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1
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Define the following:

Inundate

2 verbs

A

v. overwhelm someone with things to take care of

v. flood

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Define the following:

Hamlet

1 noun

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n. A modest settlement, usually smaller than a town

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Define the following:

Detritus

1 noun

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n. Debris, waste, dross

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Define the following:

Maelstrom

1 noun

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n. A situation of turbulence or turmoil; a state of confused movement

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Define the following;

Colloquial

1 adjective

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adj. Used in ordinary conversation

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Define the following:

Vernacular

1 noun, 1 adjective

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n. The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people of a particular region or country
adj. spoken or written in one’s mother tongue

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Define the following:

Dressing

1 noun

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n. Material used to protect a wound

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Define the following:

Tempest

1 noun

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n. A violent storm

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Define the following:

Percolate

1 verb

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v. To spread an idea, feeling, or gossip throughout a populace

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Define the following:

Exultant

1 adjective

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adj. effusively happy

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Define the following:

Unearthly

2 adjectives

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adj. abnormal or mysterious

adj. unreasonably inconvenient

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Define the following:

Eldritch

1 adjective

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adj. preternatural, anomalous, caused by supernatural influences

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Define the following:

Compendium

1 noun

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n. an abridged summary of a larger work; a compilation of information

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Define the following:

Nondescript

1 noun, 1 adjective

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adj. stark, austere, having nothing of interest

n. a person of pedestrian qualities, a snip

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Define the following:

Escapade

1 noun

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n. a wild and exciting undertaking

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Define the following:

Apparition

1 noun

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n. a ghostly figure

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Define the following:

Hale

1 verb, 1 adjective

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v. to drag forcibly

adj. restored to good health (hale and hearty)

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Define the following:

Glade

1 noun

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n. an open space in a forest

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Define the following:

Inscrutable

1 adjective

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adj. impossible to read or comprehend

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Define the following:

Connive

1 verb

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v. conspire to do something illegal; to inconspicuously allow an illegal act to be carried out

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Define the following:

Beatific

1 adjective

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adj. blissfully happy

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Define the following:

Ream

1 noun

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n. a large quantity of written materials

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Define the following:

Enigmatic

1 adjective

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adj. difficult to understand, abstruse

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Define the following:

Transcendent

1 adjective

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adj. surpassing the normal, preternatural

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Define the following:

Prima donna

1 noun

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n. a self-consequential, temperamental person

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Define the following:

Askance

1 adjective

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adj. directed with doubt or suspicion

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Define the following:

Oblique

1 adjective

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adj. not forthright or direct in speaking

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Crotchety

1 adjective

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adj. cantankerous, ornery

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Define the following:

Auspicious

1 adjective

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adj. felicitous, apposite, happening under fitting circumstances

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Overt

1 adjective

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adj. artless, plainly apparent

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Define the following:

Decorum

1 noun

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n. behavior in keeping in good tastes; urbanity

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Define the following:

Wily

1 adjective

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adj. skilled at getting an advantage, canny, sharp

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Define the following:

Snide

1 adjective

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adj. derogatory or disparaging in tone

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Define the following:

Laden

1 adjective

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adj. loaded or weighed down with

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Define the following:

Petulant

1 adjective

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adj. childishly sulky and bad-tempered

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Define the following:

Addle

1 verb

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v. confuse or vex

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Define the following:

Condone

1 verb

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v. accept; approve

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Define the following:

Divisive

1 adjective

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adj. tending to engage in contention

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Define the following:

Underfoot

2 adjectives

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adj. under one’s feet

adj. constantly present and in one’s way

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Define the following:

Scintillating

1 adjective

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adj. sparkling

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Define the following:

Backwater

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n. a cloistered settlement; a stymied, non-progressive place

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Define the following:

Cad

1 noun

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n. someone of low moral, a sordid person

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Define the following:

Bureaucracy

1 noun

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n. excessively byzantine legal procedure

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Define the following:

Titular

1 adjective

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adj. derived from a title

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Define the following:

Staid

1 adjective

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adj. calm, respectable, unadventurous

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Define the following:

Feckless

1 adjective

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adj. irresponsible, not fit for a mantle of power; inept, lacking initiative or strength of character

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Define the following:

Dalliance

1 noun

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n. procrastination, a deliberate waste of time

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Define the following:

Bygone

1 adjective

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adj. belonging to an earlier time

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Define the following:

Spartan

1 adjective

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adj. not indulging much in luxuries, non-epicurean

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Define the following:

Functionary

1 noun

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n. one who performs official duties

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Define the following:

Appellation

1 noun

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n. a name or title

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Define the following:

Infringe

1 verb

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v. encroach, advance exceeding personal space (infringe on)

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Define the following:

Fop

1 noun

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n. a man concerned with his clothes and appearance

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Define the following:

Effulgent

1 adjective

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adj. refulgent

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Define the following:

Balm

1 noun

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n. something with a soothing, calming, or restorative effect

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Define the following:

Partisan

1 adjective

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adj. prejudiced in favor of a cause

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Define the following:

Dissolute

1 adjective

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adj. morally lazy, supine

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Define the following:

