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Deck 1 - Every Day Flashcards

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Prattle

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To babble or chatter idly or foolishly

Babies and noor prattle a lot

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Spendthrift

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One who spends wastefully or unwisely

(Emphasis on spends - since spend and thrift are opposites)

Nope spendthrifts unwisely on clothes and jewelry

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Apprise

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To inform, tell, or give notice to

Weather man apprises his viewers about the weather for them to know what to wear

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Protean

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Able to assume many forms or meanings

Protein is protean (comes in lots of forms - beans, eggs, etc.)

Actors are also protean (they can be superhero’s, act in drama, act as many different things)

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Sybaritic

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Fond of luxury or pleasure, self-indulgent

Many celebrities’ lifestyles are very sybaritic; I might have a sybaritic day (bubble bath, get pizza, ice cream, adale3 nafsy)

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Hackneyed

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Unoriginal, overused

If a comedic goes on stage and just says chicken and knock-knock jokes, he’s hackneyed (think of hacked not good)

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Sequester

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Isolate or seclude

Big courtcase where there’s a lot of attention, the jury gets sequestered so they are put in a hotel and can’t to talk anyone about the case so they are isolated

Secluded - sequestered mnemonic

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Innocuous

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Harmless

(Innoc of innocuous comes from innocent)

Used to clarify that something may be bad is actually fine - ex: ask friend do you want mint, friend says: are you saying my breath is bad? Me: no I just have some mints, so my initial comment was innocuous, harmless

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Static

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Stationary, not changing

A picture is static (not moving)

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Pariah

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An outcast

Someone is pariah if it’s perceived something is wrong with them or did something bad so they are rejected from society

Example: Dumbo has big ears so he’s considered weird so he’s an outcast; Pariah in office: someone whose loud, makes a lot of noise in office,

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Bellicose

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Aggressive, willing to fight

Example: dude in the bar has too many and wants to fight

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Enigma

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A mystery

Example: an enigma Sherlock Holmes would investigate, a dead body

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Obstreperous

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Noisy and difficult to control

Example: in concerts people are obstreperous (but happy)

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Gadfly

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(n) a biting fly; a person who deliberately irritates or provokes

Example: that person in a party with the unpopular opinion whose a gadfly everyone gets annoyed at

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Carp

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(n) constantly complain or find fault

Example: think of a carp fish just complaining about the slow snails and other fish around him..the carp is carping 🐟🐠

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Deign

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To do something one considers beneath oneself

Example: deign rhymes with reign, imagine a reigning king who makes people wash his feet, feed him salad, etc. do things beneath them

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Baleful

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(adj.) Intending harm

Example: if I’m in a car talking on the phone and someone’s doing something loud, I’m sending them baleful stares or Christian bales in American psycho is baleful - intending harm

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Dilatory

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(adj.) Delaying, moving slowly

Ex: if late to reply to email: please excuse this dilatory reply

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Euphony

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(n) the quality of being pleasing to the ear; especially in regard to words

Example: phon”

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Nadir

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(n) low point

Physical or emotional low point so low point in earth is deep in the sea or low point in my life, a nadir, was when I got rejected from all schools when I was applying for undergrad

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Blanched

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(adj) whitened or made pale; bleached

Example: her face blanched as if she saw a ghost; or she blanched her shirt by putting it in the dryer

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Gambit

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(n) A calculated move or strategy, designed to gain advantage

Ex: play Rock Paper Scissors, I know hamada will start with rock always so my gambit (opening advantage) is I start with paper
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Negotiating salary, gambit is opening with a big number

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Skimping

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(Adj.) Giving insufficient attention or barely adequate attention, effort or funds

Example: skimping on sleep or money or guacamole in a restraint like no give me more

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Truncate

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(v) to shorten, as if by cutting

Example: Imagine a tree in a forest, and a woodcutter comes and chops it down so all that’s left is the trunk (trunk —> truncate) or think of number PI if I take first few digits —> truncate (shorten)

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Ferret

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(V) to search out or discover
(Like an actual ferret, searching for shelter or food) usually used for someone pursuing news or information like journalists searching for news

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Withering

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(adj.) shrinking or drying up; or intended to shame or humiliate

2 definitions, second is more likely to come up

Example: if someone litters, I give them a withering stare

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Nascent

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(Adj.)

Beginning to develop, coming into existence

Example: someone beginning a career: nascent career

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Anamoly

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(n) something that deviates from what’s standard or expected

(Could be used in form of anomalous)

Example: if it snows in Miami, no one expects that, that’s an anamoly

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Aberrant

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(Adj) Diverging from accepted standards, especially social behavior

Example: I have a friend who when on an elevator stands in direction of people who are facing the door, that’s aberrant behavior..

A way to remember is: aberrant behavior= abnormal behavior

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Artful

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(Adj.) artistic, or skillful using crafty or indirect means

Example: a pickpocketer is artful or politician or a good chess player

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Gesticulate

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(v) to gesture dramatically while speaking

Example: like gesture but using hands more dramatically

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Sylvan

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(adj.) living or located in the woods; characteristic of the woods or forest

Example: Pennsylvania is related to sylvan
(Penn is a guy who named Pennsylvania and he lived in a cabin in the woods)

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Scintilla

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(N) a minute quantity, trace or bit

Example: someone’s whose allergic to nuts can’t even have a scintilla of nuts in their food

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Jaunty

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(Adj.) Having a lively, cheerful self confident manner (sprightly or lively yg)

Example: if your boss calls you in and you get a promotion, you will jump back into your office in a jaunty manner

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Insouciant

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(adj.)
Unconsidered, lighthearted, or nonchalant (could have a negative meaning; being indifferent)

Example: someone could have a deadline today but they’re walking around the office carefree, they are insouciant

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Bile

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(N) ill (bad) humor or inclination to anger

Example: someone whose negative, you could be excited about the sunny day and they’re in a bad mood in response; they’re are bile

Or if someone ate your sandwich at work, you’d be bile towards them (inclination to anger)

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Madcap

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(Adj.) Impulsive, reckless, or foolishly wild

Example: (remember the word mad in it, someone has to be a bit mad - crazy - to be madcap) like imagine people driving motorcycles in a highway, fast and in between cars, it’s reckless and madcap

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Recalcitrant

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(Adj.) stubbornly resisting authority or guidance

Example: (looks like resistant) parents and teenage kid; parents telling kid to take over family business that’s been in 4 generations but teenager doesn’t want to

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Penchant

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(N) a pronounced tendency

Example: I have a penchant towards eating donuts or sleeping up too late (think of someone who has a penchant for changing —> tendency to chant)

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Eschew

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(V) to purposely avoid something

Example: (a common phrase: eschewing my responsibilities like chores)

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Vitriolic

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(adj) scathing, filled with bitter criticism

Example: (other negative v words: venomous or vicious)
someone who writes a really vitriolic review of a restaurant in between all the good reviews

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Fracas

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(n) a noisy, loud quarrel, brawl, or disturbance

Example: two people in a bar, rooting for different sport teams, they’re loud; this is a fracas

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Choleric

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(adj) hot-tempered or easily angered; irritable

Example: if in the morning I’m irritated and haven’t had my coffee yet, I am choleric

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Dulcet

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(adj.) melodious or pleasant in sound

Example: dulcet music, or wake up in the morning and partner whispers nice things in ear

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Accrete

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(V) to grow by gradual addition

Example: (sounds similar to accumulate and it is similar): snow accreting in the night, wake up and see a big mound of snow

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Machination

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(n) a crafty scheme, plot, or intrigue, often underhanded and secretive

Example: imagine evil villain movie in front of their machines plotting some scheme (machination)

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Perquisite

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(n) a privilege or payment given in addition to one’s salary

Example: (perks come from perquisite) perquisite like getting free food at work

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Badger

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(v) to persistently harass or irritate

Example: raakooon constantly badgers me to give him takiiis

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Wastrel

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(n) one who foolishly wastes money or resources

Example: us girls are wastrel when we shop online (esp from Net-a-Porter and farfetch)

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Pugnacious

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(adj) belligerent, quarrelsome, or quick to fight

Example: imagine two pugs in a ring about to fight cus it’s the big match

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Flippant

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(adj) not serious or respectful enough

Example (not being serious that it’s disrespectful) —> remember it by thinking of flipping something away from lack of importance

Sentence example: if I’m talking to hubby about serious topic and he’s being flippant, I’ll be annoyed af

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Plutocracy

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(n) government by the wealthy
Government by plutocrats (wealthy people)

Sentence: Dalal sat in her class, pensive, lost in her thoughts, thinking about the plutocratic European government the teacher was talking about who used their wealth to silence their misdeeds.

