Scavenge 4 Flashcards
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scion (n.)
A
a descendant
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askance (adj.)
A
sideways
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oblique (adj.)
A
slanting/sloping
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assay (v.)
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to examine/analyze
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diurnal (adj.)
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daily or happening during the day
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synchronous (adj.)
A
occuring at the same time
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bilious (adj.)
A
irratible, cranky
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dudgeon (n.)
A
feeling of anger
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pique (v.)
A
to anger
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umbrage (n.)
A
offense, displeasure
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foible (n.)
A
a minor weaknes
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dour (adj.)
A
sullen, gloomy
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mordant (adj.)
A
caustic, sarcastic
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enjoin (v.)
A
to prescribe
15
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hector (v.)
A
to bully
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martinet (n.)
A
a strict disciplinarian
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reproof (v.)
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to critcize, rebuke
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auspice (n.)
A
support/sponsorship, or favorable sign
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fey (adj.)
A
doomed
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prognosticate (v.)
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forecase/predict
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adventitious (adj.)
A
by chance
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auspicious (adj.)
A
favorable
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kismet (n.)
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fate/destiny
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portentous (adj.)
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marvelous, momentous
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providential (adj.)
lucky
26
equivocal (adj.)
questionable, dubious
27
arbitrate (v.)
to judge between two opposing parties
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dilatory (adj.)
intended to delay
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effusive (adj.)
lacking reservation
30
confer (v.)
to consult together or besto upon
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imbue (v.)
to fill with
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perjure (v.)
to swear falsely
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languor (n.)
sluggishness
34
exactitude (n.)
accuracy
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falter (v.)
to hesitate
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frivolous (adj.)
lacking seriousness or sense
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apotheosize (adj.)
glorify, deify
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animus (n.)
dislike/hostility
39
adjudicate (v.)
to settle judicially
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magniloquent (adj.)
grandiloquent
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orotund (adj.)
pompous
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fustian (adj.)
pompous
43
pettifoggery (n.)
bickering or trickery
44
subterfuge (n.)
means to escape a rule or hide something
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byzantine (adj.)
intricate, complex
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mores (n.)
customs, conventions
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obesiance (n.)
deference
48
jeremiad (n.)
mournful complaint
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espy (v.)
to spy, discern
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dissimulate (v.)
dissemble
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magisterial (adj.)
authoritative, domineering
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ape (v.)
to mimic
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progenitor (n.)
biologically related ancestor
