Semster 2 Flashcards
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Arrant
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Thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant
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Badinage
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To banter back and forth
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Conciliate
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To mend; to appease
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Countermand
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To veto; to cancel or reverse one order with another
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Echelon
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A formal ranking system
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Exacerbate
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To make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful
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Fatuous
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Stupid or foolish (in something that you say)
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Irrefutable
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Impossible to disprove
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Juggernaut
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A massive force that smashes everything in its path
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Lackadaisical
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Lacking in spirit or interest, half heartedly
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Litany
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A long repetitive list; a long repetitive prayer
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Macabre
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Having death as a theme
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Paucity
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Having a scarcity or lacking something
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Portend
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To indicate before hand that something is about to happen
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Raze
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To tear down; to cut or scrape off
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Recant
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To withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed
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Saturate
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To soak thoroughly
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Saturnine
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Of a gloomy or surly disposition
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Slough
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To cast off; discard; to get rid of something unnecessary
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Allege
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To assert without proof or confirmation
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Acclamation
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A shout of welcome; an overwhelming verbal vote of approval
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Bucolic
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Characteristics of the countryside, rural
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Calumniate
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To slander; to accuse falsely and maliciously
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Chary
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Extremely cautious, hesitant
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Collusion
Secret agreement or cooperation
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Dilettante
A dabbler in the arts; one who engages in an activity in an amateurish, trifling way
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Imperturbable
Not easily excited; emotionally steady
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Increment
An enlargement, increase, addition
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Mandate
An authors give command, formal order, authorization
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Paltry
Trifling, insignificant; mean
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Paroxysm
A sudden outburst; a spasm, convulsion
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Pedantry
A pretentious display of knowledge; overly ridged attention to rules or details
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Peregrination
The act of traveling
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Redolent
Fragrant, smelling strongly
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Refulgent
Shining, radiant, resplendent
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Shibboleth
A word, expression, or custom that distinguishes a particular group of persons from all others
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Tyro
A beginner, novice
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Unremitting
Not stopping, never letting up, relentless
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Vacillate
To swing from one idea or course of action to another
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Vituperative
Harshly abusive, severely scolding
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Askance
(To look) With suspicion, distrust, or disapproval
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Attenuate
To make thin or slender; to weaken or lessen in force
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Benign
Gentle, kind; forgiving, understanding
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Cavil
To find fault in a petty way
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Charlatan
A pretender, impostor, or quack
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Decimate
To kill or destroy a large part
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Foible
A weak point, failing, minor flaw
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Forgo
To do without, give up
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Fraught
Full or loaded with
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Inure
To toughen, harden; to render used to something by kind subjection or exposure
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Luminous
Emitting or reflecting light
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Obsequious
Excessively submissive, often for purely self-interested reasons
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Obtuse
Blunt, not coming to a point
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Oscillate
To swing back and forth with a steady rhythm
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Penitent
Regretful in ones sins or mistakes
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Peremptory
Having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate
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Rebuff
To snub, drive away
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Reconnoiter
To engage in reconnaissance
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Shambles
A state of complete disorder and confusion
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Sporadic
Occurring at irregular intervals
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Abrogate
To repeal, cancel, declare null and avoid
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Ambient
Completely surrounding, encompassing
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Asperity
Roughness, severity; bitterness or tartness
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Burnish
To make smooth or glossy by rubbing, Polish
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Cabal
A small group working in secret
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Delectable
Delightful, highly enjoyable; deliciously flavored, savory
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Deprecate
To express mild disapproval
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Detritus
