Deck 12 Flashcards

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abrade

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v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode

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acidulous

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adj. slightly sour; sharp; caustic

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allocate

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v. assign

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4
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ascertain

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v. find out for certain

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5
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avocation

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n. secondary or minor occupation

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6
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betroth

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v. become engaged to marry

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burgeon

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v. grow forth; send out buds

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celibate

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adj. unmarried; abstaining from sexual intercourse

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9
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coalition

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n. partnership; league; union

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10
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condense

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v. make more compact or dense; shorten or abridge; reduce into a denser form

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11
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conversant

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adj. familiar with

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12
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cynical

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adj. skeptical or distrustful of human motives

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13
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demolition

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n. destruction

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14
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dilemma

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n. problem; choice of two unsatisfactory alternatives

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15
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dissonance

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n. discord

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16
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ecstasy

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n. rapture; joy; any overpowering emotion

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17
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ensemble

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n. group of (supporting) players; organic unity; costume

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18
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execrable

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adj. very bad

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19
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forgo

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v. give up; do without

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20
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genre

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n. particular variety of art or literature

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21
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harass

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v. to annoy by repeated attacks

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22
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imbalance

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n. lack of balance or symmetry

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23
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incarnation

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n. act of assuming a human body and human nature

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24
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infer

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v. deduce; conclude

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kleptomaniac
n. person who has a compulsive desire to steal
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ludicrous
adj. ridiculous; laughable; absurd
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mediocre
adj. ordinary; commonplace
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monolithic
adj. solidly uniform; unyielding
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nominal
adj. in name only; trifling
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ordain
v. decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine
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philanderer
n. faithless lover; flirt
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practical
adj. based on experience; useful
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purse
v. pucker; contract into wrinkles
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recapitulate
v. summarize
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repository
n. storehouse
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riveting
adj. absorbing; engrossing
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secession
n. withdrawal
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slur
n. insult to one's character or reputation; slander
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stigmatize
v. brand; mark as wicked
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tightwad
n. excessively frugal person; miser
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unassuming
adj. modest
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venturesome
adj. bold
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wheedle
v. cajole; coax; deceive by flattery
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pacify
v. soothe; make calm or quiet; subdue
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nauseate
v. cause to become sick; fill with disgust
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masochist
n. person who enjoys his own pain
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impetus
n. incentive; stimulus; moving force
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hibernal
adj. wintry
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gouge
v. tear out
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flippant
adj. lacking proper seriousness
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dishearten
v. discourage; cause to lose courage or hope
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deciduous
adj. falling off as of leaves
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counterpart
n. a thing that completes another; things very much alike
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conglomeration
n. mass of material sticking together
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canto
n. division of a long poem
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blunder
n. error
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astral
adj. relating to the stars
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amenities
n. convenient features; courtesies
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adulterate
v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
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abbreviate
v. shorten