List B2 Flashcards
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homogeneous
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adj. uniform; of the same kind
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hypothesis
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n. a tentative explanation; something assumed true for the sake of argument or investigation
adj. hypothetical
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vanguard
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n. leading position in army or fleet; the leading position in a movement or trend
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prominent
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adj. noticeable; widely known
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abscond
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v. to go away hastily and secretly; to hide
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coin
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v. to devise a new word or phrase
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aback
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adv. by surprise
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zenith
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n. maximum; the highest point
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amicable
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adj. showing friendliness or good will
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recondite
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adj. not easily understood
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fete
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n. lavish entertainment; a festival
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implicate
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v. to incriminate; to show or suggest involvement
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contradict
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v. to assert the opposite of (a statement)
n. contradiction
adj. contradictory
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ominous
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adj. threatening harm; showing evil
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disseminate
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v. to scatter widely; (of information) to make known
n. dissemination
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criterion
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n. a measurable value; a standard for judging
pl. criteria
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gregarious
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adj. seeking and enjoying the company of others; tending to move in a group
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concerted
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adj. planned or accomplished together
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prodigy
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n. one with exceptional talents
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flank
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n. the side of the body (between the ribs and hips); a cut of meat feom an animal’s flank; v. to attack the side of; to protect the side of; to be situated on both sides
v. to flank
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acumen
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n. quickness and accuracy of judgment or insight
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coincide
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v. to occur at the same time or be at the same place; to agree exactly
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delineate
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v. to draw the outline of of; describe in words or gestures
n. delineation
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grisly
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adj. inspiring horror because of appalling crudity or inhumanity; gruesome
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plight
n. sad situation
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malevolent
adj. showing hatred; dangerous
| n. malevolence
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multifarious
adj. having many different parts or forms; numerous and varied
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heterodox
adj. not in agreement with accepted beliefs, esp. religious dogma
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canvass
v. to ask for votes, opinions, etc.; to examine or discuss in detail
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impede
v. to obstruct
| n. impediment
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accord
n. agreement
| n. accordance
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redress
v. to set right; to remedy
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concede
v. to acknowledge as true
| n. concession
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licentious
adj. not moral; lawless; lewd
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exude
v. to five off; to emit; to radiate
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impugn
v. to challenge; to call into question
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shroud
v. to conceal; n. something that covers
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disclose
v. to reveal
| n. disclosure
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fulminate
v. to issue a strong verbal attack
| n. fulmination
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exult
v. to rejoice greatly
adj. exultant
n. exultation
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tally
v. to count; to add
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fortitude
n. strength of mind that allows one to endure adversity
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hackneyed
adj. made trite and commonplace by overuse
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tenuous
adj. weak; thin
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fatuous
adj. smugly foolish; complacently stupid
| n. fatuity
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symposium
n. a meeting to discuss a topic, esp. where the participants form the audience and make presentations
pl. symposia
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secede
v. to withdraw formally from an alliance or membership
| n. secession
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bathos
n. an excessive or trivial sentimentality; an abrupt transition in style from the elevated to the commonplace, producing a laughable effect
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refurbish
v. to make clean or bright again
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confluence
n. joining together of different streams
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overwrought
adj. extremely nervous or excited
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recapitulate
v. to summarize; to paraphrase
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sedulous
adj. working hard and steadily; diligent
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transparent
adj. obvious; undisguised
| n. transparency
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rhapsody
n. a state of great happiness; such a state expressed in speech or writing
adj. rhapsodic
v. rhapsodize
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self-abnegation
n. the putting aside of personal interest for the sake of others
adj. self-abnegating
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punitive
