Vocabulary Deck 11 Flashcards
1
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Abate
A
reduce in intensity
2
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Abjure
A
renounce; swear to refrain from something
3
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Blandishment
A
words used to coax or flatter
4
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Boor
A
ill-mannered person
5
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Cardinal
A
- high ranking church official; 2. major; important
6
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Deliberate
A
- slow; 2. to think over; 3. on purpose
7
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Equivocation
A
speaking ambiguously
8
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Feckless
A
feeble; helpless; lacking in initiative
9
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Imperturbability
A
quality of being calm and not easily disturbed
10
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Meretricious
A
falsely attractive; tawdry
11
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Augury
A
prediction; looking for omens
12
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Boycott
A
refuse to have dealings with
13
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Glib
A
slick; superficial especially in speech
14
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Incise
A
cut into
15
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Moralistic
A
concerned with morals
16
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Ostracism
A
shunning; social isolation
17
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Penchant
A
inclination; leaning; tendency; predilection
18
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Rarefy
A
make less dense
19
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Repine
A
fret; be discontented
20
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Stipulate
A
specify
21
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Diaphanous
A
transparent; thin and delicate
22
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Feint
A
pretended attack; a move intended to deceive
23
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Inured
A
hardened; habituated
24
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Mettlesome
A
spirited
25
Puissance
power
26
Recondite
obscure
27
Stygian
very dark
28
Touting
advertising; supportive
29
Virtuosity
skill; expertise
30
Volubility
excessive talkativeness
31
Caret
punctuation mark signifying omission
32
Contiguous
adjacent; touching; abutting
33
Damp
reduce vibrations
34
Ellipsis
omission of essential words
35
Extirpation
wiping out; complete destruction
36
Foppish
behaving or dressing like a dandy; excessively concerned with fashion
37
Gaffe
blunder; social mistake
38
Hortatory
encouraging; exhorting
39
Opprobrious
expressing great scorn
40
Recumbent
reclining; lying down
41
Ambidextrous
able to use both left anf right hands equally well
42
Culpability
guilt
43
Discernment
judgement; perceptiveness
44
Encomium
praise
45
Inveigle
coax; cajole; wheedle; entice
46
Minatory
threatening
47
Ossified
turned to bone; become rigid
48
Plumb
measure depth; exact
49
Quintessential
most typical; the perfect example of
50
Runic
mysterious; magical
51
Accretion
accumulation of matter; growth produced by adding from the outside
52
Anachronistic
occurring in the wrong time period
53
Chronic
long lasting
54
Churlishness
rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
55
Demagogue
mob leader
56
Effrontery
daring; audacity
57
Idyll
story or incident in peaceful or ideal setting
58
Interregnum
interval between reigns or governments
59
Nugatory
of minor significance; futile
60
Sinecure
job which pays salary but requiring little effort
61
Anodized
electroplated ; coated with a thin layer of metal
62
Aphoristic
expressed tersely
63
Canonical
orthodox
64
Commensurate
equal in significance
65
Dexterity
skill, especially with hands
66
Extant
still in existence (opposite of extinct)
67
Impugned
challenged; called into question
68
Probity
uprightness; honesty
69
Raconteur
person who relates a story
70
Solicitous
kindly; expressing care and concern
71
Amalgamate
join; consolidate
72
Baleful
evil
73
Coerce
force
74
Inchoate
undeveloped; nascent
75
Iniquitous
evil; unjust
76
Libertine
dissolute person; prodigal
77
Millinery
hats and hat-making
78
Natty
neat; dapper; smart
79
Occluded
obscured; blocked
80
Sidereal
of or related to stars
81
Avaricious
greedy for money
82
Extirpate
wipe out totally
83
Halcyon
peaceful and happy; calm
84
List
1. to lean to one side; 2. to write in order
85
Maudlin
sad; sentimental; inclined to weep
86
Refulgent
glowing; radiant
87
Subliminal
below the threshold of consciousness
88
Testiness
irritability; irascibility
89
Vituperate
attack bitterly
90
Whittle
1. carve with a knife; 2. reduce step by step
91
Colander
bowl with holes used to drain vegetables
92
Cumbersome
bulky; difficult to carry
93
Diaphanous
transparent; thin and delicate
94
Dispatch
1. send; 2. speed; celerity
95
Epistemology
theory of knowledge
96
Froward
stubborn; wayward; disobedient
97
Supine
lying flat on one's back
98
Throwback
exhibiting primitive or ancestral traits
99
Untoward
unexpected
100
Verisimilar
true to life; giving the appearance of reality