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Pensive

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(adj.) deeply, dreamily, lost in thought

Sentence: Dalal sat in her class, pensive, lost in her thoughts, thinking about the plutocratic European government the teacher was talking about who used their wealth to silence their misdeeds.

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Lumber

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(v) to move in a clumsy, heavy way; to rumble

(Lumber into work on a morning Monday; move clumsily; not on the mood)

Sentence: she lumbered into the office, bumping into desks and not in the mood at all on Sunday, not noticing that a magnate in industrial engineering, dr Abdullah, was visiting the office today, and she felt embarrassed

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Magnate

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(n) someone with power and influence, especially in a specific field of industry

(Like Jeff bezos, Oprah)

Sentence: she lumbered into the office, bumping into desks and not in the mood at all on Sunday, not noticing that a magnate in industrial engineering, dr Abdullah, was visiting the office today, and she felt embarrassed

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Mercenary

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(adj.) motivated by or working solely for money or material gain

Mercenary hitman: they don’t have a motive to kill, they were just hired by someone and did it for the purpose of money

Sentence: the mercenary hitman, hired for a high salary to chase the nighttime killer, quit his job so he can have a more salutary lifestyle starting by getting enough sleep

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Salutary

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(adj.) beneficial in effect; conducive to health

Examples: washing our hands, saving money for the future, getting enough sleep, getting exercise

Sentence: the mercenary hitman, hired for a high salary to chase the nighttime killer, quit his job so he can have a more salutary lifestyle starting by getting enough sleep

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Celerity

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(n) speed, rapidness of movement or action

Example: Dash out of house then remember u forgot something and dash back in with celerity to get it

Sentence: Her parsimonious father, who was stingy about his money, hesitantly took the money out of the wallet and so she dashed and grabbed it in celerity before he changed his mind.

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Parsimonious

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(adj.) excessively frugal or sparing; stingy

(Usually in relation to money)

Sentence: Her parsimonious father, who was stingy about his money, hesitantly took the money out of the wallet and so she dashed and grabbed it in celerity before he changed his mind.

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Cow

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(v) to intimidate, bully, or crush the resolve of

usually past tense

example bully in school, I got out of the way, cowed by fear

Sentence: my friend dragged me to a part I didn’t want to, left me alone with the dregs of the party, the losers, and then our school bully, Fatma, showed up and started making fun of the group, so I cowed away before she could get to my turn to make fun of me

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Dregs

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(n) the sediment or grounds at the bottom of a liquid; least desirable part

example: when making coffee at home, dregs at the bottom of the cup;
friend dragging me to party, and she ditched me to hang out with cool kids and left with me losers, then when she’s bk I say why did you leave me with the dregs of the party

Sentence: my friend dragged me to a part I didn’t want to, left me alone with the dregs of the party, the losers, and then our school bully, Fatma, showed up and started making fun of the group, so dalal cowed away before she got to her

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Quack

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(n) a person who pretends to have a knowledge that they don’t
example: pretends to be a doctor, haven’t even gone to medical school

Sentence: she exhorted her student, Sara, that if she didn’t behave right this instant, she would kick her out of class, Sarah replied to her ‘you’re a quack, you’re not even teaching us real things, you’re making it up’ which angered the teacher

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Exhort

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(v) to urge of give warning to

Ex: huge hurricane and newscast is exhorting me to get out

Sentence: she exhorted her student, Sara, that if she didn’t behave right this instant, she would kick her out of class, Sarah replied to her ‘you’re a quack, you’re not even teaching us real things, you’re making it up’ which angered the teacher

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Loll

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(V) to lie around lazily

(Usually body stretched, lying around lazily)

Sentence: Dalal liked when Mohammed was jocular, making jokes amidst work, it would lead her to go to bed and stretch out and loll comfortably

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Jocular

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(adj. ) humorous or playful
example: looks like joke, imagine someone in office whose always jocular

Sentence: Dalal liked when Mohammed was jocular, making jokes amidst work, it would lead her to go to bed and stretch out and loll comfortably

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Extenuate

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(v) to lessen the seriousness of an offense
example: if I’m running late but because there was an accident in the road, so it’s an extenuating circumstance. Extenuate -> good excuse

Sentence: the project of building a cross-selling dashboard was in its incipient phase, just beginning to look like a dashboard, but she had to stop before it came into full form because of an extenuating circumstance of her friend’s death

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Incipient

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(adj.) coming into existence or beginning to appear

Example: singularity to the creation of the world, oceans, land, etc. or if you’re creating a novel, it’s in the beginning a jumble of a words, but will later come together

Sentence: the project of building a cross-selling dashboard was in its incipient phase, just beginning to look like a dashboard, but she had to stop before it came into full form because of an extenuating circumstance of her friend’s death

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Rabble

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(n) a disorganized, tumultuous crowd
(n) the lowest order of people, as seen by those more powerful

Example: example people in the beginning of a concert, Loya
Example: king sees people as lower people

Sentence: the crowd waiting outside were in a rabble outside the president’s office, demanding a revote. The president looked at them from his office and he glanced at the welter of chaos of papers and things on his desk and it represented the rabble waiting outside for him.

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Welter

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(n) a confused jumble or mass

Example: grad student, and my table is a chaotic mess, my desk is in a welter, or waves in a storm, in a welter

Sentence: the crowd waiting outside were in a rabble outside the president’s office, demanding a revote. The president looked at them from his office and he glanced at the welter of chaos of papers and things on his desk and it represented the rabble waiting outside for him.

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Rancor

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(n) bitter, deep, persistent resentment or ill-will

Sentence: she felt rancor for the longest time for her mom not letting her study abroad. She finally was able to graft her beliefs into her mom who finally was convinced it was the right thing to do.

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Graft

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(v) to join or connect onto another (join one thing new into something existing) ; often used with plant shoots or other living tissue

Example: companies integrating into each other (big company taking over smaller company, integrating culture there); take skin from one part of body to another

Sentence: she felt rancor for the longest time for her mom not letting her study abroad. She finally was able to graft her beliefs into her mom who finally was convinced it was the right thing to do.

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Accretion

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(n) growth by gradual addition or buildip

Example: oyster making a pearl, starts with sand then adds layer after layer to become pearl

Sentence: usually a convivial person, a social person fun to be around, Dalal started feeling gloomy and became untalkative as she saw an accretion of papers and work pile on her desk

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Convivial

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(adj.) festive; sociable and friendly

Remember: con: with, vive: life (with life) example: convivial people r sociable and very fun to be around; family get together in thanksgiving, food and laughter..it’s a convivial event

Sentence: usually a convivial person, a social person fun to be around, Dalal started feeling gloomy and became untalkative as she saw an accretion of papers and work pile on her desk

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Peruse

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(v) to read or examine with great care
(v) to examine or look over something casually

Example: In library, peruse books or peruse carefully one book, study it)

Sentence: she was walking in the library, perusing the books and paused to peruse one book carefully when she turned around as she saw someone odiously ripping pages of a book.

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Odious

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(adj.) offensive, repugnant, or abhorrent

Example: something really awful, someone really awful or odious behavior doing something bad…reminds me of odor, an odious odor

Sentence: she was walking in the library, perusing the books and paused to peruse one book carefully when she turned around as she saw someone odiously ripping pages of a book.

