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Vocab Week 10-16 Flashcards

1
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Bamboozle

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To cheat or steal

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Charlatan

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Quack. Imposter.

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Circumspect

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Cautious, prudent, wary; taking all circumstances into account.

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Cleave

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To split or penetrate; to cling or be faithful.

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Disambiguation

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The removal of ambiguity; clarification.

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Draconian

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Hard, severe, cruel.

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Effrontery

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Shameless audacity; rank impudence.

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Egregious

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Outstanding, usually in the negative sense. Outrageously bad.

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Equivocate

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To speak ambiguously or evasively, in such a way as to avoid taking a position; hedge.

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Feckless

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Ineffectual, ineffective, incompetent, weak.

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Fortnight

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Two weeks.

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Genteel

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Polite, refined, stylish or graceful in manner.

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Imbroglio

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A complicated disagreement; a confused or chaotic situation.

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Jeremiad

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A long and mournful story, often prophesying doom or at least decrying the sad state of society.

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Assuage

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To make something less painful or severe

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Befuddle

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To confuse, perplex or bewilder

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Blithe

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Joyous; lighthearted; casual; careless

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Denigrate

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Criticize; defame; disparage

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19
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Ennui

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Boredom

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Imperturbable

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Marked by extreme calm; serene

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Loquacious

A

Talkative; especially excessively so

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Malfeasance

A

Wrongdoing, misconduct or misbehavior, especially by a public official

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Apoplectic

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Feeling intense rage or fury to the point of virtual paralysis.

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Mercurial

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Fickle or erratic

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Obsequious

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Overly deferential; fawningly submissive

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Panache

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Distinctive often flamboyant style or action

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Paramount

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Extreme importance

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Succor

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To help in a time of need or stress; to aid or relieve

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Promulgate

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To make known or public

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Sagacity

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Keen discernment or insight; sound judgement

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Abominable

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Loathsome.

EX) Jennifer’s neglect of her pets was abominable and inexcusable.

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Bloviate

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To speak at length in a boastful or pompous manner.

EX) I was totally put off by the winning coaches’ tendency to bloviate ad nauseam.

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Cogent

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Convincing, plausible.

EX) He presented a cogent argument that acid rain has killed off thousands of acres of US forest.

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Discombobulate

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Confuse or upset.

EX) He was discombobulated by his wife’s moodiness.

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Eleemosynary

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Charitable.

EX) Many people only become eleemosynary around the holiday’s.

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Eviscerate

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Literally, to disembowel. More commonly, to remove vital parts from something.
EX) Despite his good intentions, Brian’s bill to limit campaign spending was eviscerated in congress.

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Flummox

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Bewilder, baffle.

EX) Beth was completely flummoxed by the directions for taking her new birth control pills.

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Indefatigable

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Tireless; endlessly persistent.

EX) The English privateer Francis Drake was indefatigable in his attempts to find Spanish gold.

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Innocuous

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Harmless.

EX) The seemingly innocuous software code fix caused the entire East Coast electrical grid to fall.

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Lachrymose

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Tearful; mournful

EX) After the death of his dog, Rob was lachrymose for weeks.

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Lugubrious

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Extremely mournful or gloomy.

EX) His lugubrious mood was due to the death of his grandfather.

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Mendacious

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Untruthful; dishonest.

EX) His mendacious claim that he had a beautiful sister led to one of my most memorable surprises.

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Obtuse

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Dull; slow on the uptake.

EX) If you weren’t so obtuse, you would understand the problem.

44
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Pariah

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Outcast; someone to be avoided.

EX) Donald suspected that his fear of turkey’s made him a pariah at his family’s thanksgiving dinner.

45
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Phlegmatic

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Not easily excited or upset; calm or composed.

EX) Jeremy sat lost in thought, an island of phlegmatic cool amid the furor raging around him.

46
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Arbiter

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a judge who decides a disputed issue

47
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Exculpate

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to free from guilt or blame

48
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Penitent

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expressing remorse for deeds done

49
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Haughty

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Arrogant

50
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Imperious

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arrogantly domineering or overbearing

51
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Convoluted

A

intricate

52
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Indolent

A

lazy

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Insipid

A

uninteresting

54
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Torpor

A

laziness

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Opulent

A

exhibiting a display of great wealth

56
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Effusive

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gushy; emotionally unrestrained

57
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Gratuitous

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unearned

58
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Coup

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a brilliantly executed plan

59
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Dubious

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doubtful; of unlikely authenticity

60
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Wily

A

cunning

61
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Churlish

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Rude, boorish.

62
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Consternation

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Stunning or confounding amazement and/or dismay

63
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Crestfallen

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Disappointed, blue.

64
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Cruz

A

The pivotal point in an argument

65
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Didactic

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Instructive; intended to teach

66
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Disingenuous

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Insincere

67
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Dulcet

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Pleasing to the ear or sweet to the taste

68
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Esoteric

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Understood or known by few

69
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Fulsome

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Excessively, even offensively, flattering or ingratiating

70
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Imperious

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Overbearing; arrogant; dictatorial

71
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Intelligentsia

A

The intellectual elite

72
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Kerfuffle

A

Brouhaha

73
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Meretricious

A

Falsely attractive

74
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Nadir

A

Lowest point

75
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Ossify

A

To harden like a bone

76
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Cadge

A

to mooch

77
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Conundrum

A

A difficult decision

78
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Dragoon

A

To force into compliance

79
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Fractious

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Cranky

80
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Gallivant

A

to frolic or roam about in a joyful manner

81
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Laggard

A

sluggish

82
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Malapropism

A

The substitution of an incorrect word for one with a similar sound

83
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Nonplus

A

To bewilder or confound

84
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Odium

A

A state of disgrace resulting from hateful conduct

85
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Parlous

A

Dangerous

86
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Parsimonious

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stingy

87
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Petulant

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Irritable

88
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Proclivity

A

predisposition

89
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Quaff

A

To drink deeply or with vigor

90
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Resplendent

A

Splendid

91
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Derision (noun)

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Ridicule

92
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Fervent (adj.)

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Ardent, strongly felt, enthusiastic

93
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Implore (verb)

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To beseech or beg for strongly

94
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Inadvertent (adj.)

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Unintentional

95
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Metamorphosis (noun)

A

A transformation

96
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Multifaceted (adj.)

A

Possessing many sides

97
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Perpetuate (verb)

A

To prolong memory or use of something

98
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Proliferate (verb)

A

To multiply or come into being rapidly

99
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Superlative (adj.)

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To the highest possible degree

100
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Ameliorate (verb)

A

To improve or upgrade

101
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Indoctrinate (verb)

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To instruct, especially in fundamental or basic skills

102
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Lackadaisical (adj.)

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To be lacking in life, spirit, or zest

103
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Mitigate (verb)

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To moderate

104
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Caveat (noun)

A

A further explanation to prevent misinterpretation or to add a warning

105
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Facetious (adj.)

A

Playful; communicated in jest

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