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Day 21 Flashcards

1
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fortitude

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strength of character or mind

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ossified

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become fixed and rigid

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requisition

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a request for supplies (for official purposes)

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invoke

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to call upon a greater power
to summon

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dereliction

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neglect of duty; abandonment

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billow

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to swell out

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marred *

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spoiled, ruined

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caveat

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warning or explanation

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nugatory

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worthless, futile

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faux

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fake

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anticlimax

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letdown in thought or emotion

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12
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deliberate

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consider, ponder

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13
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fritter

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waste (time or money on unimportant things

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carnal

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fleshly, sensual, concerning the desires of the body

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15
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bugaboo

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bugbear, object of baseless terror

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perplexing

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puzzling

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17
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phonetics

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study of sounds of words

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18
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epaulet

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ornament worn on the shoulder (of a uniform)

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19
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paroxysm

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sudden outburst

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20
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civilization

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cultural development of mankind

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21
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kinesthetic

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relating to motion

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22
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uproarious

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marked by commotion or uproar, very noisy

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23
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modicum

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a small part

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24
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reproach

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scold, disapprove

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25
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insidious

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treacherous, stealthy, sly, working or spreading harmfully in a stealthy manner

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26
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edify *

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to inform

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27
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corpulent

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very fat

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28
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discerning *

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having good judgement

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29
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recluse *

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hermit, loner; 독고…?

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30
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carcinogenic

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causing cancer

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31
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cathartic

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purgative, medicine that causes the bowels to empty

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32
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pliant

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malleable, flexible, easily influenced

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33
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matrimony

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marriage

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34
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perusal

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careful reading

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35
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poised

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calm, self-controlled

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36
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lionize

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to glorify, to treat like a hero or celebrity

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37
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incorporeal

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without a material body

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38
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hypersensitive

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overly sensitive or weak to something

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39
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luminescence

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brightness

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40
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medium

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element that is a creature’s natural environment

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gustatory

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affecting or relating to the sense of taste

42
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interior

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the inside

43
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retort

A

quick sharp reply

44
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dutiful

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obedient

45
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corroborating

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giving supporting evidence

46
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cosmic

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relating to the universe

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vertiginous

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suffering from dizziness

48
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transience

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temporary, short-lived nature

49
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perversion

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corruption of what was first intended; turning from right to wrong

50
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voc/vok

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to call, voice

51
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cloister

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monastery or convent; 수도원

52
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bedizen

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dress with vulgar finery

53
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flick

A

light stroke as with a whip
(v.) move with a light quick blow

54
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vertigo

A

feeling of dizziness

55
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deconstruct

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analyze, take apart

56
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unseemly

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unbecoming, not proper in behavior, indecent

57
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kaleidoscope

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a toy which creates symmetrical shapes
a complex or shifting pattern

58
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frugal

A

living economically, without wasting resources

59
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mobile

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movable, not fixed

60
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telescope

A

an instrument which allows you to see far away things

61
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implacable

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cannot be appeased, relentless

62
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cession

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yielding to another, ceding (to give up (power or territory)

63
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converge *

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approach, tend to meet, come together

64
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unerringly

A

infallibly, making no mistakes

65
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hydraulics

A

use of water to create energy

66
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notorious

A

infamous, having a bad reputation

67
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finicky

A

too particular, fussy, difficult to please, too concerned with unimportant details
까다로운, 몹시 신경쓰는

68
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pariah *

A

outcast 추방된 사람

69
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subsist

A

survive

70
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canard

A

lie, fib

71
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disquisition

A

formal systematic inquiry, explanation of the results of a formal inquiry; 논문

72
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antidote *

A

cure for a poison

73
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incompatible

A

not able to be used, likely to be rejected

74
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oblique

A

indirect, evasive (avoiding)

75
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advent

A

arrival

76
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contort

A

to twist out of shape

77
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natation

A

swimming

78
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mode

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prevailing style, current fashion, manner, way of doing something

79
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interim

A

meantime

80
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shard

A

small piece

81
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oblivious

A

unaware

82
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unbearable

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intolerable, difficult to stand

83
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sublimate

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refine, purify, replace natural urges with socially acceptable activities; 승화시키다

84
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grandiose

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grand, slendid

85
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reassure

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to give confidence, to relieve of doubt

86
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rampart

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bulwark, fortification or defense

87
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hostility

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unfriendliness, hatred, enmity

88
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paradox

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statement that looks false but is actually correct

89
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practical

A

based on experience

90
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statecraft

A

art of governing

91
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ostracize

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tannish from a group

92
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embellish *

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to decorate
to exaggerate

93
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temperance

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self-control

94
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redondant *

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unnecessary

95
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bent

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determined

96
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agglomerate

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to pile together, to collect

97
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craftiness

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slyness, trickiness

98
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blithe

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carefree, thoughtless

99
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erode

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eat away, wear away gradually by abrasion

100
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subpoena

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writ (written command issued by a court) summoning a witness to appear in court

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