adj. inflicting or intended to inflict punishment
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somnolent
adj. sleepy
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abjure
v. to renounce under oath; to give up or deny
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hone
v. to sharpen; to make more effective
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sardonic
adj. bitterly sneering; mocking
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subtle
adj. not immediately obvious; hard to understand
| n. subtlety
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debase
v. to make lower in value, quality, or character
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slipshod
adj. marked by carelessness or casual attention to detail; sloppy
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bureaucracy
n. a group of officials and administrators, esp. of a government
n. bureaucrat
adj. bureaucratic
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nirvana
n. a place of ideal peace and harmony
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proclivity
n. a natural or habitual tendency or inclination
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canny
adj. clever and cautious
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refractory
adj. stubbornly resistant to control, authority, or treatment
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tremulous
adj. shaking; fearful
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intricate
adj. elaborately detailed
| n. intricacy
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raze
v. to demolish; to flatten to ground level
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opprobium
n. a bad reputation or disgrace gained after a specific action
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pariah
n. a social outcast
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pantheon
n. all the gods of a people; a group highly respected in a field
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scourge
n. a cause of widespread suffering
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abound
v. to be plentiful
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coy
adj. bashful; shy; quiet; pretending to be shy
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resign
v. to accept a bad situation
| n. resignation
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feat
n. an act or accomplishment showing skill
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primate
n. a bishop of highest rank in a country or province
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reverie
n. a daydream
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umbrage
n. offense; resentment
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auditory
adj. relating to the sense of hearing
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propensity
n. a natural inclination; a tendency
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rejoinder
v. an answer, esp. to another answer
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defame
v. to attack a person's reputation; to slander
| n. defamation
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renegade
n. someone who rejects one group, cause, or allegiance for another
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humdrum
adj. dull; routine; commonplace
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solicit
v. to ask for; to seek
| n. solicitation
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sojourn
n. a brief visit
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truculent
adj. inclined to fight; expressing violence of hostility
| n. truculence
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perspicacious
adj. having keen perception or understanding
| n. perspicacity
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moribund
adj. approaching death; nearly obsolete
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heresy
n. deviation from church doctrine or from an established belief
adj. heretical
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credible
adj. capable of being believed
| n. credibility
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poise
n. self-assurance; composure; equilibrium
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bellicose
adj. warlike
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oscillate
v. to move back and forth regularly
| n. oscillation
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recreant
adj. showing faithless disloyalty; n. a disloyal coward
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mandarin
n. a high government official; a member of an elite group, esp. having high status in intellectual or cultural circles
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prevalent
adj. dominant; widespread
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mayhem
n. deliberate injury of someone, esp. maiming; a state of violent chaos
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obtrude
v. to push forward; to impose (oneself or ideas) on others
| adj. protrusive
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convey
v. to carry or transmit; to communicate
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pervade
v. to spread through or be present throughout
| adj. pervasive
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forte
n. something at which a person excels
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mercenary
adj. greedy; motivated; motivated by desire for money
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parsimony
n. excessive care in spending; stinginess
| adj. parsimonious
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pedantic
adj. putting unnecessary stress on minor or purely academic knowledge
n. pedant
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precursor
n. someone or something that comes before another and announces or suggests what is to come
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sententious
adj. expressing much in few words; given to pompous moralizing
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opaque
adj. not letting in light; unintelligible
| n. opacity
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passé
adj. old fashioned; out-of-style
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manacles
n. shackles; handcuffs
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nonpareil
adj. having no equal
| n. nonpareil
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oust
v. to eject or expel
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commence
v. to begin
| n. commencement
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mesmerize
v. to hypnotize or spellbind
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menagerie
n. a collection of wild and strange animals kept in cages
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pious
adj. exhibiting reverence and religious observation
| adj. piety
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venture
v. to take a risk; to dare; to dare to go
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nascent
adj. coming into being; being born
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docile
adj. easy to teach; submissive
| n. docility
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millennium
n. a period of 1,000 years
| adj. millennial; pl. millennia
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obliging
adj. ready to do favors; helpful; courteous
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whimsical
adj. not able to be predicted; constantly changing
| n. whimsy
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nomenclature
