Set 1 Flashcards
1
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canonize
A
To regard as a saint; to glorify, to exalt to the highest honour
2
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ascetic
A
- practising self-denial for personal and especially spiritual discipline
Syn: abstinent - simple or plain in appearance; austere
3
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prescience
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- the power to foresee the future
4
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ambivalent
A
- having mixed feelings about something or someone
Syn: equivocal,indecisive, inconclusive
5
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conspicuous
A
- easy to notice or see
- attracting attention by being impressive
6
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recondite
A
not understood or known by many people
syn: esoteric, arcane, obscure, hermetic,
7
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obscure
A
- (verb) to make difficult to understand or know
- (verb) to make dim or indistinct
- (adj) difficult to understand- not well known (to most people)
syn: recondite, arcane
8
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desultory
A
- lacking a definite plan or purpose
“desultory shopping” - not connected with the main subject
“desultory comments”
- disappointing in progress, performance, or quality
“a desultory fifth place finish a desultory wine”
9
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stygian
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extremely dark, gloomy, or forbidding
10
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evanescent
A
disappearing quickly from sight or memory
“Talk is evanescent; writing leaves footprints.”
11
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onerous
A
needing great effort; causing trouble or worry
SYN: taxing, arduous, strenuous
12
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feckless
A
- weak, ineffective
- behaving irresponsibly
13
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illusory
A
not real, although seeming to be
‘an illusory sense of freedom”
Syn: apparent, deceptive, seeming
14
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pliant
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- easily bent.
“pliant willow stems” - easily influenced or controlled; yielding.
“a more pliant prime minister”
15
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inveterate
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- (of a person) habitual
” an inveterate liar”
- (of a bad feeling or habit) done or felt for a long time and unlikely to change
“inveterate hostility”
