Second Semester Exam Vocabulary Flashcards
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ambiguous
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having more than one meaning
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amiable
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friendly
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crass
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course, rude
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discursive
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rambling
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docile
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easily managed
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estrange
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to alienate or separate
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exonerate
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to free from blame or responsibility
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gratuitous
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unwarranted (groundless), given freely
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hypothesize
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to reach a conclusion based on an assumption
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indignation
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rage
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induce
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to bring on, to bring about (“make happen”)
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intractable
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stubborn
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introspective
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quality of examining one’s own mind or thoughts
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lucid
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easily understood, mentally sound (mentally healthy)
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meticulous
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taking great care
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misanthrope
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a hater of mankind
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munificent
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very generous
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plagiarize
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to steal and use another’s writing
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profuse
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extravagantly abundant
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recluse
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person who lives in solitude
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sated
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satisfied fully
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stupefy
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to dull the senses
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terse
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concise
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transient
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quickly passing
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virtuoso
person slightly skilled in music/artistic pursuit
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acquiesce
to give in, to comply
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affinity
a likeness, a natural relationship, a kinship
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blasphemous
irreverent, profane
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buttress
a support or prop
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circumspect
careful to consider consequences, cautious, prudent
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corroboration
confirmation
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deplete
to use up gradually, to lessen in amount or value
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despotic
ruling oppressively and absolutely; tyrannical
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emaciated
very thin (usually as a result of starvation), wasting away
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empirical
based on observation or experiment and not on theory
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extraneous
not essential or vital
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fallow
inactive, plowed but not sowed
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homogeneous
of the same kind
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hyperbole
obvious exaggeration
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incontrovertible
indisputable
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irascible
irritable, easily angered, cranky, cross
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laconic
using a minimum of words; concise to the point of seeming rude
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magnanimity
having a lofty, generous, and courageous spirit
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obsequious
overly attentive, like a sycophant, servile
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proliferation
an increase in number, multiplication
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scrupulous
very principled, very careful and conscientious
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sublime
exalted, noble, uplifting
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surreptitious
secret, clandestine, stealthy
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veracity
devotion to the truth
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zeal
enthusiasm, fervor
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abhor
to regard with extreme repugnance; to detest utterly; to loathe
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accolade
praise, an award
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ascetic
one who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation; absent of luxury
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bequeath
to hand down, to give or to leave in a will
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charlatan
one who claims to know something that he does not, a quack
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conflagration
a large fire
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dearth
a lack, a scarcity
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diffidence
shyness, reserve, unassertiveness
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effervescent
showing high spirits
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ethereal
heavenly, unusually delicate, light, lacking material substance, intangible
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expunge
to remove, to erase
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guile
deceitfulness, duplicity
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implausible
not believable
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incongruity
nonconformity, disagreement, incompatibility
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insularity
qualities of an island; narrow-mindedness of opinion
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morose
being sullen or gloomy
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placate
to appease or to pacify by making concessions
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poignant
piercing, incisive, and keen
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provincial
lacking sophistication, narrow-minded
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reiterate
to repeat
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spontaneous
having no external cause, acting on impulse
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synthesis
combining parts into a whole
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toxic
poisonous
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vigilant
very alert, watchful
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voluble
ability to use words easily, fluent and glib
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antiquated
obsolete, out of fashion, no longer usable
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arable
fit for plowing, tillable
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ascendancy
domination; growing power
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atrophy
to waste away, to wither
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clandestine
secret
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conciliate
to reconcile, to pacify, to renew a friendship
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cursory
superficial, casual, hastily done
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derision
scoffing at, mockery, ridicule
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enmity
absolute hatred
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extricate
to free, to disentangle
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forbearance
patience, lenience
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frivolous
lacking in seriousness or importance
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garrulous
talkative, rambling
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impetuous
violent, hasty, rash, impulsive
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industrious
skillfully busy or occupied
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infamous
having a reputation of the worst kind, vicious, notoriously bad
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insolence
insulting or contemptuous behavior
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levity
excessive frivolity, flippancy
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oblivion
state of being forgotten
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paradoxical
something that appears false or contradictory but is actually correct
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perjury
false testimony under oath
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rancor
bitter deep-seated ill will, enmity
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sycophant
a self-serving flatterer, a brownnoser
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vacillating
changing, fluctuating
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vivid
bright, distinct, and clear
