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Set 5 Flashcards

0
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Stodgy

A

Dull, unimaginative, unoriginal, conservative

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Gourmet

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A connoisseur of food and drink

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Desideratum

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Something that is needed or wanted (something highly desired)

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Jaundiced

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Cynical; pessimistic; having a bias against something as a result of envy or prejudice

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Crepuscular

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Active at dawn and dusk

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5
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Abeyance

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State of inactivity; disuse

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Wane

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To grow less (to decrease)

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7
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Exegesis

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Critical explanation or interpretation of a text

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Ambulatory

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Able to walk around

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Foment

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To instigate or stir up; incite

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Fractious

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Irritate; bad-tempered; given to troublemaking

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Prurient

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Having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters

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Flit

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To fly or move lightly; to move quickly

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Shambles

Shambles

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To walk awkwardly (while dragging the feet)

Complete ruin; a wreck

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Vulgar

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Lacking good taste or sophistication; unrefined

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15
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Ignominy

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Public shame or disgrace

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Bereft

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Deprived of or lacking something, especially a nonmaterial asset

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17
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Collop

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A slice of meat

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Pall

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To become less appealing or interesting through familiarity

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Respite

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A rest; an interval during which there is a lower than usual amount of activity

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Flighty

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Whimsical; capricious; frivolous

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Tractable

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Easy to control or influence

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Enervate

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To weaken

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Apprise

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To give notice to; to inform

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Inveigh

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To speak or write about (something) with great hostility

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Largess

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Generosity

26
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Lummox

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A clumsy person

27
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Malign

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To slander

28
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Heed

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To listen to

29
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Sybarite

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Lover of luxury

Syn: epicure, hedonist

30
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Ostracism

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Exclusion from a community or society

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Garish

32
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Bane

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Troublesome influence; an affliction or curse

33
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Recapitulate

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To summarize

34
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Comport

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To behave well or properly

35
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Chagrin

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A feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation

36
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Inscrutable

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Impossible to understand or interpret

37
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Trencherman

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A person who has a hearty appetite; a heavy eater

38
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Belie

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To fail to give a true notion or impression of (something); disguise or contradict

39
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Gourmand

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A person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminately and to excess

40
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Machinations

A

Plots and plans

41
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Flout

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To treat with contemptuous disregard

42
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Codicil

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An amendment to a will

43
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Quiddity

A

The essence of a thing; an odd feature; the distinctive component; the inherent nature or essence of someone or something

44
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Concomitant

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Accompanying; conjoined; concurrent

45
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Nosegay

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A small bunch of flowers; a posey

46
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Adventitious

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Accidental; happening by chance; not natural

47
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Degust

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To savor; to taste with appreciation

48
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Render

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To represent; to generate an image of

49
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Cognizance

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An understanding or knowledge about something

50
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Nubile

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Sexually mature; suitable for marriage

51
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Pertinacious

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Holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; stubborn or obstinate

52
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Preternatural

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Unnatural; abnormal

53
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Blasé

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Indifferent to or bored with life

54
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Subsume

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To include or absorb (something) in something else

55
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Fulminate

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To express vehement protest

56
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Emollient

57
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Precursory

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Preliminary; introductory

58
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Argosy

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A rich supply

59
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Factotum

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A jack of all trades; a handyman

60
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Academic

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Not practical; not useful; not directly applicable

61
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Peevish

A

Bad-tempered; irritable; easily-angered

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