Adage

1 noun

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n. a short proverb, aphorism

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Define the following:

Aplomb

1 noun

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n. self-confidence, assurance, hubris

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Define the following:

Balk

1 verb

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v. refuse to comply

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Define the following:

Foray

1 noun

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n. an attempt to assimilate into a new activity or sphere

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Define the following:

Bastion

1 noun

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n. a place or person strongly upholding or advocating an attitude, principle, or activity

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Define the following:

Lisp

1 noun, 1 verb

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n. a speech defect where s sounds like th in thick and z sounds like th in thin
v. to speak with a lisp

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Define the following:

Transverse

1 adjective

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adj. situated or extending across something

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Define the following:

Contour

1 noun

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n. an outline depicting a shape

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Define the following:

Facsimile

1 noun

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n. an exact copy, autotype

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Define the following:

Patronize

1 verb

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v. treat with kindness demeaningly

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Define the following:

Penitent

1 adjective

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adj. feeling remorseful; repentant

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Define the following:

Derelict

1 adjective, 1 noun

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adj. dilapidated to disuse and negligence

n. a person without a home, job, or property

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Define the following:

Bequeath

1 verb

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v. endow, leave behind for someone after one’s parting; to pass on to someone else

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Define the following:

Schism

1 noun

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n. a split or division between two strongly opposed parties due to difference in belief or opinion (a schism between two things)

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Define the following:

Guttural

1 adjective

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adj. produced in the throat; harsh-sounding

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Define the following:

Syntax

1 noun

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n. the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences of a language

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Define the following:

Modicum

1 noun

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n. a small quantity of something

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Define the following:

Yokel

1 noun

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n. a country person

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Define the following:

Sashay

1 verb

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v. to walk in an ostentatious yet casual manner

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Define the following:

Wanton

2 adjectives

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adj. deliberate and unprovoked

adj. salacious

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Define the following:

Plait

1 noun

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n. a length of hair or other flexible material interlaced by three or more strands, a braid

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Define the following:

Jaunty

1 adjective

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adj. cheerful, sanguine, self-confident

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Define the following:

Brook

1 verb

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v. tolerate or allow

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Define the following:

Inexorable

2 adjectives

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adj. impossible to coax

adj. impossible to stop or forestall

82
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Define the following:

Impotent

1 adjective

A

adj. unable to take effective action

83
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Define the following:

Fiscal

1 adjective

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adj. involving financial matters

84
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Define the following:

Loquacious

1 adjective

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adj. talkative, voluble, glib

85
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Define the following:

Finicky

2 adjectives

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adj. fussy about one’s needs or requirements

adj. showing close attention to detail, minute

86
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Define the following:

Sneer

1 verb

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v. smile or speak in a contemptuous, flouting fashion

87
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Define the following:

Faux

1 verb

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adj. artificial

88
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Define the following:

Overtone

1 noun

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n. a subtle quality, connotation, or implication

89
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Define the following:

Tumescent

1 adjective

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adj. pretentious or pompous in speech

90
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Define the following:

Grouse

1 verb

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v. grumble, carp

91
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Define the following:

Contrition

1 noun

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n. a feeling of remorse or regret

92
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Define the following:

Tantalize

1 verb

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v. torment or tease someone with the idea or smell of something unobtainable

93
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Define the following:

Wherewithal

1 noun

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n. money or means required to do something

94
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Define the following:

Litany

1 noun

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n. a tedious recital or repetitive series

95
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Define the following:

Snafu

1 noun

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n. a confused or chaotic state, a mess, jumble, mix-up

96
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. dialect spoken in a certain region

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Vernacular

97
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. overwhelm with things to take care of

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Inundate

98
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a settlement usually smaller than a village

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Hamlet

99
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. debris or dross

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Detritus

100
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a state of great turbulence and confusion, turmoil

A

Maelstrom

101
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. used in informal conversation

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Colloquial

102
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a fertile soil of sand and gravel containing humus

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Loam

103
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. material placed on a wound

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Dressing

104
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. an extremely windy storm

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Tempest

105
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. (of an idea, feeling, or information) to spread gradually throughout a populace

A

Percolate

106
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. effusively happy

A

Exultant

107
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. abnormal or mysterious; unreasonably inconvenient

A

Unearthly

108
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. preternatural, anomalous, caused by supernatural influences

A

Eldritch

109
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. an abridged summary of a larger work; a compilation of information

A

Compendium

110
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. stark, austere, having nothing of interest
n. a person of pedestrian qualities, a snip

A

Nondescript

111
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a wild and exciting undertaking

A

Escapade

112
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a ghostly figure

A

Apparition

113
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. to drag forcibly

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Hale

114
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. an open space in a forest

A

Glade

115
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. impossible to read or comprehend

A

Inscrutable

116
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. conspire to do something illegal

A

Connive

117
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. blissfully happy

A

Beatific

118
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a large quantity of written materials

A

Ream

119
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. difficult to understand, abstruse

A

Enigmatic

120
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. surpassing the normal, preternatural

A

Transcendent

121
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a self-consequential, temperamental person

A

Prima donna

122
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. directed with doubt or suspicion

