k3 Flashcards
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Libertine
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a free thinker_ usually used disparagingly; one without moral restraint
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Intrepid
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fearless; resolutely courageous
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Inundate
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to overwhelm; to cover with water
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Inure
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to harden; accustom; become used to
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Invective
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abusive language
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Investiture
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ceremony conferring authority
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Invidious
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envious_ obnoxious_ or offensive_ likely to promote ill-will
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Irascible
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easily made angry
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Itinerant
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wandering from place to place; unsettled
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Jargon
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nonsensical talk; specialized language
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Jettison
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to discard; to get rid of as unnecessary or encumbering
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Jingoism
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belligerent support of one’s country
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Jocular
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playful; humorous
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Judicious
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sensible; showing good judgement
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Juncture
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point of time_ especially where two things are joined
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Keen
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having a sharp edge; intellectually sharp; perceptive
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Kindle
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to set fire to or ignite; excite or inspire
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Kinetic
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relating to motion; characterized by movement
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Knell
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sound of a funeral bell; omen of death or failure
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Kudos
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fame_ glory_ or honor
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Lachrymose
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tearful
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Laconic
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using few words
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Lament
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to express sorrow; to grieve
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Lampoon
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to ridicule with satire
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Licentious
immoral; unrestrained by society
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Limpid
clear; transparent
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Lionize
to treat as a celebrity
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Lissome
easily flexed; limber; agile
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Listless
lacking energy and enthusiasm
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Livid
discolored from a bruise; pale; reddened with anger
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Loquacious
talkative
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Lucid
clear and esily understood
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Lugubrious
sorrowful; mournful; dismal
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Lumber
to move slowly and awkwardly
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Luminous
btight; brilliant; glowing
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Machination
plot or scheme
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Maelstrom
whirlpool; turmoil; agitated state of mind
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Magnate
powerful or influential person
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Malediction
a curse; a wish of evil upon another
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Malinger
to evade responibilty by pretending to be ill
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Malleable
capable of being shaped
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Mannered
artifical or stilted in character
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Mar
to damage or deface; spoil
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Martinet
strict discipliarian; one who rigidly follows rules
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Maudlin
overly sentimental
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Mendacious
dishonest
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Mendicant
beggar
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Mercurial
quick_ shrewd_ and unpredictable
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Meretricious
gaudy; falsely attractive
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Metaphor
figure of speech comparing two different things
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Meticulous
extremely careful; fastidious; painstaking
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Militate
to operate against; work against
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Mirth
frivolity; gaiety; laughter
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Misanthrope
a person who dislikes others
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Missive
a written note or letter
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Mitigate
to soften; to lessen
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Mollify
to calm or make less severe
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Molt
to shed hair_ skin_ or an outer layer periodically
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Monastic
extremly plain or secluded_ as in a monastery
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Monotony
no variaion; tedioulsly the same
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Mores
fixed customs or manners; moral attitudes
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Multifarious
diverse
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Myopic
lacking foresight; having a narrow view or long-range perspective
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Nadir
lowest point
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Naive
lacking sophistication or experience
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Nascent
starting to develop; coming into existence
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Neologism
new word or expression
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Neophyte
novice; beginner
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Nettle
to irritate
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Noisome
stinking; putrid
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Nominal
existing in name only; negligble
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Nuance
a subltle expression of meaning or quality
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Numismatics
coin collecting
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Obdurate
hardening in feeling; resistant to persuasion
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Oblique
indirect or evasive; misleading or devious
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Obsequious
overly submissive and eager to please
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Obstinate
stubborn; unyielding
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Obviate
to prevent; to make unnecessary
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Occlude
to stop up; prevent the passage of
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Officious
too helpful; meddlesome
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Onerous
troublesome and oppresive; burdensome
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Opaque
impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light
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Opine
to express an opinion
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Opprobrium
public disgrace
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Orotund
pompous
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Ossify
to change in to bone; to become hardened or set in a rigidly conventional pattern
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Ostensible
apparent
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Ostentation
excessive showiness
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Overwrought
agitated; overdone
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Palatial
relating to a palace; magnificent
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Palliate
to make less serious; ease
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Pallid
lacking color or liveliness
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Panache
flamboyance or dash in style and action; verve
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Panegyric
elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise
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Panoply
impressive array
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Paradox
a contradiction or dilemma
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Paragon
model of excellence or perfection
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Pare
to trim off excess; reduce
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Pariah
an outcast
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Parley
discussion_ usually between enemies
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Parry
to ward off or deflect_ especially by a quickwitted answer
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Pastiche
piece of literature or music imitating other works
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Pathogenic
causing disease
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Peccadillo
minor sin or offense
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Pedant
someone who shows off learning
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Pejorative
having bad connotations; disparaging
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Penury
an oppressive lack of resources (as money); severe poverty
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Peregrinate
to wander fro place to place; to travel; especially on foot
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Perfidious
willing to betray one's trust
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Perfunctory
done in a routine way; indifferent
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Peripatetic
wandering from place to place_ especially on foot
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Permeate
to penetrate
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Perspicacious
shrewd_ astute_ or keen-witted
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Pervade
to be present throughout; to permeate
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Phalanx
a compact or close-knit body of people_ animals_ or things
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Philanthropy
charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness
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Philistine
a person who is guided by materialism and is disdainful of intellectual or artistic values
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Phlegmatic
calm and unemotional in temperament
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Pithy
profound or substantial yet concise_ succinct and to the point
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Placate
to soothe or pacify
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Plastic
able to be molded_ altered_ or bent
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Plebeian
crude or coarse; characteristic of commoners
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Plethora
excess
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Plucky
courageous; spunky
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Polemic
controversy; argument; verbal attack
