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Vocabulary Deck 12 Flashcards

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1
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Abysmal

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very deep; very bad

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Approbation

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approval

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Bent

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inclination; aptitude

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Cadge

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get by begging

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Debacle

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disaster

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Extemporize

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speak without preparation or rehearsal

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Incumbents

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occupiers of a job or position

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Lambaste

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attack verbally

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Noisome

A

disgusting

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Pastiche

A

work which imitates or is composed of parts taken from varied sources

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Arboreal

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living in trees; concerned with trees

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Centrifuge

A

device to separate substances by spinning them at high speed

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Cloistered

A

isolated

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14
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Disabuse

A

make someone aware of an error in thinking

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15
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Engendering

A

causing; bringing into being

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Intemperate

A

excessive; immoderate

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17
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Lugubrious

A

sad; gloomy

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18
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Nonplussed

A

confused

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Pedagogy

A

science of education; teaching

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20
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Satiate

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satisfy; fill completely

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21
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Slake

A

quench; satisfy

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22
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Artless

A

without effort; without trickery; simple

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23
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Comeliness

A

beauty; pettiness

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24
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Doff

A

take off

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25
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Don

A

pot on

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Erudition

A

learning; scholarly knowledge

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27
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Plaintive

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sad; mournful

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28
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Suborn

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bribe

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29
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Tendentious

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dogmatic; biased

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30
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Tortuous

A

indirect; winding

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31
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Verbiage

A

excessive or meaningless wordiness

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32
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Atonement

A

making amends for a sin or crime

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33
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Complaisance

A

flexibility; willingness to please

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34
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Daguerreotype

A

forerunner of the photograph

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35
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Fawn

A

behave in a sycophantic way; grovel

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36
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Gregariousness

A

sociability; liking for crowds

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37
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Nascent

A

emerging; newly formed

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38
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Paean

A

praise; tribute

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39
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Reproof

A

scolding; criticism

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40
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Scurvy

A
  1. disease due to lack of vitamin C; 2. contemptible rascally
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Tutelary

A

serving as a guardian

42
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Abscission

A

cutting; process causing leaves to fall off

43
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Contentious

A

causing argument

44
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Debilitating

A

weakening

45
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Foible

A

quirk; minor weakness

46
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Importune

A

beg; solicit

47
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Slew

A

glut; excess

48
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Toady

A

sycophant; flatterer

49
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Torrid

A

hot and steamy

50
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Veracious

A

true

51
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Asperity

A

using harsh or critical tone

52
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Blowhard

A

boastful person

53
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Disingenuous

A

crafty

54
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Evanescent

A

short-lived

55
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Intangible

A

cannot be touched; abstract

56
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Labile

A

changing rapidly; unstable

57
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Malapropism

A

use of similar sounding but incorrect word

58
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Posture

A

to put on an act

59
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Proximate

A

immediate; nearest

60
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Pugnacious

A

aggressive, ready to fight

61
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Foreshadowed

A

indicated a future event

62
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Gaucherie

A

awkwardness

63
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Heterodox

A

unorthodox

64
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Inscrutability

A

quality of being difficult to comprehend

65
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Limerick

A

short amusing poem

66
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Mannered

A

stylized; pretentious

67
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Pluck

A

courage

68
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Sedulous

A

persevering; eager and through

69
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Syllogism

A

type of logical reasoning

70
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Vicissitude

A

unexpected change in fortune or circumstances

71
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Acolyte

A

disciple; follower or attendant

72
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Admonitory

A

scolding

73
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Caprices

A

whimsies; fancies

74
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Cornucopia

A

symbol denoting natural abundance

75
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Deferential

A

showing respect

76
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Intractability

A

stubbornness; resistance

77
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Luminary

A

eminent person

78
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Minion

A

underling; servant

79
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Undergird

A

support; strengthen

80
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Vitiate

A

weaken; sap energy

81
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Coterie

A

clique; small group with common interests

82
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Denigrate

A

decry; criticize; belittle

83
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Empirical

A

found by experiment or practice

84
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Gainsay

A

contradict

85
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Hyperbole

A

exaggeration

86
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Modest

A
  1. bashful; unpretentious; 2. not excessive
87
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Prolixity

A

wordiness

88
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Rebus

A

puzzle in which pictures give clues

89
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Sere

A

withered; old

90
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Vulpine

A

like a fox

91
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Corroborate

A

give supportive evidence

92
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Exacerbated

A

made worse

93
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Exact

A

to demand; extort

94
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Faddish

A

whimsical; following a fashion

95
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Hapless

A

unlucky

96
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Misconstrue

A

put a wrong interpretation on something

97
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Perennial

A

long-lasting

98
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Rent

A

torn

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Shard

A

fragment of pottery

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Xenophobe

A

person afraid of foreigners

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