Vocab 7 Flashcards by Jeremy Intal

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Pique

v. stimulate interest; feel irritated or resentful

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v. to envy; to give resentfully

Begrudge

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Begrudge

v. to envy; to give resentfully

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Disingenuous

adj. not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does

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Austere

adj. severe or strict manner, attitude, or appearance

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Arboreal

adj. concerned with trees

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v. walking slowly and heavily; uninspired

Plodding

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Sinewy

adj. vigorous; having well-developed muscles

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Assay

v. to try; to assess impurity or nature of something

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adj. very dark

Stygian

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adj. (of a person or their actions) criminal or villainous

Flagitious

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Lugubrious

adj. looking or sounding sad or dismal

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adj. concerned with the body

Somatic

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Venal

adj. corrupt; can be bribed

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v. to hinder and prevent; hesitate over

Balk

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Plaintive

adj. sounding sad and mournful

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adj. not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does

Disingenuous

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Baying

v. (of a group of people) shout loudly, typically to demand something

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adj. very religious

Pious

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v. to show irritation; (of hair or fur) stand upright away from the skin

Bristle

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n. job which pays salary but requiring little effort

Sinecure

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Aver

v. allege as a fact

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v. stimulate interest; feel irritated or resentful

Pique

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Lofty

adj. snooty

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# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. concerning interpretation especially of the bible or literary texts

Hermeneutic

# Define: At loggerheads

in stubborn dispute or disagreement

# Define: Insipid

adj. lacking flavor, vigor, interest

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to do something that one considers to be beneath one's dignity

Deign

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. greed for money or material gain

Avarice

# Define: Exegetic

n. critical explanation of a text

# Define: Upshot

n. the final or eventual outcome or conclusion of a discussion, action, or series of events

# Define: Pedant

n. person who insists on strict adherence to rules or with displaying academic learning

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a feeling of irritation or resentment resulting from a slight, esp. to one's pride

Piques

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. con man

Shyster

# Define: Pariah

n. outcast from society

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. critical explanation of a text

Exegetic

# Define: Balk

v. to hinder and prevent; hesitate over

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. concerned with the sense of touch

Tactile

# Define: Simpatico

adj. compatible; having shared interests or attributes

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. person who insists on strict adherence to rules or with displaying academic learning

Pedant

# Define: Forbearing

adj. (of a person) patient and restrained

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. divide a region or body into smaller mutually hostile states or groups

Balkanized

# Define: Senescence

n. condition or process of deterioration with age

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. looking or sounding sad or dismal

Lugubrious

# Define: Forage

v. to search for food

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. type of fishing net

Seine

# Define: Sinecure

n. job which pays salary but requiring little effort

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to express disapproval of; criticize

Deprecate

# Define: Polemical

adj. causing debate or argument

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. anything soothing

Balm

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a statement that is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true

Axioms

# Define: Ponderous

adj. weighty; slow and heavy

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. cowardly

Pusillanimous

# Define: Bastion

n. fortress; stronghold

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. run with long strides

Lope

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. prophetess

Sibyl

# Define: Tactile

adj. concerned with the sense of touch

# Define: Unprepossessing

adj. not particularly attractive or appealing to the eye; unattractive

# Define: Plodding

v. walking slowly and heavily; uninspired

# Define: Compendious

adj. containing or presenting the essential facts of something in a comprehensive but concise way

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. the final or eventual outcome or conclusion of a discussion, action, or series of events

Upshot

# Define: Portent

n. warning sign

# Define: Shrewd

adj. having sharp powers of judgment

# Define: Bristle

v. to show irritation; (of hair or fur) stand upright away from the skin

# Define: Deign

v. to do something that one considers to be beneath one's dignity

# Define: Bedizened

adj. dressed up or decorated guadily

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. done pompously to impress

Portentous

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. lacking originality

Banal

# Define: Sidle

v. walk in a furtive manner

# Define: Pluck

n. spirited and determined courage

# Define: Somatic

adj. concerned with the body

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. sounding sad and mournful

Plaintive

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. severe or strict manner, attitude, or appearance

Austere

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. paying attention to small details

Punctilious

# Define: Hermeneutic

adj. concerning interpretation especially of the bible or literary texts

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to trim

Prune

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to measure depth of

Plumb

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a cause of great distress or annoyance

Bane

# Define: Piques

n. a feeling of irritation or resentment resulting from a slight, esp. to one's pride

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to grieve

Pine

# Define: Bard

n. poet

# Define: Brook

v. to tolerate or allow; n. a small stream

# Define: Plaudit

n. praise

# Define: Becloud

v. to make more obscure

# Define: Epistolary

adj. concerned with letters

# Define: Ebullient

adj. very lively; cheerful

# Define: Pallid

adj. (of a person's face) pale, typically because of poor health

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to make more obscure

Becloud

# Define: Expatiate

v. to speak or write at great length

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. (of something considered wrong or immoral) conspicuously (clearly) or obviously offensive

Flagrancy

# Define: Shyster

n. con man

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to search for food

Forage

# Define: Modish

adj. conforming to or following what is currently popular and fashionable

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a person who is concerned with the views of ordinary people

