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English Vocab. Misc. II Flashcards

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moiety

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  1. a half, one of 2 equal parts; 2. an indefinite share or part
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sybarite

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anyone very fond of luxury and pleasure; a voluptuary

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uxorious

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greatly or excessively fond of one’s wife; doting

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demit

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to resign (a position or office)

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habile

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able, skillful, handy, clever

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flagitious

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shamefully wicked; vie and scandalous

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éclat

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brilliant or conspicuous success; dazzling display

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to redound (to the honor or discredit of smb)

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to have a result or effect, usu. in context of recoiling or bouncing back.

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appanage

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money, land, etc., granted by monarch for support of children; a person’s rightful extra gain, perquisite; an accompanying endowment

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paladin

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a knight or heroic champion

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lissome

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bending or moving gracefully or withe ease and lightness

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sapid

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1.) having a strong, pleasant taste; or 2.) (of talk or writing) pleasant or interesting

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preterhuman

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beyond that which is human

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bier

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catafalque; A movable frame on which a coffin or a corpse is placed before burial or cremation or on which it is carried to the grave.

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arch

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  1. cunning, sly, shrewd, clever; pert, waggish, mirthful; 2 chief, principal, of the first class.
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agrestic

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rural, rustic; crude, unpolished.

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renitent

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resistant, opposing stubbornly.

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heuristic

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serving to guide, discover, or reveal; specif., valuable for empirical research but unproven or incapable of being proven.

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fissiparous

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tending to break up into parts or groups.

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stonk

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bombard with concentrated artillery fire

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bantam

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n.: a small and feisty or quarrelsome person; adj.: diminutive; tiny

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bromide

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a platitude or trite saying; a person who is platitudinous and boring

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bumptious

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offensively self-assetive

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captious

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  1. apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; 2. apt or designed to ensnare or perplex, esp. in argument: “captious questions”
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feckless

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  1. ineffective, incompetent; 2. having no sense of responsibility; indifferent;lazy
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indolent

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slothful

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picayune

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of little value or account; small, trifling; 2. petty, carping, or prejudiced.

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hoary

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ver old, gray or white as from old age

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imprecation

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a curse; a prayer for har to come to someone

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incarnadine

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blood-red or flesh colored

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invidious

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hateful, offensive, injurious

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larceny

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theft of personal property

33
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legerdemain

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slight-of-hand; trickery or deception

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martinet

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a person who adheres to rules extremely closely; a strict disciplinarian

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mendicant

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beggar; religious follower who lives by begging

36
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meretricious

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attractive in a vulgar or flashy way; tawdry; 2. deceptive

37
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orotund

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full, rich, and clear (of the voice or speaking); pompous, bombastic

38
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pallid

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abnormally pale; lacking color or vitality

39
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olio

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a miscellaneous mixture; hodgepodge; a miscellaneous collection (“the performance was an old-fashioned olio of songs, dances, and puppetry”)

40
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  1. a half, one of 2 equal parts; 2. an indefinite share or part
A

moiety

41
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anyone very fond of luxury and pleasure; a voluptuary

A

sybarite

42
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greatly or excessively fond of one’s wife; doting

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uxorious

43
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to resign (a position or office)

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demit

44
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able, skillful, handy, clever

A

habile

45
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shamefully wicked; vie and scandalous

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flagitious

46
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brilliant or conspicuous success; dazzling display

A

éclat

47
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to have a result or effect, usu. in context of recoiling or bouncing back.

A

to redound (to the honor or discredit of smb)

48
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money, land, etc., granted by monarch for support of children; a person’s rightful extra gain, perquisite; an accompanying endowment

A

appanage

49
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a knight or heroic champion

A

paladin

50
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bending or moving gracefully or withe ease and lightness

A

lissome

51
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growing old, aging

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sapid

52
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beyond that which is human

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preterhuman

53
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catafalque; A movable frame on which a coffin or a corpse is placed before burial or cremation or on which it is carried to the grave.

A

bier

54
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  1. cunning, sly, shrewd, clever; pert, waggish, mirthful; 2 chief, principal, of the first class.
A

arch

55
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rural, rustic; crude, unpolished.

A

agrestic

56
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resistant, opposing stubbornly.

A

renitent

57
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serving to guide, discover, or reveal; specif., valuable for empirical research but unproven or incapable of being proven.

A

heuristic

58
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tending to break up into parts or groups.

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fissiparous

59
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bombard with concentrated artillery fire

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stonk

60
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n.: a small and feisty or quarrelsome person; adj.: diminutive; tiny

A

bantam

61
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a platitude or trite saying; a person who is platitudinous and boring

A

bromide

62
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offensively self-assetive

A

bumptious

63
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  1. apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; 2. apt or designed to ensnare or perplex, esp. in argument: “captious questions”
A

captious

64
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  1. ineffective, incompetent; 2. having no sense of responsibility; indifferent;lazy
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feckless

65
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slothful

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indolent

66
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of little value or account; small, trifling; 2. petty, carping, or prejudiced.

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picayune

67
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ver old, gray or white as from old age

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hoary

68
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a curse; a prayer for har to come to someone

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imprecation

69
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blood-red or flesh colored

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incarnadine

70
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hateful, offensive, injurious

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invidious

71
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theft of personal property

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larceny

72
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slight-of-hand; trickery or deception

A

legerdemain

73
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a person who adheres to rules extremely closely; a strict disciplinarian

A

martinet

74
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beggar; religious follower who lives by begging

A

mendicant

75
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attractive in a vulgar or flashy way; tawdry; 2. deceptive

A

meretricious

76
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full, rich, and clear (of the voice or speaking); pompous, bombastic

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orotund

77
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abnormally pale; lacking color or vitality

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pallid

78
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a miscellaneous mixture; hodgepodge; a miscellaneous collection (“the performance was an old-fashioned olio of songs, dances, and puppetry”)

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olio

Advanced English Vocab. Lists (20 decks)

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