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Vocab - Set 7 Flashcards

1
Q

officious

Barron’s 333

A

intruding, intrusive, meddling

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2
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ossify

A

become rigid or fixed

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overweening

A

overconfident, conceited, cocky

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palaver

A

chatter, babble

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5
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palimpsest

A

something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form

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6
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panacea

A

cure of something, elixir

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7
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panegyric

A

eulogy

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paragon

A

ideal, exemplar

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parvenu

A

newly rich person

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10
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patent

adjective

A

obvious

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11
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pecuniary

A

relating to money, banking, or investments

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12
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pellucid

A

crystal clear

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13
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penurious

A

extremely poor

or

miser with money

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14
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percipient

A

being perceptive

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15
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peremptory

A

authoritative, dictatorial

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16
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perfunctory

Barron’s 333

A

cursory, carried out without real interest, feeling, or effort

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17
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peripatetic

A

travel by foot

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18
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perspicacious

A

ability to notice and understand things that are difficult

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19
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phantasmagorical

A

delusional

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20
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philistine

A

materialist

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21
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phlegmatic

Barron’s 333

A

emotionless

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22
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picayune

A

petty/of little significance

“the picayune squabbling of party politicians”

or

narrow-minded, illiberal

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23
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pillory

A

harshly criticize

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24
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pith

A

most important part of something

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25
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plucky

A

courageous, heroic

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26
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Pollyannaish

A

unrealistically optimistic

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27
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ponderous

A

dull

or

slow because of large weight

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28
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pontificate

A

harangue, express one’s opinions in a pompous and dogmatic way

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29
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portentous

A

ominous

or

pompous

or

amazing, prodigous

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30
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precipitate

A

hasty

or

aftermath of something

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31
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presentiment

A

premonition

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32
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primacy

A

state of being above others in rank or importance

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33
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probity

Barron’s 333

A

honesty, integrity, morality

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34
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prognostication

A

forecasting, foretelling, predicting

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35
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prolixity

A

the state or quality of being unnecessarily or tediously wordy

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36
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promulgate

A
  1. to spread/promote idea/belief
  2. to enforce a law/regulation
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37
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propitiate

Barron’s 333

A

mollify, pacify someone

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38
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prosaic

A

average, common

“the masses were too preoccupied by prosaic day-to-day concerns”

OR

unimaginative, uninspired

“prosaic language can’t convey the experience”

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39
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proscribe

Barron’s 333

A

forbid, prohibit

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40
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proselytize

A

persuade someone to convert to diff faith

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41
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protean

A

tending or able to change frequently or easily.

“it is difficult to comprehend the whole of this protean subject”

OR

able to do many different things; versatile.

“protean thinkers who scan the horizons of work and society”

42
Q

provident

A

economical

or

perceptive, careful about future

43
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puerile

A

juvenile, kiddish

44
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puissant

A

influential, powerful

45
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punctilious

A

meticulous

46
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pyrrhic

A

won but at too great a cost

47
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quail

A

draw back in submission

48
Q

quisling

A

backstabber, betrayer

49
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quixotic

A

extremely idealistic; unrealistic and impractical.
“a vast and perhaps quixotic project”

50
Q

raconteur

A

amusing storyteller

51
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raillery

A

good-natured teasing

52
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rapprochement

A

communion, fellowship

53
Q

rarefied

Barron’s 333

A

understood or experienced by only a very small group of people who share a particular field of activity or knowledge, esoteric

or

places with less oxygen

54
Q

recapitulation

A

summarizing something and restating its main points

55
Q

recrimination

A

incrimination, accusation, complaint

56
Q

recrudesce

A

reopen, restart, resume

57
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redoubtable

A

daunting, formidable

58
Q

remonstrate

A

object, protest

59
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reprisal

A

compensation, penalty

or

retaliation

60
Q

ribald

A

lewd, vulgar, indecent

61
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sagacious

A

wise, prudent

62
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sangfroid

A

composure, cool, coolness

63
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sardonic

A

sarcastic and snarky

64
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sartorial

A

relating to tailoring, clothes, or style of dress

65
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saturnine

A

dreary, gloomy

66
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schadenfreude

A

pleasure at someone else’s expense

67
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sedulous

A

dedicatedly trying again and again

68
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effacing

A

erase, to make something disappear; to remove something

self-effacing - be modest, discreet, humble, unassuming

69
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semblance

A

fake/deceptive and insincere behavior

70
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sententious

A

be too moralistic in pompous, too preachy way “holier than thou” attitude

71
Q

simulacrum

A

an image or representation of someone or something

“a small-scale simulacrum of a skyscraper”

OR

an unsatisfactory imitation or substitute

“a bland simulacrum of American soul music”

72
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sinecure

A

a position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit

73
Q

solecism

A

improper remark

74
Q

solicitous

Barron’s 333

A

1 : showing attentive care or protectiveness : manifesting or expressing solicitude - eager/ eager to help / attentive

2 : full of concern or fears : apprehensive

3 : meticulously careful

75
Q

solicitude

A

Same as solicitous

anxiousness

or

carefulness of something

76
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spartan

A

austere, lack of comfort and luxury

77
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splenetic

A

ill-tempered

78
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squelch

A

crush something

79
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stalwart

A

fearless, lionhearted

80
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stultify

A

cause to lose enthusiasm and initiative, especially as a result of a tedious or restrictive routine

81
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subterfuge

A

trickery, artfulness

82
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supercilious

83
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surfeit

A

overabundance

84
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surreptitious

A

behind-the-scenes, underhanded action

85
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sybarite

A

hedonist, playboy, pleasure seeker

He was not used to travelling on omnibuses, being something of a Sybarite who spared nothing to ensure his own comfort.

86
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temerity

A

shameless boldness

87
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tempestuous

A

explosive or tumultuous, turbulent

88
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tendentious

A

intending to promote a controversial cause or point of view

89
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transmute

90
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trenchant

A

sharp, incisive, pointed, keen

91
Q

truculence/ truculent

Barron’s 333

A

inclination to fight

or

willingness to cause pain and harm/ insult

92
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turgid

A

bloated, swollen

93
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turpitude

A

sinking to a state of immorality

94
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tyro

95
Q

umbrage

A

offended/annoyed

96
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unassailable

A

indisputable (rights?), irrefutable

97
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unflappable

A

unshakable, cool headed

98
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unimpeachable

A

principled, respectable, righteous

99
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unprepossessing

A

unpleasant, unappealing

100
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unpropitious

A

unfavorable

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