Populist

# Define: Unequivocal

adj. leaving no doubt; unambiguous

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. dressed up or decorated guadily

Bedizened

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to speak or write at great length

Expatiate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj.difficult to please; critical

Carping

# Define: Verisimilar

adj. true to life

# Define: Pious

adj. very religious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. feathers of a bird

Plumage

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. poet

Bard

# Define: Portentous

adj. done pompously to impress

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one's advantage

Astute

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. allege as a fact

Aver

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. leaving no doubt; unambiguous

Unequivocal

# Define: Deprecate

v. to express disapproval of; criticize

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. unable or unwilling to believe something

Incredulous

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. laze around; hang out

Loll

# Define: Pine

v. to grieve

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable

Ineluctable

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree; unnatural or abnormal

Prodigious

# Define: Prodigious

adj. remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree; unnatural or abnormal

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. very eager or curious to hear or see something

Agog

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to try; to assess impurity or nature of something

Assay

# Define: Lint

n. soft material used to cover wounds

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. condition or process of deterioration with age

Senescence

# Define: Epaulet

n. ornamental piece on clothing

# Define: Lissome

adj. thin, supple, and graceful

# Define: Lubricious

adj. offensively displaying or intended to arouse sexual desire

# Define: Plumage

n. feathers of a bird

# Define: Carping

adj.difficult to please; critical

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. having sharp powers of judgment

Shrewd

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. praise

Plaudit

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. ornamental piece on clothing

Epaulet

# Define: Prune

v. to trim

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. self-taught person

Autodidacts

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. (of a sound) loud, and reverberating, and often melancholy

Plangent

# Define: Baleful

adj. threatening harm

# Define: Avarice

n. greed for money or material gain

# Define: Repartee

n. conversation or speech characterized by quick witty comments

# Define: Stygian

adj. very dark

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. (of a group of people) shout loudly, typically to demand something

Baying

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. causing debate or argument

Polemical

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to tolerate or allow; n. a small stream

Brook

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. containing or presenting the essential facts of something in a comprehensive but concise way

Compendious

# Define: Lithe

adj. flexible; supple

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. soft material used to cover wounds

Lint

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. offensively displaying or intended to arouse sexual desire

Lubricious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. not particularly attractive or appealing to the eye; unattractive

Unprepossessing

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. spirited and determined courage

Pluck

# Define: Pusillanimous

adj. cowardly

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. weighty; slow and heavy

Ponderous

# Define: Simulacrum

n. an unsatisfactory imitation or substitute

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. compatible; having shared interests or attributes

Simpatico

# What word most nearly fits this definition? in stubborn dispute or disagreement

At loggerheads

# Define: Seine

n. type of fishing net

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. flexible; supple

Lithe

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. outcast from society

Pariah

# Define: Sibyl

n. prophetess

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. corrupt; can be bribed

Venal

# Define: Bane

n. a cause of great distress or annoyance

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. conforming to or following what is currently popular and fashionable

Modish

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. warning sign

Portent

# Define: Banal

adj. lacking originality

# Define: Agog

adj. very eager or curious to hear or see something

# Define: Vagrant

n. a wanderer

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. threatening harm

Baleful

# Define: Axioms

n. a statement that is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. (of a person's face) pale, typically because of poor health

Pallid

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to spread to other sites

Metastasize

# Define: Lope

v. run with long strides

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. concerned with trees

Arboreal

# Define: Metastasize

v. to spread to other sites

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. walk in a furtive manner

Sidle

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to speak pompously or dogmatically

Pontificate

# Define: Punctilious

adj. paying attention to small details

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. concerned with letters

Epistolary

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a wanderer

Vagrant

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. fortress; stronghold

Bastion

# Define: Loll

v. laze around; hang out

# Define: Pontificate

v. to speak pompously or dogmatically

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. conversation or speech characterized by quick witty comments

Repartee

# Define: Astute

adj. having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one's advantage

# Define: Balkanized

v. divide a region or body into smaller mutually hostile states or groups

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. thin, supple, and graceful

Lissome

# Define: Incredulous

adj. unable or unwilling to believe something

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. vigorous; having well-developed muscles

Sinewy

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. lacking flavor, vigor, interest

Insipid

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. (of a person) patient and restrained

Forbearing

# Define: Flagrancy

adj. (of something considered wrong or immoral) conspicuously (clearly) or obviously offensive

# Define: Flagitious

adj. (of a person or their actions) criminal or villainous

# Define: Plangent

adj. (of a sound) loud, and reverberating, and often melancholy

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. snooty

Lofty

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. an unsatisfactory imitation or substitute

Simulacrum

# Define: Plumb

v. to measure depth of

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. true to life

Verisimilar

# Define: Ineluctable

adj. unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable

# Define: Fettle

n. condition; v. make or repair

# Define: Populist

n. a person who is concerned with the views of ordinary people

# Define: Autodidacts

n. self-taught person

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. condition; v. make or repair

Fettle

# Define: Balm

n. anything soothing

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. very lively; cheerful

Ebullient

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