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Essential Units 35-41 Flashcards

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Fractious

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Fractious (adj)

Quarrelsome; unruly; rebellious

In an effort to unify their divided party, it’s leaders decided to first placate the party’s most fractious elements.

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Placate

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Placate (Transitive Verb)

to cause (someone) to feel less angry about something

Placater (n)

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Fresco

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Fresco (n)

A painting done on plaster

The Italian Renaissance was the greatest period of fresco painting, as seen in the work of artists such as Michelangelo, Raphael and Giotto.

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Frieze

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Frieze (n)

Ornamental band on a wall

One of the best-known friezes, on the outer wall of the Parthenon in Athens, is a 525- foot depiction, of the panathenaic procession honoring Athena.

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Froward

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Froward (adj)

Stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient

The teacher had no choice but to send the froward child to the vice-principal for disciplining.

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Unprecedented

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Unprecedented (adj)

Not done or experienced before

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Presumptive (adj)

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Presumptive

Based on probability

Given grounds for reasonable belief

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Fracas

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Fracas (n)

A loud quarrel; brawl

The police were called in to break up a fracas that had erupted in the bar.

Fracases

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Frugality

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Frugality (n)

Thrift

Efficient spending; budgeting

In these days of credit card and installment plan buying. Frugality seems to have become a rarely practiced virtue.

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Fulminate

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Fulminate (v)

To attack loudly; denounce

The senator fulminated against what he termed “foreign meddling in America’s business.”

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Fulsome

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Fulsome (adj)

So excessive as to be disgusting

The actor was embarrassed by the fulsome praise he received after winning the academy award for best actor.

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Fusion

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Fusion (adj)

Union; synthesis

A hydrogen bomb requires tremendous heat to trigger the fusion reaction, which is provided by the detonation of a fission bomb.

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Futile

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Futile (adj)

Ineffective; useless; fruitless

To some non-philosophers, the discipline seems frivolous and futile because it produces no tangible benefits.

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Ignominy

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Ignominy

noun
: a situation or event that causes you to feel ashamed or embarrassed

Disgraced

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Garble

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Garble (v)

to cause (a word, name, message, etc.) to be unclear or confusing

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Moribund

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Moribund

no longer active or effective : close to failure
: very sick : close to death

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Moribund

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: no longer active or effective : close to failure

: very sick : close to death

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Gainsay

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Gainsay (v)

To deny; dispute; oppose

No one can gainsay the fact that she put great effort into the project.

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Gambol

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Gambol (v)

To frolic; leap playfully

The children gamboled on the lawn while their parents ate lunch.

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Garrulous

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Garrulous (adj)

Very talkative: wordy

The garrulous houseguest made it difficult for us to get much work done on the project.

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Gauche

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Gauche (adj)

Coarse and the uncouth: clumsy

What is considered gauche in one culture might not be considered gauche in another culture: for example, burping is considered rude in America but is acceptable in China.

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Geniality

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Geniality (n)

Cheerfulness: kindness: sociability

Hosts of television talk shows are generally people who possess a great deal of geniality.

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Gerrymander

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Gerrymander (v)

To divide an area into voting districts in a way that favors a political party.

An argument against the practice of gerrymandering is that it tends to make it difficult for the party that is out of power to regain power.

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Glib

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Glib (adj)

Fluent in an insincere way; offhand

Sharon’s parents were not satisfied by her glib explanation of why she had not been able to study for the exam.

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Goad

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Goad (v)

To prod; urge on

Goaded by his friends into trying out for the football team as a walk on. Jeff went on to become an all-American linebacker.

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Gossamer

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Gossamer (adj)

Sheer; light and delicate, like cobwebs

Some experts in NASA believe that what they call a gigantic “gossamer spacecraft” could be constructed in space with light weight material.

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Gouge

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Gouge (v)

To tear out; scoop out; overcharge

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Rococo

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Rococo (n)

Fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in France.

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Unequivocal

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Unequivocal (adj)

Admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; clearly defined

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Germane

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Germane (adj)

Relevant and appropriate

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Grandiloquent

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Grandiloquent (adj)

Pompous; bombastic

The orator abandoned grandiloquent phrases and instead uses simple and direct language.

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Gregarious

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Gregarious (adj)

Sociable

A recent anthropological theory is that human beings are gregarious creatures that are comfortable living in groups of around 150 individuals.

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Grouse

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Grouse (v)

To complain

Instead of grousing about the policy, do something about it: write to your congressional representative.

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Guileless

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Guileless (adj)

Free of cunning or deceit; artless

One of the charms of the novel is that the guileless hero manages to defeat the scheming villain.

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Guise

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Guise (n)

Outward appearance; false appearance; pretense

In Greek mythology, the god Zeus often appeared with such guises as a animals.

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Gullible

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Gullible (adj)

Easily deceived

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Gustatory

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Gustatory (adj)

Affecting the sense of taste

According to scientists, our gustatory senses depends to a large extent on our olfactory sense.

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Halcyon

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Halcyon (adj)

Calm and peaceful; happy; golden; prosperous

The movie evokes the halcyon years immediately after world war 2 when America was at peace and the economy was booming.

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Hallowed

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Hallowed (adj)

Holy; sacred

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Harangue

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Harangue (noun)

Long, pompous speech; tirade

The football team sat silently listening to their coaches half time hantavirus about poor tackling, dropped passes and lost opportunities to score.

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Harrowing

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Harrowing (adj)

Extremely distressing; terrifying

The journey “inward” to explore the unconscious mind has been described as more harrowing than the most dangerous voyage to explore the earth.

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Herbivorous

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Herbivorous (adj)

Relating to a herbivore, an animal that feeds mainly on plants

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Hermetic

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Hermetic (adj)

Tightly sealed; magical

Scholars have traced many of the hermetic traditions of Ancient Greece to Egypt.

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