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Vocab 6 (U-Z) Flashcards

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Undergird

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to loosen or remove a girdle or belt from.

to loosen or remove by unfastening a belt: to ungird a sword.

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Uncanny

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Strange or mysterious; difficult or impossible to explain

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Understeer

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Steer under something

Turn less sharply than intended by the driver of a motor vehicle

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Undulate/Undulating

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Moving gently up and down

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Unmitigated

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Complete, often describing something bad or unsuccessful that has no good or positive points.

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Unregenerate

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Not regenerate; inveterately bad or wrong.

Unwilling to express an apology.

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Urbane

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Sophisticated; worldly.

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Vale

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Valley

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Valedictory

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Relating to say goodbye, especially formally.

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Vanquish

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To win a decisive victory over an opponent, especially in war.

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Vaud

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A canton on the shores of Lake Geneva in western Switzerland; capital, Lausanne. Notes for its wines, it joined the Swiss Confederation in 1803.

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Vegetate

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To live in a way that lacks physical and mental activity.

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Velodrome

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A special place or building with a usually banked track for cycle-racing etc.

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Venality

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Willing to behave in a dishonest or immoral way in exchange for money.

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Vendetta

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A long and violent argument between people or families in which one group tries to harm the other in order to punish them for things that have happened in the past.

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Veneer

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An outward appearance meant to deceive.

A thin layer of decorative wood or plastic used to cover a cheaper material.

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Venerable

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Deserving respect because of age, high position or religious or historical importance.

Describes something that has been is use, or someone who has been involved in something, for a long time.

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Veracity

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The quality of being true, honest or accurate.

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Vertex

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The point opposite to and farthest from the base.

A principal or highest.

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Verve

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Great energy and enthusiasm.

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Viability

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ability to live, especially under certain conditions.

the capacity to operate or be sustained.

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Vintner

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A person whose job it is to buy and sell wine.

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Virago

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A fierce, unpleasant woman who shouts a lot.

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Virulent

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Full of hate and fierce opposition.

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Vista

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A view , especially a splendid view from a high position.

A possible future action or event that you can imagine.

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Viticulture

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The growing of grapes, or the science or study of this.

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Vituperative

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A vituperative spoken or written attack is fully of angry accusations.

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Vociferous

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Vociferous people express their opinions and complaints loudly and repeatedly in speech, and vociferous demands etc. are made repeatedly and loudly.

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Voguism

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Passion for fashion.

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Voracious/ Voraciousness

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Very eager for something, especially a lot of food.

Overly it shamefully acquisitive.

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Vortex

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A mass of air or water that spins around very fast and pulls objects into its empty center.
A dangerous it destructive situation in which you become more arid and more involved without being able to escape.

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Wadi

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A valley which has a river that is usually dry except when it has rained, common in desert areas of North Africa and Southwest Africa.

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Wheedle

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To try and persuade someone to do something or give you something by praising then or being intentionally charming.

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Whiplash

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A neck injury caused by a sudden forward movement of the upper body, especially in a car accident.

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Wry

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Showing that you find a difficult or difficult situation slightly amusing.

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Wunderkind

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A person who is very clever and good at something and achieves success at a young age.

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Xanadu

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An ancient city in SE Mongolia, residence of Kublai Khan as portrayed in S.T Coleridge’s poem.
A place of dreamlike magnificence and luxury.

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Xanthic

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Chem. Originally designating, pertaining, or producing any of various yellow compounds, including xanthine. Now only specially designating or derived from a xanthic acid.

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Xanthippe

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The wife of Socrates.

A shrewish, scolding or ill tempered woman or wife.

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Xenophobic

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Extreme dislike or fear of foreigners, their customs, their religions etc.

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Xeric

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Characterized by dry conditions

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Xyloid

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Botany. Of, relating to, or resembling wood, woody.

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Yarmulke

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A small, circular cover for the head worn by Jewish men, especially at religious ceremonies.

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