List A4 Flashcards
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excruciating
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adj. severely painful
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lionize
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v. to look upon or treat as a celebrity
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venue
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n. the location where something takes place, esp. a trial
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groggy
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adj. confused, sluggish, or dizzy, as from lack of sleep or drunkenness
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capitulate
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v. to surrender under specific conditions; to give up all resistance
n. capitulation
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malady
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n. a disease; illness; sickness
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blandishment
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n. flattering act or remark; allurement; enticement
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salient
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adj. important, prominent, most noticeable
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exemplary
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adj. worthy to serve as a model
v. exemplify
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just
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adj. honorable and fair; consistent with what is right
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salutary
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adj. beneficial; favorable to health
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insensible
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adj. not able to feel or perceive; unresponsive
n. insensibility
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anachronism
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n. something not belonging to a certain time period
adj. anachronistic
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proletariat
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n. the working class
adj. proletarian
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paucity
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n. smallness of number; scarcity
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distraction
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n. mental distress; that which amuses or entertains
v. distract
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tract
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n. an area of land or water; a brief written work, usually on a religious or political topic
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folible
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n. a minor weakness of character
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colloquial
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adj. appropriate to spoken, as opposed to written, language; informal
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obstinate
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adj. unreasonably stubborn
n. obstinacy
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affected
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adj. behaving in an artificial way to impress people
n. affectation
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collateral
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adj. parallel; serving to support; of a secondary nature
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weather
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v. to survive
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vocation
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n. a regular occupation, esp. one for which a person is particularly suited
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lament
v. to grieve; to regret deeply; n. a mournful song
| n. lamentation
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incipent
adj. beginning to appear or be noticed
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ewe
n. a female sheep, esp. when full grown
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disciple
n. a follower of another who helps to spread teachings
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macabre
adj. suggesting the horror of death
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circumspect
adj. showing discretion and careful judgment
| n. circumspection
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desideratum
n. something needed and wanted
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exorbitant
adj. excessive
| n. exorbitance
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lucid
adj. easily understood, clear
| n. lucidity
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gambit
n. a calculated, risky opening move
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impertinent
adj. rude
| n. impertinence
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subsequent
adj. happening afterward; following in order
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bungle
v. to handle badly; to botch or mess up
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cite
v. to refer to or quote
| n. citation
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pugilist
n. a boxer
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crass
adj. dull-witted; unrefined
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captious
adj. critically faultfinding
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deem
v. to have as an opinion; to consider
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disabuse
v. to free from error or falsehood
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reverberate
v. to reecho
| n. reverberation
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conception
n. formation of an idea in the mind; the start of pregnancy
| v. conceive
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unseemly
adj. not decent or proper
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eddy
n. a current, as of water or air, moving contrary to the direction of the main current, esp. in a circular motion
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oracle
n. a person thought to be a source of wisdom or prophecy
| adj. oracular
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shambles
n. utter disorder
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stationary
adj. not moving
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sloth
n. laziness
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smirk
v. to smile in a self-satisfied or artificial way
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medley
n. a mixture of things not usually placed together
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ritual
n. a ceremonial act; a customary procedure
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savant
n. a well-educated person; a scholar
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sybarite
n. one devoted to luxury
| adj. sybaritic
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oaf
n. a stupid, clumsy person
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morose
adj. sour tempered and inclined to be silent
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phase
n. a stage in a process of change or development
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ornate
adj. highly, often excessively decorated
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benevolent
adj. characterized by doing good
| n. benevolence
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genre
n. a kind, or type
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fodder
n. feed for livestock; a resource
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didactic
adj. intended to teach; inclined to teach excessively
| n. didact; n. didacticism
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soliloquy
n. a dramatic speech delivered by a character to himself
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confound
v. to mix up or lump together indiscriminately; to confuse
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liable
adj. legally obligated; likely (w/ reference to an unfavorable outcome)
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glean
v. to gather bit by bit
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plebeian
adj. common
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painstaking
adj. very thorough; careful
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cavalier
adj. casual, disdainful
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inculcate
v. to teach or impress by frequent repetition; to instill
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courteous
adj. polite and gracious; considerate toward others; well-mannered
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domineer
v. to rule over arbitrarily or tyrannically
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squalid
adj. having a dirty or lowly appearance
| n. squalor
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inverterate
adj. established for a long time; habitual
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incarcerate
v. to restrict by imprisonment; to keep in prison
| n. incarceration
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conflagration
n. large, disastrous fire
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assail
v. to attack; to assault
| n. assailant
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altristic
adj. unselfish; benevolent; caring more for others than oneself
n. altruist; n. altruism
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copious
adj. very plentiful
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compel
v. to cause to occur by pressure; to force
| n. compulsion
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laconic
adj. brief in speech; using few words
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destitution
n. the lack of any means of subsistence
| adj. desititute
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hoax
n. an act meant to trick or fool
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emancipate
v. to give freedom; to set loose
| n. emancipation
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dirge
n. slow, sad music, esp. a funeral hymn
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emaciated
adj. made thin unnaturally; abnormally thin due to starvation
n. emaciation
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incredulous
adj. disbelieving; skeptical
| n. incredulity
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hovel
n. a living place that is very filthy and dirty
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obstreperous
adj. noisily and stubbornly defiant
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dour
adj. stern and humorless; silently ill-humored
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digest
n. a collection of previously published material,, usu. in a condensed form
