Vocab 1

Question 1

expendable

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designed to be used only once and then to be destroyed

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barrage

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a concentrated artillery bombardment over a large area

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libel

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a false statement made to damage someone’s reputation

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rehash

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put old ideas into a new form without much change

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preclude

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prevent from happening; make impossible

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marred (by)

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impair the appearance of

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disseminate

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spread or disperse

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venality

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susceptible to bribery

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gubernatorial

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of or relating to the state governor

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noisome

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disgustingly offensive; foul

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modicum

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small quantity

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abscond

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to leave hastily and secretly

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garish

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flamboyant; excessive ornamentation

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bondage

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slavery

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urbane

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sophisticated (ANT: provincial, insular, parochial etc.)

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declaim

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deliver words in a rhetorical or impassioned way

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acclivity

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an upward slope

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salutary

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producing good effects

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salubrious

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beneficial; producing good effects

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adumbrate

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foreshadow or indicate faintly

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transcendent

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surpassing the ordinary; extraordinary

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filibuster

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an action that obstructs/ hinders the progress in a legislative assembly

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cogent

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clear, logical and convincing

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pertinent

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related to something; relevant

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complicity

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involved in wrongdoing

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fitful

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active or occurring spasmodically/intermittently

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bombastic

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inflated; high-sounding with little meaning

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feral

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wild, untamed, ferocious

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candor

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candid, frank, open and honest in expression

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aplomb

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self-confidence

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coterie

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a small group of ppl who are interested in the same thing

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ambulatory

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related or adapted for walking

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discomfit

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make someone uneasy or embarrassed

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allusive

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working by suggestion rather than by explicit mention (crit is allusive)

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broach

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raise a sensitive topic fo discussion

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concomitant

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accompanying/counterpart

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acquiesce

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accept reluctantly without protest (sort of like balk)

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fulsome

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compliments or flattery to an excessive degree (obsequious, fawning, sycophantic, wheedle etc.)

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anomaly

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something that is different from what is standard

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consanguineous

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of the same blood line; descended from the same ancestor

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dispassionate

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not influenced by strong feeling

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flag

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to decrease interest in

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flippant

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not showing a serious or respectful attitude when needed (blithe, heedless)

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conciliatory

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intended to placate or placify

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febrile

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marked by intense emotion, activity or instability; marked or caused by fever

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furtive

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done with stealth; surreptitiously

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bequeath

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to give up personal property (abdicate)

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inscrutable

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hard to understand or interpret

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prosaic

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dull, unimaginative, commonplace (hackneyed, banal, trite, vapid)

Question 50

complacent

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self-satisfied