Day 4 Flashcards
1
Q
Define:
tacit
(TAS it)
A
adj. implied; not spoken
Mrs. Rodgers never formally asked us to murder her husband, but we truly believed that we were acting with her tacit consent.
2
Q
Define:
taciturn
(TAS i turn)
A
adj. untalkative by nature
The chairman was so taciturn that we often discovered that we had absolutely no idea what he was thinking.
3
Q
Define:
tangential
(tan JEN shul)
A
adj. only superficially related to the matter at hand; not especially relevant; peripheral
The vice president’s speech bore only a tangential relationship to the topic that had been announced.
4
Q
Define:
tangible
(TAN juh bul)
A
adj. touchable; palpable
A mountain of cigarette butts was the only tangible evidence that Luke had been in our house.
5
Q
Define:
tantamount
(TAN tuh mownt)
A
adj. equivalent to
Waving a banner for the visiting team at that football game would be tantamount to committing suicide; the home-team fans would tear you apart in a minute.
6
Q
Define:
tautological
(tawt uh LAH juh kul)
A
adj. redundant; circular
“When everyone has a camera, cameras will be universal” is a tautological statement, because “everyone having a camera” and “cameras being universal” mean the same thing.
7
Q
Define:
temerity
(tuh MER uh tee)
A
n. boldness; recklessness; audacity
Our waiter at the restaurant had the temerity to tell me he thought my table manners were atrocious.
8
Q
Define:
temperate
(TEM pur it)
A
adj. mild; moderate; restrained
Our climate is temperate during the spring and fall but nearly unbearable during the summer and winter.
9
Q
Define:
tenable
(TEN uh bul)
A
adj. defensible, as in one’s position in an argument; capable of being argued successfully; valid
Members of the Flat Earth Society continue to argue that the earth is flat, although even children dismiss their arguments as untenable.
10
Q
Define:
tenacious
(tuh NAY shus)
A
adj. persistent; stubborn; not letting go
The foreign student’s tenacious effort to learn English won him the admiration of all the teachers at our school.
11
Q
Define:
tenet
(TEN it)
A
n. a shared principle or belief
The tenets of his religion prohibited him from dancing and going to movies.
12
Q
Define:
tentative
(TEN tuh tiv)
A
adj. experimental; temporary; uncertain
George made a tentative effort to paint his house by himself; he slapped some paint on the front door and his clothes, tipped over the bucket, and called a professional.
13
Q
Define:
tenuous
(TEN yoo us)
A
adj. flimsy; extremely thin
The organization’s financial situation has always been tenuous; the balance of the checking account is usually close to zero.
14
Q
Define:
terse
(turs)
A
adj. using no unnecessary words; succinct
The new recording secretary’s minutes were so terse that they were occasionally cryptic.
15
Q
Define:
theology
(thee AHL uh jee)
A
n. the study of God or religion
Ralph was a paradox: He was an atheist, yet he passionately studied theology.
16
Q
Define:
tirade
(TYE rayd)
A
n. a prolonged, bitter speech
Preston launched into a tirade against imitation cheese on the school lunch menu.
17
Q
Define:
torpor
(TOR pur)
A
n. sluggishness; inactivity; apathy
After consuming the guinea pig, the boa constrictor fell into a state of contented torpor that lasted several days.
18
Q
Define:
touchstone
(TUCH stohn)
A
n. a standard; a test of authenticity or quality
The size of a student’s vocabulary is a useful touchstone for judging the quality of his or her education.
19
Q
Define:
tout
(towt)
A
v. to praise highly; to brag publicly about
Advertisements touted the chocolate-flavored toothpaste as getting rid of your sweet tooth while saving your teeth.
20
Q
Define:
transcend
(tran SEND)
A
v. to go beyond or above; to surpass
The man who claimed to have invented a perpetual motion machine believed that he had transcended the laws of physics.
