Vocab 11 Flashcards by Jeremy Intal

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Heteromorphic

adj. occurring in two or more different forms, esp. at different stages in the life cycle

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Condign

adj. (of punishment or retribution) appropriate to the crime or wrongdoing

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Costive

adj. slow or reluctant in speech or action

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Georgic

n. a poem or book dealing with agriculture or rural ropics

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Natty

adj. (esp of a person or an article of clothing) smart and fashionable

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Sophistry

n. the use of fallacious arguments, esp. with the intention of deceiving

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Drab

adj. lacking brightness or interest

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Insipidity

adj. lacking flavor, vigor, or interest

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Casuistic

n. relating to a person who uses clever but unsound reasoning, esp. in relation to moral questions; a sophist

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Malefactions

n. a crime

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Risque

adj. slightly indecent or liable to shock

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Denouement

n. the final part of a play or move in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved

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Iota

n. an extremely small amount

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Impuissant

adj. powerless

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Peremptory

adj. (esp. of a person’s manner or actions) insisting on immediate attention or obedience, esp. in a brusquely imperious way

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Allay

v. relieve or alleviate; diminish or put at rest

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Proleptic

adj. relating to the representation of a thing as existing before it actualy does

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Proximate

adj. closest in space or time

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Protract

v. prolong

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Abrogate

v. repeal or do away with

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Vituperate

v. blame or insult

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Baneful

n. cause of great distress ro annoyance

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Vitiated

v. spoil or impar the quality or efficiency of

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Limber

adj. (of a person or boady part) lithe; supple or flexible; not stiff or hard

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Inimical

adj. tending to obstruct or harm

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Lackey

n. servant

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Anchorite

n. a religious recluse

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Prolix

adj. (of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy

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Self-Effacing

adj. not claiming attention for oneself; retiring and modest

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Traduce

v. speak badly of or tell lies about (someone) so as to damage their reputation

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Ordinal

adj. of or relating to a thing’s position in a series

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Prefatory

adj. serving as an introduction

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Aberrance

n. departure from an accepted standard

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Bevy

n. a large group of people or things of a particular kind

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Surfeit

n. an excessive amount of something

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Scruple

n. a feelding of doubt or hesitation with regard to the morality or propriety of a course of action

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Apothegm

n. a concise saying or maximl an aphorism

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Contumely

n. insolent or insulting language or treatment

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Fructify

v. make something fruitful or productive

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Expatiate

v. speak or write at length or in detail

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Arrogate

v. take or claim something for oneself without justification

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Abengate

v. renounce or reject (something desired or valuable)

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Itinerant

adj. a person traveling from place to place

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Seething

adj. (of a person) be filled with intense but unexpressed anger

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Plenary

adj. unqualified; absolute; (of a meeting) to be attended by all participants at a conference or assembly, who otherwise meet in smaller groups

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Adduce

v. cite as evidence

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Conferment

v. grant or bestor (a title, degree, etc)

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Colloquium

n. an academic conference or seminar

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Jouissance

n. physical or intellectual pleasure, delight, or ecstasy

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Insouciance

n. casual lack of concern; indifference

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Minatory

adj. expressing or conveying a threat

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Continence

n. ability to exercise self-restraint

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Fiat

n. a formal authorization or proposition

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Bespeaking

v. suggest; order or reserve something in advance

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Calumniating

v. to make false and defamatory statements about

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Synoptic

adj. of or forming a general summary or synopsis

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Climacteric

n. a critical period or event

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Imputing

v. to represent (something esp. something undesirable) as being done, caused, or posessed by someone; to attribute

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Grousing

v. to complain pettily; grumble

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Gauche

adj. lacking ease or grace

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Colloquy

n. a conversation

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Callow

adj. (esp. of a young person) inexperienced and immature

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Aspirate

adj. (of a sound) pronounced with an exhalation of breath

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Piquant

adj. having a pleasantly stimulating or exciting to the mind

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Lesions

n. a region in an organ or tissue that has suffered damage through injury or disease

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Contusion

n. a region of injured tissue or skin in which blood capillaries have been ruptured; a bruise

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Edacious

adj. of, relating to, or given to eating

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Pip

n. a small shape or symbol; an excellent or very attractive person or thing

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Stub

n. a truncated or unusually short thing

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Nimbus

n. cloud; a light, color, etc., that surrounds someone or something

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Ratiocinate

v. form judgments by a process of logic

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Collate

v. collect and combine in proper order

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Enfilades

v. direct a volley of gunfire along the length of a target

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Imprecations

n. a spoken curse

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Salvos

n. a simultaneous discharge of artillery or other guns in battle

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Consummate

v. complete (a transaction or attempt); make perfect; adj. showing a high degree of skill

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Waggish

adj. humorous in a playful, mischievous, or facetious manner

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Couth

adj. cultured, refined, and well mannered

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Illicit

adj. forbidden by law

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Gnosticism

n. belief in the potential redemption of the human spirit

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Bloviation

n. the speaking of something at length, esp. in an inflated or empty way

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Cerebrality

adj. intellectual rather than emotional or physical

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Prepossessions

adj. attractive or appealing in appearance

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Appurtenances

n. an accessory or other item associated with a particular activity or style ofliving

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Sumptuous

adj. splendid and expensive-looking

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Pollarded

v. cut off the top and branches of (a tree) to encourage new growth at the top

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Aleatory

adj. random

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Sybaritic

adj. fond of sensuous luxury or pleasure; self-indulgent

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Graft

v. insert or fix (something) permanently to something else; n. practices, esp. bribery, used to secure illicit gains in politics or business

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Lucre

n. money, esp. when regarded as sordid (immoral) or distasteful or gained in a dishonorable way

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Payola

n. the practice of bribing someone to use their influence or position to promote a particular product or interest

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Interpolate

v. insert (something) between fixed points

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Limn

v. depict or descrive in painting or words

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Castigate

v. reprimand someone severly

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Obtundity

n. process of making something less intense

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Enfeeblement

n. the making of something weak or feeble

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Languor

n. the state or feeling, often pleasant, of tiredness or inertia