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Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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Spelunker

a) Something which makes you laugh
b) A wild Mexican dog
c) Someone who explores caves
d) A Russian appetizer

A

c) Someone who explores caves

Lauria

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Aglet

a) Stuffed full
b) The plastic tip of a shoelace
c) A bandage
d) An ancient word for the letter Z

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b) The plastic tip of a shoelace

Lauria

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Sebum

a) A group of eight
b) The Latin word for grease
c) A cleaning lady who likes to cook
d) An Irish term meaning sweetheart

A

b) The Latin word for grease

Lauria

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Modena

a) A think porridge
b) A really big nose
c) A dark purplish color
d) A rider’s seat on a camel or elephant

A

c) A dark purplish color

(Lauria

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Hamartia

a) a flaw leading to downfall
b) kinetic energy

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a
Noun
A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine.

-Katie

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Bilk

a) to defraud
b) the bottom-most level of a boat

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a
Verb
To cheat or defraud

-Katie

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Blithe

a) smooth
b) Showing cheerful indifference

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b
Adjective
Showing a casual and cheerful indifference, often considered improper.

  • Katie
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Auscultation

a) A waving motion
b) listening to sounds of the heart, lungs etc.
c) both a and b

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b
Noun
The action to listening to sounds do the heart, lungs, or other organs, generally with a stethoscope.

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Crepuscular

a) Having to do with crabs, lobster or other crustaceans.
b) Of or relating to twilight.

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b
Adjective
Of, or relating to the time of twilight.

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Blunderbuss

a) An action which is not subtle or well thought-out
b) a short barreled gun with a flared muzzle, short range.
c) both a and b

A

c
Noun
1) An action which is not subtle or clear cut, often not well thought out.
2) A short barreled gun with a flared muzzle, used for short range.

-Katie

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Abstruse

a) difficult to understand
b) a angle given a value greater than 90 degrees

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a
Adjective
Difficult to understand.

-Katie

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Laconic

a) Well known or having a great following
b) Using few words

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b
Adjective
Using few words.

-Katie

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Lampoon

a) to publicly criticize or ridicule
b) the actions of a buffoon or blundering person.
c) a spear-like weapon
d) a and c

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a
Verb
To publicly criticize or ridicule.

-Katie

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Ether

a) The clear sky
b) a medication which influences an unconscious state.
c) both a and b

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c
Noun
1) The clear sky
2) a medication which influences an unconscious state.

-Katie

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Internecine

a) a medication which stops the heart
b) damaging to both sides of a conflict

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b
Adjective
Damaging to both sides in a conflict.

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Phrontistery

a) A characteristic of a person who tends to confront others, lending to insult.
b) A place to go to think or learn.

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b
Noun
A place to go to think or learn.

-Katie

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Aboulomania

a) a pathological fear of decisiveness
b) a pathological obsession with or addiction to brothy soups

A

a
Noun
A pathological fear of decisiveness.

-Katie

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Fringilline

a) of or relating to finches
b) something which is on the edges, either or society, its normal boundaries, or general norms for that subject.

A

a
Adjective
Of or relating to finches.

-Katie

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Flivver

a) the rope system used to secure the sails of a ship to its main mast
b) a cheap car or airplane

A

b
Noun
A cheap car or airplane.

-Katie

20
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Incunabulist

a) one who collects old books or literature
b) the characteristic of pathological fear of leaving a place which is perceived to be safe (ie: house, car, room etc)

A

a
Noun
One who collects old books or literature.

-Katie

21
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Ischemia

a) lack of background knowledge, commonality or context with which to connect to or understand another individual.
b) lack of blood supply due to an obstruction

A

b
Noun
Lack of blood supply due to an obstruction.

-Katie

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Qually

a) a ‘bang up job’, superbly executed
b) (usually of) wine that is cloudy or turbid

A

b
Adjective
(Usually of) wine that is cloudy or turbid.

-Katie

23
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Turbid

a) tumultuous or stormy in appearance
b) a liquid that is cloudy or compromised by suspended matter
c) both a and b

A

b
Adjective
Of liquid that is cloudy, opaque, or is otherwise compromised by suspended/floating matter… Think graham crackers dropped in your coffee.

-Katie

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Incipient

a) beginning or early stages
b) rude or uncouth

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a
Adjective
In beginning, early stages.

-Katie

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Reticent

a) balanced, accounted for to the last detail
b) shy, unwilling to speak

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b
Adjective
Shy, unwilling to speak.

-Katie

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Dilettante

a) one who cultivates an area of interest without real commitment or knowledge
c) a high ranking officer in historical French armies

A

a
Noun
One who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge.

-Katie

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Undulate

a) to wave rhythmically
b) to waver back and forth, non-commital

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a
Verb
To wave rhythmically.

28
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Deprecate

a) to devalue or demolish
b) to disapprove of

A

b
Verb
To disapprove of.

29
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Prevaricate

a) to preeminently take over
b) to lie or avoid the truth
c) to assume a position based on assumption of future consequences.

A

b
Verb
To lie or avoid the truth.

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Q

Barbiturate

a) any of a class of sedative and sleep-inducing drugs derived from barbituric acid.
b) a person of ancient roman heritage.

A

a
Noun
Any of a class of sedative and sleep-inducing drugs derived from barbituric acid. Used for Death with Dignity/assisted suicide situations.

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Preeminent

a) surpassing all others; very distinguished in some way.
b) foreseeing possible consequences or circumstance of current action

A

a
Adjective
Surpassing all others; very distinguished in some way.

32
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Fervid

a) Intense, ardent
b) Cold, unresponsive

A

a
Adjective
Intense

33
Q

Slake

a) A type of stone which breaks in sheet-like chunks
b) To calm or satisfy, especially of thirst

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b
Verb
To calm or satisfy

34
Q

Placid

a) Stiff yet yielding
b) Calm and serene

A

b
Adjective
Calm and serene

35
Q

Sain

a) In one’s right mind
b) to bless or give the sign of the cross

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b
Verb
To bless, to do the sign of the cross on oneself

36
Q

Suq or Souk

a) An open-air marketplace in the middle east or northern Africa
b) Woolen shoe inserts

A

a
Noun
An arab open air marketplace or bazaar

37
Q

Disabuse

a) To correct or persuade someone that they are mistaken
b) To prevent misuse or curruption

A

a
Verb
To correct or persuade someone that they are mistaken.

38
Q

Taxonomy

a) an ordered classification
b) the branch of science concerned with classification

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both a and b

Noun

39
Q

Plangent

a) Resounding loudly, especially with a plaintive sound, as a bell.
b) A line in a plane in a geometric figure.

A

a
Adjective
Resounding loudly, especially with a plaintive sound, as a bell.
-Misi

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Cadre

a) an Italian priest or member of any similar religious hierarchy.
b) a group of trained or otherwise qualified personnel capable of forming, training, or leading an expanded organization, as a religious or political faction, or a skilled work force.

A

b
Noun
a group of trained or otherwise qualified personnel capable of forming, training, or leading an expanded organization, as a religious or political faction, or a skilled work force.
-Misi

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Adumbrate

a) to sling verbal insults
b) to foreshadow; prefigure.

A

b
Verb
to foreshadow; prefigure.
-Misi

42
Q

Fibonacci

a) A famous Greek painter
b) A sequence of numbers found everywhere in nature

A

a
Noun or Adjective
A sequence of numbers found everywhere in nature.
-Misi

2014 K12 Theory (16 decks)

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