21
Q
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. implied; not spoken
A
tacit
(TAS it)
22
Q
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. untalkative by nature
A
taciturn
(TAS i turn)
23
Q
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. only superficially related to the matter at hand; not especially relevant; peripheral
A
tangential
(tan JEN shul)
24
Q
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. touchable; palpable
A
tangible
(TAN juh bul)
25
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. equivalent to
**tantamount**
**(TAN tuh mownt)**
26
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. redundant; circular
**tautological**
**(tawt uh LAH juh kul)**
27
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. boldness; recklessness; audacity
**temerity**
**(tuh MER uh tee)**
28
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. mild; moderate; restrained
**temperate**
**(TEM pur it)**
29
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. defensible, as in one’s position in an argument; capable of being argued successfully; valid
**tenable**
**(TEN uh bul)**
30
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. persistent; stubborn; not letting go
**tenacious**
**(tuh NAY shus)**
31
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a shared principle or belief
**tenet**
**(TEN it)**
32
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. experimental; temporary; uncertain
**tentative**
**(TEN tuh tiv)**
33
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. flimsy; extremely thin
**tenuous**
**(TEN yoo us)**
34
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. using no unnecessary words; succinct
**terse**
**(turs)**
35
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. the study of God or religion
**theology**
**(thee AHL uh jee)**
36
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a prolonged, bitter speech
**tirade**
**(TYE rayd)**
37
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. sluggishness; inactivity; apathy
**torpor**
**(TOR pur)**
38
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a standard; a test of authenticity or quality
**touchstone**
**(TUCH stohn)**
39
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to praise highly; to brag publicly about
**tout**
**(towt)**
40
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to go beyond or above; to surpass
**transcend**
**(tran SEND)**
41
# Define:
**transgress**
**(trans GRES)**
v. to violate (a law); to sin
## Footnote
The other side had transgressed so many provisions of the treaty that we had no choice but to go to war.
42
# Define:
**transient**
**(TRAN shunt)**
adj. not staying for a long time; temporary
## Footnote
The transient breeze provided some relief from the summer heat, but we were soon perspiring again.
43
# Define:
**trepidation**
**(trep uh DAY shun)**
n. fear; apprehension; nervous trembling
## Footnote
The nursery school students were filled with trepidation when they saw the other children in their class dressed in their Halloween costumes.
44
# Define:
**turpitude**
**(TUR puh tood)**
n. shameful wickedness; depravity
## Footnote
Paul was sacked by his boss because of a flagrant act of turpitude: He was caught stealing office supplies.
45
# Define:
**ubiquitous**
**(yoo BIK wuh tus)**
adj. being everywhere at the same time
## Footnote
The new beer commercial was ubiquitous—it seemed to be on every television channel at once.
46
# Define:
**unconscionable**
**(un KAHN shuh nuh bul)**
adj. not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous
## Footnote
Leaving a small child unattended all day long is an unconscionable act.
47
# Define:
**unctuous**
**(UNGK choo us)**
adj. oily, both literally and figuratively; insincere
## Footnote
Salad oil is literally unctuous. A used-car salesman might be figuratively unctuous—that is, oily in the sense of being slick, sleazy, and insincere.
48
# Define:
**uniform**
**(YOO nuh form)**
adj. consistent; unchanging; the same for everyone
## Footnote
Traffic laws are similar from one state to the next, but they aren’t uniform; each state has its own variations.
49
# Define:
**unremitting**
**(un ri MIT ing)**
adj. unceasing; unabated; relentless
## Footnote
Superman waged an unremitting battle against evildoers everywhere.
50
# Define:
**unwitting**
**(un WIT ing)**
adj. unintentional; ignorant; not aware
When Leo agreed to hold open the door of the bank, he became an unwitting accomplice to the bank robbery.
51
# Define:
**urbane**
**(ur BAYN)**
adj. poised; sophisticated; refined
## Footnote
The British count was witty and urbane; all the hosts and hostesses wanted to have him at their parties.
52
# Define:
**usurp**
**(yoo SURP)**
v. to seize wrongfully
## Footnote
The children believed that their mother’s new boyfriend had usurped their father’s rightful place in their family.
53
# Define:
**utilitarian**
**(yoo til uh TAR ee un)**
adj. stressing usefulness or utility above all other qualities; pragmatic
## Footnote
Jason’s interior-decorating philosophy was strictly utilitarian; if an object wasn’t genuinely useful, he didn’t want it in his home.
54
# Define:
**utopia**
**(yoo TOH pee uh)**
n. an ideal society
## Footnote
A country where nobody had to work would be Quentin’s idea of utopia.
55
# Define:
**vacillate**
**(VAS uh layt)**
v. to be indecisive; to waver
## Footnote
We invited James to spend Thanksgiving with us, but he vacillated for so long that we finally became annoyed and disinvited him.
