Vocabulary Flashcards

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Facile

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  1. Done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; easy. See Synonyms at easy.
  2. Working, acting, or speaking with effortless ease and fluency.
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Celestial

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  1. Of or relating to the sky or the heavens: Planets are celestial bodies.
  2. Of or relating to heaven; divine: celestial beings.
  3. Supremely good; sublime: celestial happiness.
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Gnash

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  1. 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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  1. 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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  1. 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.
  2. A mixture
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Intricate

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adj.

  1. Having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate.
  2. Solvable or comprehensible only with painstaking effort.
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Pittance

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  1. 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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2.

a. To influence beforehand against or in favor of someone or something; prejudice.

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Waft

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  1. 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.

  1. The act of interning or confining, especially in wartime.
  2. The state of being interned; confinement.
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Exhortation

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n.

  1. The act or an instance of exhorting.
  2. 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:

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Disinclined

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Unwilling or reluctant

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Delineate

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  1. To draw or trace the outline of; sketch out.
  2. To represent pictorially; depict.
  3. To depict in words or gestures; describe.
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Chimerical

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adj.

  1. Created by or as if by a wildly fanciful imagination; highly improbable.
  2. Given to unrealistic fantasies; fanciful.
  3. often chimeric Of, related to, or being a chimera.
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Incipient

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Beginning to exist or appear

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Reprobate

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an unprincipled person (often used humorously or affectionately).