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fluke
lucky stroke
subpoena
written order requiring a person to appear in a low court
prevalent
common
ossify
to turn to bone to settle rigidly into an idea
perjury
willful FALSE statement unlawful act
bequest
arrangement to give smth at death
vivacious
lively high-spirited
ingenuous
naive young artless frank honest sincere
accretion
the growing of separate things into one
mellifluous
sweetly flowing
flinch
draw move back wince
steeply
rising or falling sharply
acclaimed
welcomed with shouts and approval
drone
male bee person who isn’t self-employed
voluble
fluent
piquant
agreeably pungent stimulating
stray
wander lose one’s way
predominate
have more power than others
supine
lying on the back slow to act passive
frugal
careful economical
susceptibility
sensitiveness
intersperse
place here and there
stigma
mark of shame or disgrace
quibble
try to avoid by sophistication
obstreperous
noisy loud
disproof
proof to the contrary
esoteric
abstruse intended only for a small circle of
disencumber
free from encumbrance
prevaricate
to equivocate to stray from the truth
veracity
truth
fetter
to shackle put in chains
peripatetic
wandering
warmonger
person who stirs up war
trickle
flow in drops
chauvinist
a blindly devoted patriot
middling
fairly good but not very good
inferno
hell
aspersion
slander
profundity
depth
decorum
propriety properness
upbraid
scold reproach
obsequious
too eager to obey or serve
incise
engrave make a cut in
harangue
a long passionate speech
expiation
ending expiring
rotund
rich and deep plump and round
exhaustive
complete thorough
homiletics
act of preaching
surcharge
additional load/charge
blithe
cheerful casual carefree
streak
long thin move very fast
malinger
to fake illness or injury in order to shirk a duty
lope
move along with long strides
bask
in enjoy warmth and light
tenuous
insubstantial flimsy weak
castigate
to chastise correct by punishing
balk
obstacle purposely to get on the way of
veneer
surface appearance covering the TRUE nature
gainsay
to deny to oppose
glib
ready and smooth but not sincere
debacle
a breakup overthrow sudden disaster
serration
having a toothed edge
obtuse
blunt/stupid
fetid
stinking
recreancy
cowardice a cowardly giving up
officious
too eager or ready to help offer advice
macerate
make or become soft by soaking in water
allegiance
duty support loyalty
invective
abusive language curses
qualm
feeling of doubt temporary feeling of sickness
cumbersome
burdensome heavy and awkward to carry
judicious
sound in judgment wise
effete
infertile worn out weak
mesmerize
hypnotize
commodious
having plenty of space for what is needed
ostracism
shut out from society refuse to meet talk
trudge
walk heavily
writ
written order
bogus
sham counterfeit not genuine
splenetic
bad-tempered irritable
extenuate
reduce the strength of lessen seriousness partially excuse
manacle
chains for the hands or feet
lament
show feel great sorrow
predilection
special liking mental preference
striated
striped grooved or banded
burgeon
grow forth send out buds
ebullience
exuberance outburst of feeling
obdurate
hardened and unrepenting stubborn inflexible
redeem
get back by payment compensate
savor
taste flavor smth
nostrum
a quack remedy an untested cure
tonic
smth giving strength or energy
cant
insincere talk/jargon
vigilance
watchfulness self-appointed group who maintain order
heterogeneous
made up of different kinds
vex
annoy distress trouble
forbear
refrain from be patient ancestor
odious
repulsive hateful
prolix
tiring because too long
coy
shy/modest (esp of a girl)
perish
be destroyed decay
flamboyant
brightly colored florid
nascent
coming into existence emerging
quixotic
generous unselfish
brazen
made of brass
feckless
lacking purpose or vitality ineffective careless
extinct
no longer active
dawdler
person who is slow waste of time
nebulous
cloud-like hazy vague indistinct
luminary
star light-giving body
reticent
reserved untalkative silent taciturn
counterfeit
forgery
morbid
