Princeton. Advance Flashcards by Mark lien

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Augur

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Omen

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Adumbrate

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Foreshadow vaguely

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Baleful

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Sinister, pernicious, ominous

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Bilious

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ill temper cracky

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Carapace

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Protective shell

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Contretemps

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Embarrassing occurrence

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Denouement

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An outcome or solution

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Descry

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Discern, catch sight

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Desuetude

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Disuse

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Desultory

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Moving from one to another; disconnected

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Dulcet

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Mellifluous

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Encomium

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Praise

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Excoriate

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Censure scathingly (execrate)

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Expiate

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Amend,atone

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Fractious

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Quarrelsome

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Hoary

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Stale, grey, old

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Imbroglio

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Embarrassing situation

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Insouciant

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Care free

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Jejune

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Immature

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Limn

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To describe

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Upbraid

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Scold

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Explication

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Make implicit explicit

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Lugubrious

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Mournful

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Meet

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Proper

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Nadir

Low point

Nice

Fastidious detail

Obstreperous

Boisterous ( noisy, defiant)

Otiose

Lazy

Parry

Avoid

Plangent

Thundering, resounding

Prolix

Verbose

Propinquity

Proximity

Puissant

Powerful

Pulchritude

Physical beauty

Saturnine

Sullen

Sententious

Self-righteous, sanctimonious

Sidereal

Astral

Stentorian

Extremely loud

Stygian

Dark

Succor

Assistance

Supine

Lying face upward, indolence

Unctuous

Oily, ingratiating, excessive flattering

Vagary

Unpredictable action, whim

Carping

Difficult to please

Anodyne

Soothing

Allay

Diminish | Ex diminish pain

Wily

Deceitful

Assay

Assess, examine

Asseverate

Aver

Calumny

Slander, false statement

Celerity

Speed , swift

Itigation

Process of taking legal action

Mishap

Unlucky accident

Testify

Serves as evidence of proof

Estimable

Formidable / worthy

Execrate

Denounce

Exegesis

Critical examination

Fecund

Productive/ fertile

Fell

Cruel

Dire

Extremely serious or urgent

Husband

Conserve

Lachrymose

Tearful

Lassitude

Exhaustion

Ligneous

Wood like

List

Lean to one side

Meretricious

Gaudy, showy

Propitiate

Strive/appease

Salacious

Bawdy, lustful

Bawdy

Sexual matter in comical way

Peroration

Speak formally