Vocabulary Day 19-20 Flashcards
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Adage
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A traditional saying; a proverb
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Abstract
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Theoretical; impersonal
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Abstruse
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Hard to understand
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Adjourn
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To suspend until another time
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Adventitious
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Accidental; connected to but nonetheless
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Affable
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Easy to talk to; friendly
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Ballyhoo
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Sensational advertising or promotion; uproar
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Conjure
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To summon or bring into being as if by magic
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Conventional
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Common; customary; unexceptional
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Collusion
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Conspiracy; secret cooperation
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Compelling
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Forceful; causing to yield
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Deem
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To judge; to consider
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Defile
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To make filthy; to desecrate
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Degrade
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To lower in dignity or status
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Deign
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To condescend
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Expedite
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To speed up or easy the progress of
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Exigency
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An emergency; an urgency
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Exult
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To rejoice, to celebrate
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Fraternal
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Like brothers
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Facade
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The false front of a building
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Germane
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Applicable; pertinent; relevant
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Homily
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A sermon
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Intervene
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To come between opposing groups; to mediate; to take place
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Invoke
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To entreat or pray for; to call on as in prayer; to declare to be in effect
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Impasse
A deadlock; situation from which there is no escape
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Immutable
Unchangeable
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Lobby
To urge legislative action; to exert influence
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Milieu
Environment; surroundings
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Microcosm
The world in miniature
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Malapropism
Humorous misuse of a word that sounds similar to the word intended but has a ludicrously different meaning
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Mania
Crazed, excessive excitement insanity; delusion
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Noisome
Offensive or disgusting; stinking noxious
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Onerous
Burdensome; oppressive
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Oblivion
Total forgetfulness; the state of being forgotten
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Profuse
Flowing; extravagant
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Posterity
Future generations; descendants; heirs
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Proletariat
The industrial working class
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Posthumous
Occurring after one's death; published after the death of the author
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Quandary
State of perplexity; predicament
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Quintessential
Being the most perfect example of
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Susceptible
Capable of being influenced by something; capable of being emotionally affected; venerable or receptive to
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Sacrilege
A violation of something sacred; blasphemy
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Solvent
Not broke or bankrupt; able to pay one's bills
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Sobriety
The state of being sober; seriousness
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Tirade
A prolonged, bitter speech
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Tautological
Redundant; circular
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Torpor
Sluggishness; inactivity; apathy
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Venal
Capable of being bribed; willing to do anything for money; corrupt
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Wrath
Deep anger; fury
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Waive
To relinquish (a right); to forgo; to put aside for the time being
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Appalling
causing horror or consternation
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Agenda
program; the things to be done
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apparition
a ghost or ghostly object
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apportion
to distribute proportionally
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alacrity
cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond
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appraise
to estimate the value or quality of
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banter
an exchange of good-humored or mildly teasing remarks
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benighted
ignorant; unenlightened
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corollary
something that follows; a natural consequence
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convivial
fond of parting; festive
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coherent
holding together; making sense
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deity
a god or goddess
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dejected
depressed; disheartened
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delectable
delightful; delicious
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delve
to search or study intensively
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explicit
clearly and directly expressed
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emulate
to strive to equal or excel, usually through imitation
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elliptical
oval; missing a word or words; obscure
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facet
any of the flat; polished surfaces of a cut gem; aspect
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fathom
to understand; to penetrate the meaning of
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ghastly
shockingly horrible; frightful
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hiatus
a break or interruption; often from work
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implement
to carry out
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impotent
powerless; helpless; unable to perform sexual intercourse
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incipient
beginning; emerging
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Ignominy
deep disgrace
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ludicrous
ridiculous; absurd
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monolithic
massive; solid; uniform and unyielding
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myopia
nearsightedness; lack of foresight
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nirvana
a blissful, painless, worry-free state
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obeisance
a bow or curtsy; deep reverence
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olfactory
pertaining to the sense of smell
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proliferate
to spread or grow rapidly
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prolific
abundantly productive; fruitful or fertile
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phantasm
apparition; ghost; phantom
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promulgate
to proclaim; to publicly or formally declare something
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preponderance
superiority in weight, number, size, extent, influence etc.; majority; predominance
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presentiment
the feeling that something (especially something bad) is about to happen
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platonic
nonsexual; purely spiritual
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protege
a person under the care of someone interested in welfare or career
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qualify
to modify or restrict
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repose
rest; tranquility; relaxation
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salutary
healthful; remedial; curative
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scintillate
to sparkle, either literally or figuratively
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shackle
a manacle; a restraint
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slake
to quench; to satisfy; to assuage
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temerity
boldness; recklessness; audacity
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touchstone
a standard; a test of authenticity or quality
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undermine
to impair; to subvert; to weaken by excavating underneath
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unilateral
involving one side only; dine on behalf of one side only; one-sided; not mutual