56
# Define:
**vapid**
**(VAP id)**
adj. without liveliness; dull; spiritless
## Footnote
The novelist’s prose was so vapid that Mary couldn’t get beyond the first page.
57
# Define:
**vehement**
**(VEE uh munt)**
adj. intense; forceful; violent
## Footnote
Shaking his fist and stomping his foot, Gerry was vehement in his denial.
58
# Define:
**venal**
**(VEEN ul)**
adj. capable of being bribed; willing to do anything for money; corrupt
## Footnote
The venal judge reversed his favorable ruling when the defendant refused to make good on his promised bribe.
59
# Define:
**venerate**
**(VEN uh rayt)**
v. to revere; to treat as something holy, especially because of great age
## Footnote
Lester venerated his grandfather; he worshiped the ground the old man limped on.
60
# Define:
**veracity**
**(vuh RAS uh tee)**
n. truthfulness
## Footnote
The veracity of young George Washington is apocryphal.
61
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to violate (a law); to sin
**transgress**
**(trans GRES)**
62
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. not staying for a long time; temporary
**transient**
**(TRAN shunt)**
63
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. fear; apprehension; nervous trembling
**trepidation**
**(trep uh DAY shun)**
64
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. shameful wickedness; depravity
**turpitude**
**(TUR puh tood)**
65
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. being everywhere at the same time
**ubiquitous**
**(yoo BIK wuh tus)**
66
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous
**unconscionable**
**(un KAHN shuh nuh bul)**
67
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. oily, both literally and figuratively; insincere
**unctuous**
**(UNGK choo us)**
68
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. consistent; unchanging; the same for everyone
**uniform**
**(YOO nuh form)**
69
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. unceasing; unabated; relentless
**unremitting**
**(un ri MIT ing)**
70
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. unintentional; ignorant; not aware
**unwitting**
**(un WIT ing)**
71
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. poised; sophisticated; refined
**urbane**
**(ur BAYN)**
72
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to seize wrongfully
**usurp**
**(yoo SURP)**
73
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. stressing usefulness or utility above all other qualities; pragmatic
**utilitarian**
**(yoo til uh TAR ee un)**
74
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. an ideal society
**utopia**
**(yoo TOH pee uh)**
75
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to be indecisive; to waver
**vacillate**
**(VAS uh layt)**
76
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. without liveliness; dull; spiritless
**vapid**
**(VAP id)**
77
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. intense; forceful; violent
**vehement**
**(VEE uh munt)**
78
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. capable of being bribed; willing to do anything for money; corrupt
**venal**
**(VEEN ul)**
79
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to revere; to treat as something holy, especially because of great age
**venerate**
**(VEN uh rayt)**
80
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. truthfulness
**veracity**
**(vuh RAS uh tee)**
81
# Define:
**verbose**
**(vur BOHS)**
adj. using too many words; not succinct; circumlocutory
## Footnote
Lee handed in a 178-word final assignment; no one ever accused him of verbosity (vur BAHS uh tee).
82
# Define:
**verisimilitude**
**(ver uh si MIL uh tood)**
n. similarity to reality; the appearance of truth; looking like the real thing
## Footnote
They used pine cones and old truck tires to make statues of Hollywood celebrities that were remarkable for their verisimilitude.
83
# Define:
**vernacular**
**(vur NAK yuh lur)**
n. everyday speech; slang; idiom
## Footnote
Our teacher said that we should save our vernacular for the street; in the classroom we should use proper grammar.
84
# Define:
**vestige**
**(VES tij)**
n. a remaining bit of something; a last trace
## Footnote
The unhappy young man found vestiges of his fiancée in the rubble, but the explosion had effectively ended their romance.
85
# Define:
**vex**
**(veks)**
v. to annoy; to pester; to confuse
## Footnote
Margaret vexed me by poking me with a long, sharp stick.
86
# Define:
**viable**
**(VYE uh bul)**
adj. capable of living; workable
## Footnote
When a doctor says that a patient is no longer viable, it’s time to begin planning a funeral.
87
# Define:
**vicarious**
**(vye KAR ee us)**
adj. experienced, performed, or suffered through someone else; living through the experiences of another as though they were one’s own experiences
## Footnote
We all felt a vicarious thrill when the mayor’s daughter won fourth prize in the regional kickboxing competition.
