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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# Define: Inimical

adj. tending to obstruct or harm

# Define: Lackey

n. servant

# Define: Anchorite

n. a religious recluse

# Define: Prolix

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

# Define: Self-Effacing

adj. not claiming attention for oneself; retiring and modest

# Define: Traduce

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

# Define: Ordinal

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

# Define: Prefatory

adj. serving as an introduction

# Define: Aberrance

n. departure from an accepted standard

# Define: Bevy

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

# Define: Surfeit

n. an excessive amount of something

# Define: Scruple

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

# Define: Apothegm

n. a concise saying or maximl an aphorism

# Define: Contumely

n. insolent or insulting language or treatment

# Define: Fructify

v. make something fruitful or productive

# Define: Expatiate

v. speak or write at length or in detail

# Define: Arrogate

v. take or claim something for oneself without justification

# Define: Abengate

v. renounce or reject (something desired or valuable)

# Define: Itinerant

adj. a person traveling from place to place

# Define: Seething

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

# Define: Plenary

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

# Define: Adduce

v. cite as evidence

# Define: Conferment

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

# Define: Colloquium

n. an academic conference or seminar

# Define: Jouissance

n. physical or intellectual pleasure, delight, or ecstasy

# Define: Insouciance

n. casual lack of concern; indifference

# Define: Minatory

adj. expressing or conveying a threat

# Define: Continence

n. ability to exercise self-restraint

# Define: Fiat

n. a formal authorization or proposition

# Define: Bespeaking

v. suggest; order or reserve something in advance

# Define: Calumniating

v. to make false and defamatory statements about

# Define: Synoptic

adj. of or forming a general summary or synopsis

# Define: Climacteric

n. a critical period or event

# Define: Imputing

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

# Define: Grousing

v. to complain pettily; grumble

# Define: Gauche

adj. lacking ease or grace

# Define: Colloquy

n. a conversation

# Define: Callow

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

# Define: Aspirate

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

# Define: Piquant

adj. having a pleasantly stimulating or exciting to the mind

# Define: Lesions

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

# Define: Contusion

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

# Define: Edacious

adj. of, relating to, or given to eating

# Define: Pip

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

# Define: Stub

n. a truncated or unusually short thing

# Define: Nimbus

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

# Define: Ratiocinate

v. form judgments by a process of logic

# Define: Collate

v. collect and combine in proper order

# Define: Enfilades

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

# Define: Imprecations

n. a spoken curse

# Define: Salvos

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

# Define: Consummate

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

# Define: Waggish

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

# Define: Couth

adj. cultured, refined, and well mannered

# Define: Illicit

adj. forbidden by law

# Define: Gnosticism

n. belief in the potential redemption of the human spirit

# Define: Bloviation

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

# Define: Cerebrality

adj. intellectual rather than emotional or physical

# Define: Prepossessions

adj. attractive or appealing in appearance

# Define: Appurtenances

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

# Define: Sumptuous

adj. splendid and expensive-looking

# Define: Pollarded

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

# Define: Aleatory

adj. random

# Define: Sybaritic

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

# Define: Graft

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

# Define: Lucre

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

# Define: Payola

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

# Define: Interpolate

v. insert (something) between fixed points

# Define: Limn

v. depict or descrive in painting or words

# Define: Castigate

v. reprimand someone severly

# Define: Obtundity

n. process of making something less intense

# Define: Enfeeblement

n. the making of something weak or feeble

# Define: Languor

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

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. occurring in two or more different forms, esp. at different stages in the life cycle

Heteromorphic

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

Animadversions

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. (of punishment or retribution) appropriate to the crime or wrongdoing

Condign

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. slow or reluctant in speech or action

Costive

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a poem or book dealing with agriculture or rural ropics

Georgic

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. (esp of a person or an article of clothing) smart and fashionable

Natty

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. the use of fallacious arguments, esp. with the intention of deceiving

Sophistry

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. lacking brightness or interest

Drab

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. lacking flavor, vigor, or interest

Insipidity

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. relating to a person who uses clever but unsound reasoning, esp. in relation to moral questions; a sophist

Casuistic

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a crime

Malefactions

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. slightly indecent or liable to shock

Risque

# What word most nearly fits this definition? 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

Denouement

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. an extremely small amount

Iota

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

Impuissant

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. (esp. of a person's manner or actions) insisting on immediate attention or obedience, esp. in a brusquely imperious way

Peremptory

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. relieve or alleviate; diminish or put at rest

Allay

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. relating to the representation of a thing as existing before it actualy does

