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Day 3 Flashcards

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obnoxious

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extremely unpleasant.

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horrified

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extremely shocked

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rubberneck

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  • turn one’s head to stare at something in a foolish manner.
  • a person who rubbernecks.
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rancid

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  • highly unpleasant

syn: repugnant.

  • smelling or tasting unpleasant as a result of being old and stale.

Syn: rank, putrid

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Panglossian

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  • overly optimistic
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prattle

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  • talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way

“she began to prattle on about her visit to the dentist”
Similar: babble, blather, gabble, jabber

  • foolish or inconsequential talk
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reprobate

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  • (adj) unprincipled.
    “reprobate behaviour”
  • (noun) an unprincipled person.

Syn: rogue, rascal, scoundrel, rake

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bungle

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  • (verb) carry out (a task) clumsily or incompetently.
    “he bungled his first attempt to manage a group of professional players”
    Syn: botch, muff, fluff
  • (noun) a task carried out in a clumsy or incompetent way.
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ennui

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  • a feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement
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nihilistic

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rejecting all religious and moral principles in the belief that life is meaningless.
“an embittered, nihilistic teenager”

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rogue

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  • a dishonest or unprincipled person
  • a person or thing that behaves in an aberrant or unpredictable way, typically with damaging or dangerous effects.
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salutary

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producing good effects; beneficial

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balk

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  • hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking
    syn: demur from
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vacillate

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waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive

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milieu

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thephysicalorsocialsettinginwhichpeopleliveor inwhichsomethinghappens or develops

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zany

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  • very strange and silly

syn: absurd, asinine, ludicrous

17
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fawning

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displaying exaggerated flattery or affection

syn: obsequious

18
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solipsistic

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very self-centred or selfish
eg. their solipsistic belief that only their cares are the ones of any importance

19
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ineffable

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too great, beautiful or powerful to be described or expressed

syn: indescribable, unspeakable

20
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plumb

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  • (verb) to examine minutely or critically
  • (adv) in a direct manner; exactly
    “trading opportunities plumb in the centre of central Europe
  • (adv) without interval of time; immediately
21
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interiority

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  • inner life, quality, character, or substance
22
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byzantine

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  • complicated and difficult to understand
    syn: involved
  • of a devious or stealthy procedure
    syn: surreptitious, underhand
23
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irascible

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easily provoked to anger
syn: irritable, touchy, dyspeptic

24
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oblique

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  • expressed or done in an indirect way
25
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demonstrative

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  • freely and openly showing emotion or feelings
  • serving as conclusive evidence of something.
    “demonstrative evidence”
26
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eviscerate

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  • deprive (something) of its essential content or force
  • To destroy or make ineffectual or meaningless.
27
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visceral

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relating to deep inward feelings rather than to the intellect.

28
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pat

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  • said or done without any real thought or effort to be truthful or original

syn: superficial, cursory, glib

  • simple and somewhat unconvincing; suspiciously appropriate.

Syn: contrived

  • exactly suited to the purpose or occasion

syn: apt or opportune

29
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emend

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to correct

30
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mordant

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harshly critical, especially in a funny way

31
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smolder

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  • to feel a strong emotion but keep hidden

“Anna smouldered with indignation”
Syn: seethe, simmer

  • exist in a suppressed or concealed state.

“the controversy smouldered on for several years”

32
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highfalutin

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pompous or pretentious

syn: affected

33
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ebb

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to gradually decrease or worsen

34
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ingenious

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clever, original, and inventive

35
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feverish

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marked by frenetic excitement or energy.

36
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staid

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  • boring, dull, unadventurous
  • sedate; not impulsive
37
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foil

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  • (verb) prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding
  • (noun) a person or thing that contrasts another

Miscellaneous Vocab (5 decks)

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