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Deck 7 Flashcards

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abscond

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verb: leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to escape from custody or avoid arrest

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accrete

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verb: grow by accumulation or coalescence

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tableau

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noun: a picturesque display

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remuneration

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noun: a payment, the act of paying

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rebuff

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verb: to snub, drive away, reject

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abrogate

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verb: to formally revoke an agreement or contract

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abeyance

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noun: suspension of activity

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panegyric

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noun: a formal expression of praise

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encumbrance

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noun: a burden

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dudgeon

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noun: a fit of anger

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reticence

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noun: the act of being uncommunicative

related words: reticent (uncommunicative)

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proscribe

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verb: to outlaw

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flaunt

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verb: to display proudly

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descry

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verb: to catch sight of

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forfend

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verb: to prevent something from happening

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riposte

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noun: a quick and witty reply

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compunction

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noun: feelings of shame and regret

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turgid

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adjective: bombastic, swollen

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wizened

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adjective: dry, shrunken and wrinkled

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torpid

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adjective: sluggish, lacking energy

related words: torpor (lethargy)

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indemnify

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verb: to insure against or pay for loss or damage

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proselytize

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verb: to try to convert somebody

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imprecate

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verb: to pray for evil; to invoke a curse

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penitent

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adjective: regretful for one’s sins
noun: one who is sorry for wrongdoing

related words: repent (feel or express sincere regret or remorse about one’s wrongdoing or sin)

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hapless
adjective: having persistent bad luck
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officious
adjective: annoyingly eager to help
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indolent
adjective: lazy
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hector
verb: to bully
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rampart
noun: a fortification
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mainstay
noun: somebody or something that plays an important role
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histrionic
adjective: pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial, melodramatic
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oscillate
verb: to move from side to side regularly
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winnow
verb: to sift through removing what is unwanted and keeping what is desirable, to declutter
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importune
verb: to trouble with demands; to beg for insistently
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welter
noun: a confused multitude of things
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cabal
noun: a group of people with secrete purposes and meetings
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recidivism
noun: the act of returning to a life of crime
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sequester
verb: to separate or segregate
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expostulate
verb: to attempt to dissuade somebody from doing something
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countenance
verb: to tolerate or support noun: : facial expression; composure
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raiment
noun: clothing, garments
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verdant
adjective: green with vegetation; green, inexperienced
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moribund
adjective: dying, on the way out
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felicitous
adjective: appropriate, happy
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epigram
noun: a witty saying
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fealty
noun: allegiance or loyalty
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gaucherie
noun: social awkwardness related words: gauche (being socially awkward)
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perspicacious
adjective: keen in observation and understading
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contusion
noun: a bruise; an injury where the skin is not broken
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propinquity
noun: the property of being close together sounds like "proximity"
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pusillanimous
adjective: contemptibly cowardly
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plenary
adjective: attended by all members; complete in all aspects
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refulgent
adjective: shining, radiant
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sententious
adjective: overly moralizing
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prodigious
adjective: enourmous, exceptional
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salacious
adjective: characterized by lust
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distend
verb: to swell up
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effigy
noun: a crude image of a despised person
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scion
noun: a young descendant or heir
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homily
noun: a religious discourse which is intended primarily for spiritual edification rather than doctrinal instruction; a tedious moralizing lecture
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bereave
verb: to deprive through death
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adulate
verb: to praise too greatly
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nadir
noun: the lowest point
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shibboleth
noun: a slogan
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apothegm
noun: a short instructive saying
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decamp
verb: to leave suddenly or secretly
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enfranchise
verb: to grant privileges of citizenship, especially the right to vote
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malinger
verb: to pretend to be ill in order to avoid a responsibility
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garner
verb: to gather or gain something
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vitiate
verb: to make something ineffective, to degrade
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rebarbative
adjective: unattractive and objectionable
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recumbent
adjective: lying down
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redolent
adjective: suggestive or reminiscent of something; having an aroma
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jejune
adjective: lacking in nutritive value; uninteresting; juvenile
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halcyon
adjective: calm, peaceful; prosperous
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raconteur
noun: a skilled storyteller french!
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luminary
noun: an important or famous person
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canard
noun: a false rumor french!
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acumen
noun: mental sharpness
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ersatz
adjective: artificial and inferior
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raillery
noun: friendly teasing
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propitiate
verb: to win somebody's favor
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adventitious
adjective: associated with something by chance and not an integral part
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desultory
adjective: passing aimlessly from one thing to another; random
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coda
noun: the closing section of a musical composition
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sophistry
noun: a flawed argument
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cynosure
noun: the center of attraction; something that serves to guide or direct
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threnody
noun: a speech of lament for the dead
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efface
verb: to remove; to be inconspicuous
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exculpate
verb: to clear from blame etymology: "ex" = out of; "culpa" = blame, fault
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detritus
noun: debris or discarded material
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phillipic
noun: a violent verbal attack
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neophyte
noun: a beginner
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remonstrate
verb: to argue strongly against some action
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perjure
verb: to tell a lie in a court of law
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requite
verb: to pay something back for a service or a kindness
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condone
verb: to excuse or make allowances for
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alacrity
noun: liveliness and eagerness "Elan"
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magnate
noun: a powerful business person
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discernment
noun: the ability to make good judgements
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animus
noun: a feeling of hostility; motivation
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moot
adjective: open to argument; irrelevant
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judicious
adjective: having wisdom or discretion
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maudlin
adjective: silly and overly sentimental etymology: from Middle English fem. proper name Maudelen, who in the Middle Ages was believed to be identical with the repentant sinner forgiven by Jesus in Luke vii.37 (see Magdalene). Thus in paintings, she often was shown weeping as a sign of repentance. Meaning "characterized by tearful sentimentality, over-emotional"
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proclivity
noun: a natural inclination
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defenestrate
verb: to throw out of a window
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calumniate
verb: to make statements about someone that are not true and that are damaging to their reputation
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fracas
noun: a noisy quarrel
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apotheosis
noun: a person or thing that is perfect or has an extremely large amount of a particular good characteristic; eleviation to divine status
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philistine
noun: someone who is uncultured and indifferent to intellectual matters
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simper
verb: to smile artificially
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effrontery
noun: an arrogant attitude or behavior that is insulting to others
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zephyr
noun: a slight breeze
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encomium
noun: a formal expression of praise; a eulogy
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discomfit
verb: to cause to lose someone's composure
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presage
verb: to foretell something
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extrapolate
verb: to guess at general conclusions based on what is already known
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toady
noun: a person who tries to please others to gain a person advantage
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mendicant
noun: a beggar
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peremptory
adjective: dictatorial
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meretricious
adjective: attractive in a superficial manner but without real value
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seraphic
adjective: like an angel etymology: seraphs were traditionally regarded as burning or flaming angels, though the word seems to have some etymological sense of "flying," perhaps from confusion with the root of Arabic sharafa "be lofty." Some scholars identify it with a word found in other passages interpreted as "fiery flying serpent"
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rarefy
verb: to make something less dense, to refine
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fulminate
verb: to criticize severely
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esurient
adjective: very hungry or greedy
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prurient
adjective: characterized by lust
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phlegmatic
adjective: showing little emotion
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fecund
adjective: fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive
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forsake
verb: to withdraw support
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cloy
verb: to sicken somebody with too much of a good thing

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