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Exult

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(v) to rejoice or express great joy

Example: I won the lottery, I am exulting joy

Sentence: she exulted in joy after getting the score she desired for the gre, so she mollycoddled her family for the next month, showering them with gifts, cooking them lunch and dinner, showering them with compliments

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Mollycoddle

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(v) to indulge or pamper to an excessive degree

Example: mollycoddle a child by giving them loads of desserts, finest clothes to wear, compliments

Sentence: she exulted in joy after getting the score she desired for the gre, so she mollycoddled her family for the next month, showering them with gifts, cooking them lunch and dinner, showering them with compliments

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Sanction

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(v) official permission or authorization

Example if government sanctions use of something like mariujana it allows it

(v) a military or economic measure imposed by one nation to punish another

Example: US govt might sanction North Korea for some punishment for wrong doings

Opposite meanings

Sentence: she started doing her work with alacrity after her boss sanctioned her sponsorship to get her masters

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Alacrity

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(n) cheerful willingness or promptness

Example: as a kid I might finish chores with alacrity and speed so that I get more tv time

Sentence: she started doing her work with alacrity after her boss sanctioned her sponsorship to get her masters

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Prosaic

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(Adj) ordinary or mundane; characteristic of prose (every day life unlike poetry), rather than verse

Example: getting a valentine card with a prosaic, generic message

Sentence: she was a lachrymose person over the last few weeks, crying over everything, ever since she’d gone through her last break up. Her everyday life started feeling prosaic, her tasks and work, she missed the excitement he brought to her days.

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Lachrymose

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(Adj) tearful, weepy, likely to cry

Example: someone whose gone through a breakup, they’re lachrymose for a few weeks after, crying, listening to sad songs etc

Sentence: she was a lachrymose person over the last few weeks, crying over everything, ever since she’d gone through her last break up. Her everyday life started feeling prosaic, her tasks and work, she missed the excitement he brought to her days.

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Lambent

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(Adj) softly bright or flickering light

Example: fireflies are lambent, cat eyes

Sentence: Islam hallows Fridays as a day for Muslims to gather and pray together and usually the mosques are lambent with bright lights

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Hallow

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(v) to make holy; to revere or worship

Example: hallowed halls of Harvard that are lined with books almost worship as sites of great intellectual history; or hallow Friday as a day of islam good for du32 and prayer

Sentence: Islam hallows Fridays as a day for Muslims to gather and pray together and usually the mosques and streets on those days are lambent with bright lights

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Extemporaneous

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(adj) done or said with little or no preparation

Example: in a wedding, last minute decide to give a toast - give an extemporaneous speech

Sentence: after getting back the scientific report and found out that it was empirically true that her mom was not her biological mom, she got up at dinner and gave an extemporaneous speech about how her parents had lied to her

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Empirical

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(adj) based on observation or data

Example: something that’s empirically true is sun rises

Sentence: after getting back the scientific report and found out that it was empirically true that her mom was not her biological mom, she got up at dinner and gave an extemporaneous speech about how her parents had lied to her

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Halcyon

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(adj) donating a period of time in the past that was idyllically happy, peaceful or prosperous

Example: remembering halcyon childhood of dancing in the garden, everything was great, maybe exaggerated

Sentence: she was in class when her mind wandered back to her halcyon childhood where everything was perfect, everyone was happy, she would dance in the garden, paint, run in the park with that winsome little face of hers

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Winsome

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(adj.) sweetly or innocently charming

Example: often used to describe facial expressions or smile

Sentence: she was in class when her mind wandered back to her halcyon childhood where everything was perfect, everyone was happy, she would dance in the garden, paint, run in the park with that winsome little face of hers

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Brassy

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(adj.) bold, loud, showy or brazen

Example: leading ladies in Broadway musicals like elphaba in wicked

Sentence: her mom was a strong, brassy woman who would do things her way, she proscribed her children from going out after 7 PM

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Proscribe

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(v) to prohibit or forbid

Example: town maybe proscribe certain behaviors like littering

Sentence: her mom was a strong, brassy woman who would things her way, she proscribed her children from going out after 7 PM

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Doughty

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(adj.) courageous, resolute or valiant

Example: imagine a warrior on a horse with a sword, doughty

Sentence: Dalal was a doughty person, staying resolute and courageous when students constantly called her a nerd, she was so precocious that they moved her up a grade in school

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Precocious

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(adj.) shaking exceptionally early development or maturity, especially mentally

Example: children who develop early and smart are moved a grade up

Sentence: Dalal was a doughty person, staying resolute and courageous when students constantly called her a nerd, she was so precocious that they moved her up a grade in school

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Guile

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(n) cleverness or cunning (using clever techniques to get out off tough problems)

Example: chess player about to lose match then used their guile to make a move and win instead or tom and jerry, jerry almost always caught but never does

Sentence: she felt languid after the chess match where she was about to move but used a guile movie at the last moment to win over her opponent

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Languid

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(adj) weak from exhaustion

Example: languid after a long day or week

Sentence: she felt languid after the chess match where she was about to move but used a guile movie at the last moment to win over her opponent

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Harrowing

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(adj) very distressing or troubling

Example: Harry Potter as he’s trying to fight off the whomping willow tree, he’s going through a harrowing experience

Sentence: after Harry Potter went through a harrowing experience, fighting off the whomping willow tree from sucking him into the tree. The next day he went to professor McGonnogal’s office, in a suit, all stilted, trying to explain to her what happened and why he wasn’t in bed with scratches all over his face

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Stilted

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(adj) stiff, self-conscious, or overly formal .. (Think awkward)

Example: someone going to interview, in a suit, unnecessarily formal, he is stilted

Sentence: after Harry Potter went through a harrowing experience, fighting off the whomping willow tree from sucking him into the tree. The next day he went to professor McGonnogal’s office, in a suit, all stilted, trying to explain to her what happened and why he wasn’t in bed with scratches all over his face

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Quell

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(v) to suppress or subdue

Example: if you feel nauseous or sick, you might quell (push that feeling down) by drinking water or laying down

Sentence: she was walking with her friends and found herself feeling nauseous, so to quell the feeling, she balked walking and lied down on the street pavement

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Balk

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(v) to stop short and refuse to go on

Example: reading a book but very dense and boring so close the book, so I have balked at reading

Sentence: she was walking with her friends and found herself feeling nauseous, so to quell the feeling, she balked walking and lied down on the street pavement

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Gossamer

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(adj) extremely light, delicate or sheer

Example: wedding veil, light and sheer; fine tiny spider webs

Sentence: she had to drink lots of coffee to keep herself indefatigable while preparing things for her wedding, but it was all worth it when she came across this cute little store and found the perfect, beautiful gossamer little veil.

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Indefatigable

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(adj) untiring or unyielding to fatigue

Example: someone whose a climber and climbing to the top, have to indefatigable to get to the top

Sentence: she had to drink lots of coffee to keep herself indefatigable while preparing things for her wedding, but it was all worth it when she came across this cute little store and found the perfect, beautiful gossamer little veil.

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Equanimity

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(n) calmness; mental or emotional stability under stress

Example: boat is about to drown, everyone freaking out, but there’s someone whose displaying equanimity and says everyone it’s ok, hands out life vests and gets them ready

Sentence: although the girl displayed equanimity in the earthquake that took place and helped everyone to the basement and stayed calm, she felt deep dolor afterwards for the wrecking of her house and the loss of her friend.

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Dolor

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(n) sorrow, grief, or anguish

Example: Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh is dolor; profound kind of sadness, sadness might experience to due a major loss

Sentence: although the girl displayed equanimity in the earthquake that took place and helped everyone to the basement and stayed calm, she felt deep dolor afterwards for the wrecking of her house and the loss of her friend.

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Temper

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(v) to soften or lessen

(Almost opposite of the common meaning of temper)

Example: I’m hungry, so to wait till lunch, I temper my hunger with chips

Sentence: to temper the palpable anger and slight disrespect that was displayed in the letter, I wrote a coda: PS: I’m just saying this because I care, don’t be mad

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Coda

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(n) a concluding remark or section

Example: if you write a letter, and write ps then I’ve used a coda

Sentence: to temper the palpable anger and slight disrespect that was displayed in the letter, I wrote a coda: PS: I’m just saying this because I care, don’t be mad

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Equivocate

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(v) to use ambiguous language in order to avoid commitment

Example: someone asks you if you’re coming to a party, i equivocate and say maybe yeah, might be idk

Equi= equal, vocate = speak

Sentence: the verdant garden was filled with rich green grass, although she equivocated to her friend that it might or might not be verdant (she told her: yeah it is but it also isn’t green you know?)

