English Final Vocab

Question 0

Discern

Answer 0

V. To see clearly, recognize

Question 1

Buffet

Answer 1

V. To slap or cuff, to strike repeatedly, to drive or force with blows

Question 2

Animosity

Answer 2

Strong dislike bitter hostility

Question 3

Apathy

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N. A lack of feeling, emotion, or interest

Question 4

Multifarious

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Adj. Having great variety, numerous and diverse

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Parsimonious

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Adj. Stingy, miserly, meager, poor, small

Question 6

Recalcitrant

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Adj. stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority

Question 7

Revel

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V. To take great pleasure in

N. A wild celebration

Question 8

Ardent

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Adj. very enthusiastic, impassioned

Question 9

Assiduous

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Adj. Persistent, attentive, diligent

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Limpid

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Adj. clear, transparent, readily understood

Question 11

Omnipotent

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Adj. almighty, having unlimited power or authority

Question 12

Poignant

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Adj. Deeply affecting, touching, keen or sharp in taste or smell

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Garrulous

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Adj. Given to much talking, tediously chatty

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Insuperable

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Adj. Incapable of being overpowered

Question 15

Misnomer

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N. An unsuitable or misleading name

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Sinuous

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Adj. Winding, having many curves, lithe and flexible

Question 17

Sonorous

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Adj. Full, deep or rich in sound, impressive in style

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Vanguard

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N. The foremost part of an army, the leading position in any field

Question 19

Wastrel

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N. A wasteful person, spendthrift, a good for nothing

Question 20

Allude

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V. To refer to casually or indirectly

Question 21

Guile

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N. Treacherous cunning, deceit

Question 22

Misconstrue

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V. To interpret wrongly, mistake the meaning of

Question 23

Placid

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Adj. calm, peaceful

Question 24

Pretext

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N. A false reason, deceptive excuse

Question 25

Abjure

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V. To renounce, repudiate under oath, to avoid, shun

Question 26

Quell

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V. To subdue, put down forcibly

Question 27

Obviate

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V. To anticipate and prevent, to remove, dispose of

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Squalid

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Adj. filthy, wretched, debased

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Vociferous

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Adj. loud and noisy, compelling attention

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Voluminous

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Adj. of great size, numerous, writing or speaking at great length

Question 31

Consecrate

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V. To make sacred, hallow, to set apart for a special purpose

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Stultify

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V. To make ineffective or useless, cripple, to have a dulling effect on

Question 33

Covet

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V. To desire something belonging to another

Question 34

Endemic

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Adj. native or confined to a particular region or people

Question 35

Exemplary

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Adj. worthy of imitation, commedable, serving as a model

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Ingenuous

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Adj. innocent, simple, frank, sincere

Question 37

Deride

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V. To ridicule, laugh at with contempt