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MW Word Of The Day Flashcards

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Schadenfreude

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Schadenfreude | noun

Pleasure derived by someone from another person’s misfortune.

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Garble

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Garble | verb

Reproduce (a message, sound, or transmission) in a confused and distorted way.

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Pandemonium

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Pandemonium | noun

  1. Wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar
  2. Hell
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Temporize

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Temporize | verb

To draw out discussions or negotiations so as to gain time

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Bifurcate

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Bifurcate | verb

to divide or cause to divide into two branches or parts.

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Lamster

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Lamster | noun

Fugitive especially from the law.

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Perfunctory

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Perfunctory | adjective

  1. Characterized by routine or superficiality; mechanical
  2. (of an action or gesture) carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection
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Oppugn

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Oppugn | Verb | uh-PYOON

  1. to fight against
  2. to call in question
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Waif

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Waif | Noun | WAYF

  1. a homeless and helpless person, especially a neglected or abandoned child.
  2. a piece of property thrown away by a fleeing thief and held by the state in trust for the owner to claim.
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Depredate

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Depredate | verb | DEP-ruh-dayt

to lay waste: plunder, ravage

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Hebetude

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Hebetude | noun | HEB-uh-tood

lethargy, dullness

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Nobby

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Nobby | adjective | NAH-bee

cleverly stylish: chic, smart

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Flagrant

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Flagrant | adjective | FLAY-grunt

conspicuously offensive; especially : so obviously inconsistent with what is right or proper as to appear to be a flouting of law or morality

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Opine

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Opine | verb | oh-PYNE

to express opinions

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Emissary

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Emissary | noun | EM-uh-sair-ee

one designated as the agent of another: Representative

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Coalesce

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Coalesce | verb | koh-uh-LESS

  1. to grow together
  2. to unite into a whole: fuse
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Interstice

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Interstice | noun | in-TER-stus

  1. a space that intervenes between things; especially: one between closely spaced things.
  2. a short space of time between events.
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Confrere

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Confrere | noun | KAHN-frair

colleague, comrade

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Enthrall

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Enthrall | verb | in-THRAWL

to hold spellbound: charm

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Scrupulous

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Scrupulous | adjective | SKROO-pyuh-lus

  1. having moral integrity: acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper.
  2. punctiliously exact: painstaking
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Propagate

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Propagate | verb | PRAH-puh-gayt

  1. to reproduce or cause to reproduce biologically: multiply
  2. to cause to spread out and affect a greater number or greater area: extend
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Extemporaneous

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Extemporaneous | adjective | ek-stem-puh-RAY-nee-us

composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment: impromptu

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Conversant

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Conversant | adjective | kun-VER-sunt

having knowledge or experience

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Disport

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Disport | verb | dih-SPORT

  1. divert, amuse
  2. display
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Scour

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Scour | verb | SKOW-er

  1. to move about quickly especially in search
  2. to go through or range over in or as if in a search
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Precocious

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Precocious | adjective

  1. exceptionally early in development or occurrence
  2. exhibiting mature qualities at an unusually early age
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Glabrous

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Glabrous | adjective | GLAY-brus

smooth; especially: having a surface without hairs or projections

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Inoculate

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Inoculate | verb | ih-NAHK-yuh-layt

to introduce something into the mind of

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Holus-Bolus

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Holus-Bolus | adverb | hoh-lus-BOH-lus

all at once

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Shofar

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Shofar | noun | SHOH-far

the horn of an animal (usually a ram) blown as a trumpet by the ancient Hebrews in battle

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Anathematize

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Anathematize | verb | uh-NATH-uh-muh-tyze

curse, denounce

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Disparate

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Disparate | adjective | DISS-puh-rut

markedly distinct in quality or character

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Ensconce

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Ensconce | verb | in-SKAHNSS

  1. to place or hide securely: conceal
  2. to establish or settle firmly, comfortably, or snugly
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Salubrious