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Verdant

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(adj) green and rich with vegetation

Sentence: the verdant garden was filled with rich green grass, although she equivocated to her friend that it might or might not be verdant (she told her: yeah it is but it also isn’t green you know?)

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Diffident

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(adj) shy or hesitant due to a lack of self-confidence

Note: diffident looks like confident, it’s opposite though

Sentence: she was a diffident kid, shy of her school peers so she implored her parents not to throw a birthday party and invite them although they insisted

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Implore

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(v) to beg, beseech, or appeal to

Sentence: she was a diffident kid, shy of her school peers so she implored her parents not to throw a birthday party and invite them although they insisted

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Disseminate

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(v) to scatter, spread, or disperse widely

In gre used in terms of: usually spreading information

Sentence: she disseminated the papers on her desk in frustration after reading series of doggerel poetry verses

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Doggerel

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(n) crude verse; often irregular in measure and risqué

Example: poetry about folks going to brothel and bars, it’s doggerel

Sentence: she disseminated the papers on her desk in frustration after reading series of doggerel poetry verses

110
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Ferment

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(v) to undergo or cause fermentation (in food: turn sugar into alcohol)
(v) to excite or agitate (more common in gre)

Ex: leader might ferment revolution by stirring people into state of agitation

111
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Gild

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(v) to cover in a thin layer of gold
(v) to give an improved or deceitfully pleasing appearance

Sentence: Instead of fermenting the class by telling them many did badly on the test, the teacher gilded the students by telling them the class average was 70.

112
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Wane

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(V) to decrease in intensity, quantity or strength

Sentence: she quailed as her gre date was getting closer and her deadlines too, but the fear started to wane as she prepared more readily

113
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Quail

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(v) to feel or show fear

Sentence: she quailed as her gre date was getting closer and her deadlines too, but the fear started to wane as she prepared more readily

114
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Obesiant

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(adj) deferential, paying homage to

Example: kind of like obey (showing so much respect towards)

Sentence: as a kid, Dalal was obeisant towards her mom, following her around and giving her whatever she wanted, her love for her mom was nonpareil

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Nonpareil

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(Adj) unparalleled, without equal

Sentence: as a kid, Dalal was obeisant towards her mom, following her around and giving her whatever she wanted, her love for her mom was nonpareil

116
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Addle

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(v) to confuse or cloud someone’s thinking

Sentence: her friend was continuously addling her with different conspiracy theories that were contradictory to each other; she suddenly lost it and screamed at her friend to stop, and although she felt bad, it was a great cathartic moment

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Catharsis

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(n) a release of strong emotions, and corresponding feeling of relief

Sentence: her friend was continuously addling her with different conspiracy theories that were contradictory to each other; she suddenly lost it and screamed at her friend to stop, and although she felt bad, it was a great cathartic moment

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Sacrosanct

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(adj) sacred and unchallengeable

Example: mosque might have a sacrosanct holiday, or special hour that has. A show you like so it’s a sacrosanct hour to you

Sentence: at the church’s sacrosanct holiday in January, people noticed she had a latent talent for choir music

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Latent

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(adj) existing but not apparent or active

Example: you didn’t know you had a talent for dancing but you dance and realize you have a latent talent for dancing

Sentence: at the church’s sacrosanct holiday in January, people noticed she had a latent talent for choir music

120
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Portend

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(v) to predict or forecast

Example: fortune teller: i portend great future for you

Sentence: after she lambasted her teacher for her teaching method, sara portended that her friend would get expelled from school

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Lambaste

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(v) to criticize harshly

(Over criticism)

Example: think of criticizing a lamb harshly

Sentence: after she lambasted her teacher for her teaching method, sara portended that her friend would get expelled from school

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Listless

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(adj) lacking energy or enthusiasm

Example: it’s February, gloomy weather, you feel listless

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Immutable

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(adj) fixed, unchanging
(Opposite of mutate - change forms)

Sentence: her mind was immutable, she was not going to let her daughter study abroad, so Dalal felt listless and lay in bed all day

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Fetid

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(adj) foul-smelling

Example: awful smelling socks in the summer all day

Sentence: she eked to support herself and get her necessities like food, that her clothes often reeked of fetid

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Eke

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(v) to obtain narrowly or barely support oneself

Example: barely able to support yourself in your 20s, win a basketball game by a mere point, barely

Sentence: she eked to support herself and get her necessities like food, that her clothes often reeked of fetid

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Credulity

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(n) a tendency to believe things too easily

Example: believing April fools pranks - have credulity to believe things easily

Sentence: she had credulity to believe that the man was actually going to give her the lucre he promised - but he was actually a thief

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Lucre

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(n) money or profit

Has a bit of negative connotation - if you go into a job you hate just to get lucre

Sentence: she had credulity to believe that the man was actually going to give her the lucre he promised - but he was actually a thief

128
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Enervate

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(v) to weaken or sap the strength of
example: like Harry Potter dementors enervate you suck your energy out of you

Sentence: her stepping on a crack was a harbinger that something ominous was going to happen to her mother. That thought enervated all her energy

129
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Harbinger

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(n) one that foreshadows or suggests something approaching

Sentence: her stepping on a crack was a harbinger that something ominous was going to happen to her mother. That thought enervated all her energy

130
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Zealot

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(n) someone who is excessively zealous or enthusiastic
example: usually religious - zealous supporters following politician or religion

Sentence: she was a zealot of the politician and that at backfired because he borrowed a lot of money from her and she had do to try to get him to amortize it when he lost

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Amortize

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(v) to gradually and systemically pay off

Example: taking loan and then amortizing it after graduating

Sentence: she was a zealot of the politician and that at backfired because he borrowed a lot of money from her and she had do to try to get him to amortize it when he lost

132
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Laggard

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(adj) slow, sluggish, or lagging behind

Example: in a hike with people, and struggling to keep up then i am laggard

Sentence: the girl was laggard in keeping up with social queues, she made gauche comments about her friends weight at her wedding rehearsal

133
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Gauche

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(adj) lacking in tact, sensitivity, or other social graces

Sentence: the girl was laggard in keeping up with social queues, she made gauche comments about her friends weight at her wedding rehearsal

134
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Maudlin

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(adj) tearfully sentimental, sometimes due to drunkness

Sentence: at her goodbye party, she was maudlin after a few drinks and inveigled her friends to join her new startup firm without offering them a salary for a few months

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Inveigle

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(v) to lure, induce, or win over by using flattery (or trickery)

Sentence: at her goodbye party, she was maudlin after a few drinks and inveigled her friends to join her new startup firm without offering them a salary for a few months

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Voluble

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(adj) characterized by ready, constantly flowing words

Someone who talks a lot or writer who puts out a ton of books a year

Sentence: she liked confabulating with her friends but one of her friends was voluble, just talking nonstop about everything and nothing

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Confabulate

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(v) to chat or converse

Sentence: she liked confabulating with her friends but one of her friends was voluble, just talking nonstop about everything and nothing

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Aberration

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(n) a departure from the normal or expected (negative way)

Sounds like it has error in it, if you make a mistake then you end up with aberration

Sentence: she was cooking her family dinner but there was an aberration in one of the tomatoes she was cooking and received a angry, diatribe from her dad

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Diatribe

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(n) a strong, negative verbal attack

Sentence: she was cooking her family dinner but there was an aberration in one of the tomatoes she was cooking and received a angry, diatribe from her dad

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Friable

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(Adj) easily crumbled

Example: mummy in a museum and you can’t touch because it’s old cloth and if you touch it will crumble, it’s friable

She gave an encomium at her school, thanking them for providing her with such great education and then they celebrated by eating crispy fried chicken with friable skin that crumbled into the plates.