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emanate
v. to send forth; to come forth n. emanation
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fauna
n. animals as a group, esp. of a specified region or time
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ado
n. trouble; fuss
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defile
v. to corrupt; to desecrate or sully
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inception
n. commencement; beginning; origin
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mogul
n. a rich or powerful person
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immaculate
adj. perfectly clean
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eulogy
n. a speech or written tribute in praise of someone who has died
v. eulogize
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turbulence
n. commotion or wild disorder
| adj. turbulent
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overweening
adj. excessively arrogant; overbearing
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impel
v. to push something into motion
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querulous
adj. inclined to find fault; complaining; full of complain
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exhume
v. to dig up out of the ground
| n. exhumation
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diligent
adj. painstaking and steady
| n. diligence
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spendthrift
n. one who spends money wastefully
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precept
n. a rule of action or conduct
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concur
v. to agree
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daily
v. to waste time; loiter
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paroxysm
n. a sudden convulsion or outburst, a fit
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martinet
n. one who is strict in discipline, and enjoys authority too much
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leeway
n. margin; room for freedom of action
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glutton
n. one who eats too much
| n. gluttony
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teeming
adj. overfilled; crowded; pouring out
| v. teem
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despoil
v. to deprive something of value
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mare
n. a female horse
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naive
adj. simple, childlike; lacking worldly wisdom
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primordial
adj. living or existing at the very beginning
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ruthless
adj. having no compassion or pity
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profuse
adj. giving or pouring forth freely; generous
| n. profusion
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quash
v. to suppress completely
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benefactor
n. one who helps and supports others
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insolent
adj. boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior; impertinent; imprudent
n. insolence
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obese
adj. very fat
| n. obesity
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furtive
adj. characterized by secretive behavior
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petulant
adj. impatient or irritable, esp. over a minor annoyance
| n. petulance
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resolute
adj. firmly determined
| n. resolution
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surfeit
n. an excess
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ascetic
adj. self-denying
| n. asceticism
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calumny
n. a false and malicious statement; slander
adj. calumnious
v. calumniate
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orthodox
adj. accepting the usual beliefs, esp. religious
| n. orthodoxy
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dregs
n. the worst part; the sediment in a liquid
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intercept
v. to stop something from reaching its intended destination
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hearsay
n. rumor gossip
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deficient
adj. lacking an essential quality; inadequate in amount or degree
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irk
v. to irritate or be wearisome
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pauper
n. one who is extremely poor, esp. one living on public charity
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epiphany
n. a sudden flash of understanding
| adj. epiphanous
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burnish
v. to polish
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sadistic
adj. getting pleasure from inflicting physical or psychological pain
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fray
n. a fight or brawl
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cynical
adj. distrusting others from a sense that everyone's motives are selfish
n. cynic; n. cynicism
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edifice
n. a building; architectural monument
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profess
v. to declare or claim openly
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pernicious
adj. very harmful or destructive
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jest
v. to be playful in speech and actions; to joke
| n. jester
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chaos
n. complete disorder
| adj. chaotic
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correlate
v. to correspond; to be mutually related
| correlation
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abstruse
adj. difficult to understand
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dissonant
adj. harsh and disagreeable in sound
| n. dissonance
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advocate
v. to speak in support of something
| n. advocacy
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hubris
n. excessive pride
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fiasco
n. a major disaster
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philanthropic
adj. donating to charity
| n. philanthropist; n. philanthropy
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disdain
n. a feeling of contempt
| adj. disdainful
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resolve
v. to decide; to bring into focus
| n. resolution
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wield
v. to handle (for example a tool); to exert (for example power)
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rankle
v. to cause persistent irritation
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aegis
n. a protection; sponsorship
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advent
n. a coming or arrival, esp. of something very important
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shoddy
adj. inferior or cheap
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alleviate
v. to reduce pain, esp. temporarily or without removing its cuase
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prone
adj. tending or likely to do something; lying face down
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progeny
n. children or descendants
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ethics
n. the standards or rules governing proper conduct
| adj. ethical
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novel
adj. strikingly new
| n. novelty
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plastic
adj. capable of being shaped or molded; easily influenced
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savor
v. to taste or smell, esp. with pleasure; n. the taste or smell
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demote
v. to reduce to lower rank
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daunt
to make afraid; to intimidate
| adj. daunting
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scathing
adj. very harsh in something, like a remark
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rout
n. an overwhelming defeat; a disorderly retreat or flight following a defeat; v. to defeat overwhelmingly
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malign
v. to talk badly of something or someone; adj. harmful
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mimic
v. to copy closely, esp. with intent to ridicule
| n. mimicry
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inadvertent
adj. unintentional; accidental
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beckon
v. to signal or summon, as by nodding or waving
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bizarre
adj. very odd in manner; grotesque; strange
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resonant
adj. strong and deep in tone
| n. resonance
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neologism
n. a new word or phrase
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badger
v. to nag
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libertine
n. one who lives an immoral life
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prestige
n. fame or importance based on reputation or achievements
| adj. prestigious
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stifle
v. to suffocate or smother
| adj. stifling
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articulate
adj. able to express oneself clearly and effectively
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grandiloquent
adj. using excessively fancy or pompous words
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trifle
n. something that lacks significance or worth
| adj. trifling
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prospect
n. the outlook for the future; a view, esp. of scenery
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confer
v. to consult; to present as a gift or honor
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conspicuous
adj. easy to notice; obvious; apparent
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deadlock
n. a tie; a standstill
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debilitated
adj. showing impairment of energy or strength
v. debilitate
n. debility
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douse
v. to wet thoroughly
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predicament
n. a troublesome or embarrassing situation
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autonomy
n. independence; self-government
| adj. autonomous
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cognition
n. the process of knowing; perception
| adj. cognitive
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catharsis
n. purging of the emotions
| adj. cathartic
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flourish
v. to blossom; to grow vigorously; to prosper
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elocution
n. the art of public speaking, with attention to delivery
