Upper Level Day 52 Flashcards
Sapience
Noun
Definition: wisdom
Synonym: erudition, intelligence
Antonym: ignorance, stupidity
Sentence: His sapience was highly regarded by everyone in his family.
Duplicative
Adjective
Definition: doubling
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Sentence: After rising for a few hours, the bread became duplicative.
Ungulate
Adjective
Definition: having hoofs
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Sentence: Horses are ungulate animals.
Triumvirate
Noun
Definition: government run by three persons together
Synonym: threesome, triad
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Sentence: In ancient Rome, Caesar was initially part of a triumvirate.
Proximity
Noun
Definition: too great length
Synonym: wordy, verbose
Antonym: terse, succinct
Sentence: The proximity of his speech completely bored the audience.
Diluvial
Adjective
Definition: having to do with a flood
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Sentence: After the diluvial damage to their home, they decided to move.
Elicitation
Noun
Definition: drawing forth
Synonym: extraction, evocation
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Sentence: After an elicitation of several files from her briefcase, the lawyer sat down calmly before her client.
Vignette
Noun
Definition: a brief, evocative description
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Sentence: The author wrote a series of vignettes about a small town.
Penitence
Noun
Definition: sorrow for sinning or doing wrong
Synonym: regret, penance
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Sentence: He felt penitence for lying to his parents.
Digitate
Adjective
Definition: having separate or divided fingers and toes
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Sentence: Monkeys and baboons have hands and feet that are digitate.
Pestiferous
Adjective
Definition: bringing disease or infection
Synonym: plague, contagious
Antonym: clean, pure
Sentence: Rats are pestiferous animals.
Meritorious
Adjective
Definition: deserving reward or praise
Synonym: honorable, commendable
Antonym: corrupt, dishonorable
Sentence: His actions were certainly meritorious.
Suppositional
Adjective
Definition: considering something as possible
Synonym: alleged, supposed
Antonym: definite
Sentence: Her theory seemed suppositional.
Saccharine
Adjective
Definition: overly sweet
Synonym: cloying, sentimental
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Sentence: Her saccharine attitude did not make her any more likeable.
Sanguineous
Adjective
Definition: like blood
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Sentence: Their history is full of sanguineous conflicts.
Ostentation
Noun
Definition: showing off
Synonym: flashiness, pageantry
Antonym: modesty, simplicity
Sentence: His ostentation was solely for the purpose of impressing the pretty girl.
Contraband
Noun
Definition: goods imported into a country illegally
Synonym: bootleg, smuggled
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Sentence: The man was arrested for his attempt to bring contraband across the border.
Polemicize
Verb
Definition: carry on a dispute or controversy
Synonym: argue, conflict
Antonym: agree, accord
Sentence: The family continued to polemicize the decision about where to go for dinner.
Solubility
Noun
Definition: quality of dissolving or of being easily dissolved
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Sentence: The solubility of the medicine allowed for it to be taken with just a glass of water.
Hepatic
Adjective
Definition: having to do with the liver
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Sentence: She had a rare hepatic disease.
Blazon
Verb
Definition: make known
Synonym: proclaim, announce
Antonym: conceal, deny
Sentence: In his speech, he was sure to blazon the new direction of the company.
Vaticinate
Verb
Definition: to predict or prophesize
Synonym: foresee, divine
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Sentence: The old witch was able to vaticinate the future.
Bipedalism
Noun
Definition: two feet
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Sentence: Bipedalism is a defining feature of humans.
Sordid
Adjective
Definition: dirtyness or grossness
Synonym: sullied, besmirched
Antonym: clean, decent
Sentence: Once he was promoted, he hoped that the details of his sordid past would remain hidden.
Belligerency
Definition: waging war or fond of fighting
Synonym: pugnacious, bellicosity
Antonym: passivity, aloofiness
Sentence: The nation was known for their belligerency.
Egoistic
Definition: seeking the welfare of oneself only
Synonym: selfish, conceited
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Sentence: Always egoistic, he stepped on his friends’ toes to get himselfa promotion.
Palpability
Definition: quality of being touchable
Synonym: corporeality, embodiment
Antonym: illusion
Sentence: The palpability of the tension in the air was quite distracting.
Symptomatic
Definition: being a sign
Synonym: emblematic, symbolic
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Sentence: Nausea can be symptomatic of many illnesses.
Superficiality
Definition: quality or condition of being on or of the surface
Synonym: skin-deep, shallow
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Sentence: The excessive amount of time spent on her appearance was indicative of her superficiality.
Asseverate
Definition: state positively
Synonym: declare, maintain
Antonym: deny, withhold
Sentence: Though she might asseverate her innocence, I wouldn’t believe