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Encomium

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(n) high praise for something, usually in a formal way

She gave an encomium at her school, thanking them for providing her with such great education and then they celebrated by eating crispy fried chicken with friable skin that crumbled into the plates.

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Aspersion

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(n) an attack on something’s reputation

Example: this celebrity’s getting divorced because they cheated —> it’s an aspersion (in context of taking it out into the world to see)

Sentence: there was an aspersion on the newspaper that Jennifer Aniston was getting a divorce because brad Pitt cheated on her, but it was a specious from the truth, he hadn’t cheated on her they just disagreed on something

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Specious

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(adj) plausible, but untrue or misleading

Example: health guru who tells you eat six avocados a day and you will lose weight

Sentence: there was an aspersion on the newspaper that Jennifer Aniston was getting a divorce because brad Pitt cheated on her, but it was a specious from the truth, he hadn’t cheated on her they just disagreed on something

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Rapport

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(n) a relationship with affinity and trust

Basically you like each other

Example: rapport with a friend, first date, a waiter you develop a joke with

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Amorphous

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(adj) without a clearly defined form

Example: a blob (remember the book amorphous)

An idea can be amorphous, or schedule (freelancer)

Sentence: she had an amorphous schedule, that changed everyday but she made sure to make time for her friend who she had rapport with

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Finagle

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(v) to get something through unusual and dishonest means

example get stopped by police for going fast and I say sorry officer my wife is preggers

Sentence: she finagled her way out of getting a ticket from the police by saying her friend was drunk and distracting her, but that annoyed her friend so to assuage her she took her out for some ice cream

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Assuage

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(v) to lessen the intensity of a bad feeling; to satisfy or sate

Example friend trying to assuage her friend whose sad by getting her magazines and ice cream or craving food and so eat greasy fatty food to assuage desire

Sentence: she finagled her way out of getting a ticket from the police by saying her friend was drunk and distracting her, but that annoyed her friend so to assuage her she took her out for some ice cream

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Harried

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(adj) stressed and overwhelmed by tasks

Example professor harried by students papers, research obligations, class obligations etc

Sentence: the teacher was harried by all the work she had to write the test, grade the papers and prepare class material, but the students seemed aloof and couldn’t care less about seeing their teacher stressed

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Aloof

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(adj) cool and distant

Example person in party who isn’t chatty, standing by the side not welcoming

Sentence: the teacher was harried by all the work she had to write the test, grade the papers and prepare class material, but the students seemed aloof and couldn’t care less about seeing their teacher stressed

150
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Disparate

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(adj) distinct, separate or contrasting

Example: soccer game, fans supporting different teams and so they are disparate fans

Think of disparate as a combo of distinct and separate

Sentence: part of her quotidian routine was to pick up the trash and place them in disparate trash cans (recycling, plastic, etc)

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Quotidian

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(adj) daily, or ordinary

Example: quotidian routines - brush your teeth everyday

Sentence: part of her quotidian routine was to pick up the trash and place them in disparate trash cans (recycling, plastic, etc)

152
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Effluvium

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(n) an offensive odor

If I smell a skunk bad smell, that’s an effluvium

Sentence: she was a polyglot businessperson and conversed easily with Italians, French, and Chinese. Her least favorite country to go to though was India because there was an effluvium coming from the cows there

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polyglot

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(adj) knowing it using several languages

poly - many

Sentence: she was a polyglot businessperson and conversed easily with Italians, French, and Chinese. Her least favorite country to go to though was India because there was an effluvium coming from the cows there

154
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Erroneous

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(adj) containing or marked by error; mistaken

Sentence: she was erroneous when she told her friends that the guy was just unctuous with her to get her into bed, he actually really liked her

155
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Unctuous

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(adj) oily (literally)
excessively flattering (metaphorically)

Sentence: she was erroneous when she told her friends that the guy was just unctuous with her to get her into bed, he actually really liked her

156
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Apex

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(n) pinnacle (peak, successful point) or high point

Imagine letter A as mountain I’m climbing trying to get to the high point

High point of career (apex)

Sentence: when she got to the apex of her career, she became capricious and decided to quit her job and become a freelance traveler

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Capricious

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(adj) flighty, impulsive, changing on a whim

As a kid, everyday dream job changes for new reasons, they are capricious
Someone who rearranges furniture in house everyday

Sentence: when she got to the apex of her career, she became capricious and decided to quit her job and become a freelance traveler

158
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Bridle

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(v) to hold back or restrain
or to take offense

imagine a bride who takes offense to someone who brings 5 plus 1s, she bridles

Or she bridles her friend from lashing out on the man

Sentence: the girl bridled when Sara fooled her with an acrid fruit, since Sara knew the girl hated acidic tasting food

159
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Acrid

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(adj) harsh to the taste or smell;
or bitter or angry

Remember acid also harsh taste smell- lemon is acidic and also has harsh sharp flavor so it is acrid

Someone could have an acrid sense of humor

Sentence: the girl bridled when Sara fooled her with an acrid fruit, since Sara knew the girl hated acidic tasting food

160
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Chimera

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(n) something imaginary, or visionary to the point of being unrealistic

A land with unicorns, magical creatures is chimera

Sentence: she always dreamed of a chimera filled with unicorns, speaking butterflies and flying dogs who wouldn’t dog their owners’ slippers

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Dogged

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(adj) very determined, persistent, stubborn

Dog is very dogged (stubborn) he won’t let go of the remote

Sentence: she always dreamed of a chimera filled with unicorns, speaking butterflies and flying dogs who wouldn’t dog their owners’ slippers

162
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Loquacious

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(adj) talkative

Long word - talkative

Sentence: she was very loquacious and spoke nonstop and even wrote a long paean about her love for things like sushi in the form of a haiku so she could recite it to her friends later

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Paean

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(n) something that expresses enthusiastic praise

Example I love a pecan pie and so I write a paean in the form of haiku to show my love for it

Sentence: she was very loquacious and spoke nonstop and even wrote a long paean about her love for things like sushi in the form of a haiku so she could recite it to her friends later

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Exigent

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(adj) pressing or demanding

Dog in morning jumps on me, licks etc because she has exigent need to go outside

Ceiling falls so exigent problem that needs to be dealt with right away

Sentence: she had an exigent desire to redeem herself from her awful sins and received a benediction from the Imam to seek forgiveness

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Benediction

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(n) a formal blessing
- often seen in a religious context

Receive a benediction from a religious leader in a mosque for example

Sentence: she had an exigent desire to redeem herself from her awful sins and received a benediction from the Imam to seek forgiveness

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Imperious

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(adj) commanding, domineering or overbearing

Comes from the same root as empire

Empires were imperious - they tell you how to live and just take over

Sentence:
The country was teeming with empires who were imperious and told everyone exactly how to live and dress and what to eat

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Teem

A

(v) to be full of, or swarming with

Example: the new neighborhood is teeming with restaurants

Sentence:
The country was teeming with empires who were imperious and told everyone exactly how to live and dress and what to eat

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Pertinacious

A

(adj) persistently holding to an opinion or goal

Remember persistent sounds similar; pertinacious car salesman trying to sell a car

Sentence: she was pertinacious about going to study abroad, that she showed her mom articles with veracity about the higher success rates in life of those who do

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Veracity

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(n) accuracy, truthfulness

Article has veracity because it was fact checked by journalist

Sentence: she was pertinacious about going to study abroad, that she showed her mom articles with veracity about the higher success rates in life of those who do

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Largess

A

(An) generosity in gift-giving

Grandma gives generous gifts and I say oh grandma you’re largess this year

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Limpid

A

(adj) clear or transparent

Lucid and pellucid also mean the same thing

Sentence:

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Compendious

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(adj) concise but thorough and comprehensive

Sparknotes for example goes through highlights of book

Sentence: Beowulf was a recondite read in high school, but the spark notes highlights was compendious and gave me the full story

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Recondite

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(adj.) obscure (unclear), hard to understand

