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Set 11 Flashcards

0
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Logomachy

A

A dispute about or concerning words

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Purport

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To appear or claim to be or do something, especially falsely; to profess

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Couth

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Cultured, refined, well-mannered

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Throng

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A large number; a crowd of people or animals

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Titillate

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To tickle; to excite pleasantly; to excite agreeably

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Titter

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A nervous giggle; a restrained laugh

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Unbridled

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Unrestrained; uncontrolled

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Tramp

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A vagrant

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Transmogrify

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To change with grotesque or humorous effect; to alter so much to the extent of being ridiculous

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Treatise

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A formal article which thoroughly analyzes and discusses a specific subject

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Unconscionable

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Not right or reasonable; unreasonably excessive

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Unseemly

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Not proper or appropriate; indecent and inconsiderate of customs or traditions

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Unwieldy

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Difficult to carry or move because of its size, shape, or weight

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Trope

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A figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression

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14
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Valediction

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A farewell speech

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15
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Valor

A

Bravery

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Vapid

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Dull and uninteresting; lifeless; lacking imagination

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17
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Venerable

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Deserving respect

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18
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Ventral

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Near the belly; towards the front

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19
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Verisimilitude

A

The appearance of being true or real

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Vertiginous

A

Causing dizziness or confusion

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Visage

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Appearance; facial characteristics

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Willowy

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Flexible, pliant, graceful, or slender

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Wispy

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Thin; barely noticeable

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Louche

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Dubious; shady; disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way

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Tarry

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To longer; to delay; to dawdle

26
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Forfend

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To prohibit; to forbid; to avert

27
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Tawny

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Of an orange-brown or yellowish-brown color

28
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Temporize

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To attempt to gain time by postponing an action

29
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Thew

A

Muscular strength

30
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Ullage

A

the amount of liquid needed to completely fill a container

31
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Throttle

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To strangle; to choke; to suffocate

32
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Ululate

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To howl; to wail (typically grief)

33
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Tonsure

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The act of shaving one’s head, especially by persons who are entering a religious order

34
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Transmute

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To transform; change; to alter

35
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Trumpery

A

Showy but worthless

36
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Unwonted

A

Rare and unaccustomed; unusual

37
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Valetudinarian

A

A physically weak person who is overly - and often morbidly - concerned about his health

38
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Vellicate

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To tickle; to touch with the intent to arouse the sense

39
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Verbigeration

A

An obsessive repetition of meaningless words and phrases, especially as a symptom of mental illness

40
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Vernal

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Pertaining to spring; fresh; youthful

41
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Viand

A

An item of food

42
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Victuals

A

Provisions; food items

43
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Vitreous

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Pertaining to or resembling glass

44
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Wangle

A

To obtain by cleverness or deception; to trick

45
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Wassail

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A toast to health, usually at a festival

46
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Wastrel

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A wasteful or god-for-nothing person

47
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Whilom

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Formerly; in the past; erstwhile

48
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Wreak

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To inflict; to execute; to place

49
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Wretch

A

A miserable, often angry person; a despicable person

50
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Allochthonous

A

Not formed in the region where found

51
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Malarkey

A

Meaningless talk; nonsense

52
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Sojourn

A

A temporary stay

53
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Stertorous

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Sounding like snoring or snorting

54
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Frowsy

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Having a dingy, neglected, and scruffy appearances man habituated to immoral conduct

55
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Canard

A

A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so

56
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Lambaste

A

To scold, reprimand, or criticize harshly

57
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Ratiocinate

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To form judgments by a process of logic; reason

58
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Teem

A

To abound; to be bountiful

59
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Erstwhile

60
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Tenuous

A

Flimsy; weak; unpredictable

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