Vocab Flashcards

1
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To irritate, annoy, provoke

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Vex

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2
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Disdainfully proud, snobbish or scornfully arrogant

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Haughty

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3
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The formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence or proof

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Conjecture

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4
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To invoke or call down evil or curses as upon a person

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Imprecate

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5
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Unwavering as in resolution, faith or adherence

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Steadfast

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6
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To putrify or rot

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Fester

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7
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The act of killing one’s father, mother or other close relative

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Parricide

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8
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A group of persons or things gathered or collected

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Assemblage

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9
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An excess or excessive amount

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Surfeit

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10
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A traveller, esp. on foot

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Wayfarer

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11
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Any cause of destruction, impairment, ruin or frustration

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Blight

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12
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The means by which atonement or reparation is made

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Expiation

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13
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Authority, rightful status, independence or prerogative

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Sovereignty

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14
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A person who is habitually lazy or inactive

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Sluggard

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15
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To stop as at an obstacle and refuse to proceed or do something

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Balk

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16
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A false and malicious statement designed to injure the reputation of someone

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Calumny

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17
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To plan with ingenuity, devise or invent

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Contrive

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18
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Soothsayer or prophet

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Augur

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19
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A disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations

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Quarrel

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20
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Full of or showing malice, spiteful

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Malicious

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21
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To prove to be false as an opinion or charge

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Refute

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22
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A written declaration upon an oath made before an authorized official

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Affidavit

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23
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Lacking some element or characteristic

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Deficient

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24
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A person who questions, interrogator

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Interlocutor

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25
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Giving forth utterances or decisions as if by special inspiration or authority

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Oracular

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26
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Strongly emotional, intense or passionate

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Vehement

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27
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Of little or no weight or importance

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Frivolous

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28
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Contemptuously rude or impertinent behavior or speech

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Insolence

29
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Fervor for a person, cause or object

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Zeal

30
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Reverence for God, fulfillment of religious obligations

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Piety

31
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Deprive right of citizenship

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Disenfranchise

32
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Pray or petition humbly

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Supplicate

33
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Willful giving of a false testimony

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Perjury

34
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Deficient in respect or veneration

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Irreverent

35
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Give urgent advice, recommendations, warning

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Exhort

36
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Not within limits, excessive

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Inordinate

37
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Speak damaging of, defame, criticize

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Denigrate

38
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Speak abusively

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Revile

39
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Pleasing in appearance, attractive, fair

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Comely

40
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Characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance

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Haphazard

41
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To move or act with haste

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Hasten

42
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To imprison, confine

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Incarcerate

43
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A seeking request for truth, information or knowledge

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Inquiry

44
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To deprive something of value or effectiveness

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Nullify

45
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To find fault with or reproach severely

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Upbraid

46
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Agreeable, suitable or pleasing in nature or character

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Congenial

47
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Concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading, fraud, cheating

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Deceit

48
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To establish oneself in the favor or good graces of someone, esp. with deliberate effort

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Ingratiate

49
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Being in that place or over there, being that or those over there

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Yonder

50
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To cause or produce as an effect

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Beget

51
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A strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance or antipathy

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Aversion

52
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Outward aspect or appearance

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Semblance

53
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To attribute or ascribe

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Impute

54
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To find fault with or blame

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Reproach

55
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To accustom as to a particular situation

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Habituate

56
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Abundance of money, property and other material goods; riches or wealth

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Affluence

57
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To disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate

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Perturb

58
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To indicate in advance; to foreshadow

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Portend

59
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High in station, rank or repute

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Eminent

60
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To confuse or puzzle completely; perplex

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Bewilder

61
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Utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating or wretched

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Abject

62
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Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous as a person or facial expression

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Supercilious

63
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Disturbed, as in one’s composure or self-possession; perturbed, ruffled

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Disconcerted

64
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To perplex or amaze, especially by sudden disturbance or surprise

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Confound

65
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A disposition or bent, especially of the mind or will

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Inclination

66
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Anxious or concerned (usually followed by about, for, etc.)

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Solicitous

67
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To accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain; toughen or harden

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Inure

68
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To affect with sharp irritation and resentment, especially by some wound to pride; to excite

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Pique