Vocabulary List 29 Flashcards by Sachiko Wakahisa | Brainscape

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Transgression

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N.

Violation of a law; sin

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Transient

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Adj.

Fleeting; quickly passing away; staying for a short time

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Transition

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N.

Going from one state of action to another

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Translucent

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Adj.

Partly transparent

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Transmute

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V.

Change; convert to something different

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Transparent

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Adj.

Permitting light to pass through freely; easily detected

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Transpire

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V.

Exhale; become known; happen

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Travail

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N.

Painful labor

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Traverse

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V.

Go through or across

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Travesty

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N.

Comical parody; treatment aimed at making something appear ridiculous

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Treatise

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N.

Article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly

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Trek

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V.

Travel; migrate

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Tremor

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N.

Trembling; slightly quiver

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Tremulous

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Adj.

Trembling; wavering

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Trenchant

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Adj.

Cutting; keen

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Trepidation

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N.

Fear; trembling agitation

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Tribulation

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N.

Distress; suffering

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Tribunal

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N.

Court of justice

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Tribute

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N.

Tax levied by a ruler; mark of respect

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Trident

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N.

Three-pronged spear

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Trilogy

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N.

Group of three works

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Trite

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Adj.

Hackneyed; commonplace

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Troth

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N.

Pledge of good faith especially in betrothal

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Truculent

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Adj.

Aggressive; savage

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Truism

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N.

Self-evident truth

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Trumpery

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N.

Objects that are showy, valueless, deceptive

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Tryst

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N.

Meeting

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Tumbrel

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N.

A farm tipcart

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Tumid

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Adj.

Swollen; pompous; bombastic

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Turbid

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Adj.

Muddy; having the sediment disturbed

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Turbulence

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N.

State of violent agitation

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Turgid

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Adj.

Swollen; distended

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Turnkey

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N.

Jailer

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Turpitude

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N.

Depravity

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Tutelage

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N.

Guardianship; training

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Tyro

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N.

Beginner; novice

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Ubiquitous

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Adj.

Being everywhere; omnipresent

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Ulterior

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Adj.

Situated beyond; unstated

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Ultimate

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Adj.

Final; not susceptible to further analysis

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Ultimatum

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N.

Last demand; warning

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Umbrage

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N.

Resentment; anger; sense of injury or insult

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Unanimity

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N.

Complete agreement

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Unassuaged

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Adj.

Unsatisfied; not soothed

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Unassuming

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Adj.

Modest

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Unbridled

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Adj.

Violent

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Uncanny

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Adj.

Strange: mysterious

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Unconscionable

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Adj.

Unscrupulous; excessive

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Uncouth

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Adj.

Outlandish; clumsy; boorish

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Unction

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N.

The act of anointing with oil

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Unctuous

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Adj.

Oily; bland; insincerely suave

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Undulate

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V.

Move with a wavelike motion

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Unearth

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V.

Dig up

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Unearthly

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Adj.

Not earthly; weird

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Unequivocal

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Adj.

Plain; obvious

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Unerringly

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Adv.

Infallibly

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Unfaltering

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Adj.

Steadfast

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Unfeigned

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Adj.

Genuine; real

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Ungainly

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Adj.

Awkward

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Unguent

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N.

Ointment

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Unimpeachable

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Adj.

Blameless and exemplary

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Uninhibited

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Adj.

Unrepressed

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Unique

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Adj.

Without an equal; single in kind

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Unison

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N.

Unity of pitch; complete accord

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Unkempt

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Adj.

Disheveled

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Unmitigated

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Adj.

Harsh; severe; not lightened

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Unruly

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Adj.

Disobedient; lawless

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Unseemly

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Adj.

Unbecoming; indecent

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Unsullied

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Adj.

Untarnished

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Untenable

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Adj.

Unsupportable

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Unwitting

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Adj.

Unintentional; not knowing

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Unwonted

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Adj.

Unaccustomed

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Upbraid

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V.

Scold; reproach

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Upshot

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N.

Outcome

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Urbane

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Adj.

Suave; refined; elegant

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Usury

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N.

Lending money at illegal rates of interest

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Uxorious

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Adj.

Excessively devoted to one’s wife

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Vacillation

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N.

Fluctuation; wavering

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Vacuous

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Adj.

Empty; inane

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Vagary

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N.

Caprice; whim

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Vainglorious

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Adj.

Boastful; excessively conceited

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Validate

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V.

Confirm; ratify

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Vanguard

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N.

Forerunners; advance forces

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Vantage

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N.

Position giving an advantage

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Vapid

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Adj.

Insipid; inane

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Variegated

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Adj.

Many-colored

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Vaunted

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Adj.

Boasted; bragged; highly publicized

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Veer

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V.

Change in direction