88
# Define:
**vicissitude**
**(vi SIS uh tood)**
n. upheaval; natural change; change in fortune
## Footnote
The vicissitudes of the stock market were too much for Karen; she decided to look for a job that would stay the same from one day to the next.
89
# Define:
**vilify**
**(VIL uh fye)**
v. to say vile things about; to defame
## Footnote
The teacher was reprimanded for vilifying the slow student in front of the rest of the class.
90
# Define:
**vindicate**
**(VIN duh kayt)**
v. to clear from all blame or suspicion; to justify
## Footnote
George, having been accused of stealing money from the cash register, was vindicated when the store manager counted the money again and found that none was missing after all.
91
# Define:
**vindictive**
**(vin DIK tiv)**
adj. seeking revenge
## Footnote
Jeremy apologized for denting the fender of my car, but I was feeling vindictive, so I filed a $30 million lawsuit against him.
92
# Define:
**virtuoso**
**(vur choo WOH soh)**
n. a masterful musician; a masterful practitioner in some other field
## Footnote
The concert audience fell silent when the virtuoso stepped for ward to play the sonata on his electric banjo.
93
# Define:
**virulent**
**(VIR uh lunt)**
adj. extremely poisonous; malignant; full of hate
## Footnote
The virulent disease quickly swept through the community, leaving many people dead and many more people extremely ill.
94
# Define:
**visionary**
**(VIZH uh ner ee)**
n. a dreamer; someone with impractical goals or ideas about the future
## Footnote
My uncle was a visionary, not a businessman; he spent too much time tinkering with his antigravity generator and not enough time working in his plumbing business.
95
# Define:
**vitiate**
**(VISH ee ayt)**
v. to make impure; to pollute
## Footnote
For years a zealous group of individuals has campaigned against the use of fluoride in water, claiming that it has vitiated our bodies as well as our morals.
96
# Define:
**vitriolic**
**(vi tree AHL ik)**
adj. caustic; full of bitterness
## Footnote
The review of the new book was so vitriolic that we all wondered whether the reviewer had some personal grudge against the author.
97
# Define:
**vocation**
**(voh KAY shun)**
n. an occupation; a job
## Footnote
If Stan could figure out how to make a vocation out of watching television and eating potato chips, he would be one of the most successful people in the world.
98
# Define:
**vociferous**
**(voh SIF ur us)**
adj. loud; noisy
## Footnote
Randy often becomes vociferous during arguments. He doesn’t know what he believes, but he states it loudly nevertheless.
99
# Define:
**volatile**
**(VAHL uh tul)**
adj. quick to evaporate; highly unstable; explosive
## Footnote
A volatile liquid is one that evaporates readily. Gasoline is a volatile liquid. It evaporates readily, and then the vapor poses a great danger of explosion.
100
# Define:
**volition**
**(voh LISH un)**
n. will; conscious choice
## Footnote
Insects, lacking volition, simply aren’t as interesting as humans are.
101
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. using too many words; not succinct; circumlocutory
**verbose**
**(vur BOHS)**
102
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. similarity to reality; the appearance of truth; looking like the real thing
**verisimilitude**
**(ver uh si MIL uh tood)**
103
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. everyday speech; slang; idiom
**vernacular**
**(vur NAK yuh lur)**
104
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a remaining bit of something; a last trace
**vestige**
**(VES tij)**
105
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to annoy; to pester; to confuse
**vex**
**(veks)**
106
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. capable of living; workable
**viable**
**(VYE uh bul)**
107
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. experienced, performed, or suffered through someone else; living through the experiences of another as though they were one’s own experiences
**vicarious**
**(vye KAR ee us)**
108
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. upheaval; natural change; change in fortune
**vicissitude**
**(vi SIS uh tood)**
109
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to say vile things about; to defame
**vilify**
**(VIL uh fye)**
110
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to clear from all blame or suspicion; to justify
**vindicate**
**(VIN duh kayt)**
111
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. seeking revenge
**vindictive**
**(vin DIK tiv)**
112
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a masterful musician; a masterful practitioner in some other field
**virtuoso**
**(vur choo WOH soh)**
113
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. extremely poisonous; malignant; full of hate
**virulent**
**(VIR uh lunt)**
114
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a dreamer; someone with impractical goals or ideas about the future
**visionary**
**(VIZH uh ner ee)**
115
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to make impure; to pollute
**vitiate**
**(VISH ee ayt)**
116
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. caustic; full of bitterness
**vitriolic**
**(vi tree AHL ik)**
117
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. an occupation; a job
**vocation**
**(voh KAY shun)**
118
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. loud; noisy
**vociferous**
**(voh SIF ur us)**
119
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. quick to evaporate; highly unstable; explosive
**volatile**
**(VAHL uh tul)**
120
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. will; conscious choice
**volition**
**(voh LISH un)**
121
# Define:
**wanton**
**(WAHN tun)**
adj. malicious; unjustifiable; unprovoked; egregious
## Footnote
Terrorists commit wanton acts on a helpless populace to make their point.
