Chap1. List 3-4 Flashcards
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alliteration
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repetition of the same letter or sound
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annuity
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payment given out regularly over a defined period
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assimilate
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comprehend
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assuage
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to lessen; calm; satisfy
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auspicious
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pointing to a brighter future
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avalanche
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snowslide; sudden, overwhelming development
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bawl
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shout or call; cry loudly
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cardinal
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greatest importance; bright red color
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chimera
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delusion; hybrid
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collateral
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security promised to pay back a loan; related
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corpulent
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large in body
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cynicism
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mistrust; suspicion
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diffident
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shy; lacking confidence
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dilate
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enlarge; develop
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educe
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develop or draw out; extract from data, information
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divination
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predicting the future; exceptionally good insight
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effulgent
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shining brilliantly
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epitome
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exemplar
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expound
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present something point by point
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hegemony
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domination
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histrionic
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exaggerated
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incinerate
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burn down
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irascible
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quick-tempered
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jurisprudence
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theory of law; legal system
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kudos
cheers
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lexicon
dictionary of a language
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lucrative
making money
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maleficent
harmful
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matron
woman in charge of an establishment
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maven
expert
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mawkish
exaggeratedly or falsely emotional; unpleasant flavor or taste
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mercantile
commercial, business
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misgiving
distrust
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necropolis
burial ground
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neotype
new convert to particular subject; beginner
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ordain
to make someone a priest or minister; issue an order or command officially
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palpable
able to be felt
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platform
stage
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polyglot
knowing various languages
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proliferation
rapid increase in number; prosperity
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rapt
completely fascinated or absorbed with intense joy
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redress
correct, fix
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retrench
reduce in quality or extent; remove
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seminal
relating to seed, semen or reproduction; influencing or contributing to later development
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somnolent
sleepy
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sprightly
active; energetic
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sublimate
divert an expression into something that is more socially acceptable; change into gas state
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temperance
drinking no alcohol; self-restraint
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truncate
shorten by cutting off
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wrought
beaten into shape
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aboriginal
native
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acquiesce
to accept by silence or not deciding to object
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adamant
unwilling to be persuaded
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ambulatory
able to walk; not fixed or stationary
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antilogy
contrast; opposition
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aphorism
short saying that holds wise truth
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appropriation
act of taking something without having the right; fund
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askance
with mistrust
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beau
male lover of a women
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bedeck
decorate
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beneficiary
a person who is receiving help
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blatant
noisy in an offensive manner; shamelessly obvious
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colossus
anything with great size or influence
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commingle
mix or combine
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deity
god
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dejected
sad or low in spirit
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desultory
having no purpose; not connected to main idea
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deviate
move away from a set course
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dragnet
network made to capture suspects; 통발
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embroider
decorate with color; exaggerate story
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genealogy
lineage
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guise
false appearance; style or form of dress (분장)
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hunker
crouch down low; settle or dig in to take defensive position
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impregnable
too strong to be forcefully break
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incarcerate
to put in jail
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innate
inborn
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insular
narrow-minded; isolated
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joust
fight to obtain supremacy
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justification
denfense
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louse
벼룩, 이, 빈대
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lynch
murder by mob action
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magnate
powerful person
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matriarch
queen; female ruler
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maverick
free spirit
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motley
made up with varied element; varity of color; jester or fool
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Occident
western world
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ogre
monster
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ordeal
painful experience; primitive trial to determine guilt or innocence that incorporates hard experience
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ostracize
banish from society
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papal
having to do with roman catholic
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pessimism
negativity
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plenary
complete; full; absolute
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potentate
monarch, ruler
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preferment
promotion; rise
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presentiment
feeling that something undesirable will take place
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presumptuous
overly confident
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prognosis
predicting likelihood of the course of disease (진료)
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prognosticate
predict
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turgid
complicated to understand
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vivacious
high energy