n. a specialized list of terms, words or names
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redeem
v. to turn in and receive something in exchange; to make up for
n. redemption
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pronounced
adj. strongly marked; clearly indicated
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patent
adj. obvious; evident
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venerate
v. to look upon with respect and honor
| n. veneration
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reprehensible
adj. deserving to be severely criticized
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harrowing
adj. very distressing; painful
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acoustics
n. science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in
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collaborate
v. to work together, esp. at an intellectual effort
| n. collaboration
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rectitude
n. conduct according to moral principles
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panacea
n. a cure-all or an all-purpose solution
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squander
v. to spend wastefully
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subservient
adj. subordinate in function; obsequious
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capsize
v. to overturn
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shiftless
adj. lazy; lacking ambition
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raucous
adj. loud and harsh
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assert
v. to state confidently
n. assertion
adj. assertive
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surmise
v. to infer something by intuition or with slender evidence; n. such an inference
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objective
adj. having actual existence or reality; not influenced by emotion or personal prejudice
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tamper
v. to interfere, esp. in order to damage or weaken
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eschew
v. to avoid; to shun
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tractable
adj. easily managed or controlled
| ant. intractable
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fortuitous
adj. occurring by chance (either positive or negative)
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notorious
adj. having a bad reputation
| n. notoriety
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travesty
n. an imitation that makes a serious thing seem ridiculous
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sycophant
n. one who seeks favor by flattery people of wealth or influence
adj. sycophantic
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fertile
adj. producing abundantly; prolific
| n. fertility
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appease
v. to satisfy or attempt to satisfy demands by granting concessions
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inept
adj. without skill; absurd or foolish
| n. ineptitude
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secrete
v. to put or keep in a hiding place; to conceal
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entrepreneur
n. a person who starts and manages a business
| adj. entrepreneural
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saunter
v. to walk in a leisurely manner
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rapture
n. the experience of great joy, ecstasy
| adj. rapturous
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obscure
adj. lacking light; dim; dark
| n. obscurity
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wheedle
v. to persuade or obtain through flattery or cunning
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grandeur
n. magnificence; splendor
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reiterate
v. to repeat
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prodigious
adj. wonderful; amazing; very big
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alloy
n. a mixture, esp. of two or more metals
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scoff
v. to make fun of; to ridicule
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gaudy
adj. characterized by tasteless or showy colors
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surreptitious
adj. done secretly, often of something unseemly or unethical
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circumvent
v. to go around; bypass; to surround
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metamorphosis
n. a transformation, as by magic; a marked change in appearance or function
v. metamorphose
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malicious
adj. spiteful
| n. malice
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symbiotic
adj. involving a close relationship of mutual dependence
| n. symbiosis
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stentorian
adj. extremely loud
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propaganda
n. material distributed by those in favor of a specific cause and reflecting their point of view
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frolic
v. to behave playfully and without inhibition
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quiver
v. to shake; to tremble from fear or cold
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juxtapose
v. to put side by side, esp. for comparison or contrast
| n. juxtaposition
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zephyr
n. a gently, soft breeze
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bawdy
adj. indecent or humorously coarse; lewd
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futile
adj. having no useful result
| n. futility
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acronym
n. a word created by initials
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agenda
n. a list of things to be done
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vivacious
adj. full of animation
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emissary
n. a person sent on a mission to represent another
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surrogate
n. a substitute
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vituperative
adj. harshly critical
n. vituperation
v. vituperate
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regress
v. to return to a previous state
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byzantine
adj. highly complicated or intricate, characterized by devious plotting
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dogged
adj. refusing to give up despite difficulties
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contentious
adj. always ready to argue; quarrlesome
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abate
v. to lessen in amount, intensity, or strength
| n. abatement
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glee
n. joy; happiness
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wily
adj. full of cunning
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wizened
adj. wrinkled from aging
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trenchant
adj. keen and forceful; caustic
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agitate
v. to move violently; to disturb
| n. agitation
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aspersion
n. a remark that attacks one's reputation
| v. asperse
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conjure
v. to summon or influence by, or as if by, magic
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unfledged
adj. not yet grown; immature; undeveloped
