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Vocab 7-9 Flashcards

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Allay

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To calm or pacify, set to rest; to lessen or relieve

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Bestial

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Beastlike; beastly, brutal; subhuman in intelligence and sensibility

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Convivial

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Festive, sociable, having fun together, genial

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Coterie

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A circle of acquaintances; a close-knit, often exclusive, group of people with a common interest

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Counterpart

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A person or thing closely resembling or corresponding to another; a complement

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Demur

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To object or take exception to; an objection

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Effrontery

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Shameless boldness, impudence

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Embellish

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To decorate, adorn, touch up; to improve by adding details

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Ephemeral

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Lasting only a short time, short-lived

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Felicitous

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Appropriate, apt, well chosen; marked by well-being or good fortune, happy

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Furtive

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Done slyly or stealthily, sneaky, shifty; stolen

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Garish

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Glaring; tastelessly showy or over decorated in a vulgar or offensive way

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Illusory

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Misleading, deceptive; lacking in or not based in reality

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Indigent

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Needy, impoverished

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Inordinate

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Far too great, exceeding reasonable limits, excessive

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Jettison

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To cast overboard, get rid of as unnecessary or burdensome

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Misanthrope

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A person who hates or despises people

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Pertinacious

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Very persistent; holding firmly to a course of action or a set of beliefs; hard to get rid of, refusing to be put off or denied

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Picayune

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If little value or importance, paltry, measly; concerned with trifling matters, small minded

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Raiment

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Clothing, garments

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Allege

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To assert without proof or confirmation

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Arrant

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Thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant

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Badinage

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Light and playful conversation

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Conciliate

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To overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent

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Countermand

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To cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first

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Echelon

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One of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a step like formation or arrangement

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Exacerbate

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To make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful

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Fatuous

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Silly, vapid, inane, doltish, vacuous

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Irrefutable

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Impossible to disprove; beyond argument

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Juggernaut

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A massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path

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Lackadaisical

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Lacking spirit or interest, halfheartedly

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Litany

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A prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation; any repetitive chant; a long list

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Macabre

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Grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject

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Paucity

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An inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth

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Portend

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To indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of

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Raze

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To tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out

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Recant

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To withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract

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Saturate

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To soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully

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Saturnine

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Of a gloomy or surely disposition; cold or sluggish in mood

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Slough

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To cast off, discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary; to plod through as if through mud; a mire; a state of depression

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Acclamation

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A shout of welcome; an overwhelming verbal note of approval

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Bucolic

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Characteristic of the countryside, rural; relating to shepherds and cowherds, pastoral

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Calumniate

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To slander; to accuse falsely and maliciously

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Chary

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Extremely cautious, hesitant, or slow; reserved, diffident

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Collusion

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Secret agreement or cooperation

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Dilettante

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A dabbler in the arts; one who engages in an activity in an amateurish, trifling way, superficial

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Imperturbable

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Not easily excited; emotionally steady

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Increment

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An enlargement, increase, addition

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Mandate

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An authoritative command, formal order, authorization, to issue such an order

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Paltry

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Trifling, insignificant; mean, dispicable; inferior, trashy

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Paroxysm

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A sudden outburst; a spasm, convulsion

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Pedantry

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A pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details

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Peregrination

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The act if traveling; an excursion, especially on foot or to a foreign country

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Redolent

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Fragrant, smelling strongly; tending to around memories or create an aura

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Refulgent

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Shining, radiant, resplendent

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Shibboleth

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A word, expression, or custom that distinguishes a particular group of persons from all others; a commonplace saying or truism

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Tyro

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A beginner, novice; one with little or no background or skill

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Unremitting

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Not stopping, maintained steadily, never letting up, relentless

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Vacillate

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To swing indecisivelu from one idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or will

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Vituperative

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Harshly abusive, severely scolding

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