Engl. 2 VOCABULARY LIST #3 (101-150)

Question 0

Garrulous

Answer 0

Talkative; loquacious, voluble

Question 1

Rancorous

Answer 1

Having deep-seated hate or ill-will

Question 2

Patrician

Answer 2

Noble, aristocratic; the upperclass of Ancient Rome

Question 3

Chagrin

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Distress caused by failure or disappointment

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Circumspect

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Careful; cautious; looking things over carefully before acting

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Halcyon

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Clam; peaceful

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Sapient

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Wise, discerning

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Arrogate

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To assume or claim as one’s own but proudly

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Enamored

Answer 8

Fondly in love

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Jesuitical

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Crafty in argument; talking like a Jesuit

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Devotee

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One devoted to a cause or activity

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Blasé

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Not caring because of overindulge

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Gossamer

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A filmy spider’s web

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Pergrination

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A wandering; a traveling or going about.

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Indicative

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Designating or pointing out

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Commensurate

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Equal in measure; proportional; corresponding. To

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Mercantile

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Detraining to merchants or trade

Question 17

Maunderings

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Slow & idle wanderings; act of speaking disconnected

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Bravado

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A false show of bravery

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Refractory

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Unmanageable; unruly; resisting ordinary treatment

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Quandary

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A dilemma

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Expostulate

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To reason earnestly with a person for purpose of discussion of remonslvance

Question 22

Avoirdupois

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A system of weights

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Pythoness

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A woman who practices divination; a prophetess

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Supercilious

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Haughty; stuck up

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Augment

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To enlarge or increase (something)

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Afflatus

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Inspiration; a divine impulse

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Interstices

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Spaces the intervene between

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Incipient

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Just beginning

Question 29

Siren

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A seductive and destructive woman

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Abate

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To become weaker or less; to get smaller

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Nonce

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A particular occasion or purpose

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Roué

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A rake; a debauchee

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Magnate

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A tycoon

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Persona

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A character in a drama

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Pathos

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Ability of art to awaken pity and sympathy or tender sorrow

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Patronage

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Support or encouragement; condescension

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Delude

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To mislead the mind or judgement of; to trick

Question 38

Complaisance

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: disposition to please or comply : affability

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Waif

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A stray person or animal; homeless child

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Qualm

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A pang, especially a pang of conscience

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Covenant

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A solemn agreement

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Lionize

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to treat as an object or great interest of importance

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Reproof

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Rebuke or criticism

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Rectitude

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Uprightness; moral straightness

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Light some

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Nimble graceful

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Amenities

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Conventional social niceties

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Functionary

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An official; one who has a government function

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Rapacity

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State of being predatory or grasping

Question 49

Exodus

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a going out; a leaving