Vocabulary 2nd semester Flashcards
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cogent
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strong and to the point
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exigent
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urgent; pressing
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assay
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to test, analyze
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instrasigent
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refusing to compromise
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incite
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to stir up or provoke
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resuscitate
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to bring back to consciousness
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solicitous
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showing care or worry
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perturb
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to make worried or upset
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turbulent
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very excited or upset
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turbid
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cloudy, confused
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alacrity
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enthusiastic quickness
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celerity
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speed or quickness
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degenerate
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a corrupt wrongdoer
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engender
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to bring about; to produce
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genre
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a kind or type of art
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cognate
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related to or coming from the same source
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innate
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natural; present from birth
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nascent
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in the act of being born; growing
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transfigure
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to change the form or appearance of
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fictive
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not real
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feign
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to make up or invent; pretend
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parturient
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about to bring forth or give birth; pregnant
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repertory
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the range of works an artist can produce or perform
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vehement
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strongly emotional; fierce and passionate
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inveigh
to attack strongly in words; to talk to talk bitterly
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surmise
to draw a conclusion based on little or no information
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demise
the end of existence
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remit
to make less or weaker; to forgive or pardon
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emblematic
standing for another thing
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diabolical
of or like a devil
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hyperbole
an exaggeration for effect
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episodic
happening in parts or segments
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methodical
orderly and regular
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synod
a council, especially of churches or church officials
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pastoral
having to with the country
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repast
a meal; food and drink for a meal
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aggregate
gathered into a whole
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egregious
standing out sharply as wrong or bad
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gregarious
liking to be with other people
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agarian
having to do with farming
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peregrination
the act of traveling about
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fruition
fulfillment of an effort or desire
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fruitless
yielding no positive results
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rustic
having to do with the countryside
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bucolic
having to do with the country life or farms
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idyllic
simple and pleasant
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abscond
to leave in a hurry
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recondite
difficult to understand
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cryptic
hard to understand
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aprocryphal
coming from an unreliable source
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aperture
an opening or hole
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overt
public, unhidden, open
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covert
done in a hidden or secret manner
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context
the circumstances or setting surrounding an event
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subtext
the hidden or underlying meaning of something
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pretext
a stated reason for doing something
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moratorium
a formal delay
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demure
modest and shy
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demur
to express unwillingness to do something
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extemporaneous
done without planning
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temporal
having to do with finite time of everyday life
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temporize
to put off making a decision
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diurnal
happening or active during the day
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sojourn
a short stay or visit
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adjourn
to formally bring to an end
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anachronism
something that seems to be out of its proper time
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chronicle
to tell or write the history of
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synchronous
happening at the same time
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psyche
the mind, especially as he center of a persons being
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psycho
having an effect on the body
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psychotic
having severe mental issues
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pusillanimous
timid or cowardly
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inanimate
without life
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animadversion
strong criticism or blame
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transpire
to take place
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conspire
to plan together secretly
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aspire
to have a strong desire to do something
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espirit
liveliness
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discordant
not agreeing or going well together
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concordance
agreement or harmony
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discursive
wandering from one topic to another
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concur
to agree in an opinion or decision
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succor
badly needed help; aid
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obsequious
too willing to serve or obey
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segue
movement from on thing or another
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ensue
to come after; to happen as a result of
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incessant
going on without stopping; never ending
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concede
to admit that something is true; give up
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intercede
to ask or plead with on behalf of another
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perpetuity
a time period lasting through the ages; eternity
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perpetuate
to cause to continue
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judicious
having or showing good judgement
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adjudicate
to settle a dispute
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amoral
not concerned about morality
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mores
attitudes and behaviors that ate so firmly fixed that they are followed like laws
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morose
gloomy; bad tempered
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expiate
to make up for doing wrong
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impious
lacking respect for what should be worshipped
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consecrate
to set apart as holy; to give up to a purpose
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execrable
very bad; hurtful
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sacrosanct
so a scared or revered as to be off limits
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artifice
cleverly trickery; deception
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artless
without strategy or deceit
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inert
not having power to move
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icon
an image that best represents something
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inconoclast
a person who attacks or mocks things people believe
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iconography
the study of a group of pictures & symbols
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emulate
to seek to be like
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inimitable
impossible to imitate
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purveryor
one who supplies or sells
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proviso
a clause or statement that gives instructions for a potential event
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purview
range of skills or authority
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sinecure
a job that brings a salary or reward without requiring work
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incurious
not inclined to seek knowledge
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procure
to get with some effort
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internecine
causing many deaths on all sides of a conflict
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innocuous
not causing harm or injury
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solace
comfort or consolation
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inconsolable
very sad; unable to be comforted
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salubrious
promoting good health
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salutary
having a positive or healthy result
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salutation
an act of greeting
