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Vocab - Set 10 Flashcards

1
Q

undercut

A

undermine, weaken

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2
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peccadillo

A

small mistake or fault

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3
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antagonize

A

make someone angry or annoyed, irritate or offend

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4
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dirge

Barron’s 333

A

elegy, lament

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5
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imperturbable

Barron’s 333

A

unshakable, not easily upset

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wheedle

A

cajole, coax, sweet-talk

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7
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xenophobic

A

anti-immigrant, nativist

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8
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repugnant

A

abhorrent, awful

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heady

A

high on alcohol (or something else) making one feel ecstatic, confident, without worries

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exigent

A

critical and needing immediate attention

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disdain

A

despise, open contempt towards someone

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12
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august

A

dignified, distinguished

or

large, grandeur

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13
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recant

Barron’s 333

A

retract, withdraw

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14
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abeyance

Barron’s 333

A

a state of temporary inactivity

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15
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burnish

Barron’s 333

A

polish, shine

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16
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wily

A

Cunning

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17
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distend

Barron’s 333

A

inflate, blow up

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18
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sophistry

A

reasoning or arguments that sound correct but are actually false

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19
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affront

A

sarcasm, scorn

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20
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Abstemious

Barron’s 333

A

abstinent

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21
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Apprise

Barron’s 333

A

inform

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22
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Assiduous

Barron’s 333

A

constant activity/ hardworking

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23
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Castigation

Barron’s 333

A

punishment

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24
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Coagulate

Barron’s 333

A

become jelly, solidify

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25
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coda

Barron’s 333

A

epilogue, section that appears at the end of the book that serves as a comment on or a conclusion to what has happened

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26
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Compendium

Barron’s 333

A

collection of writings

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27
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Contention

Barron’s 333

A

claim, argument

or

battle

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28
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Diffidence

Barron’s 333, ets

A

being timid, shy, lacking confidence

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29
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Discerning

Barron’s 333

A

understand something then point out the difference

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30
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Disparage

Barron’s 333

A

belittle

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31
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Dissonance

Barron’s 333

A

no harmony

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32
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Elegy

Barron’s 333

A

writing or song expressing one’s grief over a loss

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33
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Exigency

Barron’s 333

A

urgent situation

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34
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Fatuous

Barron’s 333

A

airheaded, dumb

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35
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Gouge

Barron’s 333

A

overcharge, surcharge

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36
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Idolatry

Barron’s 333

A

worshipping idols

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37
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Impassive

Barron’s 333

A

emotionless

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38
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Indigence

Barron’s 333

A

poverty

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39
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Inert

Barron’s 333

A

inactive

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40
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Insularity

Barron’s 333

A

conservatism, opinionatedness

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41
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Intractable

Barron’s 333

A

(problems) gone out of control

or

someone being difficult or stubborn

42
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Intransigence

Barron’s 333

A

stubbornness

43
Q

Lassitude

Barron’s 333

A

burnout, collapse, exhaustion, fatigue

44
Q

Latent

Barron’s 333

A

dormant, unused (talent, skill)

existing but not yet developed

45
Q

Levee

Barron’s 333

A

dam

or

dock

46
Q

Levity

Barron’s 333

A

lack of seriousness (often at an improper time)

47
Q

Mendacious

Barron’s 333

A

dishonest, full of lies, untruthful

48
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Occlude

Barron’s 333

A

choke, clog, clot, congest, stuff

49
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Partisan

Barron’s 333

50
Q

Pathological

Barron’s 333

A

caused by a physical or mental disease

51
Q

Penury

Barron’s 333

52
Q

Perfidious

Barron’s 333

A

disloyal, unfaithful to one party/someone

53
Q

Piety

Barron’s 333

A

reverence to god

54
Q

Plasticity

Barron’s 333

A

malleability, to be easily molded into something

55
Q

Preamble

Barron’s 333

A

introductory statement

56
Q

Recalcitrant

Barron’s 333

A

rebel, disobedient

57
Q

Recluse

Barron’s 333

58
Q

Sage

Barron’s 333

A

insightful, perceptive, prudent

59
Q

stint

Barron’s 333

A

also means - retain, skimp on something

60
Q

Striated

Barron’s 333

A

striped, speckled

61
Q

Subpoena

Barron’s 333

A

written notice ordering a person to appear in court

62
Q

Supposition

Barron’s 333

A

hypothesis, proposition, theory

63
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Tenuous

Barron’s 333/ets

A

delicate, fragile, frail;

or

insubstantial, thin

64
Q

Viscous

Barron’s 333

65
Q

Vituperative

Barron’s 333

A

harsh insulting language

66
Q

Welter

Barron’s 333

A

a large number of items in no order; a confused mass.
“there’s such a welter of conflicting rules”

confusion, jumble, tangle, clutter, mishmash

67
Q

Zealot

Barron’s 333

A

fanatic (of something or someone)

68
Q

derivative

ets

A

copy of something, a different form of something

69
Q

obscure

ets

70
Q

underscore

ets

A

underline, highlight, make more important by highlighting

71
Q

notoriety

ets

A

the state of being famous or well known for some bad quality or deed

72
Q

Eminence

ets

73
Q

Providential

ets

A

favourable or divine

74
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Imperceptive

ets

A

so subtle, gradual or slight that can’t be noticed - unnoticeable, undetectable

75
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Trifling

ets

76
Q

Ameliorated

ets

A

made better

77
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Exacerbated

ets

A

made worse

78
Q

prophetic

ets

A

forward looking

79
Q

fastidiousness

ets

A

meticulousness, showing extreme care and detail into something

80
Q

didacticism

ets

A

didactic - to teach; didacticism means something (piece of writing) serving as the means to teach someone something

81
Q

iconoclasm

ets

A

rejecting religious/cherished beliefs/institutions/doctrines

82
Q

polemical

ets

A

critical speech or writing

83
Q

exacting

ets

A

demanding, testing

84
Q

copious

ets

A

abundant amount

85
Q

acerbic

ets

A

sharp wit, sarcastic

86
Q

stinginess

ets

A

not only stingy with money, but also not generous with things in general

87
Q

illiberality

ets

A

not generous with things OR narrow minded person

88
Q

thrift/frugality

ets

A

spending money wisely, economically

89
Q

involved

ets

A

general - being engaged with animals/people BUT ALSO with respect to an object, thing, anything non-living like ideas or thoughts, it means challenging, difficult

90
Q

miserliness

A

Excessive desire to save money

And also the quality of being small or inadequate (a gift); meagreness

91
Q

florid

ets

A

excessive or over elaborate

or

redness, blushing

92
Q

disquieting

ets

A

inducing feeling of anxiety or worry

93
Q

injudicious

ets

A

judicious - in good judgment, wise decision; injudicious: not in good judgment, ill considered, misguided decision

94
Q

patent
adjective
ets

A

easily recognizable; obvious

95
Q

accessibility

ets

A

general meaning + quality of being easily understood or appreciated

96
Q

frivolity

ets

A

light heartedness

97
Q

penitential

ets

A

showing guilt or sorry for something (bad) done

98
Q

impetuous

ets

A

rash movement/rash decision

99
Q

prodigality

ets

A

someone who spends money freely or foolishly

100
Q

volubility

ets

A

verbose, too much talking

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