Beowulf in high school reading it was recondite

Sentence: Beowulf was a recondite read in high school, but the spark notes highlights was compendious and gave me the full story

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Chary

A

(adj.) cautious or wary

Example: chary to run a yellow light (think of it as cautious and wary’s couple name)

Sentence: she was chary of what to say in front of her friend, because her friend always ended up giving her scathing remarks, criticizing her opinions

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Scathing

A

(adj.) bitterly, harshly critical or severe

Example: bad if someone writes a scathing review of you (remember it by thinking of scab similar ring to it, if someone gives you a scathing remark, it hurts like a scab)

Sentence: she was chary of what to say in front of her friend, because her friend always ended up giving her scathing remarks, criticizing her opinions

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Tacit

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(adj.) expressed without words, unspoken

Example: we have a tacit agreement that whenever we go out, I order salad you order fries and we share

Sentence: I have a tacit agreement with rawaa, that when we go out, we have a snack to curb our appetite before going to jeser jaber

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Curb

A

(v) to check or restrain

Example: have a little snack to curb my appetite when I’m hungry

Sentence: I have a tacit agreement with rawaa, that when we go out, we have a snack to curb our appetite before going to jeser jaber

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Inundate

A

(v) to overwhelm
example: 6-11 am shift barista making coffee inundates her

Sentence: the sight of the impecunious beggar boys on the street inundated the poor girl, they kept coming after her begging for money

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Impecunious

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(adj.) penniless, without money

Example: rich country with poor boys begging for money, that’s an impecunious lot

Sentence: the sight of the impecunious beggar boys on the street inundated the poor girl, they kept coming after her begging for money

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Boon

A

(n) a timely blessing or benefit

Example: grandma gives me a calculator as a gift and I had just lost mine so it’s a boon (came right on time

Sentence: the great gatsby threw parties full of panache, in one of them, he gave out fur coats that was a boon for the New York’s soon to come cold winter

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Panache

A

(n) flair in style or manner

Sentence: the great gatsby threw parties full of panache, in one of them, he gave out fur coats that came as a boon for the New York’s soon to come cold winter

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Occlude

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(v) to obstruct or block off

Example: construction occludes street

Sentence: she’s been learning many neologisms for the GRE. One word she learned was occluded and a sentence for that was: the construction occluded the streets

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Neologism

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(n) a new word or phrase

Roots: neo means new, logism sounds like language, means word

Example: selfie, 10 years ago didn’t exist

Sentence: she’s been learning many neologisms for the GRE. One word she learned was occluded and a sentence for that was: the construction occluded the streets

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Saturnine

A

(adj.) gloomy, dark

Example: people that Saturn ruled sadness

Sentence: the house was saturnine because all the lights were turned off, when she asked her mom to turn them on she told her you’re being profligate with energy!

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Profligate

A

(Adj.) wasteful

Example: being profligate with energy by keeping electricity on all day long

Sentence: the house was saturnine because all the lights were turned off, when she asked her mom to turn them on she told her you’re being profligate with energy!

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Caustic

A

(Adj.) bitterly sarcastic

Example: if everyone’s in a meeting, and you’re late your boss says caustically: oh how nice of you to finally join us

Sentence: she lived a hermetic life, her mom kept her inside her house as to not catch any diseases, one day she caustically told her mother ‘are you planning on locking me up here forever? Cus if you are let me know and I will kill my self’ which her mom took seriously and got frightened

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Hermetic

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(adj.) airtight; isolated from outside influence

Example: Amish are a hermetic community, isolated from the rest of the world

Sentence: she lived a hermetic life, her mom kept her inside her house as to not catch any diseases, one day she caustically told her mother ‘are you planning on locking me up here forever? Cus if you are let me know and I will kill my self’ which her mom took seriously and got frightened

188
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Munificence

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(Adj.) great generosity

Example: episode when Oprah just gave everyone a car, Oprah is munificent here

Sentence: she felt extreme felicity when Oprah was munificent and handed everyone in the audience a free car and explained how she felt with felicity

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Felicity

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(n) intense happiness; or, the ability to express things clearly

Example: feel felicity in Christmas with friends; friend express felicity when being angry and clearly explaining why she’s mad

Sentence: she felt extreme felicity when Oprah was munificent and handed everyone in the audience a free car and explained how she felt with felicity

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Animus

A

(n) hostility, ill will; the motivation to do something

First meaning; similar to animosity (feeling hostility towards someone) other is about being motivated to do something

Sentence: her friend was feeling dour that day and spreading negativity towards everyone in the party, and so her the people in the party felt animus towards her, until someone felt animus to turn the party back up and started dancing in the middle of the dance floor

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Dour

A

(adj.) ill-humored, sullen, or gloomy

Reminds me of sour - someone whose not having fun, ill-humored

Sentence: her friend was feeling dour that day and spreading negativity towards everyone in the party, and so her the people in the party felt animus towards her, until someone felt animus to turn the party back up and started dancing in the middle of the dance floor

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Axiom

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(n) a statement regarded as universal truth

Example: the only guarantee in life is death and taxes (that’s an axiom, kind of like idiom: it’s raining cats and dogs but more serious)

Sentence: polemical cousin, dana, always stirs up pot in family gatherings with her ‘israel isn’t bad’ arguments, that an axiom was made ‘Dana is polemical, and that’s an axiom to everyone who knows her’

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Polemical

A

(adj.) controversial, provoking dispute

Tongue twister: a polemical person is purposefully provocative

Example: cousin stirring up problem in family gatherings

Sentence: polemical cousin, dana, always stirs up pot in family gatherings with her ‘israel isn’t bad’ arguments, that an axiom was made ‘Dana is polemical, and that’s an axiom to everyone who knows her’

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Rebuff

A

(v) to reject or repel

Re: means to object/oppose

Example: rebuffed from a friend when you say let’s hang out

Sentence: she rebuffed her friend’s offer to come to her house because she secretly didn’t like her but then she felt contrite for being mean for no real reason

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Contrite

A

(adj.) feeling remorse for wrongdoing

Dog is feeling contrite after ripping pillows in couch and owner comes home looking contrite

Sentence: she rebuffed her friend’s offer to come to her house because she secretly didn’t like her but then she felt contrite for being mean for no real reason

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Superfluous

A

(adj.) extra, beyond what is necessary

Remember: super flowing, bath water super flowing with water

Example: Superfluous amount of cream cheese on bagel

Sentence: the radio played a superfluous amount of Christmas music in December which was actually apposite because of the season

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Apposite

A

(adj) appropriate, relevant or apt

Example: if radio puts Christmas music in December, that’s apposite.

Apposite is the opposite of opposite. So if opposite means not relevant to what we’re talking about, apposite means it is relevant.

Sentence: the radio played a superfluous amount of Christmas music in December which was actually apposite because of the season

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Ersatz

A

(adj) an imitation or substitute: artificial or synthetic

Example: this girl has a store that sells fake brands, so fake Gucci bags etc

Sentence: keeping up with the kardashians is such a histrionic show, full of drama and crying about the silliest things! In one episode, one kardashian was caught with an ersatz Gucci bag, which was so unlikely!

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Histrionic

A

(adj) affected or dramatic or excessively emotional

Sentence: keeping up with the kardashians is such a histrionic show, full of drama and crying about the silliest things! In one episode, one kardashian was caught with an ersatz Gucci bag, which was so unlikely!

200
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Pyrrhic

A

(adj) achieved at such a cost as to negate the victory

Example: win a lawsuit but amount of money you win is less than what you spent on the lawsuit

Sentence: the bane of my existence is the pyrrhic lawsuit that i thought would give me a profit but actually end up robbing me because I spent on it more than I got.

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Bane

A

(n) a cause of distress or destruction

Example: the bane of my existence is the cold winter in Kuwait (awful thing that gets under your skin)

Sentence: the bane of my existence is the pyrrhic lawsuit that i thought would give me a profit but actually end up robbing me because I spent on it more than I got.

