Vocab 10 Flashcards by Jeremy Intal

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Munificent

adj. (of a person) very generous

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Myopic

adj. near sighted

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Myriad

n. large number

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Myrmidons

n. a hired ruffian or unscrupulous subordinate

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Natty

adj. neat; dapper

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Nebulous

adj. vague

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Nefarious

adj. immoral

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Nettle

v. to annoy

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Nexus

n. connection

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Niggardly

adj. miserly; stingy

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Noisome

adj. disgusting

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Nominally

adj. existing in name only; (of a price or amount of money) very small

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Apposite

adj. apt in the circumstances; fitting

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Appose

v. place something in proximity to or juxtaposition to something else

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Appellant

n. a person who applies a higher court for a reversal of the decision of a lower fourt

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Apostrophe

n. appeal to someone not present

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Apollonian

adj. of or relating to the rational, ordered, and self-disciplined aspects of human nature

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Apogee

n. the highest point of development

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Apocrypha

n. writings or reports not considered geniune

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Aphoristic

adj. expressed tersely; short statement

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Aphorism

n. a pithy observation that contains a general truth

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Antithetical

adj. directly opposed or contrasted

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Antediluvian

adj. ridiculously old-fashioned

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Anomie

n. lack of the usual social or ethical standards in an individual or group

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# Define: Anodized

adj. coated with a layer of metal

# Define: Annex

n. a building which is an addition to an existing building

# Define: Annex

v. to take possession of

# Define: Animadversions

n. criticism or censure

# Define: Sap

v. to drain

# Define: Incise

v. to cut into

# Define: Contravene

v. to contradict

# Define: Impugn

v. to challenge someone’s honor, honesty, validity

# Define: Descry

v. to catch sight of

# Define: Repine

v. to be discontented

# Define: Minatory

adj. threatening

# Define: Sedulity

n. thoroughness

# Define: Cogitate

v. think over something; ponder

# Define: Excogitate

v. think out, plan, or devise

# Define: Epistemology

n. theory of knowledge

# Define: Debility

n. weakness

# Define: Maelstrom

n. whirlpool

# Define: Complaisance

adj. willingness to please

# Define: Efface

v. wipe out; remove all trace of

# Define: Extirpation

n. wiping out; complete destruction

# Define: Ascetic

adj. without luxuries; severely simple

# Define: Pastiche

n. work (usually artistic) which imitates, or is composed of parts taken from varied resources

# Define: Boondoggle

n. work or activity that is wasteful or pointless but gives the appearance of having value

# Define: Overwrought

adj. worked up in an emotional state

# Define: Deify

v. worship, regard, or treat as a god

# Define: Malefactor

n. wrongdoer

# Define: Sallow

adj. yellow and sickly

# Define: Faux-naif

adj. artificially or affectedly simple or naïve

# Define: Soi-disant

adj. self-styled

# Define: Analeptic

adj. tending to restore a person’s health or strength

# Define: Sequestration

n. the act of taking legal possession of assets until a debt has been paid

# Define: Gestation

n. the development of something over a period of time

# Define: Mores

n. the essential or characteristic customs of a community

# Define: Frontispiece

n. the illustration facing the title page of the book

# Define: Byline

n. the line that tells you who wrote the article

# Define: Quintessential

adj. the perfect example of

# Define: Dotage

n. the period of life in which a person is old and weak

# Define: Mettlesome

adj. spirited

# Define: Vitiation

n. spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of

# Define: Vitiate

v. spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of

# Define: Extemporaneous

adj. spoken or done without preparation

# Define: Maculated

adj. spotted or stained

# Define: Dissipation

n. squandering of money

# Define: Desuetude

n. state of disuse

# Define: Tarry

v. staying longer than intended; delay leaving a place

# Define: Purloin

v. to steal

# Define: Ginger

v. to stimulate, enliven

# Define: Parsimony

n. stinginess

# Define: Foment

v. stir up

# Define: Desist

v. stop

# Define: Taut

adj. stretched or pulled tight, tense not relaxed, concise and controlled when referring to music

# Define: Besotted

adj. strongly infatuated

# Define: Palettes

n. range of colors or shapes available to a user

# Define: Depredate

v. ravage, plunder

# Define: Peruse

v. read carefully

# Define: Atavism

n. the reappearance of ancestral traits; regression

# Define: Rubicund

adj. reddish

# Define: Damp

v. reduce in extent

# Define: Salacious

adj. lecherous; erotic

# Define: Sinistral

adj. left-handed or counter-clockwise (dextral = right handed)

# Define: Lien

n. a right to keep possession of property belonging to another person until a debt owed is discharged

