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Vocab 3 U13-15 Flashcards

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adj) extremely difficult to understand

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abstruse

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n) an open or intentional insult; a slight;

v) to insult one’s face; to face in defiance, confront

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affront

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n) a false rumor, fabricated story

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canard

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adj) excessively ready to find fault; given to petty criticism; intended to trap, confuse, or show up

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captious

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adj) aware, knowledgeable, informed; having jurisdiction

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cognizant

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adj) regretful for some misdeed or sin; plagued by a sense of guilt; thoroughly penitent

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contrite

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n) the center of attraction, attention, or interest; something that serves to guide or direct

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cynosure

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adj) well behaved, dignified, socially proper

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decorous

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v) to think it appropriate or suitable to one’s dignity to do something; to condescend

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deign

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adj, part) thoroughly dried out; divested of spirit or vitality; arid and uninteresting

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desiccated

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n) the power to produce a desired result

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efficacy

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v) to bring into existence, give rise to, produce; to come into existence, assume form

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engender

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adj) light, airy, delicate; highly refined; suggesting what is heavenly (rather than earthbound)

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ethereal

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n) the front or face of a building; a surface appearance (as opposed to what may lie behind)

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facade

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adj) revolting in an unnatural or morbid way; suggestive of someone who robs graves or otherwise preys on the dead

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ghoulish

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adj) not in keeping, unsuitable, incompatible

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incongruous

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n) a crafty, scheming, or underhanded action designed to accomplish some (usually evil) end

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machination

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v) to hypnotize, entrance; to fascinate, enthrall, bewitch

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mesmerize

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n) disgrace arising from shameful conduct; contempt, reproach

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opprobium

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adj) generally regarded as such; reputed; hypothesized, inferred

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putative

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adj) blissful; rendering or making blessed

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beatific

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n) a creature of enormous size, power, or appearance

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behemouth

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n, pl) anything designed to flatter or coax; sweet talk, apple-polishing

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blandishment

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adj) harsh-sounding, raucous, discordant, dissonant

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cacophonous

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n) trickery, deceptive practices or tactics, double-dealing

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chicanery

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v) to give over to another’s care, charge, or control; to entrust, deliver; to set apart for a special use

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consign

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n) a highly successful stroke, masterstroke, tour de force, act, plan, or stratagem; a sudden takeover of power or leadership

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coup

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n) a mild or inoffensive expression used in place of a harsh or unpleasant one; a substitute

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euphemism

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adj) feverish; pertaining to or marked by fever; frenetic

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febrile

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v) to deny, contradict, controvert; to dispute, oppose

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gainsay

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adj) about to happen, threatening

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imminent

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adj) natural, inborn, inherent; built-in

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innate

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adj) unwilling, reluctant, disinclined

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loath

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adj) clear, evident to the eyes or mind;
v) to show plainly, exhibit, evince;
n) a list of cargo and/or passengers

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manifest

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n, pl) small or trivial details, trifling matters

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minutiae

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n) a suspension of activity; an official waiting period; an authorized period of delay

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moratorium

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n) an alleged cure-all; a remedy or scheme of questionable effectiveness

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nostrum

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n) one who is rejected by a social group or organization

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pariah

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adj) not practical, lacking in realism; having the nature of a fantasy or dream;
n) one given to far-fetched ideas; a dreamer or seer characterized by vision or foresight

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visionary

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adj, part) dry, shrunken, and wrinkled (often as the result of aging)

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wizened

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n) that which is pleasant or agreeable;

pl) attractive features, customs, etc

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amenity

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n) an opening, gap, hole; orifice

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aperture

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n) a difference of opinion; discontent

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dissidence

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adj) devoted to the pursuit of pleasure; fond of good food, comfort, and ease; with discriminating tastes;
n) a person with discriminating tastes

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epicurean

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adj) not thrifty, failing to plan ahead

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improvident

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n) a wickedness, sin; a grossly immoral act

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iniquity

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adj) sacred; of such a character that it must not be broken, injured, or profaned

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inviolable

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adj) open to or capable of change, fickle

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mutable

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adj) just beginning to exist or develop; having just come into existence

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nascent

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n) a deep bow or other body movement indicating respect or submission; deference, homage

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obeisance

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n) a formal or elaborate praise; a tribute

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panegyric

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n) a device for publicly punishing offenders; a means for exposing one to public contempt or ridicule;
v) to expose to public contempt or ridicule

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pillory

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n) a woefully meager allowance, wage, or portion

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pittance

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v) to foreshadow or point to a future event; to predict;

n) a warning or indication of the future

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presage

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n) descendants, offspring, children, followers, disciples

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progeny

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n) to proclaim or issue officially; to make known far and wide

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promulgate

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n) uprightness, righteousness; correctness

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rectitude

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adj) restless, hard to manage, balky

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restive

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adj) angelic, heavenly, celestial

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seraphic

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v) to have existence; to remain alive, manage to make a living or maintain life; to persist or continue

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subsist

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