Vocabulary Flashcards
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Facile
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- Done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; easy. See Synonyms at easy.
- Working, acting, or speaking with effortless ease and fluency.
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Celestial
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- Of or relating to the sky or the heavens: Planets are celestial bodies.
- Of or relating to heaven; divine: celestial beings.
- Supremely good; sublime: celestial happiness.
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Gnash
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- To grind or strike (the teeth, for example) together.
2. To bite (something) by grinding the teeth.
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Idleness
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a. Not employed or busy: idle carpenters. See Synonyms at inactive.
b. Avoiding work or employment; lazy: shiftless, idle youth.
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Acute
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- Having a sharp point or tip.
5. Extremely sharp or severe; intense: acute pain; acute relief.
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Alloyed
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- A homogeneous mixture or solid solution of two or more metals, the atoms of one replacing or occupying interstitial positions between the atoms of the other: Brass is an alloy of zinc and copper.
- A mixture
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Intricate
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adj.
- Having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate.
- Solvable or comprehensible only with painstaking effort.
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Pittance
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- A meager monetary allowance, wage, or remuneration.
2. A very small amount: not a pittance of remorse.
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Predilection
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n.
A partiality or disposition in favor of something; a preference.
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Prepossessed
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a. To influence beforehand against or in favor of someone or something; prejudice.
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Waft
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- To cause to go gently and smoothly through the air or over water.
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Immutable
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adj.
Not subject or susceptible to change.
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Internment
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n.
- The act of interning or confining, especially in wartime.
- The state of being interned; confinement.
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Exhortation
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n.
- The act or an instance of exhorting.
- A speech or discourse that encourages, incites, or earnestly advises.
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Erroneously
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Containing or derived from error; mistaken: