vocabulary 13 Flashcards

1
Q

delirium

A

wildly excited activity or emotion

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2
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hostility

A

unfriendliness or opposition.

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3
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animosity

A

strong hostility.

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4
Q

copses

A

a thicket of shrubs or bushes

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5
Q

entail

A

as a whole

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6
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besmirching

A

to dirty

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7
Q

inexplicable

A

ineffable

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8
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toff

A

a well-dressed gentleman

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9
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conjecture

A

a guess

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10
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audacious

A

venturing risks

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11
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injunction

A

a statement to be obeyed by those concerned

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12
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bias

A

a way of acting in one way without considering other’s opinions

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13
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athwart

A

side to side, across, intervening

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14
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ludicrous

A

causing to laughter

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15
Q

incongruous

A

not appropriate to the situation

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16
Q

malapropos

A

not appropriate to the situation

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17
Q

excavates

A

dig

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18
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precocious

A

occurring before the expected time

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19
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torpor

A

lack of interest

20
Q

unfledged

A

lack of maturity

21
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chaste

A

decent

22
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forged

A

made with the appearance of committing fraud

23
Q

derailed

A

uneasy

24
Q

swill

A

chug

25
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unsullied

A

free from filth

26
Q

promenade

A

stroll

27
Q

brazen

A

bold rudeness

28
Q

curdle

A

sour

29
Q

hapless

A

prone to bad luck

30
Q

canter

A

skip

31
Q

gallop

A

faster than walk

32
Q

adage

A

proverbial

33
Q

rapture

A

overwhelming pleasure satisfaction

34
Q

candor

A

true feelings of one’s expression

35
Q

stein

A

beaker

36
Q

beguiling

A

connoisseur at one ends of deception

37
Q

peeved

A

irritation

38
Q

duress

A

threats

39
Q

coerce

A

persuade someone into doing something with threats

40
Q

oft

A

many times

41
Q

straggled

A

to commit an offense

42
Q

strayed

A

to commit an offense

43
Q

gloat

A

an improper; showing one is happy his over the loss of the other

44
Q

pretext

A

false ground to hide what you’re really doing

45
Q

foreman

A

leader

46
Q

bairns

A

teens

47
Q

disposition

A

one’s inherent moods; the order of things arranged