Even Newer Words Flashcards
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Prolixity
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Boring verbosity
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Fastidiousness
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Critical, demanding
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Moribound
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Near death
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Ascendant
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Ruling, dominant
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Needling
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To prod someone into action
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Vassal
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Servant, a person granted use of land (royal)
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Malinger
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Pretend illness
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Cerebrate
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To think about
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Mien
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Showing character
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Adroit
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Skillful
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Penitent
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Expressing sorrow
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Fretful
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Quick to fret, peevish
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Ecumenical
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General
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Avow
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Acknowledge, to declare
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Recidivist
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Relapse into crime
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Opulence
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Wealth, riches
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Recrimination
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Counter charge
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Apotheosis
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Elevation to the rank of god
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Belligerence
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Act of war
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Aggrandizing
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To make grand
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Bluster
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To roar, show off
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Exalted
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To raise in rank or character
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Delectable
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Delicious
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Intuit
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Receive by intuition
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Tantamount
Equivalent in value
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Proptiatory
Intend to appease
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Malfeasance
Wrongdoing
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Vestige
Visible evidence of something no longer present
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Habiliments
Clothing
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Iridescent
Lustrous colors
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Drab
Dull
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Macabre
Gruesome
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Melliflous
Sweetly
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Cad
Dishonorable towards woman
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Solecism
Breach of good manners
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Proscribe
To denounce or condemn
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Patois
Regional form of language
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Consternation
Dismay
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Equanimity
Calmness, emotional stability
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Diffidence
Lacking confidence in oneself
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Canard
A false rumor
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Wheedling
To influence a person by smooth words
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Freewheeling
Moving about freely, irresponsibly
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Verdant
Green with vegetation
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Unremitting
Not slackening
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Voluble
Talkative
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Frisson
Sudden excitement
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Panegyric
Formal praise
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Marring
To damage or spoil
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Covetousness
Greedy
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Maven
An expert, conoisseur
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Tyro
Novice
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Credulity
Gullible
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Fabulists
A liar (creates fables)
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Sage
A wise person
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Prevaricator
A liar
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Raconteur
Skilled in relating stories
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Genial
Pleasantly cheerful
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Pedantic
Show off in learning
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Evinced
To prove
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Doggerel
Rude, crude, poor
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Doughty
Courageous
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Heady
Intoxicating, clever, impetuous
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Kinship
Familial relationship
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Largess
Generous bestowal of gifts
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Legerdemain
Sleight of hand
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Ingenuousness
Genuine, artless
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Recalcitrant
Stubborn, hard to deal
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Abstemious
Sparing eating or drinking (diet)
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Monolithic
Consisting of one piece
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Pleonasm
Redundant word
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Scintilla
A minute particle, a small amount
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Pallet
Makeshift bed
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Minatory
Threatening, menacing
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Insularity
Detached, isolated (island)
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Countermand
To revoke or cancel
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Iniquitous
Wicked, sinful
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Unheralded
Appearing without warning
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Clangor
Loud, resonant sound
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Deleterious
Harmful, injurious
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Auspicious
Promising success, favorable
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Erstwhile
Former
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Noisome
Disgusting odor
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Undulating
To move with sinuous motion
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Gainsay
To deny, dispute
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Eschews
To avoide
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Abnegates
To refuse or deny oneself
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Impetus
Impulse, stimulus
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Filched
To steal
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Elucidate
To make clear
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Commingling
To mix together
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Commutation
Substituting one thing to another
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Plenary
Full, complete, entire
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Adduce
To bring forward as evidence
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Colloquium
A conference to present paper
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Conferment
To consult together
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Symposium
Conference to discuss subject
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Cloistered
Secluded from the world
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Mirth
Amusement or laughter
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Insouciance
Lack of care or concern
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Continence
Self restraint or abstinence
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Fiat
Sanction, an order
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Calumniating
To make false statements
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Quagmire
Situation which extrication is difficult; anything soft
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Morass
Marshy ground
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Climacteric
Critical period
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Despondence
Loss of hope, dejection
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Imputing
To attribute or ascribe
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Grousing
To grumble, complain
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Convulsing
To shake violently
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Imbibing
To consume liquid
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Fracas
A noisy fight, uproar
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Colloquy
Dialogue, a conference
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Callow
Immature or inexperienced
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Facile
Moving, acting with ease
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Piquant
Pungent in taste, stimulating
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Insipid
Bland
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Zesty
Piquant, full of zest (enjoyment)
