Vocab 1 Flashcards by Jeremy Intal

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Scuttle

sink

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Inane

silly, stupid

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Fatuous

silly and pointless

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Wizened

shriveled or wrinkled with age

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Solicitous

showing interest or concern

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Punctiliousness

showing great attention to detail or correct behavior

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Sedulous

showing dedication and diligence

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Blithe

showing a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous or improper

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Epaulet

shoulder decoration

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Syncopated

shorten a word by dropping sounds or letters in the middle

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Evanescent

short lived

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Epigram

short and witty saying

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Limerick

short and amusing poem

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Refulgence

shining brightly

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Acerbic

sharp and forthright

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Umbrage

shadow; sense of injury

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Penumbra

shadow

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Austere

severely plain

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Arbitrary

random

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Foible

quirk; minor weakness

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Fleetly

quickly

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Slake

quench or satisfy

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Cryptic

puzzling; enigmatic

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Caret

punctuation mark signifying omission

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# Question: Discreet

prudent; diplomatic

# Question: Risibly

provoking laughter

# Question: Espouse

promote

# Question: Libertine

prodigal

# Question: Feint

pretend attack

# Question: Primordial

present from the beginning of time

# Question: Reconnaissance

preliminary surveying or research

# Question: Augury

prediction, looking for omens

# Question: Extoll

praise

# Question: Extol

praise

# Question: Magnate

powerful businessman

# Question: Cavalcade

possession of vehicles

# Question: Genteel

polite, refined, or respectable often in a affected or ostentatious way

# Question: Pillage

plunder; steal

# Question: Euphony

pleasant sounds

# Question: Parochial

narrow-minded; concerned only with local matters

# Question: Prudish

narrow-minded

# Question: Ingénue

naïve, unsophisticated person

# Question: Pied

multicolored

# Question: Undulating

move with a smooth wavelike motion

# Question: Careened

move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way in a specified direction

# Question: Skitter

move lightly and quickly or hurriedly

# Question: Capriciousness

moody

# Question: Diorama

model of a scene

# Question: Sardonic

mocking or cynical

# Question: Derision

mocking

# Question: Demagogue

mob leader

# Question: Commingle

mix

# Question: Venial

minor; unimportant

# Question: Prattle

mindless talk

# Question: Clement

mild or merciful

# Question: Mirthful

merry or amusing

# Question: Clemency

mercy

# Question: Wistful

melancholy; pensive; expressing a longing for

# Question: Analgesic

medicine to combat pain

# Question: Palpate

medical term meaning to examine with the hands

# Question: Rote

mechanical or habitual in repetition of something to be learned

# Question: Bequeath

leave something in one’s will to be given after one’s death

# Question: Indolent

lazy

# Question: Dissolute

lax in morals

# Question: Spate

large number of similar things or events appearing or occurring in quick succession

# Question: Moribund

lacking vitality or vigor, to the point of death

# Question: Anemic

lacking in color, spirit, or vitality

# Question: Diffident

lacking confidence

# Question: Drab

lacking brightness

# Question: Entropy

lack of order

# Question: Lassitude

lack of energy

# Question: Slipshod

lack of care or thought

# Question: Arcane

known by only a few people

# Question: Germinal

just growing; not developed

# Question: Incipient

just beginning

# Question: Synapse

junction between two nerve cells

# Question: Cloistered

isolated

# Question: Sequester

isolate

# Question: Embroil

involve in hostility or argument

# Question: Miscegenation

interbreeding of people of different races

# Question: Synergetic

interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects

# Question: Cerebral

intellectual

# Question: Underwrite

insure

# Question: Cant

insincere talk

# Question: Interpolate

insert words in a book to give a false impression

# Question: Vainglorious

inordinate pride in oneself

# Question: Notoriety

infamy

# Question: Inerrancy

infallibility

# Question: Callow

inexperienced and immature

# Question: Bootless

ineffectual, useless

# Question: Soporific

inducing drowsiness or sleep

# Question: Oblique

indirect; slanting

# Question: Potentiate

increase the likelihood, power, or effect of

# Question: Bent

inclination

# Question: Indecorous

inappropriate of behavior

# Question: Incipient

in an initial stage

# Question: Proximate

immediate; nearest

# Question: Astigmatic

image distortion

# Question: Sanctimonious

hypocritically holy

# Question: Precipitate

hurried

# Question: Esurient

hungry or greedy

# Question: Glacial

hostile

# Question: Titular

holding a purely formal position or title without any real authority; denoting a thing from whom or which the name of an artistic work or similar is taken

# Question: Corrugated

highly folded

# Question: Demur

hesitate

# Question: Eremitic

hermit or recluse

# What word most nearly fits this definition? sink

Scuttle

# What word most nearly fits this definition? silly, stupid

Inane

# What word most nearly fits this definition? showing interest or concern

Solicitous

# What word most nearly fits this definition? showing great attention to detail or correct behavior

Punctiliousness

# What word most nearly fits this definition? showing dedication and diligence

Sedulous

# What word most nearly fits this definition? showing a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous or improper

