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Deck 9 Flashcards

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Illisit

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Not legal; clandestine; criminal

He dealt in the supply of illicit drugs.

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Corroborate

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Confirm; endorse or establish

Physical evidence is corroborated by a witness’ testimony.

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Valor

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Bravery

A true soldier fights with valor.

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Acquiesce

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Comply without protest

He acquiesced to the proposal.

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Engender

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Cause; bring about; beget

Respect can engender love.

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Conciliatory

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Pacifying; reconciling; friendly; reassuring

One conciliatory remark would make them friends again.

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Incite

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Encourage

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Strait

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Exigency; dilemma; predicament; plight

He is a strait of difficulty.

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Abdicate

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Renounce; cede; forgo

John decided to abdicate his responsibilities

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Delirium

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Madness; insanity; lunacy; mania

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Accost

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Approach for conversation

The man accosted me in the alley.

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Laconic

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Short; concise; brief; compact

Although his speeches were laconic, they were informative.

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Invective

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Harsh words; bitter language; verbal abuse; venom; vilification
Invective poured from the speaker’s mouth.

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Evince

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To show; reveal

The management evinced the proposal.

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Voracious

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Very hungry

I know my mother as a voracious reader.

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Zenith

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Top; peak; pinnacle; summit; vertex

Reaching the zenith in a career is easier than staying there.

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Cursory

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Brief; casual; careless

I made a cursory glance at her today.

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Raconteur

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Narrator

He is a good racontuer

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Cognizance

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Understanding

The law takes no cognizance of careless driving.

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Querulous

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Always complaining

John’s querulous nature has made him very unpopular.

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Platitude

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Expression; banality

The speech was dull and full of platitudes.

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Idolatry

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Worship of idols; excessive admiration

Such idolatry of singers is typical of the excessive enthusiasm of the youth.

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Immutable

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Unchangeable

Scientists are seeking to discover the immutable laws of nature.

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Imperturbable

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Calm; placid

John remained imperturbable during the stressful situation.

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Implacable

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Incapable of being pacified

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Insensible

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Unconscious; unresponsive

Shannon is insensible to shame.

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Lassitude

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Languor; weariness; lethargy

The hot weather creates a feeling of lassitude.

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Levity

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Lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity

Stop laughing and joking, such levity is improper in chruch.

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Lucid

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Easily understood; clear; intelligible

The explanation was lucid enough for a child to understand.

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Maverick

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Rebel; nonconformist

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Meticulous

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Excessively careful

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Obsequious

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Slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic

The waiter was particularly obsequious when we ate ate the restaurant.

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Occlude

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Shut; close

The blood clot occluded an artery to the heart.

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Officious

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Meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one’s services

The officious bellboy insisted to carry the bags himself.

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Ostentatious

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Showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention

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Pathological

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Pertaining to disease

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Permeable

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Porous; allowing passage through

Glass is permeable to light.

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Problematic

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Perplexing; unsettled; questionable

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Proliferate

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Grow rapidly; spread; mutliply

Everyone wants to proliferate their wealth.

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Qualified

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Limited; restricted

Because he was unable to provide the documents, he was granted qualified residence.

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Quibble

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Equivocate; play on words

Do not quibble; I want a straightforward answer.

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Repudiate

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Disown; disavow

He announced he would repudiate all debts incurred by his wife.

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Salubrious

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Healthful

People who get sinus problems from pollution, move to more salubrious areas.

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Saturate

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Soak

Their clothes were saturated by the rain.

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Stipulate

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Make express conditions; specify

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Strut

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Pompous walk

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Supersede

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Cause to be set aside; replace

This regulation will supersede all antecedent rules.

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Tenuous

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Thin; rare; slim

Our alliance to them is held by rather tenuous ties.

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Tirade

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Extended scolding; denunciation

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Tortuous

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Winding; full of curves

Because the road is tortuous it is unwise to go very fast.

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Zealot

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Fanatic; person who shows extensive zeal

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