Core Vocab II: 51 - 100 Flashcards

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1
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Diminutive

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very small

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2
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Minutiae

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minor everyday details

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3
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Exhort

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to encourage, to urge

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4
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Antipathy

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strong dislike, ill will, enmity, rancorr

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5
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digress

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to depart from the subject

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6
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Polarize

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to create disunity, to create dissention

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nebulous

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vague, cloudy, misty

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Ephemeral, Evanescent

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brief, lasting for a short time

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predilection, propensity

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a liking or preference for something, an inclinaiton

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capricious, mercurial

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very changeable, volatile

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Boorish, uncouth, crass

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vulgar, characterized by crude behavior and deplorable manners, unrefined

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12
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inuendo

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a veiled reference

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13
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stymie

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to stop, to frustrate, to prevent

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adroit

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having great skill, dexterous

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admonish

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to earnestly caution

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16
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incontrovertible

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impossible to deny or disprove

17
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voracious, ravenous, rapacious

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having a huge apetite

18
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intrepid

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courageous, resolute

19
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itinerant

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migrating from place to place, not sedentary

20
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poignant

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moving, touching,

21
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impetus

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a stimulus or encouragement that results in increased activity

22
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bucolic, pastoral

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characteristic of a charming, unspoiled countryside, and simple rural life

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equanimity

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calmness, composure

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panache, verve, flamboyance, elan

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great vigor and energy, dash, especially in artistic performance

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fortuitous

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of accidental but fortunate occurrence, having unexpected good fortune

26
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amalgam

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a mixture, a blend of different elements

27
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intemperate

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lacking restraint

28
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laud, extol, tout

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to praise, appluad

29
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disparage

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to speak of in a disrespectful way, to belittle

30
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curtail

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to cut short

31
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innocuous

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harmless, unlikely to give offense

32
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diatribe, tirade, harangue

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a bitter abusive denunciation, a verbal attack