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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Discreet

prudent; diplomatic

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Risibly

provoking laughter

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Espouse

promote

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Libertine

prodigal

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Feint

pretend attack

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Primordial

present from the beginning of time

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Reconnaissance

preliminary surveying or research

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Augury

prediction, looking for omens

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Extoll

praise

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Extol

praise

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Magnate

powerful businessman

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Cavalcade

possession of vehicles

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Genteel

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

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Pillage

plunder; steal

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Euphony

pleasant sounds

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Parochial

narrow-minded; concerned only with local matters

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Prudish

narrow-minded

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Ingénue

naïve, unsophisticated person

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Pied

multicolored

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Undulating

move with a smooth wavelike motion

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Careened

move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way in a specified direction

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Skitter

move lightly and quickly or hurriedly

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Capriciousness

moody

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Diorama

model of a scene

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Sardonic

mocking or cynical

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Derision

mocking

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Demagogue

mob leader

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Commingle

mix

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Venial

minor; unimportant

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Prattle

mindless talk

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Clement

mild or merciful

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Mirthful

merry or amusing

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Clemency

mercy

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Wistful

melancholy; pensive; expressing a longing for

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Analgesic

medicine to combat pain

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Palpate

medical term meaning to examine with the hands

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Rote

mechanical or habitual in repetition of something to be learned

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Bequeath

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

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Indolent

lazy

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Dissolute

lax in morals

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Spate

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

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Moribund

lacking vitality or vigor, to the point of death

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Anemic

lacking in color, spirit, or vitality

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Diffident

lacking confidence

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Drab

lacking brightness

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Entropy

lack of order

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Lassitude

lack of energy

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Slipshod

lack of care or thought

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Arcane

known by only a few people

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Germinal

just growing; not developed

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Incipient

just beginning

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Synapse

junction between two nerve cells

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Cloistered

isolated

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Sequester

isolate

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Embroil

involve in hostility or argument

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Miscegenation

interbreeding of people of different races

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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

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Cerebral

intellectual

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Underwrite

insure

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Cant

insincere talk

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Interpolate

insert words in a book to give a false impression

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Vainglorious

inordinate pride in oneself

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Notoriety

infamy

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Inerrancy

infallibility

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Callow

inexperienced and immature

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Bootless

ineffectual, useless

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Soporific

inducing drowsiness or sleep

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Oblique

indirect; slanting

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Potentiate

increase the likelihood, power, or effect of

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Bent

inclination

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Indecorous

inappropriate of behavior

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Incipient

in an initial stage

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Proximate

immediate; nearest

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Astigmatic

image distortion

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Sanctimonious

hypocritically holy

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Precipitate

hurried

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Esurient

hungry or greedy

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Glacial

hostile

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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

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Corrugated

highly folded

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Demur

hesitate

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Eremitic

hermit or recluse