diseased unhealthy (e.g.. about ideas)
fragile
easily injured broken or destroyed
discrete
individually distinct
recitals
a number of performance of music
shunt
send from one track to another lay aside evade discussion
diatribe
bitter and violent attack in words
turbulence
being uncontrolled violent
sanction
approval (by authority) penalty
negligent
taking too little care
fatuous
without sense foolish self-satisfaction
levity
lack of seriousness
doggerel
trivial poorly constructed verse
turmoil
trouble disturbance
thrift
care economy thriving prosperous
obfuscate
to darken make obscure muddle
blatant
noisy and rough
sever
break off
aberration
straying away from what is normal
slake
to assuage to satisfy allay
maul
hurt by rough handling
rapacious
greedy (esp for money)
quirk
habit or action peculiar to smb or smth
aseptic
surgically clean
retard
check hinder
talon
claw of a bird of prey
quack
person dishonestly claiming to smth
consternation
surprise and fear dismay
antithetical
direct opposing
rabble
mob crowd the lower classes of populace
waft
scent waving movement carry lightly through
fret
worry irritation wear away
equanimity
calmness of temperament
ambiguous
doubtful uncertain
sedulous
persevering
pry
get smth inquire too curiously
tenacity
firmness persistency adhesiveness tending to hang on
apprehensive
grasping understanding fear unhappy feeling about future
heinous
odious (of crime)
expatiate
to roam wander freely
condense
increase in density strength make laconic
immaculate
pure faultless
finesse
delicate way of dealing with a situation
bereft
rob or dispossess of smth (material)
affinity
close connection relationship
flax
pale yellow (hair) a plant
renowned
celebrated famous
tassel
bunch of threads
verdant
fresh and green
lithe
bending twisting
stride
walk with long steps
duplicity
deliberate deception
fragrant
sweet-smelling
simper
(give a) silly/self-conscious smile
dulcet
melodious harmonious
ostensible
seeming appearing as such professed
exoneration
set smb clear free (e.g.. from blame)
wag
merry person
skiff
small boat
punctilious
precise paying attention to trivialities
sting
smth sharp
strut
a supporting bar
auxiliary
helping supporting
canvass
discuss thoroughly sort of touting
spear
weapon with a metal point on a long shaft
torment
severe pain or suffering
equivocal
having a double or doubtful meaning suspicious
personable
pleasing in appearance attractive
enunciate
pronounce (words)/express a theory
conspicuous
easily seen remarkable
vacillation
being uncertain hesitating
nugatory
trifling/worthless
proliferate
grow reproduce by rapid multification
legacy
smth handed down from ancestors
libertine
immoral person
arabesque
a complex ornate design
imprecation
an invocation of evil a curse
extirpate
to destroy exterminate cut out exscind
lucubrate
write in scholarly fashion
sequence
succession connected line of
encapsulate
enclose in capsule
indistinct
not easily heard seen clearly marked
recalcitrant
disobedient
visceral
of the internal organs of the body
belabor
beat hard
undulate
to move in wavelike fashion fluctuate
forge
workshop for the shaping of metal to shape metal lead
disseminate
distribute (esp. ideas)
emaciate
make thin and weak
insipid
without taste or flavor
ineluctable
certain inevitable
pariah
an outcast a rejected and despised person
brass
yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc)
limp
lacking strength walking unevenly
cloture
closing device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting
dissolution
disintegration looseness in morals
preclude
prevent make impossible
egress
way out exit
avid
eager greedy
inane
silly senseless
peremptory
urgent imperative unchallengeable ending debate
irrevocable
final and unalterable
evoke
call up bring out
holster
leather case for a pistol
hospitable
liking to give hospitality
grovel
crawl humble oneself
plaque
flat metal on a wall as a memorial
demur
to hesitate raise objections
imperative
urgent essential
abhor
to hate to detest
nibble
show some inclination to accept (an offer)
