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Vocabulary #5 Flashcards

1
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Irascible

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A tendency to be easily angered

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Dubious

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Hesitating or doubting

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Dogma

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A belief or set of beliefs that is accepted by the members of a group without being questioned or doubted

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Adorn

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To make more beautiful

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Incongruous

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Not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings

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Ecumenism

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The concept in which Christians who belong to different Christian denominations work together to develop closer relationships among their churches and promote Christian unity

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Prosaic

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Commonplace, unromantic, ordinary, unimaginative

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Trepidation

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Fear or anxiety that something may happen

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Wonderment

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A state of awed admiration or respect

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Highbrow

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Intellectual or rarefied in taste.

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Precocious

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Having developed certain abilities or inclinations at an earlier age than is usual or expected.

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Dissolute

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Overindulging in sensual pleasures

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Verbigeration

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The constant or obsessive repetition of meaningless words or phrases

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Vehemently

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In a strongly emotional or zealous manner

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Discourse

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Communication of thought by words; talk; conversation

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Mutable

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Subject to change

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Conative

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Connected with a wish, intention, or effort to do something

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Baleful

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Threatening harm; menacing

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Egalitarian

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Believing in or based on the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities

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Obsequious

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Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree

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Placating

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Intended to make someone less angry or hostile

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Splendor

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Brilliant or gorgeous appearance, colouring, etc; magnificence

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Cataract

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A descent of water over a steep surface; a waterfall, especially one of considerable size.

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Pensive

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Engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought.

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Despondent

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Feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom

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Reverie

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A state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing

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Labyrinth

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An intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one’s way or to reach the exit

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Haughty

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Disdainfully proud; scornfully arrogant; snobbish

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Cloy

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To weary by an excess of food, sweetness, pleasure

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Manacle

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Handcuff

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Lugubrious

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Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner

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Yearning

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Deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness

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Impassioned

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Filled with intense feeling or passion; passionate; ardent

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Implacable

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Not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable

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Allegory

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A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning

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Exposé

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A report in the media that reveals something discreditable

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Misnomer

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A misapplied or inappropriate name or designation.

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Elucidation

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The act of explaining or making something clear

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Verbose

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Characterised by the use of many or too many words; wordy

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Secular

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Not pertaining to or connected with religion (opposed to sacred)

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Admonish

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To caution, advise, or counsel against something

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Plaintive

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Expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful:

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Proponent

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A person who argues in favour of something; an advocate.

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Ethereal

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Extremely delicate or refined; heavenly or celestial:

45
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Disparage

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To speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle:

46
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Discern

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To distinguish mentally; recognise as distinct or different

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Indignant

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Feeling, characterised by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered

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Haggard

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Having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn:

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Nefarious

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Extremely wicked or villainous

50
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Decry

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To speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of

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