English Vocab Semester 2 Flashcards
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Stanch
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To check or stop the flowing of; to stop or check in its course; to make watertight, stop up
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Bootless
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Useless, unprofitable
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Perfidious
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Of, relating to, or characterized by perfidy, which means the quality or state of being faithless or disloyal
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Verdure
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The greenness of growing vegetation; a condition of health and vigor
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Inveterate
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Confirmed in a habit, habitual; firmly established by long persistence
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Extirpate
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To destroy completely; to pull up by the root
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Prescience
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Foreknowledge of events; divine omniscience; human anticipation of the course of events
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Unmitigable
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Not capable of being mitigated, which means to make less severe, harmful, or painful
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Cloven
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Split in two
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Canker
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An erosive or spreading sore; a source of corruption or debasement
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Beseech
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To beg for urgently or anxiously, to request earnestly
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Vouch
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To supply supporting evidence or testimony; to give personal assurance; to give a guarantee : become surety
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Contentious
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Likely to cause people to argue or disagree; involving a lot of arguing; likely or willing to argue
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Importune
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To press or urge with troublesome persistence
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Commonwealth
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A nation, state, or other political unit: such as one founded on law and united by compact or tacit agreement of the people for the common good, one in which supreme authority is vested in the people
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Mettle
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Vigor and strength of spirit or temperament; staying quality or stamina; or, quality of temperament or disposition
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Ebb
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n. The reflux of the tide toward the sea; a point or condition of decline: v. to recede from the flood
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Prate
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To talk long and idly
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Precendent
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n. An earlier occurrence of something similar; something done or said that may serve as an example or rule to authorize or justify a subsequent act of the same or an analogous kind: adj. prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance
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Firebrand
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A piece of burning wood; one that creates unrest or strife (as in aggressively promoting a cause)
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Adder
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The common venomous viper (Viper berus ) of Europe; broadly : any of various snakes of the viper family
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Bombard
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To attack especially with artillery or bombers; to assail vigorously or persistently (as with questions)
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Dregs
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(Dreg) sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated– caused to separate from solution or suspension–from it; the most undesirable part —usually used in plural
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Ague
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A fever (such as malaria) marked by paroxysms–fits, attacks, or sudden increases or recurrences of symptoms–of chills, fever, and sweating that recur at regular intervals
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Celestial
Of, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity; of or relating to the sky or visible heaven
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Odious
Arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance, which is strong dislike, distaste, or antagonism
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Quicken
To make alive; to cause to be enlivened
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Executor
One who carries out something, such as the wishes in a will
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Enjoin
To direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition; to forbid or prohibit
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Precept
A command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action
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Compass
To devise or contrive often with craft or skill; comprehend; to surround (an area)
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Brine
Water saturated or strongly impregnated with common salt; the water of a sea or salt lake
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Sot
A habitual drunkyard
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Nonpareil
Having no equal
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Viceroy
The governor of a country or province who rules at the representative of a king or sovereign
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Jocund
Marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness
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Discourse
The use of words to exchange thoughts and ideas; the use of words to exchange thoughts and ideas; formal and orderly and usually extended expression of thought on a subject
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Tempered
Treated so as to impart increased strength and the property of shattering into pellets when broken; having the elements mixed in satisfying proportions; qualified, lessened, or diluted by the mixture or influence of an additional ingredient
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Incensed
Perfumed with incense; extremely argy or indignant
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Bereft
Deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something —usually used with of ; suffering the death of a loved one
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Perdition
Eternal damnation
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Supple
1. compliant (willing to do whatever is asked) often to the point of obsequiousness (annoyingly extensive and flattering attention); readily adaptable or responsive to new situations; 2. capable of being bent or folded without creases, cracks, or breaks
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Austere
1. simple or plain : not fancy; 2. of a person: having a serious and unfriendly quality
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Ratify
To approve and sanction formally
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Sanctimonious
Hypocritically pious or devout
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Aspersion
A false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation; the act of making such a charge
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Dalliance
An act of play, especially amorous play, or frivolous action
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Abstemious
Marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol
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Corollary
Something that naturally follows; something that incidentally or naturally accompanies or parallels
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Lea
Grassland, pasture
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Foison
Rich harvest; physical energy or strength
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naiad
Any of the nymphs in classical mythology living in and giving life to lakes, rivers, springs, and fountains
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Confederate
Ally, accomplice
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Distempered
Thrown out of order deranged or unsettled
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Infirmity
The quality or state of being infirm, which is of poor or deteriorated vitality
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Cleave
1. To adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly; 2.To divide by or as if by cutting blow. (Yes, it is its own antonym)
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Low
To moo
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Trumpery
Worthless nonsense; trivial or useless articles
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Abjure
To renounce upon oath; to reject solemnly
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Renown
A state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored
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Yar
1. archaic : set for action; 2. characterized by speed and agility; hand, maneuverable
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Diligence
Steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking
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Oracle
1. in ancient Greece , a person (such as a priestess) through whom a god was believed to speak; 2. the place (such as a shrine) where people went to ask questions of an oracle; 3. an answer or message given by an oracle
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Indulgence
1. the behavior or attitude of people who allow themselves to do what they want or who allow other people to do what they want; 2. the act of doing something that you enjoy but that is usually thought of as wrong or unhealthy; 3. something that is done or enjoyed as a special pleasure
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Colloquial
Used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation; using conversational style
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Attenuating
Lessening the amount, force, magnitude, or value of ; weakening
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Psychodrama
An extemporized (improvised) dramatization designed to afford catharsis and social relearning for one or more of the participants from whose life history the plot is abstracted
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Windward
The side or direction from which the wind is blowing
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Ingrate
An ungrateful person
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Arsenal
An establishment for the manufacture or storage of arms and military equipment; a collection of weapons
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Intrinsically
By natural character; in itself
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Attrition
Sorrow for one's sins that arise from a motive other than that of the love of God
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Convoke
To call together to a meeting
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Guerilla
A person who engages in irregular warfare especially as a member of an independent unit carrying out harassment and sabotage
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Secular
Of or relating to the worldly or temporal; not overtly or specifically religious; not ecclesiastically or clerical.