122
# Define:
**willful**
**(WIL ful)**
adj. deliberate; obstinate; insistent on having one’s way
## Footnote
The mother insisted that the killing committed by her son had not been willful, but the jury apparently believed that he had known what he was doing.
123
# Define:
**wistful**
**(WIST ful)**
adj. yearning; sadly longing
## Footnote
I felt wistful when I saw Steve’s fancy new car. I wished that I had enough money to buy one for myself.
124
# Define:
**zealous**
**(ZEL us)**
adj. enthusiastically devoted to something; fervent
## Footnote
The zealous young policeman made so many arrests that the city jail soon became overcrowded.
125
# Define:
**acrimonious**
**(ak ruh MOH nee us)**
adj. full of spite; bitter; nasty
## Footnote
George and Elizabeth’s discussion turned acrimonious when Elizabeth introduced the subject of George’s perennial, incorrigible stupidity.
126
# Define:
**acumen**
**(AK yoo mun)**
n. keenness of judgment; mental sharpness
## Footnote
A woman who knows how to turn one dollar into a million overnight might be said to have a lot of business acumen.
127
# Define:
**acute**
**(uh KYOOT)**
adj. sharp; shrewd
## Footnote
If your eyesight is acute, you can see things that other people can’t. You have visual acuity (uh KYOO uh tee). An acute mind is a quick, intelligent one. You have mental acuity. An acute pain is a sharp pain.
128
# Define:
**adamant**
**(AD uh munt)**
adj. stubborn; unyielding; completely inflexible
## Footnote
Candice was adamant: She would never go out with Paul again.
129
# Define:
**address**
**(uh DRES)**
v. to speak to; to direct one’s attention to
## Footnote
Ernie addressed the problem of addressing the convention by sit ting down and writing his speech.
130
# Define:
**adherent**
**(ad HEER unt)**
n. follower; supporter; believer
## Footnote
The king’s adherents threw a big birthday party for him, just to show how much they liked him.
131
# Define:
**admonish**
**(ad MAHN ish)**
v. to scold gently; to warn
## Footnote
The boys’ father admonished them not to eat the pie he had just baked. When they did so anyway, he admonished them.
132
# Define:
**adroit**
**(uh DROYT)**
adj. skillful; dexterous; clever; shrewd; socially at ease
## Footnote
Julio was an adroit salesperson: His highly skilled pitch, backed up by extensive product knowledge, nearly always resulted in a sale.
133
# Define:
**adulation**
**(aj uh LAY shun)**
n. wild or excessive admiration; flattery
## Footnote
The boss thrived on the adulation of his scheming secretary.
134
# Define:
**adulterate**
**(uh DUL tuh rayt)**
v. to contaminate; to make impure
## Footnote
We discovered that our orange juice had radioactive waste in it; we discovered, in other words, that it had been adulterated.
135
# Define:
**adverse**
**(ad VURS)**
adj. unfavorable; antagonistic
## Footnote
We had to play our soccer match under adverse conditions: It was snowing and only three members of our team had bothered to show up.
136
# Define:
**aesthetic**
**(es THET ik)**
adj. having to do with artistic beauty; artistic
## Footnote
Our art professor had a highly developed aesthetic sense; he found things to admire in paintings that, to us, looked like garbage.
137
# Define:
**affable**
**(AF uh bul)**
adj. easy to talk to; friendly
## Footnote
Susan was an affable girl; she could strike up a pleasant conversation with almost anyone.
138
# Define:
**affectation**
**(af ek TAY shun)**
n. unnatural or artificial behavior, usually intended to impress
## Footnote
Becky’s English accent is an affectation. She spent only a week in England, and that was several years ago.