Proleptic

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. closest in space or time

Proximate

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

Protract

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. repeal or do away with

Abrogate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. blame or insult

Vituperate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. cause of great distress ro annoyance

Baneful

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

Vitiated

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. (of a person or boady part) lithe; supple or flexible; not stiff or hard

Limber

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. tending to obstruct or harm

Inimical

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

Lackey

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a religious recluse

Anchorite

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. (of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy

Prolix

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. not claiming attention for oneself; retiring and modest

Self-Effacing

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. speak badly of or tell lies about (someone) so as to damage their reputation

Traduce

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. of or relating to a thing's position in a series

Ordinal

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. serving as an introduction

Prefatory

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. departure from an accepted standard

Aberrance

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a large group of people or things of a particular kind

Bevy

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. an excessive amount of something

Surfeit

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a feelding of doubt or hesitation with regard to the morality or propriety of a course of action

Scruple

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a concise saying or maximl an aphorism

Apothegm

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. insolent or insulting language or treatment

Contumely

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. make something fruitful or productive

Fructify

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. speak or write at length or in detail

Expatiate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. take or claim something for oneself without justification

Arrogate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. renounce or reject (something desired or valuable)

Abengate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. a person traveling from place to place

Itinerant

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. (of a person) be filled with intense but unexpressed anger

Seething

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. unqualified; absolute; (of a meeting) to be attended by all participants at a conference or assembly, who otherwise meet in smaller groups

Plenary

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. cite as evidence

Adduce

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. grant or bestor (a title, degree, etc)

Conferment

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. an academic conference or seminar

Colloquium

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. physical or intellectual pleasure, delight, or ecstasy

Jouissance

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. casual lack of concern; indifference

Insouciance

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. expressing or conveying a threat

Minatory

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. ability to exercise self-restraint

Continence

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a formal authorization or proposition

Fiat

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. suggest; order or reserve something in advance

Bespeaking

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to make false and defamatory statements about

Calumniating

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. of or forming a general summary or synopsis

Synoptic

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a critical period or event

Climacteric

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to represent (something esp. something undesirable) as being done, caused, or posessed by someone; to attribute

Imputing

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to complain pettily; grumble

Grousing

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. lacking ease or grace

Gauche

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a conversation

Colloquy

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. (esp. of a young person) inexperienced and immature

Callow

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. (of a sound) pronounced with an exhalation of breath

Aspirate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. having a pleasantly stimulating or exciting to the mind

Piquant

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a region in an organ or tissue that has suffered damage through injury or disease

Lesions

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a region of injured tissue or skin in which blood capillaries have been ruptured; a bruise

Contusion

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. of, relating to, or given to eating

Edacious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a small shape or symbol; an excellent or very attractive person or thing

Pip

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a truncated or unusually short thing

Stub

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. cloud; a light, color, etc., that surrounds someone or something

Nimbus

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. form judgments by a process of logic

Ratiocinate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. collect and combine in proper order

Collate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. direct a volley of gunfire along the length of a target

Enfilades

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a spoken curse

Imprecations

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a simultaneous discharge of artillery or other guns in battle

Salvos

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. complete (a transaction or attempt); make perfect; adj. showing a high degree of skill

Consummate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. humorous in a playful, mischievous, or facetious manner

Waggish

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. cultured, refined, and well mannered

Couth

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. forbidden by law

Illicit

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. belief in the potential redemption of the human spirit

Gnosticism

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. the speaking of something at length, esp. in an inflated or empty way

Bloviation

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. intellectual rather than emotional or physical

Cerebrality

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. attractive or appealing in appearance

Prepossessions

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. an accessory or other item associated with a particular activity or style ofliving

Appurtenances

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. splendid and expensive-looking

Sumptuous

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. cut off the top and branches of (a tree) to encourage new growth at the top

Pollarded

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

Aleatory

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. fond of sensuous luxury or pleasure; self-indulgent

Sybaritic

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. insert or fix (something) permanently to something else; n. practices, esp. bribery, used to secure illicit gains in politics or business

Graft

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. money, esp. when regarded as sordid (immoral) or distasteful or gained in a dishonorable way

Lucre

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. the practice of bribing someone to use their influence or position to promote a particular product or interest

Payola

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. insert (something) between fixed points

Interpolate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. depict or descrive in painting or words

Limn

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. reprimand someone severly

Castigate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. process of making something less intense

Obtundity

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. the making of something weak or feeble

Enfeeblement

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. the state or feeling, often pleasant, of tiredness or inertia

Languor

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