voc23 Flashcards
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Alleviated
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made less severe [alleviation (n); alleviate (v)]
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Apostrophe
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- punctuation mark; 2. appeal to someone not present (a figure of speech)
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Centurion
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roman soldier (commander of a company of 100 soldiers)
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Emollient
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softening (a); something which softens (n)
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Fusillade
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long burst of gunfire
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Inerrancy
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infallibility; inability to make mistakes [inerrant (a)]
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Mince
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- chop into small pieces; 2. walk with tiny steps,3. speak in an affected manner
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Palpate
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medical term meaning to examine with the hands
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Platitude
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unoriginal,obvious saying
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Quibble
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- (v) to argue about minor matters; to play on words when finding fault; 2. (n) a minor verbal point in an argument
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Conniving
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cunning; scheming [connive (v)]
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Derision
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mockery [deride (v)]
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Epigram
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short,witty saying
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Lassitude
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lack of energy; weariness
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Pedantic
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over-insistent on matters of book-learning [pedant (n)]
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Phenomenology
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branch of science concerned with things as they are perceived; not directly derived from theory
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Precipitate
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- hurried (a); 2. insoluble product of a reaction in chemistry (n),3. to instigate or speed up an action (v)
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Renege
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go back on promise or retract statement
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Dawdler
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waste time; be slow
slow person who falls behind others [dawdle (v)]
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Dross
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something worthless; impurities left after refining
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Expiate
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atone; make amends for
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Hack
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- chop roughly; 2. person who writes to earn money,3. hired horse
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Prone
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- vulnerable to; 2. horizontal
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Propensity
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tendency; inclination
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Scabbard
cover for a sword
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Skiff
small boat
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Umbrage
1. shadow; 2. offence; sense of injury
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Dilettantism
dabbling esp. in the arts [dilettante (n) = person who dabbles]
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Enervate
weaken
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Malevolent
having evil intentions [malevolence(n)]
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Neophyte
new convert; tyro
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Panegyric
speech praising someone; laudatory words
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Presage
forewarn of; indicate
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Serration
jagged edge
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Slight
1. minor (a); 2. perceived insult (v) and (n)
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Tare
1. weed; 2. allowance made for container when weighing
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Unprepossessing
unattractive
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Aberration
deviation from the normal
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Cant
insincere talk
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Disinter
dig up [opposite inter = bury]
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Fa�ade
1. front elevation of building,2. false appearance or demeanor
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Impeding
hindering [impede (v); impediment (n)]
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Lacuna
gap; missing part [plural = lacunae]
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Monolithic
united in purpose; forming a single unit
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Pied
multicolored
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Roster
list of names
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Seemly
appropriate (of behavior); decorous
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Analogue
1. something similar; 2. output proportional to input (engineering)
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Coda
piece of music at the end of a musical work; finale; final part of document
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Commingle
mix
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Equivocal
ambiguous; open to interpretation [equivocate (v),equivocation (n)]
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Fallible
capable of making mistakes [fallibility (n)]
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Hallow
respect; worship
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Indigence
poverty
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Papyrus
material used for writing on before paper was invented
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Pique
1. annoyance (n); 2. to stimulate interest; to annoy (v)
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Sap
1. liquid inside plants (n); 2. to drain; to undermine (v); 3. a fool (n)
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Arbitrator
mediator; person appointed to judge a dispute [arbitrate (v)]
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Descry
to see (esp. at a distance); catch sight of
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Facetious
not intended to be taken seriously
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Indecorous
unseemly; inappropriate (of behavior)
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Proliferate
grow and spread [proliferation (n)]
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Scotch
(v) to prevent; stop; disable
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Strut
1. supporting rod (n); 2. to walk in an arrogant manner; show off (v)
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Toy
(v) to play with
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Usury
lending money at high interest rates
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Wag
(n) a witty person
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Atavism
reappearance of ancestral traits; regression [atavistic (a)]
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Filibuster
delaying tactics
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Gambit
opening move; transaction
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Mitigation
making less severe [mitigate (v)]
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Obligate
compulsory
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Predilection
leaning; interest; talent
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Propitiate
appease; try to gain favor [propitiation (n)]
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Staunch / Stanch
stop or restrict (a flow of blood) from a wound
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Travesty
parody; ridiculous error
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Waft
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move with a gliding motion;
drift smoothly (v); whiff; smell (n)
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Forage
search for food
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Lumber
1. walk in an ungainly way; 2. timber (wood)
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Muse
1. think; meditate (v); 2. a source of inspiration (n) [in mythology,a goddess who gives inspiration]
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Prescience
foreknowledge
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Prune
1. to trim; 2. a dried plum
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Ready
(used of wit) quick
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Resolve
firmness (n)
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Squalid
dirty and demeaning
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Sullied
made dirty or impure [opposite unsullied; sully (v)]
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Veneration
worship; respect [venerable (a),venerate (v)]
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Demur
object; hesitate to accept
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Duplicity
cunning; deception; double dealing
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Exigency
urgent matter; pressing need
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Expostulate
offer strong objections; remonstrate
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Gossamer
delicate; filmy; like gauze
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Inefficacious
ineffective
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Pine
1. type of evergreen tree; 2. grieve
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Prudish
having or revealing a tendency to be easily shocked by matters relating to sex or nudity;narrow-minded; excessively concerned with morals [prudery (n),prude (n)]
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Quixotic
impractically idealistic
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Stipple
cover with dots of paint etc.
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Dreary
depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive
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Bleak
- Lacking vegetation.
- Charmless inhospitable
- Cold and miserable
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Glide
move with a smooth, quiet continuous motion
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Wield (a weapon)
Hold and use (weapon or tool)
