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Vocabulary #3 Flashcards

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Transience

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Not lasting, staying only a short time

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Unrequited

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Not returned or reciprocated

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Heteronym

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A subset of homograph because although spelled the same, the words change meanings when pronounced differently (lead - to guide; lead - the metal)

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Homograph

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A word of the same written form but of different meaning (bear - to carry; bear - the animal)

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Homophone

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A word that’s pronounced the same as another, but has a different meaning, whether it’s spelled the same or not

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Melancholy

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A gloomy state of mind

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Abatement

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The act of being reduced in intensity, reduction, alleviation, mitigation, suppression or termination

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Reverential

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A feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe; veneration

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Tumultuous

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Raising a great clatter and commotion

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Jocund

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Cheerful, glad

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Din

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A continued loud sound

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Masonry

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Craft or work

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Predilection

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A tendency to think favourably about something

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Clandestine

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Executed with secrecy or concealment, especially for the purpose of subversion or deception

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Diction

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The style of speaking or writing dependent on the choice of words

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Syntax

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The study of patterns of words and sentences

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Chagrined

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The feeling of irritation marked by disappointment or humiliation

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Bemused

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Bewildered or confused

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Invidious

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Calculated to create ill will or resentment; give offense; hateful

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Sullen

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Showing irritation by a gloomy silence or reserve

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Subterfuge

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An artifice used to escape a rule, consequence, or hide something

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Egress

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The act or instance of going, especially from an escaped place

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Deadpan

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Displaying no emotional or personal involvement

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Proclivity

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Natural or habitual inclination or tendency

25
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Pervasive

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Spread throughout

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Duplicitous

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Characterised by deceitfulness in speech or conduct

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Ennui

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The feeling of weariness from a lack of interest; boredom

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Reprieve

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To delay punishment

29
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Luminary

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A person who has attained a high achievement in their field; a body that gives light

30
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Anguish

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Suffering; Pain

31
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Dissolution

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The act of dissolving; breaking into parts

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Ponderous

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Great weight; massive

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Unadorned

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Not decorated; plain

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Iridescent

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Displaying multiple colours like those of the rainbow

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Bastion

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Fortress; Protecting a quality or condition

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Wistful

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Characterised by melancholy or longing

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Accost

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To greet; to confront boldly; to solicit for sexual purposes (in a prostitute)

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Lily-Livered

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To lack courage

39
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Rectitude

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The rightness of principle or conduct

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Manifesto

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A public declaration of intentions/motives issued by a government/organisation

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Unerring

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Not going astray; not missing the mark; not containing error

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Meekness

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Patient or overly submissive

43
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Ecclesiastical

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Of or relating to the church

44
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Calcine

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To turn to calx by heat or burning

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Municipal

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Relating to a town and its local government

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Aldermen

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A member of a municipal legislative body

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Edify

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To benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift

48
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Extant

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In existence; still existing / Archaic

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Anomalous

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Deviating from the common order; irregular

50
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Heretic

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Anyone who does not conform to an established attitude, doctrine or principle

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