A

Askance

123
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. not forthright or direct in speaking

A

Oblique

124
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. cantankerous, ornery

A

Crotchety

125
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. felicitous, apposite, happening under fitting circumstances

A

Auspicious

126
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. artless, plainly apparent

A

Overt

127
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. behavior in keeping in good tastes or urbanity

A

Decorum

128
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. skilled at getting an advantage, canny, sharp

A

Wily

129
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. derogatory or disparaging in tone

A

Snide

130
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. loaded or weighed down with

A

Laden

131
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. childishly sulky and bad-tempered

A

Petulant

132
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. confuse or vex

A

Addle

133
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. accept; approve

A

Condone

134
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. tending to engage in contention

A

Divisive

135
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. constantly present and in one’s way

A

Underfoot

136
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. sparkling

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Scintillating

137
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a cloistered settlement; a stymied, non-progressive place

A

Backwater

138
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. someone of low moral, a sordid person

A

Cad

139
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. excessively byzantine legal procedure

A

Bureaucracy

140
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. derived from a title

A

Titular

141
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. calm, respectable, unadventurous

A

Staid

142
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. irresponsible; inept

A

Feckless

143
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. procrastination, a deliberate waste of time

A

Dalliance

144
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. belonging to an earlier time

A

Bygone

145
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. not indulging much in luxuries, non-epicurean

A

Spartan

146
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a name or title

A

Appellation

147
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. encroach, advance exceeding personal space

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Infringe

148
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a man concerned with his clothes and appearance

A

Fop

149
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. refulgent

A

Effulgent

150
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. something with a soothing, calming, or restorative effect

A

Balm

151
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. prejudiced in favor of a cause

A

Partisan

152
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. morally lazy, supine

A

Dissolute

153
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a short proverb, aphorism

A

Adage

154
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. self-confidence, assurance, hubris

A

Aplomb

155
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. refuse to comply

A

Balk

156
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. an attempt to assimilate into a new activity or sphere

A

Foray

157
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a place or person strongly upholding or advocating an attitude, principle, or activity

A

Bastion

158
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a speech defect where s sounds like th in thick and z sounds like th in thin

A

Lisp

159
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. situated or extending across something

A

Transverse

160
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. an outline depicting a shape

A

Contour

161
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. an exact copy, autotype

A

Facsimile

162
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. treat with kindness demeaningly

A

Patronize

163
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. feeling remorseful; repentant

A

Penitent

164
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. dilapidated due to negligence and disuse

A

Derelict

165
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. endow, leave behind for someone after one’s parting; to pass on to someone else

A

Bequeath

166
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a split or division

A

Schism

167
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. produced in the throat; harsh-sounding

A

Guttural

168
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences of a language

A

Syntax

169
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a small quantity of something

A

Modicum

170
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a country person

A

Yokel

171
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. to walk in an ostentatious yet casual manner

A

Sashay

172
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. deliberate and unwarranted
adj. salacious

A

Wanton

173
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a length of hair or other flexible material interlaced by three or more strands, a braid

A

Plait

174
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. cheerful, sanguine, self-confident

A

Jaunty

175
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. tolerate or allow

A

Brook

176
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. impossible to coax
adj. impossible to stop or forestall

A

Inexorable

177
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. unable to take effective action

A

Impotent

178
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. involving financial matters

A

Fiscal

179
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. talkative, voluble, glib

A

Loquacious

180
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. fussy about one’s needs or requirements
adj. showing close attention to detail, minute

A

Finicky

181
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. smile or speak in a contemptuous, flouting fashion

A

Sneer

182
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. artificial

A

Faux

183
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a subtle quality, connotation, or implication

A

Overtone

184
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. pretentious or pompous in speech

A

Tumescent

185
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. grumble, carp

A

Grouse

186
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a feeling of remorse or regret

A

Contrition

187
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. torment or tease someone with the idea or smell of something unobtainable

A

Tantalize

188
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. money or means required to do something

A

Wherewithal

189
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a tedious recital or repetitive series

A

Litany

190
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a confused or chaotic state, a mess, jumble, mix-up

A

Snafu

191
Q

Define the following:

Smart

1 verb

A

v. (of a wound or body part) to cause a sharp, stinging pain

192
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. (of a wound or body part) to cause a sharp, stinging pain

A

Smart

193
Q

Define the following:

Arboreal

1 adjective

A

adj. living in trees; related to trees

194
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. living in trees; related to trees

A

Arboreal

195
Q

Define the following:

Juxtaposition

1 noun

A

n. the fact of the closeness of two contrasting things

196
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. the fact of the closeness of two contrasting things

A

Juxtaposition

197
Q

Define the following:

Mire

2 nouns, 1 adjective

A

n. swampy or boggy ground
n. a difficult situation of difficulty, distress, or embarrassment
v. to cover in mud or stick in mud

198
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a difficult situation of difficulty, distress, or embarrassment

A

Mire

199
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. involving or causing much bloodshed

A

Sanguinary

200
Q

Define the following:

Sanguinary

1 adjective

A

adj. involving or causing much bloodshed

English Lexicon (21 decks)

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