Unit 1 Flashcards by Linh Vu

fallow

plowed but not sowed; uncultivated

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mesmerize

to hypnotize

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minatory

threatening; menacing

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piquant

pleasantly pungent; attractive

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froward

stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient

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grouse

to complain

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inherent

firmly established by nature or habit

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officious

too helpful; meddlesome

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errant

mistaken; straying from the proper course

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impede

to hinder; block

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undulating

moving in waves

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beneficent

kindly; doing good

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enunciate

to pronounce clearly

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vivisection

dissection; surgery or painful experiments performed on a living animal for the purpose of scientific research

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amalgamate

to combine into a unified whole

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idolatry

idol worship; blind or excessive devotion

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propriety

correct conduct, fitness

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lambaste

to trash verbally or physically

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exhort

to urge by strong appeals

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flag

to droop; grow weak

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hieroglyphics

a system of writing in which pictorial symbols represent meanings or sounds; writing or symbols that are difficult to decipher

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monolithic

solid and uniform; constituting a single, unified whole

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machinations

plots or schemes

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salutary

expecting an improvement; favorable to health

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extirpate

to root up; to destroy

qualm

sudden feeling of faintness or nausea

pusillanimous

cowardly

simian

apelike; relation to apes

caucus

smaller group within an organization

microcosm

a small system having analogies to a larger system

perigee

point in an orbit that is closest to the earth

avocation

secondary occupation

convivial

sociable

evocative

tending to call to mind or produce a reaction

debauchery

corruption

plethora

excess; overabundance

carping

to find fault; complain

categorical

absolute; without exception

gauche

coarse and uncouth; clumsy

inadvertently

carelessly; unintentionally

gambol

to frolic; leap playfully

relegate

to consign to an inferior position

taxonomy

science of classification

elixir

a substance believed to have the power to cure ills

vitiate

to impair the quality of; corrupt morally

ostentatious

showy; pretentious

fervor

warmth and intensity of emotion

impervious

incapable of being affected; impossible to penetrate

default

to fail to act

distend

to expand; swell out

prattle

meaningless, foolish talk

truculence

aggressiveness, ferocity

amenable

agreeable; cooperative; suited

invective

verbal abuse

credo

statement of belief or principle; creed

singular

unique, extraordinary, odd

vexation

irritation; annoyance

discomfit

to make uneasy; disconcert

supersede

to replace, especially to displace as inferior or antiquated

archeology

the study of material evidence of past human life

engender

to cause; produce

tenuous

weak, insubstantial

anarchy

absence of government; state of disorder

striated

marked with thin, narrow grooves or channels

concoct

to invent

mettlesome

full of courage and fortitude

apogee

the point in an orbit most distant from the body being orbited; the highest point

deride

to mock

inveigle

to win over by flattering or coaxing

sidereal

relating to the stars

intimate

marked by close acquaintance

conscript

a person compulsorily enrolled for military service

lustrous

shining

neologism

new word or expression

incarnate

having bodily form

guile

deception or trickery

aggregate

amounting to a whole; total

churlish

rude; boorish

gerrymander

to divide an area into voting districts in a way that favors a political party

fiat

arbitrary order; authorization

inveterate

confirmed; long standing

placid

calm

insouciant

indifferent; lacking concern or care (nonchalant)

petulant

rude; peevish

clairvoyant

one who can predict the future; psychic

celestial

concerned with sky or heavens; sublime

minutia

petty details

miscellany

mixture of writings on various subjects

phlegmatic

unemotional; calm in temperament

diaphanous

transparent; vague; insubstantial

gullible

easily deceived

bombastic

pompous; using inflated language

continence

self-control; abstention from sexual activity

indigence

poverty

partisan

one-sided; committed to a party

propensity

inclination, tendency

dissident

person who disagrees about beliefs

discrepancy

difference between

rubric

protocol, title or heading

codify

to systematize