Boot Camp Set 4 Flashcards

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myriad

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n. an indefinitely large number

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feat

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n. an act or accomplishment showing skill

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amiable

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adj. friendly and agreeable; sociable

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bizarre

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adj. very odd in manner; grotesque; strange

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emaciated

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adj. made thin unnaturally; abnormally thin due to starvation
n. emaciation

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feign

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v. to pretend; to fake

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extraneous

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adj. not an essential part of; unimportant

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genesis

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n. birth; beginning; origin

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harass

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v. to bother; torment

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voluble

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adj. talkative

n. volubility

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parochial

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adj. restricted; limited; narrow; local

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culminate

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v. to reach the highest point

n. culmination

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determinate

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adj. having exact limits; final; firm in purpose

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lugubrious

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adj. sad or mournful, esp. in a way that seems exaggerated or ridiculous

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conception

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n. formation of an idea in the mind; the start of pregnancy

v. conceive

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sloth

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n. laziness

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martinet

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n. one who is strict in discipline and enjoys authority too much

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fallible

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adj. capable or error

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blunder

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v. to move carelessly

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malleable

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adj. able to be pounded; capable of being molded; adaptable

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obstreperous

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adj. noisily and stubbornly defiant

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deflect

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v. to bend or turn away

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apt

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adj. appropriate; having a natural tendency

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exacerbate

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v. to make more violent, bitter, or severe

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venerable
adj. worthy of honor and respect by reason of dignity, age, etc.
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breach
n. some sort of violation; a gap
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petulant
adj. impatient of irritable, esp. over a minor annoyance | n. petulance
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pedantic
adj. putting unnecessary stress on minor or purely academic knowledge n. pedant
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ritual
n. a ceremonial act; a customary procedure
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anecdote
n. a brief story, often humorous | adj. anecdotal
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fauna
n. animals as a group, esp. of a specified region or time
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solemn
adj. serious; grave | n. solemnity
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undermine
v. to weaken
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nebulous
adj. unclear; vague
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concur
v. to agree
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maxim
n. a short saying expressing a general principle
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legible
adj. capable of being read or deciphered
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mammoth
adj. very large; of clumsy or unwieldy size
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baroque
adj. fantastically over-decorated; gaudily ornate
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sanguine
adj. optimistic, cheerful
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degenerate
v. to decline to an inferior state, often in mental or moral quality
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imperative
adj. urgently necessary; impossible to deter or evade
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intrepid
adj. bold; fearless
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pious
adj. exhibiting reverence and religious observation | adj. piety
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metamorphosis
n. a transformation, as by magic; a marked change in appearance or function v. metamorphose
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melancholy
adj. sad, esp. a lingering or habitual state of mind; n. persistent sadness
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pedestrian
adj. done on foot; ordinary; commonplace
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decree
v. to order with the force of law; n. an official order
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specious
adj. seeming to be truthful on the surface, but actually false
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apex
n. the highest point