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Salubrious | adjective | suh-LOO-bree-us

favorable to or promoting health or well-being

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Vituperate

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Vituperate | verb | vye-TOO-puh-rayt

to use harsh condemnatory language

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Denegation

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Denegation | noun | den-ih-GAY-shun

denial

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Slake

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Slake | verb | SLAYK

satisfy, quench

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Gregarious

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Gregarious | adjective | grih-GAIR-ee-us

  1. tending to associate with others of one’s kind
  2. marked by or indicating a liking for companionship
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Tendentious

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Tendentious | adjective | ten-DEN-shus

marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view: biased

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Harbinger

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Harbinger | noun

  1. one that initiates a major change: a person or thing that originates or helps open up a new activity, method, or technology: pioneer
  2. something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come
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Anachronism

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Anachronism | noun

the state or condition of being chronologically out of place

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Maudlin

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Maudlin | adjective | MAUD-lin

  1. drunk enough to be emotionally silly
  2. weakly and effusively sentimental
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Effusive

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Effusive | adjective

marked by the expression of great or excessive emotion or enthusiasm

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Encapsulate

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Encapsulate | verb | in-KAP-suh-layt

  1. to enclose in or as if in a capsule
  2. to show or express in a brief way: epitomize, summarize
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Wend

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Wend | verb

to direct one’s course: travel, proceed

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Permeable

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Permeable | adjective

allowing liquids or gases to pass through it

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Demarcate

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Demarcate | verb

  1. to fix or define the limits of : delimit
  2. to set apart
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Plangent

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Plangent | adjective | PLAN-junt

having a loud reverberating sound

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Meld

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Meld | verb

to blend or mix together

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Tenebrous

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Tenebrous | adjective | TEN-uh-brus

  1. shut off from the light: dark, murky
  2. hard to understand
  3. causing gloom
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Parlous

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Parlous | adjective | PAHR-lus

full of danger or risk

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Ineluctable

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Ineluctable | adjective | in-ih-LUK-tuh-bul

not to be avoided, changed, or resisted: inevitable

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Maladroit

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Maladroit | adjective | mal-uh-DROYT

lacking skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations: inept

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Newfangled

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Newfangled | adjective | NOO-FANG-guld

  1. attracted to novelty
  2. of the newest style or kind
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Bloviate

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Bloviate | verb | BLOH-vee-ayt

to speak or write verbosely and windily

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Eventuate

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Eventuate | verb | ih-VEN-chuh-wayt

to come out finally: result, come about

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Palindrome

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Palindrome | noun | PAL-un-drohm

a word, verse, or sentence (such as “Able was I ere I saw Elba”) or a number (such as 1881) that reads the same backward or forward

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Garrulous

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Garrulous | adjective | GAIR-uh-lus

using or containing many and usually too many words: wordy

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Indigence

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Indigence | noun | IN-dih-junss

a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking

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Chastise

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Chastise | verb | chass-TYZE

  1. to express severe formal disapproval
  2. to inflict punishment on (as by whipping)
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Abrogate

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Abrogate | verb | AB-ruh-gayt

  1. to abolish by authoritative action: annul
  2. to treat as nonexistent
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Pugnacious

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Pugnacious | adjective | pug-NAY-shus

having a quarrelsome or combative nature: truculent

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Ostensible

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Ostensible | adjective | ah-STEN-suh-bul

Intended for display: open to view

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Asseverate

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Asseverate | verb | uh-SEV-uh-rayt

To affirm or declare positively or earnestly

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Voracity

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Voracity | noun | vuh-RASS-uh-tee

The quality or state of being ravenous or insatiable

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Meritorious

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Meritorious | adjective | mair-uh-TOR-ee-us

Deserving of honor or esteem

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Tantalize

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Tantalize | verb | TAN-tuh-lyze

to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach

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Nascent

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Nascent | adjective | NASS-unt

coming or having recently come into existence

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Benevolent

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Benevolent | adjective | buh-NEV-uh-lunt

  1. marked by or disposed to doing good
  2. organized for the purpose of doing good

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