Day 4 Flashcards
1
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intelligentsia
A
members of the educated elite [used derogatorily]
2
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interdict
A
prohibit or forbid
3
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interminable
A
endless
4
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internecine
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mutually destructive
5
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intimate
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hint
6
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intractable
A
unruly or stubborn
7
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intransigence
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stubbornness
8
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inured
A
accustomed or hardened
9
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invective
A
abuse
10
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inveigh
A
denounce
utter censure or invective
11
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inveigle
A
lead astray
12
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inveterate
A
deep-rooted or habitual
13
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invidious
A
designed to create ill will or envy
14
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inviolable
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secure from corruption, attack, or violation
15
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invulnerable
A
incapable of injury
16
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irretrievable
A
impossible to recover or regain; ireparable
17
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jaundiced
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prejudiced
18
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laconic
A
brief and to the point
19
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jocular
A
said or done in jest
20
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juncture
A
crisis or tunring point
21
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ken
A
range of knowledge
22
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knotty
A
intricate or difficult
23
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lachrymose
A
producing tears
24
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lackadaisical
A
lacking purpose or zest
25
laggard
slow or sluggish
26
lambaste
beat
thrash verbally or physically
27
lampoon
ridicule
28
languid
weary or sluggish
29
larceny
theft
30
largess
generous gift
31
lassitude
languor or weariness
32
levity
lack of seriousness or steadiness
33
limn
draw, outline, describe
34
lionize
treat as a celebrity
35
liquidate
to settle accounts or clear up
36
lucre
money
37
lugubrious
mournful
38
Machiavellian
crafty or double-dealing
39
magnanimity
generosity
40
magniloquent
boastful or pompous
41
maladroit
clumsy or bungling
42
malfeasance
wrongdoing
43
malingerer
one who feigns illness to escape duty
44
martinet
strict disciplinarian
45
matrix
point of origin
46
maudlin
effusively sentimental
47
maverick
rebel or nonconformist
48
mealymouthed
indirect in speech or hypocritical
49
megalomania
mania for doing grandiose things
50
mendacious
habitually dishonest
51
mercurial
capricious, fickle, changing
52
mete
measure or distribute
53
meteoric
swift or momentarily brilliant
54
milieu
environment, means of expression
55
militate
to work against
56
minatory
menacing or threatening
57
misanthrope
one who hates mankind
58
modicum
limited quantity
59
monolithic
solidly uniform
60
moratorium
legal delay of payment
61
mores
conventions, moral standards, customs
62
mote
small speck
63
mulct
defraud a person of something
64
multifarious
varied or greatly diversified
65
munificient
very generous
66
nadir
lowest point
67
nascent
incipient, coming into being
68
nologism
new or newly coined word or phrase
69
neophyte
recent convert or beginner
70
nettle
annoy or vex
71
nihilist
one who considers traditional beliefs to be groundless and existence meaningless
72
noisome
foul-smelling or unwholesome
73
nondescript
undistinctive or ordinary
74
nonplus
bring to a halt by confusion
75
obdurate
stubborn
76
obfuscate
confuse or muddle
77
oblique
indirect or slanting
78
obsequious
slavishly attentive
79
obsteperous
boisterous
80
obviate
to make unnecessary or get rid of
81
odium
detestation or hatefulness
82
officious
meddlesome, excessively pushy in offering services
83
onerous
burdensome
84
opprobrium
infamy or vilification
85
oracular
prophetic, uttered as if with divine authority
mysterious or ambiguous
86
ostensible
apparent, professed, pretended
87
overweening
presumptuous or arrogant
88
palatial
magnificent
89
palliate
to ease pain
90
paltry
insignificant or petty
91
panache
flair or flamboyance
92
panegyric
formal praaise
93
paragon
model of percetion
94
parity
equality, close resemblance
95
parochial
narrow in outlook; provincial
96
paroxysm
fit or attack of pain, laughter, rage
97
parsimony
stinginess
98
partisan
one-sided, prejudiced
99
pastiche
imitation of another's style in musical composition or in writing
100
paucity
scarcity
101
peccadillo
slight offense
102
pecuniary
pertaining to money
103
pedestrian
ordinary, unimaginative
104
pejorative
negative in connotation
105
itinerant
moving from place to place
