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Set 9 Flashcards

0
Q

Objurgate

A

To reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply

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Foible

A

A minor weakness or failing of character; slight flaw or defect

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Chasten

A

To inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement; chastise

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3
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Riddled

A

Full of

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4
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Malinger

A

Exaggerate or feign illness in order to escape duty or work

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5
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Palisade

A

A fence made of posts

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6
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Derision

A

Ridicule; mockery

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7
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Contumacious

A

Stubborn(ly or willfully disobedient to authority)

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Delusive

A

Marked by deception; false or delusional

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9
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Solecism

A

A nonstandard or outdated grammatical construction; a grammatical mistake

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10
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Ferment

A

To stir up, agitate, or cause unrest

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Seethe

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To be violently disturbed; to boil

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12
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Lurid

A

Presented in vividly shocking or unnatural terms

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13
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Equanimity

A

Steadiness of mind

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14
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Appurtenance

A

An accessory or other item associated with a particular activity or style of living

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15
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Clamber

Clamor

A

To climb by crawling with difficulties; to creep

To shout

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16
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Satori

A

The state in which a person suddenly acquires enlightenment; epiphany

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17
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Secrete

A
  1. To discharge a secretion

2. To place out of sight; hide; conceal

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18
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Deciduous

A

(Of a tree or shrub) shedding it’s leaves annually

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19
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Recondite

A

Little known; abstruse; obscure

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Loquacious and garrulous (vs laconic)

A

Wordy or talkative (or not talkative)

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21
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Bereave

A

To deprive and make desolate

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22
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Blighted

A

Damaged; destroyed; ruined

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23
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Variegated

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Multi-colored; speckled

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24
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Savant

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A learned person

25
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Deign

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To condescend

26
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Feral

A

Costing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated; wild

27
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Salubrious

A

Health-givingw

28
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Pilose

A

Hairy or furry

29
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Punctilious

A

Paying attention to small details

30
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Bilk

A

To cheat; defraud

31
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Minaotory

A

Expressing or conveying a threat

32
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Saturnine

A

Melancholy

33
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Constrain

A

To force, compel, or oblige

To repress or restrain

34
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Pusillanimous

A

Cowardly; craven; timid

35
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Refractory

A

Stubborn or unimaginable

36
Q

Impute

A

To attribute or ascribe

37
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Ardor

A

Enthusiasm or passion

38
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Immure

A

To imprison or incarcerate

39
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Carafe

A

A large, glass bottle for holding drinkable liquids

40
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Misogamy

A

A hatred of marriage

41
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Comestible

A

Something fit to b eaten; edible

42
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Muster

A

To gather; to assemble or aggregate

43
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Access

A

A sudden outburst, often emotional in nature

44
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Fungible

A

Interchangeable; exchangeable

45
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Quittance/quietus

A

A final acquittance from debt or an obligation

46
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Brazen

A

Insolent; bold

47
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Mystic

A

Hard to understand

48
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Tactile

A

Concerned with the sense of touch

49
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Redolent

A

Having a pleasant odor; fragrant; suggestive or reminiscent

50
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Paramour

A

A lover, especially the illicit partner of a married person

51
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Cloture

A

A method of closing a debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken on the question

52
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Pallid

A

Pale; faint or deficient in color; wan

53
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Rancor

A

Resentment; animosity; bad feeling

54
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Prescient

A

Having fore-knowledge

55
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Cornucopia

A

A symbol denoting natural abundance

56
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Anomie

A

Absence of accepted social values or norms

57
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Cupidity

A

Extreme greed or desire, especially for wealth

58
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Putative

A

Supposed; inconclusively accepted as true

59
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Discount

A

To disregard

60
Q

Sprightly

A

Lively; animated

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