Exacting, fastidious, extremely precise

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Occult

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Hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension

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Pedestrian

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Commonplace, trite, unremarkable, quotidian

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Pied

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Multicolored, usually in blotches

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Pine

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To lose vigor, as through grief, to yearn

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Plastic (adj)

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Moldable, pliable, not rigid

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Pluck

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Courage, spunk, fortitude

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Prize (v)

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To pry, to press or force with a lever; something taken by force, spoils

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Rail

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To complain about bitterly

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Rent (v/n)

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Torn (past tense of “rend”); an opening or tear cause by such

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Quail

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To lose courage; to turn frightened

40
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Qualify

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To limit

41
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Sap

A

To enervate or weaken the vitality of

42
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Sap (n)

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A fool or nitwit

43
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Scurvy

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Contemptible, despicable

44
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Singular

A

Exceptional, unusual, odd

45
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Stand

A

A group of trees

46
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Steep

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To saturate or completely soak, as in tea

47
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Strut

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The supporting structural cross-part of a wing

48
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Table

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To remove from consideration (eg politics)

49
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Tender

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To proffer or offer

50
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Waffle

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To equivocate, to change one’s position