# Define: Torpid

adj. lethargic

# Define: Vitreous

adj. like glass in appearance or physical properties

# Define: Talon

n. long pointed nail or claw

# Define: Discursiveness

n. long windedness; indirectness

# Define: Haggard

adj. looking exhausted from fatigue

# Define: Din

n. a loud, unpleasant and prolonged noise

# Define: Tepid

adj. lukewarm, little enthusiasm

# Define: Recumbent

adj. lying down

# Define: Runic

adj. magical

# Define: Gist

n. main point

# Define: Requite

v. make appropriate the return for

# Define: Denuded

v. to make bare

# Define: Extenuate

v. make guilt or an offense seem less serious or more forgivable

# Define: Tergiversate

v. making conflicting or evasive statements

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. (of a person) very generous

Munificent

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. near sighted

Myopic

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. large number

Myriad

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a hired ruffian or unscrupulous subordinate

Myrmidons

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. neat; dapper

Natty

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. vague

Nebulous

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. immoral

Nefarious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to annoy

Nettle

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. connection

Nexus

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. miserly; stingy

Niggardly

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. disgusting

Noisome

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. existing in name only; (of a price or amount of money) very small

Nominally

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. apt in the circumstances; fitting

Apposite

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. place something in proximity to or juxtaposition to something else

Appose

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a person who applies a higher court for a reversal of the decision of a lower fourt

Appellant

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. appeal to someone not present

Apostrophe

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. of or relating to the rational, ordered, and self-disciplined aspects of human nature

Apollonian

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. the highest point of development

Apogee

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. writings or reports not considered geniune

Apocrypha

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. expressed tersely; short statement

Aphoristic

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a pithy observation that contains a general truth

Aphorism

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. directly opposed or contrasted

Antithetical

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. ridiculously old-fashioned

Antediluvian

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. lack of the usual social or ethical standards in an individual or group

Anomie

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. coated with a layer of metal

Anodized

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a building which is an addition to an existing building

Annex

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to take possession of

Annex

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. criticism or censure

Animadversions

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to drain

Sap

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to cut into

Incise

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to contradict

Contravene

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to challenge someone’s honor, honesty, validity

Impugn

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to catch sight of

Descry

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to be discontented

Repine

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. threatening

Minatory

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. thoroughness

Sedulity

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. think over something; ponder

Cogitate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. think out, plan, or devise

Excogitate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. theory of knowledge

Epistemology

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. weakness

Debility

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. whirlpool

Maelstrom

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. willingness to please

Complaisance

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. wipe out; remove all trace of

Efface

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. wiping out; complete destruction

Extirpation

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. without luxuries; severely simple

Ascetic

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. work (usually artistic) which imitates, or is composed of parts taken from varied resources

Pastiche

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. work or activity that is wasteful or pointless but gives the appearance of having value

Boondoggle

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. worked up in an emotional state

Overwrought

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. worship, regard, or treat as a god

Deify

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. wrongdoer

Malefactor

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. yellow and sickly

Sallow

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. artificially or affectedly simple or naïve

Faux-naif

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. self-styled

Soi-disant

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. tending to restore a person’s health or strength

Analeptic

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. the act of taking legal possession of assets until a debt has been paid

Sequestration

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. the development of something over a period of time

Gestation

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. the essential or characteristic customs of a community

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. the illustration facing the title page of the book

Frontispiece

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. the line that tells you who wrote the article

Byline

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. the perfect example of

Quintessential

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. the period of life in which a person is old and weak

Dotage

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. spirited

Mettlesome

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of

Vitiation

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of

Vitiate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. spoken or done without preparation

Extemporaneous

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. spotted or stained

Maculated

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. squandering of money

Dissipation

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. state of disuse

Desuetude

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. staying longer than intended; delay leaving a place

Tarry

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to steal

Purloin

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to stimulate, enliven

Ginger

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. stinginess

Parsimony

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. stir up

Foment

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. stop

Desist

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. stretched or pulled tight, tense not relaxed, concise and controlled when referring to music

Taut

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. strongly infatuated

Besotted

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. range of colors or shapes available to a user

Palettes

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. ravage, plunder

Depredate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. read carefully

Peruse

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. the reappearance of ancestral traits; regression

Atavism

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. reddish

Rubicund

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. reduce in extent

Damp

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. lecherous; erotic

Salacious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. left-handed or counter-clockwise (dextral = right handed)

Sinistral

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a right to keep possession of property belonging to another person until a debt owed is discharged

Lien

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. lethargic

Torpid

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. like glass in appearance or physical properties

Vitreous

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. long pointed nail or claw

Talon

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. long windedness; indirectness

Discursiveness

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. looking exhausted from fatigue

Haggard

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a loud, unpleasant and prolonged noise

Din

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. lukewarm, little enthusiasm

Tepid

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. lying down

Recumbent

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. magical

Runic

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. main point

Gist

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. make appropriate the return for

Requite

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to make bare

Denuded

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. make guilt or an offense seem less serious or more forgivable

Extenuate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. making conflicting or evasive statements

Tergiversate

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