List #1-10 Vocab Flashcards
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perplex
A
confuse
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copious
A
abundant
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traverse
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cross
4
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bibliophile
A
a book lover
5
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demography
A
study of populations
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sanguine
A
cheerful
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ostentatious
A
showy
8
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microcosm
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small universe
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defenestrate
A
toss out the window
10
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animus
A
intent or hatred
11
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nonplused
A
perplexed
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interdiction
A
prohibition
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commensurate
A
of like measure
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neophyte
A
beginner
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incredulous
A
not believing
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demur
A
to object
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poignant
A
sharp
18
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lassitude
A
languor
19
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apprehend
A
to understand
20
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prodigious
A
amazing
21
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indolent
A
lazy
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persiflage
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flippant style
23
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ambiguous
A
indefinite
24
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ambivalence
A
conflicting feelings
25
declasse
low class
26
putative
thought-to-be
27
mollify
make soft
28
gregarious
sociable
29
altercation
heated dispute
30
alter ego
second self
31
philander
to engage in love affairs
32
apocrypha
unauthentic works
33
tendentious
slanted
34
importune
to trouble with requests
35
apothegm
a pithy saying
36
cacoethes
a mania
37
precept
a maxim
38
veridical
truthful
39
pulchritude
physical beauty
40
expunge
completely remove
41
acerbity
sharpness of temper
42
perfidy
breach of faith
43
translucent
semitransparent
44
cacophony
bad noise
45
tangible
touchable
46
altruism
concern for others
47
obsequies
funeral ceremonies
48
exodus
a departure
49
pensive
sadly thoughtful
50
salubrious
healthful
51
demure
modest or affectedly modest
52
undulate
to wave
53
amiable
friendly
54
abate
a lessen
55
serene
clear and calm
56
obsequious
servile
57
sedate
calm
58
condescend
lower oneself
59
nihilism
belief in nothing
60
interstice
small space
61
dialectic
logical argument
62
temerarious
reckless
63
sophist
a specious reasoner
64
erudite
scholarly
65
denouement
unraveling of plot
66
concupiscence
intense desire or lust
67
esculent
edible
68
pertinacious
holding stubbornly
69
interlocutor
person in conversation
70
aphorism
a concise wisdom
71
autodidact
self-taught person
72
reify
treat as real
73
in medias res
in the middle of things
74
circumvent
get around
75
exculpate
free from blame
76
cupidity
greed
77
euphoria
feeling of well-being
78
protocol
rules of ceremony
79
odious
disgusting
80
visage
face
81
pontificate
speak dogmatically
82
mendacious
untruthful
83
uxorious
wife-doting
84
apophasis
mention by denial
85
rebuke
sharp reprimand
86
objurgation
rebuke
87
soporific
sleep-inducing
88
internecine
mutually destructive
89
dichotomy
two-part division
90
epiphany
revelation
91
eclectic
from various sources
92
numinous
supernatural
93
mendicant
a beggar
94
fatuous
complacently stupid
95
oblivion
being forgotten/total nothingness
96
propitious
favorably disposed
97
requite
repay
98
aphasia
loss of speech
99
nullifidian
faithless person
100
risible
laughable
101
assiduous
persevering
102
saturnine
gloomy and remote
103
vacuous
stupidly empty of ideas
104
ex cathedra
from the throne
105
pusillanimous
small-minded
106
sublime
noble
107
auto da fe
burning a heretic
108
ebullient
enthusiastic
109
impunity
exemption from punishment
110
illuminati
enlightened intellects
111
hegemony
state dominance
112
psychosis
major mental illness
113
neurosis
mental disorder
114
oleaginous
oily
115
peregrinate
to travel
116
reiterate
repeat
117
desultory
rambling
118
idee fixe
obsession
119
precursor
forerunner
120
euphony
beautiful sound
121
attenuated
thinned
122
extraneous
from outside
123
profound
deep
124
sedulous
diligent
125
incunabula
infancy
126
parvenu
an upstart
127
sycophant
an obsequious parasite
128
adagio
a slow movement
129
desuetude
disuse
130
prolegomenon
preliminary statement
131
hedonism
devotion to pleasure
132
narcissism
self-adoration
133
patrician
aristocratic
134
miscreant
evil unbeliever
135
terra firma
firm land
136
inchoate
just begun
137
peripatetic
walking
138
ambient
surrounding
139
tenuous
thin
140
ductile
malleable
141
fortuitous
by chance
142
surrogate
substitute
143
allude
indirectly refer
144
dishabille
partially dressed
145
Sybarite
a devotee of luxury
146
stoicism
indifference to sensation
147
valediction
farewell speech
148
supercilious
scornful
149
moribund
dying
150
expository
explanatory