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Inchoate

A

(adj) incomplete, not fully developed

Example: inchoate plan to steal the exam

Sentence: her friend acted mawkish when she received a gift, as if she received a million dollars when she only gave her a Claire’s necklace. Turns out she had rehearsed this reaction, but her plan wasn’t inchoate because she didn’t consider the fact that the gift she would receive could be simple

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Mawkish

A

(adj) sickeningly sentimental

Sentence: her friend acted mawkish when she received a gift, as if she received a million dollars when she only gave her a Claire’s necklace. Turns out she had rehearsed this reaction, but her plan wasn’t inchoate because she didn’t consider the fact that the gift she would receive could be simple

204
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Digress

A

(v) to deviate from the main point

Example: talk about something then deviate from it and talk about something else

Sentence: she was talking about flip-phones but quickly digressed the conversation when she realized it was antediluvian and no one used them anymore

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Antediluvian

A

(adj) extremely old (before the biblical flood)

Ante: before
Diluvian: flood

Sentence: she was talking about flip-phones but quickly digressed the conversation when she realized it was antediluvian and no one used them anymore

206
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Burgeon

A

(v) to grow or develop quickly

Example: Years ago: Silicon Valley is really burgeoning maybe we should develop our business here

Sentence: she wanted to burgeon her business globally and got impetuous and started knocking objects off the table when Darren gave her a reality check that it wouldn’t work out.

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Impetuous

A

(adj) impulsive, reckless

‘pet’: petty

Example: impetuous child who is mad about not getting what they want

Sentence: she wanted to burgeon her business globally and got impetuous and started knocking objects off the table when Darren gave her a reality check that it wouldn’t work out.

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Countenance

A

(n) appearance, especially facial expression

Example: tell someone: your countenance flips my heart

Sentence: the countenance on his face looked like he was up to no good…he was obsequious to his evil master, so he probably was

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Obsequious

A

(adj) excessively obedient or attentive

Example: Peter Pettigrew to Voldemort

Sentence: the countenance on his face looked like he was up to no good…he was obsequious to his evil master, so he probably was

210
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Austere

A

(adj.) severe or stern in manner (example strict teacher in school); very simple and unadorned (example space that hasn’t been decorated for years just simple)

Sentence: she had an austere teacher and felt compunction after eating the cake she hid in her austere fridge for her birthday

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Compunction

A

(n) a feeling of guilt that prevents or follows doing something bad

Example: experience of compunction before doing something bad so I don’t do it, or I do it then I feel compunction

Sentence: she had an austere teacher and felt compunction after eating the cake she hid in her austere fridge for her birthday

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Inured

A

(adj.) to be accustomed to something unpleasant

Rhymes with endured (think of it that way: endured something for so long) that you get used to it

Sentence: the teacher was inured to her students who were acting fractious when she was teaching fractions. She just got used to it and decided to go on teaching as they resisted

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Fractious

A

(adj.) unruly, difficult to control, or quarrelsome

Example: often applied to children, imagine kids in school studying fraction they’re not focusing and being hard to control

Sentence: the teacher was inured to her students who were acting fractious when she was teaching fractions. She just got used to it and decided to go on teaching as they resisted

214
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Dawdle

A

(v) to waste time or move slowly

Example: hamada always dawdles before it’s sleeptime

Sentence: hamada was dawdling as it was bed time and tried to use chicanery to convince his mom not to sleep

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Chicanery

A

(n) deception for political or financial gain

Everything about fyre festival is chicanery

Sentence: hamada was dawdling as it was bed time and tried to use chicanery to convince his mom not to sleep

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Abscond

A

(v) to sneak away in a hurry, often with something you’re hiding

Example: abscond (sneak away) with cookies not supposed to eat from kitchen

Sentence: she was mettlesome for absconding those cookies from the kitchen even though it was for her father’s work party..she knew he might hit her

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Mettlesome

A

(adj.) courageous; full of mettle

Example: knight in shining armor wearing metal going into battle he is courageous

Sentence: she was mettlesome for absconding those cookies from the kitchen even though it was for her father’s work party..she knew he might hit her

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Disillusion

A

(v) to cause someone to realize their belief is false

Dis- negating, illusion: false belief

Make you realize belief is wrong

Sentence: she disillusioned the girl’s belief that she whet her appetite by showing her a picture of juicy food, she was actually hungry because she smelled food near by

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Whet

A

(v) to stimulate or to sharpen

Example: someone stimulating your hunger by describing yummy food

Sentence: she disillusioned the girl’s belief that she whet her appetite by showing her a picture of juicy food, she was actually hungry because she smelled food near by

220
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Pedestrian

A

(adj.) so commonplace as to be uninteresting, unexciting (boring)

Just fancy way of saying boring

Sentence: it was abstruse why her teacher kept on using words like pedestrian to describe the play instead of boring, what a snob!

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Abstruse

A

(adj.) difficult to understand

Physics problem is abstruse or reading a Shakespeare play

Sentence: it was abstruse why her teacher kept on using words like pedestrian to describe the play instead of boring, what a snob!

222
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Stolid

A

(adj.) unemotional or inexpressive

Example: if manhattan showed words without being emotional like they actually are, it would be boring

Sentence: she felt ennui during most days on covid when she had to stay inside, and when her family talked to her she would respond with stolid, reflecting her boredom

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Ennui

A

(n) weariness or dissatisfaction due to boredom

Sentence: she felt ennui during most days on covid when she had to stay inside, and when her family talked to her she would respond with stolid, reflecting her boredom

224
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Chagrin

A

(n) humiliation or disappointment (with frustration)

Example: chagrin - think of cha - shaking your head
Example say I’m good at chess then lost a simple game, would feel chagrin

Sentence: she took umbrage to the fact that she lost the game she was supposedly so good at and everyone smirked at her and she felt chagrin

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Umbrage

A

(n) offense or resentment at a perceived insult

Example: if someone said you smell really bad, say ‘I take umbrage with that’ like I’m offended
Prof. Umbridge in Harry Potter took umbrage to a lot of things

Sentence: she took umbrage to the fact that she lost the game she was supposedly so good at and everyone smirked at her and she felt chagrin

226
Q

Salubrious

A

(adj) healthy

Sentence: she tried to alleviate the pain she was feeling by starting to be salubrious and eat healthily and exercise

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Alleviate

A

(v) to make a problem better

Sentence: she tried to alleviate the pain she was feeling by starting to be salubrious and eat healthily and exercise

228
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Sanguine

A

(adj.) optimistic; blood red in color

Example: curtain that comes down in theater: red, or someone who is positive about the future is optimistic

Sentence: her friend was fickle in making decisions about where to go and eat all the time, but she sanguine that she would develop and start becoming more decisive

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Fickle

A

(adj.) changing our mind a lot

Sentence: her friend was fickle in making decisions about where to go and eat all the time, but she sanguine that she would develop and start becoming more decisive

230
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Panacea

A

(n) a cure-all; a single solution to everything

Example: universal remedy for all diseases - skeptical about that..

Sentence; : she believed that it was prodigal to have multiple medications for different diseases, let alone the same ones! She believed there was a panacea medicine that would heal everyone from any disease!

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Prodigal

A

(adj.) wastefully extravagant (excessive)

Example: have so much money that I throw out the pool

Sentence; : she believed that it was prodigal to have multiple medications for different diseases, let alone the same ones! She believed there was a panacea medicine that would heal everyone from any disease!

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Assiduous

A

(adj) careful, diligent and persistent

(Sounds like studious and it’s close in meaning)

Sentence: she was an assiduous student and her boss knew, so when she supplicated that he fund her scholarship he instantly agreed

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Supplicate

A

(v) to ask humbly

(Imagine peasant tells king I am here to supplicate your help in..) not like begging, less desperate than that

Sentence: she was an assiduous student and her boss knew, so when she supplicated that he fund her scholarship he instantly agreed

234
Q

Wanton

A

(adj.) deliberate and reckless

Example: wanton attack of wontons

Sentence: there was a wanton attack in the hall between students which was germane to the theme of the day: everyone was fighting

235
Q

Germane

A

(adj.) relevant

Dr jerman is germane lol maybe not

Sentence: there was a wanton attack in the hall between students which was germane to the theme of the day: everyone was fighting

236
Q

Insipid

A

(adj.) bland; lacking favor

Example: indomie can taste insipid sometime s

237
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Malfeasance

A

(N) wrongdoing or misconduct, especially by public official

Roots: mal means bad (malificent is villian, malpractice is bad practice) feasance think of feat

Sentence: these cops committed malfeasance by wrongly arresting the man driving. They threw him in jail and gave him unbearable insipid food.

