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list 8 Flashcards

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acumen

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  • noun a tapering point; shrewdness shown by keen insight
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albatross

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  • noun large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight; (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps
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beguile

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  • verb attract; cause to be enamored; influence by slyness
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burgeon

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  • verb grow and flourish
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chagrin

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noun strong feelings of embarrassment; verb cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

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constraints

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limitations or restrictions

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debacle

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noun a sudden and violent collapse; flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer; a sound defeat

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ductile

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adj. capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; easily influenced

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effusion

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noun flow under pressure; an unrestrained expression of emotion

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enthrall

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verb hold spellbound

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fastidious

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adj. giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures

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fickle

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adj. marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments; liable to sudden unpredictable change

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fulsome

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adj. unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech

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gossamer

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adj. characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; so thin as to transmit light; noun a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture; filaments from a web that was spun by a spider

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importune

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verb beg persistently and urgently

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indigenous

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adj. originating where it is found

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inundate

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verb fill or cover completely, usually with water; fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

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knave

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noun one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince; a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel

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malapropism

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noun the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar

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miscegenation

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noun reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)

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mnemonic

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adj. of or relating to or involved the practice of aiding the memory; noun a device (such as a rhyme or acronym) used to aid recall

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neophyte

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noun a plant that is found in an area where it had not been recorded previously; a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist; any new participant in some activity

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obfuscate

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verb make obscure or unclear

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onus

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noun an onerous or difficult concern

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pariah

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noun a person who is rejected (from society or home)

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pilgrimage

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noun a journey to a sacred place

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posthumous

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adj. occurring or coming into existence after a person’s death

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purloin

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verb make off with belongings of others

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quixotic

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adj. not sensible about practical matters; unrealistic

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raucous

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adj. unpleasantly loud and harsh; disturbing the public peace; loud and rough

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remonstrate

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verb argue in protest or opposition; present and urge reasons in opposition; censure severely or angrily

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rescind

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verb annul by recalling or rescinding

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sedentary

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adj. requiring sitting or little activity

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sinewy

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adj. (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew; consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon
sojourn - noun a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest); verb spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily

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succinct

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adj. briefly giving the gist of something

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sundry

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adj. consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds (even to the point of incongruity)

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tarry

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adj. having the characteristics of pitch or tar; verb leave slowly and hesitantly; be about

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tensile

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adj. of or relating to tension; capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out

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sojourn

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noun a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest); verb spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily

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traduce

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verb. to speak maliciously and falsely, slander, badmouth

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