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Vocabulary Deck 13 Flashcards

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1
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Alleviated

A

made less severe

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Apostrophe

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  1. punctuation mark; 2. appeal to someone not present
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Centurion

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roman soldier

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Emollient

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softening; something which softens

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Fusillade

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long burst of gunfire

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Inerrancy

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infallibility; in ability to make mistakes

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Mince

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  1. chop into small pieces; 2. walk with tiny steps; 3. speak in an affected manner
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Palpate

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medical term meaning to examine with hands

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Platitude

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unoriginal; obvious saying

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Quibble

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  1. to argue about minor matters; to play on words when finding fault; 2. a minor verbal point in an argument
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Apprehension

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slight fear; sense of something unfavorable

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Conniving

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sunning; scheming

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Derision

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mockery

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Epigram

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short; witty saying

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Lassitude

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lack of energy; weariness

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Pedantic

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over-insistent on matters of book-learning

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Phenomenology

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branch of science concerned with things as they are perceived; not directly derived from theory

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Precipitate

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  1. hurried; 2. insoluble product of a reaction in chemistry; 3. to instigate or speed up an action
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Renege

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go back on promise or retract statement

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Armada

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fleet of ships

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Dawdler

A

slow person who falls behind others

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Dross

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something worthless; impurities left after refining

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Expiate

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atone; make amends for

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Hack

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  1. chop roughly; 2. person who writes to earn money 3. hired horse
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Prone

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  1. vulnerable to; 2. horizontal
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Propensity

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tendency; inclination

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Scabbard

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cover for a sword

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Skiff

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small boat

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Umbrage

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  1. shadow; 2. offence; sense of injury
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Dilettantism

A

dabbling especially in the arts

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31
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Enervate

A

weaken

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32
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Malevolent

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having evil intentions

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Neophyte

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new convert; tyro

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Panegyric

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speech praising someone; laudatory words

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Presage

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forewarn of; indicate

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36
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Serration

A

jagged edge

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Slight

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  1. minor; 2. percived insult
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Tare

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  1. weed; 2. allowance made for container when weighing
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Unprepossessing

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unattractive

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Aberration

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deviation from the normal

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Cant

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insincere talk

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Disinter

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dig up

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Facade

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  1. front elevation of a building; 2. false appearance or demeanor
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Impeding

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hindering

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Lacuna

A

gap; missing part

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Monolithic

A

united in purpose; forming a single unit

47
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Pied

A

multicolored

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Roster

A

list of names

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Seemly

A

appropriate behavior; decorous

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Analogue

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  1. something similar; 2. output proportional to input
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Coda

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piece of music at the end of a musical work; finale; final part of a document

52
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Commingle

A

mix

53
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Equivocal

A

ambiguous; open ti interpretation

54
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Fallible

A

capable of making mistakes

55
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Hallow

A

respect; worship

56
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Indigence

A

poverty

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Papyrus

A

material used for writing on before paper was invented

58
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Pique

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  1. annoyance; 2. to stimulate interest; to annoy
59
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Sap

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  1. liquid inside plants; 2. to drain; to undermine; 3. a fool
60
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Arbitrator

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mediator; person appointed to judge a dispute

61
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Descry

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to see at a distance; catch sight of

62
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Facetious

A

not intended to be taken seriously

63
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Indecorous

A

unseemly; inappropriate behavior

64
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Proliferate

A

grow and spread

65
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Scotch

A

to prevent; stop disable

66
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Strut

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  1. supporting rod; 2. to walk in an arrogant manner; show off
67
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Toy (v)

A

to play with

68
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Usury

A

lending money at high interest rates

69
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Wag (n)

A

a witty person

70
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Atavism

A

reappearance of ancestral traits; regression

71
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Filibuster

A

delaying tactics

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Gambit

A

opening move; transaction

73
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Mitigation

A

making less severe

74
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Obligate

A

compulsory

75
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Predilection

A

leaning; interest; talent

76
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Propitiate

A

appease; try to gain favor

77
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Stanch

A

to stop

78
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Travesty

A

parody; ridiculous error

79
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Waft

A

drift smoothly; whiff; smell

80
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Forage

A

search for food

81
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Lumber

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  1. walk in an ungainly way; 2. timber (wood)
82
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Muse

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  1. think; meditate; 2. a source of inspiration
83
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Prescience

A

foreknowledge

84
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Prune

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  1. to trim; 2. a dried plum
85
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Ready

A

quick of wit

86
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Resolve

A

firmness

87
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Squalid

A

dirty and demeaning

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Sullied

A

made dirty or impure

89
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Veneration

A

worship; respect

90
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Demur

A

object; hesitate to accept

91
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Duplicity

A

cunning; deception; double dealing

92
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Exigency

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urgent matter; pressing need

93
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Expostulate

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offer strong objections; remonstrate

94
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Gossamer

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delicate; flimsy; like gauze

95
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In-efficacious

A

ineffective

96
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Pine

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  1. type of evergreen tree; 2. grieve
97
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Prudish

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narrow-minded; excessively concerned with morals

98
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Quixotic

A

impractically idealistic

99
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Stipple

A

cover with dots of paint

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