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Third Page Of List Flashcards

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Brusque

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Talking or behaving in a very direct, brief and unfriendly way
Blunt, abrupt

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Headstrong

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Stubborn

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Defoliate

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Cause leaves to fall off

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Espouse

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To express support for (a cause, belief , etc)

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Hone

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Whetstone

Sharpen

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Lax

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Not careful enough
Not strict enough
Careless
Slack

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Obviate

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To Avoid or prevent something
Make unnecessary

Example: the new medical treatment obviates the need for a surgery

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Torpid

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Inactive

Lazy

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Aesthetic

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Concerning art or beauty
Artistic
Attractive

Example: there are practical as well as aesthetic reasons for planting trees

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Bulwark

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Something that provides protection for or against something
A wall that is built for protection
Fortification

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Defunct

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No longer in existence

No longer being used

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Odious

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Causing hatred or strong dislike
Hateful

Example: an odious crime/ an odious and unforgivable insult

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Rife

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Bery common and often bad and unpleasent

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Posterity

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Future generations
(The offspring of one progenitor to the future generation)

Example: posterity will remember her as a women of courage and integrity.

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Torpor

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A state of being inactive and having very little energy
Dormancy

Example: the news aroused him from his torpor

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Affable

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Friendly and easy to talk to
Social

Example: he was a lively, affable young fellow.

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Eulogy

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Praise

A speech that praises someone who has died

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Hypochondriac

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A person obsessed with health

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Legion

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A very large number
A large group of soldiers

Example: legions of people came to see him perform

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Officious

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An annoying person who tries to tell other people what to do in a way that is not wanted or needed.

Example: an officious little man who was always telling everyone else how to do their jobs

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Posthumous

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Happening, done, or published after someone’s death

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Rigor

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Difficult and unpleasent conditions associated with something.
The quality or state of being very exact, careful or strict.

Example:they conducted the experiments with scientific rigor.

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Totter

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To move or walk in a slow and unsteady way.
To become weak and likely to collapse.

Example: the child tottered across the room.
He tottered away to bed

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Alacrity

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Eagerness
Enthusiasm
Quick and cheerful readiness to do something.

Example: she accepted the invitation with an alacrity that surprised me.

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Burgeon

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Grow
Flourish
Blokm

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Deleterious

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Harmful

Example: the chemical is deleterious to environment.

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Euphemism

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A polite phrase to cover something unpleasant

Example: using ‘eliminate’ as a euphemism for ‘kill’.

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Lethargic

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Feeling a lack in energy or interest in doing things

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Ogle

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Stare at
To look at someone in a way that shows sexual attraction
To look at something in a way that shows strong interest or desire

Example: he sat at the bar, ogling several women.
He ogled the new cars on the lot.

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Postulate

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Hypothesize

Propose

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Robust

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Strong
Healthy
Tough

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Tractable

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Obedient
Polite
Easily managed or controlled

Example: a tractable horse
Tractable child

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Burnish

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Polish

33
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Deliberate

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To think over deeply
Discuss decisions carefully

Example: the jury deliberated for two days before reaching a verdict.

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Euphony

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Pleasant sounds

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Iconoclast

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Persons who opposes beliefs and practices that are widely accepted
Heretic

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Olfactory

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Concerned with the sense of smell

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Levity

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Joking about serious matters
An amusing quality

Example: they managed to find some levity in the situation.

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Potable

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Suitable for drinking

Example: around here, the only potable water comes from wells.

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Rotund

Example: a rotund little man who was asked to play Santa every year.

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Round and fat

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Tranquil

Example: the house was tranquil after the kids moved outside to play

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Peaceful and quiet

41
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Buttress
Example: the mother had always been the buttress of our family in tiering times.
After the wall collapsed, the construction company agreed to rebuild it with buttress

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A structure that is built against a wall to strengthen it and support it .
Strengthen or aupport

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Delineation

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Explanation or definition.

43
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Idiosyncrasy
Example: her habit of using ‘like’ in every sentence was just one of her idiosyncrasies.
The current system has a few idiosyncrasies.

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unique to an individual.

An unusual way in which one behaves or thinks.

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Ominous

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Threatening

45
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Potent

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Powerful
Compelling
Effective

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Ruminate

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To think carefully and deeply about something.

47
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Allay

Example: allayed the fears of the worried citizens.

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  1. To reduce the intensity of; relieve: allay back pains. See Synonyms at relieve.
  2. To calm or pacify; set to rest.
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Demur

Example: demurred at the suggestion.

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1- hesitate.
2- refuse.
3- To voice opposition; object: Synonyms: object.

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Exacerbate

Example: a misconceived plan that only exacerbated the city’s traffic problem.

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To make something worse.

50
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1- Ignominious
Example: some of his friends considered the job of janitor to be an ignominious fate for the laid-off executive
2- Ignominy

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Causing disgrace or shame.
Shameful

2- Shame.

51
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Liniment

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A liquid that is rubbed on your skin to relieve pain or stiffness in your muscles.
Soothing lotion.

52
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Omnipotent

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Having complete or unlimited power.

Synonyms: almighty, all-powerful

53
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Pragmatic
Example: pragmatic men of power have had no time or inclination to deal with…social morality.
- Pragmatic man

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Practical

54
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Ruse

Example: His act was just a clever ruse to get me to go out with him.

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A trick or act that is used to fool someone

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Transgress
Example: don’t even think about transgressing the drug laws of that Asian country, for punishments are severe and there’s nothing that our government can do to intervene

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To do something that is not allowed.
To disobey a command or law.
Go astray

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Alleviate

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To make less severe

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Cacophony

Example: the cacophony of a pet store full of animals

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Unpleasant loud sounds

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Denounce
Examples
the church council denounced the bishop’s teachings, officially declaring them to be heresy.

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Condemn.
Criticize
Accuse
Proclaim
To publicly state that someone or something is bad or wrong : to criticize (someone or something) harshly and publicly
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1- Exasperate

2- Exasperated

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1- To make (someone) very angry or annoyed

2- frustrated or annoyed

60
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Lithe
Example
lithe steel
a lithe vine

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Flexible
Supple
easily bent or flexed

61
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Omniscient

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All-knowing

62
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Saccharin

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Falsely sweet

63
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transient

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Short lived

Ephemeral

64
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Aloof

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Cold
Antisocial
Detached
Distant

65
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Cajole

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1 a : to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : coax
b : to obtain from someone by gentle persuasion
Coax

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Livid
Examples
the boss was livid when yet another deadline was missed
her face was livid with fear

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Very angry

67
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Onerous
Examples
had the onerous and stressful job of notifying the families of soldiers killed in action.

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Hard to undertake
Burdensome
Involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome

68
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Preamble

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Introductory material

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Sacrosanct
Examples
The teacher’s book of grades is sacrosanct, and someone could be expelled for changing anything in it.
Believers eventually built a chapel on the sacrosanct spot where the miracle was thought to have taken place

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Very holy

Inviolable

70
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Traverse

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To move across.

71
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Altruism

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Putting others first.

Being self sacrificying

72
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Caldron

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Huge cooking pot

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