Blithe

# What word most nearly fits this definition? shoulder decoration

Epaulet

# What word most nearly fits this definition? shorten a word by dropping sounds or letters in the middle

Syncopated

# What word most nearly fits this definition? short lived

Evanescent

# What word most nearly fits this definition? short and witty saying

Epigram

# What word most nearly fits this definition? short and amusing poem

Limerick

# What word most nearly fits this definition? sharp and forthright

Acerbic

# What word most nearly fits this definition? shadow; sense of injury

Umbrage

# What word most nearly fits this definition? shadow

Penumbra

# What word most nearly fits this definition? severely plain

Austere

# What word most nearly fits this definition? random

Arbitrary

# What word most nearly fits this definition? quirk; minor weakness

Foible

# What word most nearly fits this definition? quickly

Fleetly

# What word most nearly fits this definition? quench or satisfy

Slake

# What word most nearly fits this definition? puzzling; enigmatic

Cryptic

# What word most nearly fits this definition? punctuation mark signifying omission

Caret

# What word most nearly fits this definition? prudent; diplomatic

Discreet

# What word most nearly fits this definition? provoking laughter

Risibly

# What word most nearly fits this definition? promote

Espouse

# What word most nearly fits this definition? pretend attack

Feint

# What word most nearly fits this definition? present from the beginning of time

Primordial

# What word most nearly fits this definition? preliminary surveying or research

Reconnaissance

# What word most nearly fits this definition? prediction, looking for omens

Augury

# What word most nearly fits this definition? praise

Extoll

# What word most nearly fits this definition? praise

Extol

# What word most nearly fits this definition? powerful businessman

Magnate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? possession of vehicles

Cavalcade

# What word most nearly fits this definition? polite, refined, or respectable often in a affected or ostentatious way

Genteel

# What word most nearly fits this definition? plunder; steal

Pillage

# What word most nearly fits this definition? pleasant sounds

Euphony

# What word most nearly fits this definition? narrow-minded; concerned only with local matters

Parochial

# What word most nearly fits this definition? narrow-minded

Prudish

# What word most nearly fits this definition? naïve, unsophisticated person

Ingénue

# What word most nearly fits this definition? multicolored

Pied

# What word most nearly fits this definition? move with a smooth wavelike motion

Undulating

# What word most nearly fits this definition? move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way in a specified direction

Careened

# What word most nearly fits this definition? move lightly and quickly or hurriedly

Skitter

# What word most nearly fits this definition? moody

Capriciousness

# What word most nearly fits this definition? model of a scene

Diorama

# What word most nearly fits this definition? mocking or cynical

Sardonic

# What word most nearly fits this definition? mocking

Derision

# What word most nearly fits this definition? mob leader

Demagogue

# What word most nearly fits this definition? mix

Commingle

# What word most nearly fits this definition? minor; unimportant

Venial

# What word most nearly fits this definition? mindless talk

Prattle

# What word most nearly fits this definition? mild or merciful

Clement

# What word most nearly fits this definition? merry or amusing

Mirthful

# What word most nearly fits this definition? mercy

Clemency

# What word most nearly fits this definition? melancholy; pensive; expressing a longing for

Wistful

# What word most nearly fits this definition? medicine to combat pain

Analgesic

# What word most nearly fits this definition? medical term meaning to examine with the hands

Palpate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? mechanical or habitual in repetition of something to be learned

Rote

# What word most nearly fits this definition? leave something in one’s will to be given after one’s death

Bequeath

# What word most nearly fits this definition? lazy

Indolent

# What word most nearly fits this definition? lax in morals

Dissolute

# What word most nearly fits this definition? large number of similar things or events appearing or occurring in quick succession

Spate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? lacking in color, spirit, or vitality

Anemic

# What word most nearly fits this definition? lacking confidence

Diffident

# What word most nearly fits this definition? lacking brightness

Drab

# What word most nearly fits this definition? lack of order

Entropy

# What word most nearly fits this definition? lack of energy

Lassitude

# What word most nearly fits this definition? lack of care or thought

Slipshod

# What word most nearly fits this definition? known by only a few people

Arcane

# What word most nearly fits this definition? just growing; not developed

Germinal

# What word most nearly fits this definition? just beginning

Incipient

# What word most nearly fits this definition? junction between two nerve cells

Synapse

# What word most nearly fits this definition? isolated

Cloistered

# What word most nearly fits this definition? isolate

Sequester

# What word most nearly fits this definition? involve in hostility or argument

Embroil

# What word most nearly fits this definition? interbreeding of people of different races

Miscegenation

# What word most nearly fits this definition? interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects

Synergetic

# What word most nearly fits this definition? intellectual

Cerebral

# What word most nearly fits this definition? insure

Underwrite

# What word most nearly fits this definition? insert words in a book to give a false impression

Interpolate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? inordinate pride in oneself

Vainglorious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? infamy

Notoriety

# What word most nearly fits this definition? infallibility

Inerrancy

# What word most nearly fits this definition? inexperienced and immature

Callow

# What word most nearly fits this definition? ineffectual, useless

Bootless

# What word most nearly fits this definition? indirect; slanting

Oblique

# What word most nearly fits this definition? increase the likelihood, power, or effect of

Potentiate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? inclination

Bent

# What word most nearly fits this definition? inappropriate of behavior

Indecorous

# What word most nearly fits this definition? in an initial stage

Incipient

# What word most nearly fits this definition? immediate; nearest

Proximate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? image distortion

Astigmatic

# What word most nearly fits this definition? hypocritically holy

Sanctimonious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? hurried

Precipitate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? hungry or greedy

Esurient

# What word most nearly fits this definition? hostile

Glacial

# What word most nearly fits this definition? holding a purely formal position or title without any real authority; denoting a thing from whom or which the name of an artistic work or similar is taken

Titular

# What word most nearly fits this definition? highly folded

Corrugated

# What word most nearly fits this definition? hesitate

Demur

# What word most nearly fits this definition? hermit or recluse

Eremitic

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