Vocab 16 Flashcards

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apian

A

having to do with bees

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apoplectic

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really angry

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bailiwick

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an area in which a person has a special ability or responsibility

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baker’s dozen

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a set of thirteen

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beatitude

A

perfect happiness and peace

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bumptious

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aggressively opinionated

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congenital

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existing since birth.

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coruscate

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to shine, to flash brightly

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cupidity

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greed

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enervate

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to weaken

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hedge

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to avoid answering a question directly

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immutable

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unchangeable

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13
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infinitesimal

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it means “very, very tiny.”

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insuperable

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unable to be overcome or gotten rid of

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jocular

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joking, playful

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16
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juxtapose

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to put two (usually unlike) things together

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lachrymose

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crying easily, or making someone else cry

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marshal

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to gather people together and organize them

19
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masticate

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to grind with the teeth

20
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noisome

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offensive to the senses

21
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nugatory

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completely unimportant

22
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racy

A

shockingly sexual

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salubrious

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being good for your health or general well-being

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spendthrift

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running through money wastefully and unnecessarily

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spruce

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to make something look better