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Vocab - Set 6 Flashcards

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1
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duplicity

A

deceitfulness

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ebullient

A

animated, full of life

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effervescent

A

lively, animated

OR

bubbly

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effrontery

Barron’s 333

A

shameless boldness, audacity

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elegiac

A

low energy, dull

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embryonic

A

budding, infant, emerging

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empiricism

A

any method that derives knowledge from experience

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encumber

A

to burden

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enjoin

A

to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority

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enormity

A

very large

or

very evil

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enthrall

A

captivated (attention), enchanted by someone or something

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epigram

A

proverb, saying

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eponym

A

a person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named.

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equivocate

Barron’s 333

A

be ambiguous, avoid giving clear answers

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ersatz

A

bogus, dummy, factitious, fake

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estimable

A

respectable

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evanescent

A

fleeting, short time

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excoriate

A

to criticize harshly and usually publicly

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execrate

A

to announce something as immoral/ evil

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20
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exegesis

A

clear explanation

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21
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exiguity

A

the quality of being meager or scanty

The exiguity of domestic natural resources turned out to be an unexpected advantage to Japan in that it can buy cheap raw material from sources in the rest of the world.

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expunge

A

destroy all traces of something

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23
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expurgate

A

to remove objectionable parts from something (speech, news article, etc)

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facile

A

lack of depth, shallow, superficial

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factious

A

divided

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factitious

A

fake, artificial, imitation

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feckless

A

irresponsible so cannot be trusted

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fecund

A

producing abundantly

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29
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firebrand

A

inciter of discontent amongst people/groups

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30
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flag
(verb)

Barron’s 333

A

diminish/weaken

or

indicate

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fractious

A

irritable, quarrelsome, unruly

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32
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gaffe

A

blunder

or

improper or unsuitable act or remark

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33
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graft

A

corruption

or

attach, fix

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34
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grandiloquent

Barron’s 333

A

use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases

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35
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gumption

A

If you have gumption, you have guts. People with gumption are determined and full of courage

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36
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hagiographic

A

very admiring of someone and representing the person as perfect or much better than they really are: The biography has been criticized for being too hagiographic.

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37
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halcyon

A

peaceful

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38
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hauteur

A

haughtiness

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39
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hector

A

bully

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40
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hedge

verb

A

restrict, limit

41
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histrionic

A

melodramatic

42
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hoary

A

aged, antique

43
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hoodwink

A

trick someone

44
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hobble

A

hamper - a process, a task

45
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hubris

A

being too proud or arrogant (almost to the point that it can hurt you)

46
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imbroglio

A

complicated situation - confusing and embarrassing

47
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immure

A

box something, imprison

48
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impecunious

A

broke, no money

49
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imperious

A

fond of being authoritative, autocratic

50
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impervious

Barron’s 333

A

impenetrable

51
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impetuous

A

hasty reckless action/decision

52
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importuned

A

plead, beg

53
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improvident

A

no foresight, not thoughtful about future

54
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impugn

A

blame, criticize

55
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impute

A

cause of something

56
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inanity

A

nonsensical remark or action

57
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inchoate

A

just begun, will take time to develop

58
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incontrovertible

A

incontestable, indisputable, irrefutable

59
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indigent

A

dirt poor

60
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ineffable

A

too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words

61
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ineluctable

A

unavoidable, inescapable

62
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infelicitous

A

inappropriate

63
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insouciance

A

indifference, nonchalance

64
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internecine

A

mutual harm or destruction

65
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inure

A

(become) strengthened, toughened (in hard situations)

66
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invective

A

harsh insulting language

67
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invidious

A

jealous and resentful

68
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inviolable

A

cannot be violated, untouched/undamaged

69
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jaundice

A

enmity. hostility

70
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jejune

A

boring, dull monotonous

or

juvenile, kid behaviour

71
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jingoist

A

agitator/instigator of war

or

extreme nationalist

72
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kowtow

A

ass-lick

73
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lacerate

A

cut, slice

74
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lachrymose

A

tearful, teary, weepy

75
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lampoon

A

satire or satirize something

76
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languish

A

to be forced to stay somewhere or suffer something unpleasant for a long time

“During her illness she languished in bed for years”

or

become weak, feeble, enervated

77
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lascivious

A

profane, raunchy

78
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limpid

A

transparent

or

cool temperament

79
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litany

A

list

80
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lugubrious

A

dull, depressive

81
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machinate

A

conspire, scheme

82
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magisterial

A

most accurate and apparently thorough

83
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malapropism

A

the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one for funny effect

Malaprop include “illiterate him quite from your memory” (instead of “obliterate”), “he is the very pineapple of politeness” (instead of pinnacle) and “she’s as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile” (instead of alligator).

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malfeasance

A

wrongdoing or misconduct

85
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malingerer

A

slacker, idler

86
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martinet

A

disciplinarian, strict and strictness enforcer

87
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maudlin

A

over-emotional, sentimental

88
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maunder

A

ramble

or

meander one place to another

89
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mendicant

A

a person who lives by public begging

90
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meteoric

A

fast (meteoric rise to fame)

91
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mettlesome

A

full of spirit and courage

92
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mordant

A

sharp, sarcastic and intended to cause hurt

93
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moribund

A

nearly dead, dated

94
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mulct

A

fine, penalty

95
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nettlesome

A

annoying

96
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noisome

A

unhealthy for body

97
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objurgate

A

stubborn

98
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oblique

A

slanting

or

expressing something in indirect manner

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