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Vocab 81-120 Flashcards

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1
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fatuity

A

foolishness; complacent stupidity

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voluptuous

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pleasing to the five senses; indulging in pleasure

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seductive

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enticing, captivating, leading astray

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aureole

A

halo

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skeptic

A

doubter; one who suspects the validity of something

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morbid

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gloomy, in a diseased mental state; unhealthily obsessed with death

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enigmatic

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perplexing, mysterious

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incongruous

A

not harmonious, inappropriate

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provocative

A

tending to incite, irritate, or anger

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fatality

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governed by destiny, and capable of causing death and ruin
Synonym: mortality

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dispossessed

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deprived of some kind of real of symbolic property (such as social standing or identity)
Synonym: rejected, spurned

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figment

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a fabrication of the imagination, an arbitrary notion

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emaciated

A

made thin, as by starvation or illness

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alienated

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to cause (someone previously friendly or affectionate) to become unfriendly or indifferent.
Synonym: estrange

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sophistry

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a plausible but misleading or fallacious argument
Synonym: speciousness

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incongruous

A

not harmonious; made up of disparate, inappropriate, or discordant parts.
Synonym: inconsistent

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inarticulate

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unable to speak with clarity or eloquence
Synonym: speechless

18
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perceptive

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keen in discernment, understanding, and knowing
Synonym: sensitive

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enervated

A

weakened, deprived of strength or vitality
Synonym: debilitated

20
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dissonance

A

harsh disagreement between strongly opposed and incongruous positions
Synonym: clash

21
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defiant

A

inclined to resolutely resist opposing force or authority
Synonym: challenging

22
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anguish

A

agonizing physical or mental pain
Synonym: torment

23
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honor

A

to show respect and esteem for; to conger distinction upon
Synonym: reverence, homage, veneration, deference

24
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self-respect

A

appropriate regard for oneself, one’s character, and one’s conduct
Synonym: self-esteem

25
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corrupt

A

decaying, contaminated, dishonest
Synonym: depraved

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non-committal

A

refusing to pledge oneself to any particular course of action or opinion
Synonym: reserved

27
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predicament

A

a problematic situation demanding rational consideration involving a difficult decision about which one does not know what to do
Synonym: plight, dilemma, quandary

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somber

A

gloomy, melancholy, dark
Synonym: dismal

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guile

A

insidious treacherous cunning, craftiness
Synonym: subterfuge

30
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duplicitous

A

deliberately deceptive in behavior or speech
Synonym: double-dealing

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insistent

A

demanding notice
Synonym: pertinacious

32
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mendacious

A

lying, untruthful
Synonym: deceitful

33
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manipulative

A

shrewdly and deviously managing another person especially for one’s own advantage

34
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denigration

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belittling or calumniating the character or reputation of someone
Synonym: defamation

35
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disparagement

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reducing in dignity, esteem or rank
Synonym: derogation, detraction

36
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ceremonial

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done with strict attention to politeness and ritual
Synonym: formal

37
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ludicrous

A

laughable and subject to scorn, through obvious absurdity or incongruity

38
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self-dramatizing

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to present the self to others in an emphatic and self-indulgent way in an effort to attract attention, even negative attention

39
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empathetic

A

having intimate understanding so that one has a conscious involvement, akin to vicarious identification, in the thoughts, feeling, and motives of another
Synonym: pity, compassion, sympathy

40
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degrade

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reducing in worth or standing; exposing to contempt, dishonor or disgrace
Synonym: demean, humble, humiliate, abase

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