First 25 Flashcards

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Repudiate

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To reject as having no authority or binding force.

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Palimpsest

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A parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text.

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Multifarious

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Having many different forms, elements, parts, etc.

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4
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Annihilation

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An act or instance of annihilating, or of completely destroying or defeating someone or something

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5
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Demeanor

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Conduct; behavior; deportment.

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6
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Gambol

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To skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.

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Futile

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Incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful.

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Equivocal

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Allowing the possibility of several different meanings, as a word or phrase, especially with intent to deceive or misguide; susceptible of double interpretation; deliberately ambiguous.

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Contempt

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The feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.

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10
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Inscrutable

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Incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.

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Odious

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Deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable.

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12
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Deride

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To laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock.

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13
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Specious

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Apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible.

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14
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Plausible

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Having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable.

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Nebulous

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Hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused.

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16
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Furtive

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Taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret.

17
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Contrived

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Obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained

18
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Ampoule

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A sealed glass or plastic bulb containing solutions for hypodermic injection.

19
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Doublethink

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The acceptance of two contradictory ideas or beliefs at the same time.

20
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Syringe

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A small device consisting of a glass, metal, or hard rubber tube, narrowed at its outlet, and fitted with either a piston or a rubber bulb for drawing in a quantity of fluid or for ejecting fluid in a stream, for cleaning wounds, injecting fluids into the body, etc.

21
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Stratosphere

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Any great height or degree, as the highest point of a graded scale.

22
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Rotund

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Round in shape; rounded

23
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Writhe

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To twist the body about, or squirm, as in pain, violent effort, etc.

24
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Delude

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To mislead the mind or judgment of; deceive.

25
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Derange

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To throw into disorder; disarrange.