English 10H – Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Words (Level G): Semester One Flashcards

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Banal:

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(adj):

hackneyed, trite, commonplace

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Belabor:

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(v):

to work on excessively

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Coherent:

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(adj):

holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensive; meaningful

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Congeal:

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(v):

to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid

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Emulate:

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(v):

to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

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Germane:

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(adj):

relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

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Insatiable:

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(adj):

so great or demanding as not to be satisfied

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Substantiate:

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(v):

to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to

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Taciturn:

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(adj):

habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

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Tenable:

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(adj):

capable or being held or defended

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Accost:

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(v):

to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way

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Avid:

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(adj):

desirous or something to the point of greed; intensely eager

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Brackish:

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(adj):

having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink

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Halcyon:

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(n):
a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher

(adj):
of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful, happy, golden; prosperous, affluent

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Incendiary:

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(adj):
deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to make people mad

(n):
one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist

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Maelstrom:

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(n):

a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction

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Myopic:

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(adj):

nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment

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Overt:

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(adj):

open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized

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Pejorative:

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(adj):

tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, belittling

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Propriety:

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(n):

the state of being proper, appropriateness

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Sacrilege:

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(n):

improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

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Summarily:

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(adv):

without delay or formality; briefly, concisely

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Suppliant:

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(adj):
asking humbly and earnestly

(n):
one who makes a request humbly and earnestly

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Talisman:

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(n):

an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet

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Undulate:

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(v):

to move in waves or with a wavelike motion

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Articulate:

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(v):
to pronounce distinctly; to express well in words

(adj):
expressed clearly and forcefully

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Cavort:

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(v):

to romp or prance around exuberantly; to make merry

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Distraught:

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(adj):

very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict

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Eulogy:

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(n):

a formal statement or commendation; high praise

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Exhume:

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(v):

to remove from a grave, to bring to light

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Murky:

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(adj):

dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision

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Nefarious:

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(adj):

wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards

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Piquant:

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(adj):

stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative

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Primordial:

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(adj):

developed or created at the very beginning; fundamental, basic

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Propinquity:

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(n):

nearness in place or time; kinship

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Unwonted:

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(adj):

not usual or expected; not in character

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Utopian:

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(adj):

founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical

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Verbiage:

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(n):

language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness

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Verdant:

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(adj):

green in tint or colour; immature in experience or judgement

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Viscous:

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(adj):

having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity

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Atrophy:

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(n):
the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure

(v):
to waste away

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Bastion:

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(n):

a fortified place, stronghold

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Concord:

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(n):

a state or agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant

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Consummate:

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(adj):
to complete or perfect in the highest degree

(v):
to bring to a state of completion or perfection

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Disarray:

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(n):
disorder, confusion

(v):
to throw into disorder

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Exigency:

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(n):

urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency

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Flotsam:

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(n):

debris; homeless, impoverished people

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Frenetic:

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(adj):

frenzied, highly agitated

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Glean:

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(v):

to gather bit by bit

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Grouse:

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(n):
a type of game bird; a complaint

(v):
to complain, grumble

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Incarcerate:

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(v): to imprison, confine, jail

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Incumbent:

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(adj) : obligatory, require

(n) : one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of

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Jocular:

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(adj): humorous, jesting, jolly, joking

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Ludicrous:

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(adj): ridiculous, laughable, absurd

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Mordant:

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(adj): biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh

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Nettle:

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(n) : a prickly or stinging plant

(v) : to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severly

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Pecuniary:

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(adj): consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money

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Pusillanimous:

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(adj): contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited

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Recumbent:

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(adj): in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting

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Stratagem:

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(n): a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end