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Lionize

A

(v) to treat like a celebrity, give great approval and admiration.

So cringe when Kuwaitis lionize other Kuwaitis with well known family members

Sentence: she lionized the man and it was as pellucid as clear glass that she wanted something from him

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Pellucid

A

(adj) transparent or clear

Sentence: she lionized the man and it was as pellucid as clear glass that she wanted something from him

240
Q

Facile

A

(adj) easy, effortless, often to the point of being over simplistic

Sentence: her friend made quick choices, making it seem facile, almost showing off that she was decisive, while she had to always vacillate between multiple alternatives

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Vacillate

A

(v) to waver or fluctuate between positions

Ex Vacillate between choices

Sentence: her friend made quick choices, making it seem facile, almost showing off that she was decisive, while she had to always vacillate between multiple alternatives

242
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Pallid

A

(adj) pale; lacking color or liveliness

Pal - pale to remember

Sentence: at the beginning of the party she was acting blithe, cheerful and loud a bit annoying, but later on she sat in a corner and looked pallid.

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Blithe

A

(adj) cheerful and carefree, sometimes inappropriately

Example: person life of the party but improper; blithe

Sentence: at the beginning of the party she was acting blithe, cheerful and loud a bit annoying, but later on she sat in a corner and looked pallid.

244
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Provincial

A

(adj) concerning the provinces; not urban

(Imagine hills, a village) could be negative not sophisticated or could be positive

Sentence: Kuwait abuts Saudi Arabia but kuwait is more provincial

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Abut

A

(v) to border, stand next to

Kuwait abuts Saudi Arabia

Sentence: Kuwait abuts Saudi Arabia but kuwait is more provincial

246
Q

Clamorous

A

(adj) noisy

Example: imagine clams being clamorous in the sea

Sentence: the man displayed a lot of cupidity when it came to paying for dinner. He would make clamorous noise with his feet for the girl to pay.

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Cupidity

A

(n) greed

Example: imagine Cupid shooting arrow into a pile of cash

Sentence: the man displayed a lot of cupidity when it came to paying for dinner. He would make clamorous noise with his feet for the girl to pay.

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Q

Prolix

A

(adj) excessively wordy speech or writing

Example: prolix professor talking on and on

Prolix think of professional lips like professional talker

Sentence: the farmer had fallow land this year because it hasn’t rained and he surprisingly missed the prolix workers he had who would be talking nonstop that he used to get annoyed by

249
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Fallow

A

(adj) uncultivated, dormant, inactive

Example: farmer was fallow land - not cultivated

Sentence: the farmer had fallow land this year because it hasn’t rained and he surprisingly missed the prolix workers he had who would be talking nonstop that he used to get annoyed by

250
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Mercurial

A

(adj) subject to sudden or unpredictable changes in mood

Mercury is in retrograde

Example: someone who is mercurial - unpredictable in mood

Sentence: her friend was often mercurial, one day speaking of quixotic dreams like flying to the moon and the other feeling like just quitting life

251
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Quixotic

A

(adj) idealistic and impractical

Example: someone who has crazy dreams that won’t come true

Sentence: her friend was often mercurial, one day speaking of quixotic dreams like flying to the moon and the other feeling like just quitting life

252
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Cabal

A

(N) a small, secret group of conspirators

Example cabal trying to poison king

Sentence: the cabal was planning on poisoning the king and they were thinking of truculent ways to hurt him like stabbing him with forks

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Truculent

A

(adj) ferocious, violent or cruel

Example: imagine a monster truck..evil intent

Sentence: the cabal was planning on poisoning the king and they were thinking of truculent ways to hurt him like stabbing him with forks

254
Q

Garrulous

A

(adj) overly talkative

Example: say a lot and about stuff doesn’t really matter

Sentence: the girl would be remiss if she didn’t tell her friend that she was sometimes to garrulous in moments she shouldn’t be.

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Remiss

A

(adj) negligent to one’s duties

‘I would be remiss if…I didn’t tell you about that food in your teeth’

Sentence: the girl would be remiss if she didn’t tell her friend that she was sometimes to garrulous in moments she shouldn’t be.

256
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Indolent

A

(adj) lazy or slothful

Beginning of word: indo like indoors — you’re definitely indoors if you’re being indolent

Sentence: the girl exacerbated her depressive episode by being indolent and staying indoors

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Exacerbate

A

(v) to make a problem or bad situation worse

If you don’t take medication, you’ll exacerbate your medical condition

Sentence: the girl exacerbated her depressive episode by being indolent and staying indoors

258
Q

Adroit

A

(adj) skilled, resourceful, or adept in a given situation

Ex: different friends adept in different areas like putting makeup, cooking

Sentence: most of her friends were adroit, each with their own set of skills in cooking, makeup, dancing, but she had one friend who was banal and just tried to imitate everyone’s cooking/makeup/dancing

259
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Banal

A

(adj) without originality or freshness

Example: like an art critic looking at art in gallery and say it’s banal, like been done and seen before

Sentence: most of her friends were adroit, each with their own set of skills in cooking, makeup, dancing, but she had one friend who was banal and just tried to imitate everyone’s cooking/makeup/dancing

260
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Demur

A

(v) to object or hesitate; to show reluctance

Sentence: she demurred to go to the show with her friend but it turned out to be so good that she told her friend ‘I’m so glad I came, the singer closed the show with such a display of bravura’

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Bravura

A

(n) a display of brilliance or daring

Example: after performance you say oh the singer closed the show with such a display of bravura (bravo!)

Sentence: she demurred to go to the show with her friend but it turned out to be so good that she told her friend ‘I’m so glad I came, the singer closed the show with such a display of bravura’

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Ephemeral

A

(adj) temporary

Example: life is ephemeral, pain is ephemeral

Sentence: she averred that their current situation was ephemeral and they will get back on track soon enough

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Aver

A

(v) to assert

Example: this evidence avers that my client is innocent

Sentence: she averred that their current situation was ephemeral and they will get back on track soon enough

264
Q

Lugubrious

A

(adj) mournful, often to an exaggerated extent

(Overly dramatically sad)

Sentence: the girl was lugubrious today and just bringing the mood down so her friend acted waggish to get her to mood up

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Waggish

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(adj) roguishly humorous

(Humorous in a mischievous and scandalous way)

Imagine dog - wag,

Sentence: the girl was lugubrious today and just bringing the mood down so her friend acted waggish to get her to mood up

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Frenetic

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(adj) wildly active, frenzied, or frantic

Imagine Put a friend in a net with a tic, they’re going to be frenetic trying to get bug off

Sentence: razan is an affable person, people liked approaching and talking to her unlike Sarah who was frenetic all the time and repelled people

267
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Affable

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(adj) pleasant and easy to talk to; approachable

Sentence: razan is an affable person, people liked approaching and talking to her unlike Sarah who was frenetic all the time and repelled people

268
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Discomfit

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(v) to confuse, disconcert, make uneasy or embarrass

It means discomfort

Sentence: she received an accolade for being the best student which made her jealous friend discomfit

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Accolade

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(n) an award, praise or expression of approval

Sentence: she received an accolade for being the best student which made her jealous friend discomfit

270
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Expeditious

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(adj) prompt, efficient or quick

Pay for expedited shipping for example

Sentence: she wanted to expedite the process of the king abdicating his throne so she paid him to do so

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Abdicate

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(v) to formally give up power

Someone abdicated thrown for example

Words like Abnormal, abstain away from ‘ab’ similar

Sentence: she wanted to expedite the process of the king abdicating his throne so she paid him to do so

GRE Vocab (3 decks)

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