139
# Define:
**affinity**
**(uh FIN uh tee)**
n. sympathy; attraction; kinship; similarity
## Footnote
Ducks have an affinity for water; that is, they like to be in it.
140
# Define:
**affluent**
**(AF loo unt)**
adj. rich; prosperous
## Footnote
A person can be affluent; all it takes is money. A country can be affluent, too, if it’s full of affluent people.
141
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. malicious; unjustifiable; unprovoked; egregious
**wanton**
**(WAHN tun)**
142
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. deliberate; obstinate; insistent on having one’s way
**willful**
**(WIL ful)**
143
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. yearning; sadly longing
**wistful**
**(WIST ful)**
144
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. enthusiastically devoted to something; fervent
**zealous**
**(ZEL us)**
145
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. full of spite; bitter; nasty
**acrimonious**
**(ak ruh MOH nee us)**
146
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. keenness of judgment; mental sharpness
**acumen**
**(AK yoo mun)**
147
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. sharp; shrewd
**acute**
**(uh KYOOT)**
148
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. stubborn; unyielding; completely inflexible
**adamant**
**(AD uh munt)**
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to speak to; to direct one’s attention to
**address**
**(uh DRES)**
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. follower; supporter; believer
**adherent**
**(ad HEER unt)**
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to scold gently; to warn
**admonish**
**(ad MAHN ish)**
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. skillful; dexterous; clever; shrewd; socially at ease
**adroit**
**(uh DROYT)**
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. wild or excessive admiration; flattery
**adulation**
**(aj uh LAY shun)**
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to contaminate; to make impure
**adulterate**
**(uh DUL tuh rayt)**
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. unfavorable; antagonistic
**adverse**
**(ad VURS)**
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. having to do with artistic beauty; artistic
**aesthetic**
**(es THET ik)**
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. easy to talk to; friendly
**affable**
**(AF uh bul)**
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. unnatural or artificial behavior, usually intended to impress
**affectation**
**(af ek TAY shun)**
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. sympathy; attraction; kinship; similarity
**affinity**
**(uh FIN uh tee)**
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. rich; prosperous
**affluent**
**(AF loo unt)**
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# Define:
**agenda**
**(uh JEN duh)**
n. program; the things to be done
## Footnote
What’s on the agenda for the board meeting? A little gossip, then lunch.
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# Define:
**aggregate**
**(AG ruh gut)**
n. sum total; a collection of separate things mixed together
## Footnote
Chili is an aggregate of meat and beans.
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# Define:
**agnostic**
**(ag NAHS tik)**
n. one who believes that the existence of a god can be neither proven nor disproven
## Footnote
An atheist himself, Jon concluded from Jorge’s spiritual skepticism that they shared similar beliefs. In fact, Jorge’s reluctance to affirm or discredit a god’s existence reflects his agnosticism.
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# Define:
**agrarian**
**(uh GRAR ee un)**
adj. relating to land; relating to the management or farming of land
## Footnote
Politics in this country often pit the rural, agrarian interests against the urban interests.
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# Define:
**alacrity**
**(uh LAK ri tee)**
n. cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond
## Footnote
David could hardly wait for his parents to leave; he carried their luggage out to the car with great alacrity.
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# Define:
**allege**
**(uh LEJ)**
v. to assert without proof
## Footnote
If I say, “Cedrick alleges that I stole his hat,” I am saying two things: 1. Cedrick says I stole his hat. 2. I say I didn’t do it.
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# Define:
**alleviate**
**(uh LEE vee ayt)**
v. to relieve, usually temporarily or incompletely; to make bearable; to lessen
## Footnote
Visiting the charming pet cemetery alleviated the woman’s grief over the death of her canary.
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# Define:
**allocate**
**(AL uh kayt)**
v. to distribute; to assign; to allot
## Footnote
The long car trip had been a big failure, and David, Aaliyah, and Jan spent several hours attempting to allocate the blame. In the end, they decided it had all been Jan’s fault.
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# Define:
**alloy**
**(AL oy)**
n. a combination of two or more things, usually metals
## Footnote
Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc. That is, you make brass by combining copper and zinc.
