RGRE 1010 Flashcards

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RGRE 10/10

LATITUDE

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freedom from narrow restrictions

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RGRE 10/10

SIBILANT

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hissing

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RGRE 10/10

ABRADE

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to wear off or down by scraping or rubbing

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RGRE 10/10

SVELTE

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slender; esp. in figure

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RGRE 10/10

LISSOME

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flexible; lithe; supple

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RGRE 10/10

REBUFF

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a blunt or abrupt rejection

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RGRE 10/10

RAILLERY

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good-natured teasing or ridicule

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RGRE 10/10

FORAY

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raid

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RGRE 10/10

ADJURE

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solemn urging

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10
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RGRE 10/10

PECULATE

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steal; embezzle

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RGRE 10/10

TRADUCE

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to cause humiliation or disgrace by making malicious and false statements

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RGRE 10/10

APLOMB

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self-confidence

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RGRE 10/10

CABAL

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a scheme or plot; a group of plotters

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RGRE 10/10

DEMAGOGUE

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a person who gains power or popularity by arousing strong emotions; passions and prejudices

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RGRE 10/10

ECUMENICAL

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universal; pertaining to all of Christianity

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16
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RGRE 10/10

EDACIOUS

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voracious; devouring

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RGRE 10/10

EFFETE

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exhausted; self-indulgent; infertile

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RGRE 10/10

INVOLUTE

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complex

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RGRE 10/10

LIEN

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legal claim until a debt on it is repaid

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RGRE 10/10

LIONIZE

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treat as a famous person

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21
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RGRE 10/10

MACERATE

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to separate into parts by steeping in liquid

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22
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RGRE 10/10

PALADIN

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RGRE 10/10

PELLUCID

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transparent; easy to understand

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RGRE 10/10

RAFFISH

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low; vulgar; base

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# RGRE 10/10 RECREANT
cowardly or craven
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# RGRE 10/10 VAGARY
unpredictable act or idea; caprice
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# RGRE 10/10 VIRAGO
a loud; domineering woman
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# RGRE 10/10 WAFFLE
talk vaguely and without much result
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# RGRE 10/10 PALAVER
idle talk
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# RGRE 10/10 UXORIOUS
overly fond of one's wife
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# RGRE 10/10 ONTOLOGY
the study of the nature of existence
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# RGRE 10/10 PASTICHE
artistic piece which consists of many different styles
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# RGRE 10/10 PREDICATE
to proclaim; declare
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# RGRE 10/10 ZEITGEIST
the general trend of culture; the spirit of time
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# RGRE 10/10 INEXORABLE
unchanging; unyielding
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# RGRE 10/10 LEGATEE
someone who receives a legacy
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# RGRE 10/10 BELEAGUER
to surround with military forces or with troubles
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# RGRE 10/10 ANCILLARY
subordinate; assisting
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# RGRE 10/10 CAVALIER
haughty; disdainful; unceremonious
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# RGRE 10/10 PENULTIMATE
second to last
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# RGRE 10/10 ANTEPENULTIMATE
third to last
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# RGRE 10/10 MAVEN
expert
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# RGRE 10/10 ILLICIT
illegal
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# RGRE 10/10 IMMOLATE
to kill as a sacrifice
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# RGRE 10/10 NUGATORY
of no real value; trifling; worthless
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# RGRE 10/10 PRESTIDIGITATION
sleight of hand; legerdemain
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# RGRE 10/10 ASSEVERATE
to aver; allege; assert
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# RGRE 10/10 CAPTIOUS
disposed to point out trivial faults; calculated to confuse or entrap in argument
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# RGRE 10/10 CAVIL
to find fault without good reason
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# RGRE 10/10 AXIOMATIC
taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth
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# RGRE 10/10 VAPIDITY
dull or lacking in taste
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# RGRE 10/10 CONTUMACIOUS
insubordinate; rebellious
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# RGRE 10/10 LUBRICIOUS
lewd; wanton; greasy; slippery