Loose bits and pieces of material resulting from disintegration or wearing away
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Ebullient
Overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement
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Eclectic
Drawn from different sources
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Flaccid
Limp, not firm; lacking vigor or effectiveness
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Impecunious
Having little or no money
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Inexorable
Inflexible, beyond influence; relentless, unyielding
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Moribund
Dying, on the way out
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Necromancer
One who claims to reveal or influence the future through magic, especially communication with the dead
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Onerous
Burdensome; involving hardship or difficulty
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Rife
Common, prevalent, widespread, happening often; full, abounding, plentiful
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Rudiments
The parts of any subject or discipline that are learned first; the earliest stages of anything
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Sequester
To set apart, separate for a social purpose; to take possession of and hold in custody
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Winnow
To get rid of something unwanted, delete; to shift through to obtain what is desirable
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Aesthetic
Pertaining to beauty; sensitive or responsive to beauty
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Defunct
No longer in existence or functioning, dead
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Discomfit
To frustrate, thwart, or defend; to confuse, propped, or embarrass
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Espouse
To take up and support; to become attached to, adopt; to marry
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Fetish
An object believed to have magical powers; an object of unreasoning devotion or reverence
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Gregarious
Living together in a herd or group; sociable, seeking the company of others
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Hapless
Marked by a persistent absence of good luck
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Impeccable
Faultless, beyond criticism or blame
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Importune
To trouble with demands; to beg for insistently
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Interpolate
To insert between other parts or things; to present as an addition or correction
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Irreparable
Incapable of being repaired
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Laconic
Course, using few words
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Languish
To become weak, feeble, or dull; to droop; to be depressed or dispirited
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Mendacious
Given to lying or deception; untrue
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Nadir
The lowest point
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Omnipresent
Present in all places at all times
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Perfunctory
Done in a superficial or halfhearted manner; without interest or enthusiasm
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Plaintive
Expressive of sorrow or woe, melancholy
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Requite
To make suitable repayment, as for kindness, service, or favor; to make retaliation, as for injury or wrong; to reciprocate
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Tantamount
Equivalent, having the same meaning, value, or effect
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Abstruse
Extremely difficult to understand
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Affront
An open or intentional insult
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Canard
A false rumor, fabricated story
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Captious
Excessively ready to find fault; given to petty criticism; intended to trap, confuse, or show up
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Cognizant
Aware, knowledgeable, informed
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Contrite
Regretful for some misdeed or sin
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Cynosure
The center of attraction, attention, or interest
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Decorous
Well behaved, dignified, socially proper
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Deign
To think it appropriate or suitable to ones dignity to do something
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Desiccated
Thoroughly dried out; devised of spirit or vitality
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Efficacy
To power to produce a desired result
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Engender
To bring to existence, give rise to, produce
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Ethereal
Light, airy, delicate; suggesting what is heavenly
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Facade
A surface appearance
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Ghoulish
Revolting I'm an unnatural or morbid way; suggestive of someone who robs graves or otherwise preys on the dead
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Incongruous
Not in keeping, unsuitable, incompatible
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Machination
A crafty, or scheming, or underhanded action designed to accomplish some (usually evil) end
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Mesmerize
To hypnotize, entrance; to fascinate, enthrall, bewitch
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Opprobrium
Disgrace arising from shameful conduct
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Putative
Generally disregarded as such; reputed; hypothesized, inferred
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Beatific
Blissful;rendering or making blessed
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Behemoth
A creature of enormous size, power, or appearance
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Blandishment
Anything designed to flatter or coax; sweet-talk
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Cacophonous
Harsh sounding, raucous, discordant, dissonant
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Chicanery
Trickery, deceptive practices or tactics
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Consign
To give over another's care, charge, or control
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Coup
A sudden takeover of power or leadership
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Euphemism
A mild or inoffensive expression used in place of a harsh or unpleasant one
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Gainsay
To deny, contradict, convert; to dispute, oppose
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Imminent
About to happen
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Innate
Natural, inborn, inherent; built-in
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Loath
Unwilling, reluctant, disinclined
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Manifest
Clear, evident to the eyes or mind
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Minutiae
Small or trivial details
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Moratorium
A suspension of activity; an official waiting period
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Nostrum
An alleged cure-all; a remedy or scheme of questionable effectiveness
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Pariah
One who is rejected by a social group or organization
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Visionary
Not practical, lacking in realism; having the nature of a fantasy or dream
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Wizened
Dry, shrunken, and wrinkled
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Febrile
Feverish; pertaining to or marked by fever