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Pallor
Deficiency of color especially of the face; paleness
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Expounding
To explain by setting forth in careful and often elaborate detail
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Scrupulous
Acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper; painstaking
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Distillation
The extraction of the essence of something
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Supplications
Humble and earnest entreaties, oftentimes to God
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Interminable
Having or seeming to have no end in a wearisome way
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Endemic
Belonging or native to a particular people or country
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Paucity
Smallness in number or quantity
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Precarious
Dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments; characterized by a lack of security or stability that threatens with danger
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Variegated
Having discrete markings of different colors
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Discreet
a) Unobtrusive, unnoticeable; b) having or showing discernment or good judgment in conduct and especially in speech
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Nefarious
Flagrantly wicked; evil
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Ubiquitous
Existing or being everywhere at the same time; widespread
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Mirth
Gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter
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Litany
A usually lengthy recitation of a list, i.e stating things one after another
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Squelch
To completely suppress
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Precocious
Exhibiting mature qualities at an unusual early age
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Alacrity
Promptness in response: cheerful readiness
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Catatonic
Characterized by a marked lack of movement, activity, or expression
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Allayed
To subdue or reduce in intensity or severity; to calm
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Insatiable
Incapable offing satisfied
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Feigned
Not genuine or real
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Prodigal
Characterized by profuse or wasteful expense
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Pariah
One that is despised or rejected; pariah
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Atrophic
Decrease in sizer wasting away of a body part or tissue; a wasting away or progressive decline
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Indelible
That cannot be removed, washed away, or erased
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Unabashed
Unapologetic, unashamed
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Obviating
To anticipate and prevent (something such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary
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Appellation
An identifying name or title, a designation
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Nascent
Coming or having recently come into existence
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Octave
1. an 8-day period of observances beginning with a festival day; 2. a stanza of eight lines; 3. a musical interval embracing eight diatonic degrees
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Pockmarked
Covered with marks, pits, or depressed scars caused by smallpox or acne
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Disquieting
Taking away the peace or tranquility of
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Missive
A written communication, letter
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Gringo
Often disparaging : a foreigner in Spain or Latin America especially when of English or American origin; broadly : a non-Hispanic person
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Lexicon
The words used in a language or by a person or group of people
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Baroque
1. of or relating to a dramatic style of art and music that was common in the 17th and early 18th centuries and that featured many decorative parts and details; 2. having many details or too many details
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Solace
1 comfort in grief:alleviation of grief or anxiety; 2. a source of relief or consolation
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Blanched
(Blanch) to take the color out of, such as to scald or parboil in water or steam, to bleach by excluding light, or to make ashen or pale (as through fear)
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Indignation
Anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean
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Cyclopean
1. often capitalized: of, relating, to characteristic of a Cyclops; 2 huge, massive
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Canonization
1. the declaration of a deceased person an officially recognized saint, or the process of so declaring 2. the process of making something canonical, that is of, relating to, or forming a canon (an authoritative list of books)
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Redolent
Exuding fragrance
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Somnambulist
Someone who walks in their sleep
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Profligates
1. wildly extravagant. 2, shamelessly immoral
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Exuded
Oozed out
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Decorous
Marked by propriety and good taste
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Occluding
Closing up or blocking off
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Lacquered
Given a smooth finish or appearance to; made glossy
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Transmigrations
Passings at death from one body or being to another
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Plaintive
Expressing or suffering or woe
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Malevolent
1. having, showing, or arising from intense often
vicious ill will, spite, or hatred; 2. productive of harm
or evil
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Somnolence
The quality or state of being drowsy
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Iconoclasm
The practice of attacking cherished beliefs and traditions
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Ominous
Suggesting that something bad is going to happen on the future
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Sonorous
Producing a depp resonant sound
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Squander
1. to spend extravagantly or foolishly; 2. to lose
(something, such as an advantage or opportunity)
through negligence or inaction
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Reverberate
Reflect, repel, or echo
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Tenuos
Lacking a sound basis in reasoning
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Maladjusted
poorly or inadequately adjusted
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Cloying
Disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess; also :
excessively sweet or sentimental
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Ornate
1. marked by elaborate rhetoric; 2. elaborately or
excessively decorated
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Bric-a-brac
A miscellaneous collection of small articles commonly
of ornamental or sentimental value
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Aviary
A place for keeping birds confined
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Impudent
Marked by contemptuous or cocky boldness or disregard of others
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Ulterior
Going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper
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Mottled
Marked with spots of different colors: having blotches of two or more colors
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Superimposed
Placed or lain over or above something
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Consetllations
1. Configurations of stars or an area of the celestial
sphere covering one of these configurations; 2.
assemblages, collections, or groups of usually related
persons, qualities, or things
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Matrix
Something (such as a situation or a set of conditions) in which something else develops or forms
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Dissembling
To conceal the truth or give a false and misleading appearance to
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Degenerate
n. one degraded from the normal moral standard; a
sexual pervert; adj. having sunk to a condition below
that which is normal to a type; v. 1. to pass from a
higher to a lower type or condition; 2. to sink into a
low intellectual or moral state
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Crestfallen
Feeling shame or humiliation
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Soporific
Causing sleep
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Oafish
Resembling a big, clumsy, and slow-witted person
