Vocab 9 Flashcards by Jeremy Intal

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Malinger

v. shirk

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Mannered

adj. styled; pretentious

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Manumit

v. release from slavery

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Marshal

v. to gather together

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Martial

adj. warlike

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Martinet

n. a person who believes in strict discipline

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Maudlin

adj. sad; sentimental; inclined to weep

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Maverick

n. loner

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Mawkish

adj. falsely sentimental

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Menagerie

n. collection of animals

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Quibblers

n. one who argues trivial matters

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Querulous

adj. always complaining

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Quarry

n. something that is hunted

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Qualm

n. hesitation or fear

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Quaff

v. drink down quickly

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Pyrrhic

adj. won at too great a cost to have been worthwhile to the victor

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Pyromania

n. compulsion to start fires

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Pyre

n. ceremonial fire

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Putsch

n. a violent attempt to overthrow a government

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Putative

adj.generally considered or reputed to be

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Turbid

adj. murky and muddy

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Tumid

adj. swollen; pompous and bombastic

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Tumescence

n. swollen or becoming swollen; pompous or pretentious

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Trundled

v. move or cause to move slowly and heavily

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# Define: Trudge

v. to walk slowly with heavy steps

# Define: Triage

v. to assign degrees of urgency to

# Define: Trenchant

adj. vigorous or incisive in expression or style

# Define: Transmute

v. to change in form, nature, or substance

# Define: Transmogrify

v. to transform

# Define: Transgress

v. commit a sin

# Define: Unfrock

v. to remove a priest from a position

# Define: Repudiated

v. to refuse to accept or be associated with

# Define: Preclude

v. to prevent or make impossible

# Define: Tamp

v. to plug; press loose matter down tightly

# Define: Tender

v. to offer

# Define: Bleated

v. to make the weak, wavering cry,

# Define: Disabuse

v. to make someone aware of an error in thinking

# Define: Leaven

v. to make light; modify

# Define: Usury

v. to lend money at a high interest rate

# Define: Skulk

v. to keep out of sight, typically with a sinister or cowardly motive

# Define: Garner

v. to gather; collect

# Define: Fringe

v. to form an edge

# Define: Whet

v. to excite or simulate

# Define: Gaucherie

n. awkwardness

# Define: Shirk

v. to avoid, especially work

# Define: Winsome

adj. attractive or appealing in character

# Define: Pillory

v. to attack or ridicule publicly

# Define: Expiate

v. to atone for (guilt or sin)

# Define: Solicit

v. to ask for; to seek

# Define: Bombast

n. arrogant pompous language

# Define: Pretension

n. arrogance

# Define: Collate

v. to arrange in order

# Define: Sordid

adj. arousing moral distaste and contempt

# Define: Invidious

adj. arousing envy or anger; unjust

# Define: Felicitous

adj. apt

# Define: Approbation

n. approval

# Define: Seemly

adj. conforming to accepted notions of propriety or good taste

# Define: Bile

n. anger; irritability

# Define: Forebears

n. ancestor

# Define: Explicate

v. analyze and develop (an idea or principle) in detail

# Define: Contretemps

n. an unexpected and unfortunate occurrence

# Define: Gibe

n. (or v.) an insulting or mocking remark; a taunt

# Define: Ferrous

adj. concerned with iron or its compounds

# Define: Mercenary

adj. concerned only with money

# Define: Dissimulation

n. concealment of one’s thoughts, feelings, or character

# Define: Obligate

v. to bind or compel (someone), esp. legally or morally

# Define: Sangfroid

n. composure or coolness, sometimes excessive, as shown in danger or under trying circumstances

# Define: Limpidity

adj. completely clear

# Define: Bemoan

v. to express discontent or sorrow over (something)

# Define: Indemnify

v. to compensate someone for a loss or harm

# Define: Benign

adj. compassion; gentleness

# Define: Coalesce

v. to come together; merge

# Define: Cajole

v. coax

# Define: Cloture

n. closure; terminate a debate by voting

# Define: Ingenuous

adj. (of a person or action) innocent and unsuspecting

# Define: Flagrant

adj. clearly wrong

# Define: Vindicate

v. clear someone from blame or suspicion

# Define: Exposition

n. clear explanation

# Define: Archetype

n. classic example

# Define: Incubus

n. encumbrance; nightmarish thing

# Define: Traipse

v. to walk or move wearily or reluctantly

# Define: Totter

v. to walk unsteadily

# Define: Divagate

v. to wander or digress

# Define: Errant

adj. wandering; wrong

# Define: Parry

v. to ward off; avoid

# Define: Atrophy

v. to waste away from lack of use

# Define: Attenuate

v. to reduce the force, effect, or value of

# Define: Cybernetic

n. the science of communications and automatic control systems in both machines and living things

# Define: Asseveration

n. the solemn or emphatic declaration or statement of something

# Define: Salvo

n. the start of a fight

# Define: Semiotic

n. the study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation

# Define: Solipsism

n. the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist

# Define: Veritable

adj. true

# Define: Dionysian

adj. of or relating to the sensual, spontaneous, and emotional aspects of human nature

# Define: Expostulate

v. to offer strong objections; remonstrate

# Define: Defeasible

adj. open in principle to revision, valid objection, forfeiture, or annulment

# Define: Flout

v. to openly disregard a rule, law or convention

# Define: Mordant

adj. (esp. of humor) having or showing a sharp or critical quality

# Define: Prurience

adj. having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters

# Define: Despondent

adj. having no hope

# Define: Sinuous

adj. having many curves and turns, graceful

# Define: Millinery

n. hats and hat-making

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. shirk

Malinger

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. styled; pretentious

Mannered

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. release from slavery

Manumit

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

Marshal

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

Martial

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a person who believes in strict discipline

