Vocab Flashcards

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Banal

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(Adj) hackneyed, trite, old, dull

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Belabor

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(V)

To work excessively

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Eschew

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(V)

To avoid, shun, keep away

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Germane

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(Adj)

Relevant, fitting, appropriate

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Emulate

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(V)

To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model.

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Insatiable

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(Adj)

So great or demanding as not to be satisfied.

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Intransigent

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(Adj)

Refusing to compromise.

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Substantiate

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(V)

To establish by evidence.

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Temporize

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(V)

To stall or act evasively in order to gain time. To postpone.

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Arrogate

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(V)

To take without right.

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Devious

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(Adj)

To wander or stray from a direct course. Acting in a shifty manner.

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Avid

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(Adj)
Intensely egar.
Desirous of something to the point of greed.

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Coherent

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(Adj)

Holding or sticking together. Connected.

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Taciturn

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(Adj)

habitually silent. Inclined to talk very little.

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Congeal

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(V)

To change from a liquid to a solid. Thicken. To make inflexible or rigid.

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Invidious

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(Adj)

Offensive, hateful intending to cause bitterness.

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Largesse

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(N)

Generosity in giving.

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Reconnaissance

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(N)

Any kind of preliminary inspection or examination.

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Tenable

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(Adj)

Capable of being held of defended. Justifiable.

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Acquisitive

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(Adj)

Able to retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property.

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Accost

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(V)

To approach and speak first, to confront in a challenging or aggressive way.

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Animadversion

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(N)

A comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval

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Brackism

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(Adj)

Having a salty taste and unpleasant

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Celerity

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(N)

Swiftness, rapidity of motion or action

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Vacillate
(V) | To swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; waver weakly in mind or will.
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Carping
(Adj)tending to find fault, especially Ina. Petty nasty way | (N) petty, nagging criticism
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Gambit
(N) | In chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage
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Halcyon
(Adj) | Of or relating to the halcyon, calm, peaceful, happy, golden
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Histrionic
(Adj) | Pertaining to actors and their techniques, theatrical, artificial, melodramatic
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Incendiary
(Adj) Deliberately setting or causing fires; tending to stir up, strife or rebellion (N) The one who deliberately sets fire
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Maelstrom
(N) | A whirlwind of great size and violence, a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence
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Myopic
(Adj) | Nearsighted; lack of a broad, realistic view of a situation
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Contraband
(N) Illegal traffic, smuggled goods (Adj) Illegal, prohibited
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Overt
(Adj) | Open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized
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Pejorative
(Adj) | Tending to make worse; expressing disapproval
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Propriety
(N) | The state of being proper, appropriateness
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Amorphous
(Adj) | Shapeless, without define form
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Cajole
(V) | To coax, persuade through flattery or artifice
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Erudite
(Adj) | Scholarly, learned, bookish
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Gossamer
(Adj) | Thin, light , delicate
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Infer
(V) | To find out be reasoning; to hint