Set 11 Flashcards

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Logomachy

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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

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Bravery

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Vapid

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Dull and uninteresting; lifeless; lacking imagination

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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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Verisimilitude

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The appearance of being true or real

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Vertiginous

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Causing dizziness or confusion

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Visage

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Appearance; facial characteristics

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22
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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
Dubious; shady; disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way
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Tarry
To longer; to delay; to dawdle
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Forfend
To prohibit; to forbid; to avert
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Tawny
Of an orange-brown or yellowish-brown color
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Temporize
To attempt to gain time by postponing an action
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Thew
Muscular strength
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Ullage
the amount of liquid needed to completely fill a container
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Throttle
To strangle; to choke; to suffocate
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Ululate
To howl; to wail (typically grief)
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Tonsure
The act of shaving one's head, especially by persons who are entering a religious order
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Transmute
To transform; change; to alter
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Trumpery
Showy but worthless
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Unwonted
Rare and unaccustomed; unusual
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Valetudinarian
A physically weak person who is overly - and often morbidly - concerned about his health
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Vellicate
To tickle; to touch with the intent to arouse the sense
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Verbigeration
An obsessive repetition of meaningless words and phrases, especially as a symptom of mental illness
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Vernal
Pertaining to spring; fresh; youthful
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Viand
An item of food
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Victuals
Provisions; food items
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Vitreous
Pertaining to or resembling glass
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Wangle
To obtain by cleverness or deception; to trick
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Wassail
A toast to health, usually at a festival
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Wastrel
A wasteful or god-for-nothing person
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Whilom
Formerly; in the past; erstwhile
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Wreak
To inflict; to execute; to place
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Wretch
A miserable, often angry person; a despicable person
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Allochthonous
Not formed in the region where found
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Malarkey
Meaningless talk; nonsense
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Sojourn
A temporary stay
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Stertorous
Sounding like snoring or snorting
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Frowsy
Having a dingy, neglected, and scruffy appearances man habituated to immoral conduct
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Canard
A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so
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Lambaste
To scold, reprimand, or criticize harshly
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Ratiocinate
To form judgments by a process of logic; reason
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Teem
To abound; to be bountiful
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Erstwhile
Former
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Tenuous
Flimsy; weak; unpredictable