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# Define:
**allusion**
**(uh LOO zhun)**
n. an indirect reference (often to a literary work); a hint
## Footnote
When Ralph said, “I sometimes wonder whether to be or not to be,” he was alluding to a famous line in Hamlet. If Ralph had said, “As Hamlet said, ‘To be or not to be, that is the question,’” his statement would have been a direct reference, not an allusion.
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# Define:
**aloof**
**(uh LOOF)**
adj. uninvolved; standing off; keeping one’s distance
## Footnote
Al, on the roof, felt very aloof.
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# Define:
**altruism**
**(AL troo iz um)**
n. selflessness; generosity; devotion to the interests of others
## Footnote
The private foundation depended on the altruism of the extremely rich old man. When he decided to start spending his money on his new twenty-year-old girlfriend, the foundation went out of business.
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# Define:
**ambience**
**(AM bee uns)**
n. atmosphere; mood; feeling
## Footnote
By decorating their house with plastic beach balls and Popsicle sticks, the Cramers created a playful ambience that delighted young children.
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# Define:
**ambiguous**
**(am BIG yoo us)**
adj. unclear in meaning; confusing; capable of being interpreted in different ways
## Footnote
We listened to the weather report, but the forecast was ambiguous; we couldn’t tell whether the day was going to be rainy or sunny.
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# Define:
**ambivalent**
**(am BIV uh lunt)**
adj. undecided; having opposed feelings simultaneously
## Footnote
Susan felt ambivalent about George as a boyfriend. Her frequent desire to break up with him reflected this ambivalence.
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# Define:
**ameliorate**
**(uh MEEL yuh rayt)**
v. to make better or more tolerable
## Footnote
The mood of the prisoners was ameliorated when the warden gave them color television sets and keys to their cells.
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# Define:
**amenable**
**(uh MEE nuh bul)**
adj. obedient; willing to give in to the wishes of another; agreeable
## Footnote
I suggested that Bert pay for my lunch as well as for his own; to my surprise, he was amenable.
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# Define:
**amenity**
**(uh MEN i tee)**
n. pleasantness; attractive or comfortable feature
## Footnote
The amenities at the local club include a swimming pool, a golf course, and a fallout shelter.
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# Define:
**amiable**
**(AY mee uh bul)**
adj. friendly; agreeable
## Footnote
Our amiable guide made us feel right at home in what would otherwise have been a cold and forbidding museum.
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# Define:
**amnesty**
**(AM nuh stee)**
n. an official pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy
## Footnote
An amnesty is an official forgetting. When a state government declares a tax amnesty, it is saying that if people pay the taxes they owe, the government will officially “forget” that they broke the law by not paying them in the first place.
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. program; the things to be done
**agenda**
**(uh JEN duh)**
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. sum total; a collection of separate things mixed together
**aggregate**
**(AG ruh gut)**
183
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. one who believes that the existence of a god can be neither proven nor disproven
**agnostic**
**(ag NAHS tik)**
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. relating to land; relating to the man agement or farming of land
**agrarian**
**(uh GRAR ee un)**
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond
**alacrity**
**(uh LAK ri tee)**
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to assert without proof
**allege**
**(uh LEJ)**
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to relieve, usually temporarily or incompletely; to make bearable; to lessen
**alleviate**
**(uh LEE vee ayt)**
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to distribute; to assign; to allot
**allocate**
**(AL uh kayt)**
189
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a combination of two or more things, usually metals
**alloy**
**(AL oy)**
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. an indirect reference (often to a literary work); a hint
**allusion**
**(uh LOO zhun)**
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. uninvolved; standing off; keeping one’s distance
**aloof**
**(uh LOOF)**
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. selflessness; generosity; devotion to the interests of others
**altruism**
**(AL troo iz um)**
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. atmosphere; mood; feeling
**ambience**
**(AM bee uns)**
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. unclear in meaning; confusing; capable of being interpreted in different ways
**ambiguous**
**(am BIG yoo us)**
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. undecided; having opposed feelings simultaneously
**ambivalent**
**(am BIV uh lunt)**
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to make better or more tolerable
**ameliorate**
**(uh MEEL yuh rayt)**
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. obedient; willing to give in to the wishes of another; agreeable
**amenable**
**(uh MEE nuh bul)**
198
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. pleasantness; attractive or comfortable feature
**amenity**
**(uh MEN i tee)**
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. friendly; agreeable
**amiable**
**(AY mee uh bul)**
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. an official pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy
**amnesty**
**(AM nuh stee)**
