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Vocabulary From Books Flashcards

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The appearance of being true or real

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Verisimilitude

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The insertion of something of a different nature into something else

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Interpolation

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A remark interjected into a conversation

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Interpolation

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Occurring as an interruption or change to an existing situation

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Supervening

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The process of releasing and thereby providing relief from strong or repressed emotions

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Catharsis

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A feeling of triumphant jubilation; rejoicing

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Exultation

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Ominous, pompous, of momentous significance

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Portentous

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At the point of death; dying, declining

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Moribund

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Alleviate; disguise (band-aid) seriousness of action

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Palliating

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One who worships anything archaic

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Archaeolater

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Mass collection of things; assemblage

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Agglomeration

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Many and various

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Manifold

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Hold forth about (speak or write in great detail)

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Expatiate

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Attendant; naturally accompanying or associated

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Concomitant

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In place of (inferior substitute)

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Ersatz

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Relating to tailoring, clothes or style of dress

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Sartorial

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17
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A feeling of anxious or worry

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Disquiet

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18
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Relating to deep inward feelings rather than intellect; instinct

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Visceral

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Rambling; digressing from subject to subject
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(Proceeding by logic or reason rather than intuition)

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Discursive

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20
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The quality of evoking a keen sense of regret or sadness; pathos

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Poignancy

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21
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Mocking; expressing contempt or ridicule

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Derisive

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22
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Harmless; inoffensive

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Innocuous

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Characteristic of the underworld; irritating or tiresome

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Infernal

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Translucently clear; easily understood

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Pellucid

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A narrow valley between hills or mountains

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Gorge

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Eat a large amount of food greedily

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Gorge

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27
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Relating to or inhabiting the underworld

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Chthonic

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Self-asserting or proud to an irritating degree

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Bumptious

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29
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Strong desire; especially sexual desire

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Concupiscences

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30
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Summary or abstract of a text or speech

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Précis

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31
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Incorrect; wrong

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Erroneous

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32
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State of such an extreme fear that one is unable to move

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Petrification

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Dogmatist; a person obsessed with formalism accuracy and precision that makes arrogant show of his learning

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Pedants

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Characterized by vulgar or pretensious display that’s designed to impress

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Ostentatious

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Suave, charming, confident and carefully dressed (especially of men)

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Debonair

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Exerting a detriment affect on later generations through the inheritance of undesirable characteristics

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Dysgenic

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(Of behavior) scornful or insulting; insolent (humiliating)

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Contumelious

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Rapid growth or development

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Efflorescence

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An artificial; highly elaborate way of writing or speaking

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Euphuism

40
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To utter loudly; shout

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Vociferate

41
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Clear, logical and convincing

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Cogent

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Pompous or pretentious speech or writing

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Fustian

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Abstain from especially on moral or practical grounds

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Eschew

44
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Elaborately or excessively intricate

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Floridity

45
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Unique; impossible to copy

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Inimitable

46
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Hatred of mankind

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Misanthropy

47
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Having strength energy and a strong sex drive; manly

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Virile

48
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Relative newcomer to a high ranking social class; upstart

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Parvenu

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Moujik

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Russian peasant

50
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Disregarding accepted conventions; especially in literary and grammar style

Dissolute

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Licentious

51
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Dissipated; lax in morals

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Dissolute

52
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The hard upper shell of a tortoise, crustacean or arachnid

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Carapace

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Attribute

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Impute

54
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Tomb

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Sepulcher

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The treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting

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Chiaroscuro

56
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Short, philosophical, memorable saying

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Apothegm

57
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A self-righteous person; a hypocrite

Jewish school of strict tradition that claims superiority

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Pharisees

58
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Casual romantic or sexual relationship

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Dalliance

59
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Brief or casual involve in something

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Dalliance

60
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Organizer particularly of operas plays and concerts

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Impresario

61
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Crude offensive sexual acts or communications
Lecherous

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Lascivious

62
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Use gestures, usually dramatic ones, to communicate or enhance communication

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Gesticulate

63
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Becoming liquid or having a tendency to become liquid

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Deliquescence

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Aggrieved; feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived to be unfair treatment

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Indignant

65
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Multiply or spread prolifically or rapidly

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Pullulate

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Threatening or harming; menacing

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Baleful

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Unctuous

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Greasy; excessively or ingratiatingly flattering

68
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Pernicious

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Having a harmful effect; especially in a subtle way

69
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Dubious

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Hesitating or doubting due to suspicion

70
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Pernicious

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Harmful in a gradual subtle way

71
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Castigate

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Reprimand severely

72
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A semantic or grammatical assertion of the truth of an utterance
Truthful

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Veridicality

73
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A semantic or grammatical assertion of the truth of an utterance
Truthful

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Veridicality

74
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Relating to mental activity or the intellect

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Noetic

75
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Pretentious

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Attempting to impress by affect greater importance

76
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Dross

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Something regarded as worthless; rubbish or debris

77
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Dross

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Something regarded as worthless; rubbish or debris

78
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Esculent

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Fit to be eaten; edible

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Esculent

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Fit to be eaten; edible

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