impervious
not allowing to pass through (of materials)
superfluous
more then is needed or wanted
aggravate
make worse irritate
introspection
examining one’s own thoughts and feelings
drawl
slow way of speaking
prone
prostrate inclined to (undesirable things)
halcyon
calm and peaceful
fecund
fertile
reverent
feeling or showing deep respect
intrepid
fearless brave undaunted
timorous
fearful timid afraid
assail
with attack violently
consummate
perfect/make perfect/complete
clientele
customers
conciliatory
reconciling soothing comforting mollifying
quandary
state of doubt or perplexity
abraded
rubbed off worn away by friction
poncho
large piece of cloth
beatify
to bless make happy or ascribe a virtue to
apropos
appropriate to the situation apt
repine
at be discontented with
foil
prevent from carrying out contrast
soporific
producing sleep
indelible
that cannot be rubbed out
palpability
can be felt touched understood
crease
line made by crushing white line on the ground in cricket
muffler
cloth worn round the neck/silencer
pellucid
transparent easy to understand
resort
to frequently visit
summarily
briefly without delay
warrant
authority written order guarantee
dud
no use person smth that fails
protracted
prolonged
underbid
make a lower bid then smb else
gorge
eat greedily/narrow opening with a stream
consequential
pompous self important
flaunting
show off complacently
imperturbable
calm not capable of being excited
foment
put smth warm (to lessen the pain)
sundry
various miscellaneous separate
recant
take back as being FALSE give up
fledged
able to fly trained experienced
plunge
move quickly suddenly and with force
discern
see with an effort but clearly
servile
like a slave lacking independence
skit
short piece of humorous writing
exscind
to cut out cut away
sophisticated
complex subtle refined
austere
severely moral and strict simple and plain
facile
easily done
obviate
to make unnecessary get rid of
eddy
circular or spiral movement (e.g.. of wind)
collusion
secret agreement for a deceitful purpose
indefatigability
not easily exhaustible tirelessness
philistine
a smug ignorant person one who lacks knowledge
imperviousness
haughty arrogant commanding
indigenous
native
repudiate
disown refuse to accept or pay
truculence
aggressiveness ferocity
lurk
be out of view ready to attack
dismal
sad gloomy miserable
splice
join (two ends)
incumbents
official duties
prim
neat formal
iconoclast
person who attacks popular beliefs
coddle
treat with care and tenderness
gloat
over look at with selfish delight
submerge
put under water liquid sink out of sight
limn
paint portray
animosity
strong dislike
discomfit
confuse embarrass
dupe
cheat make a fool of
sanctimony
self-righteousness hypocritical with FALSE piety
cravat
piece of linen worn as a necktie
foppish
like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes
rivet
fix take up secure metal pin
extant
still in existence
viscous
sticky/semi-fluid
torpid
sleeping sluggish lethargic dormant
transient
temporary fleeting
inculcate
fix firmly by repetition
provoke
make angry vax
substantiation
giving facts to support (statement)
slur
join sounds/words (indistinct)
irate
angry
perilous
dangerous
prodigal
wasteful reckless with money
taunt
contemptuous reproach hurtful remark
pious
dutiful to parents devoted to religion
sobriety
quality or condition of being sober
deluge
great flood heavy rush of water
tarnished
lost brightness
mettle
quality of endurance or courage
pied
of mixed colors
paucity
scarcity a lacking of
rescind
repeal/annul/cancel
curtail
make shorter then was planned
lackluster
(of eyes) dull
scent
smell (esp pleasant)
stint
to be thrifty to set limits
suppliant
asking humbly beseeching
inept
unskillful said or done at the wrong time
forestall
prevent by taking action in advance preempt
chisel
steel tool for shaping materials
sagacious
having sound judgment perceptive wise like a sage
endorse
write one’s name on the back of
embellish
make beautiful
propagation
increasing the number spreading extending