Martinet

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. sad; sentimental; inclined to weep

Maudlin

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

Maverick

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. falsely sentimental

Mawkish

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. collection of animals

Menagerie

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. one who argues trivial matters

Quibblers

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. always complaining

Querulous

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. something that is hunted

Quarry

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. hesitation or fear

Qualm

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. drink down quickly

Quaff

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. won at too great a cost to have been worthwhile to the victor

Pyrrhic

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. compulsion to start fires

Pyromania

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. ceremonial fire

Pyre

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a violent attempt to overthrow a government

Putsch

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj.generally considered or reputed to be

Putative

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. murky and muddy

Turbid

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. swollen; pompous and bombastic

Tumid

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. swollen or becoming swollen; pompous or pretentious

Tumescence

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. move or cause to move slowly and heavily

Trundled

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to walk slowly with heavy steps

Trudge

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to assign degrees of urgency to

Triage

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. vigorous or incisive in expression or style

Trenchant

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to change in form, nature, or substance

Transmute

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

Transmogrify

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. commit a sin

Transgress

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to remove a priest from a position

Unfrock

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to refuse to accept or be associated with

Repudiated

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to prevent or make impossible

Preclude

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to plug; press loose matter down tightly

Tamp

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

Tender

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to make the weak, wavering cry,

Bleated

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to make someone aware of an error in thinking

Disabuse

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to make light; modify

Leaven

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to lend money at a high interest rate

Usury

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to keep out of sight, typically with a sinister or cowardly motive

Skulk

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to gather; collect

Garner

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to form an edge

Fringe

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to excite or simulate

Whet

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

Gaucherie

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to avoid, especially work

Shirk

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. attractive or appealing in character

Winsome

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to attack or ridicule publicly

Pillory

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to atone for (guilt or sin)

Expiate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to ask for; to seek

Solicit

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. arrogant pompous language

Bombast

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

Pretension

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to arrange in order

Collate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. arousing moral distaste and contempt

Sordid

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. arousing envy or anger; unjust

Invidious

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

Felicitous

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

Approbation

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. conforming to accepted notions of propriety or good taste

Seemly

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. anger; irritability

Bile

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

Forebears

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. analyze and develop (an idea or principle) in detail

Explicate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. an unexpected and unfortunate occurrence

Contretemps

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. (or v.) an insulting or mocking remark; a taunt

Gibe

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. concerned with iron or its compounds

Ferrous

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

Mercenary

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. concealment of one’s thoughts, feelings, or character

Dissimulation

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to bind or compel (someone), esp. legally or morally

Obligate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. composure or coolness, sometimes excessive, as shown in danger or under trying circumstances

Sangfroid

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. completely clear

Limpidity

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to express discontent or sorrow over (something)

Bemoan

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to compensate someone for a loss or harm

Indemnify

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. compassion; gentleness

Benign

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to come together; merge

Coalesce

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. coax

Cajole

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. closure; terminate a debate by voting

Cloture

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. (of a person or action) innocent and unsuspecting

Ingenuous

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. clearly wrong

Flagrant

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. clear someone from blame or suspicion

Vindicate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. clear explanation

Exposition

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. classic example

Archetype

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. classic example

Archetype

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. encumbrance; nightmarish thing

Incubus

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. encumbrance; nightmarish thing

Incubus

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to walk or move wearily or reluctantly

Traipse

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to walk or move wearily or reluctantly

Traipse

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

Totter

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

Totter

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to wander or digress

Divagate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to wander or digress

Divagate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. wandering; wrong

Errant

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. wandering; wrong

Errant

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to ward off; avoid

Parry

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to waste away from lack of use

Atrophy

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to waste away from lack of use

Atrophy

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to reduce the force, effect, or value of

Attenuate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to reduce the force, effect, or value of

Attenuate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. the science of communications and automatic control systems in both machines and living things

Cybernetic

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. the science of communications and automatic control systems in both machines and living things

Cybernetic

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. the solemn or emphatic declaration or statement of something

Asseveration

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. the start of a fight

Salvo

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. the start of a fight

Salvo

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. the study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation

Semiotic

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist

Solipsism

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist

Solipsism

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

Veritable

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

Veritable

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. of or relating to the sensual, spontaneous, and emotional aspects of human nature

Dionysian

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. of or relating to the sensual, spontaneous, and emotional aspects of human nature

Dionysian

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to offer strong objections; remonstrate

Expostulate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to offer strong objections; remonstrate

Expostulate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. open in principle to revision, valid objection, forfeiture, or annulment

Defeasible

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. open in principle to revision, valid objection, forfeiture, or annulment

Defeasible

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to openly disregard a rule, law or convention

Flout

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to openly disregard a rule, law or convention

Flout

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. (esp. of humor) having or showing a sharp or critical quality

Mordant

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. (esp. of humor) having or showing a sharp or critical quality

Mordant

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters

Prurience

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters

Prurience

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. having no hope

Despondent

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. having no hope

Despondent

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. having many curves and turns, graceful

Sinuous

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. having many curves and turns, graceful

Sinuous

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. hats and hat-making

Millinery

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. hats and hat-making

Millinery

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