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Define the following:

Privation

1 noun

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n. a state in which necessities are extremely lacking, divulged

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Define the following:

Cant

1 verb

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v. talk hypocritically and sanctimoniously about something

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Define the following:

Purport

1 verb, 1 noun

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v. appear or claim to be something, especially spuriously

n. the purpose or intent of something

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Define the following:

Vassal

1 noun

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n. a person or country in a subordinate position to another

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Define the following:

Lapidary

2 adjectives

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adj. elegant and pithy (a lapidary epigram)

adj. relating to precious gems and the work involved such as cutting, engraving, or polishing

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Define the following:

Repast

1 noun

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adj. a meal

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Define the following:

Tarry

1 verb

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v. stay longer than intended, delay leaving a place

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Define the following:

Pall

1 noun, 1 verb

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n. a dark cloud or covering of smoke, dust, or similar matter
v. become less appealing or interesting due to familiarity

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Define the following:

Victual

1 noun, 1 verb

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n. food prepared for consumption

v. supply with food

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Define the following:

Intermittent

1 adjective

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adj. occurring at irregular intervals, sporadic

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Define the following:

Imbibe

1 verb

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v. absorb or assimilate (knowledge or ideas)

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Define the following:

McGuffin

1 noun

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n. an object or device in a book made merely to trigger a plot

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Define the following:

Embankment

2 nouns

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n. a wall or bank of earth or stone used to elevate a road or railroad above an area of low ground
n. a wall or bank of earth or stone used to prevent a river flooding an area

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Define the following:

Keen

1 verb, 2 adjectives

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v. make an eerie wailing sound
adj. (of the air or wind) extremely cold; biting
adj. (of a smell, light, or sound) clear; penetrating

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Define the following:

Batty

1 adjective

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adj. crazy, insane, daft

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Define the following:

Careen

1 verb

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v. move swiftly and uncontrollably in a specific direction

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Define the following:

Wan

2 adjectives

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adj. pale and giving off the impression of illness or exhaustion
adj. (of a smile) weak; strained

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Define the following:

Spurn

1 verb

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v. reject with contempt or disdain

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Define the following:

Cradle-robber

1 noun

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n. someone who marries or has a sexual relationship with a much younger person

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Define the following:

Wedlock

1 noun

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n. the state of being married (pregnant out of wedlock)

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Define the following:

Expenditure

2 nouns

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n. the action of spending money

n. an amount of money spent

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Define the following:

Slog

2 verbs, 1 noun

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v. work hard over a period of time
v. (with adverbial or direction) walk or move with difficulty or effort (slogged through the mud)
n. (a slog) a spell of tiring, hard work or travel

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Define the following:

Ministrations (usu. ministrations)

1 noun

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n. the providing of assistance or care (made spotless by the ministrations of the maid)

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Define the following:

Slight

1 adjective, 2 verbs, 1 noun

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adj. not sturdy or strong in build (she was slight and delicate-looking)
v. to raze a fortification
v. to insult by showing a paucity of proper respect
n. an insult of such a nature

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Define the following:

Privy

2 adjective

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adj. sharing the knowledge of (something secret); privy to

adj. hidden; secret

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Define the following:

Sanction

2 nouns, 2 verbs

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n. a threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule
n. official permission or permission to do something
v. give official permission to do something
v. to place a sanction or penalty on

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Define the following:

Tableau

1 noun

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n. a group of models of motionless figures frozen representing a scene from a story or history

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Define the following:

Macabre

1 adjective

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adj. disturbing or horrifying because of its involvement of depiction of death or injury

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Define the following:

Conflagration

1 noun

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n. an extensive fire that destroys a large portion of land and property

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Define the following:

Allay

2 verbs

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v. diminish or put to rest (fear, suspicion, or worry)

v. to relieve or alleviate (pain or hunger)

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Define the following:

Stipple

1 verb

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v. mark a surface with numerous small dots or specks

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Define the following:

Malaprop

1 noun

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n. the accidental misuse of a word or phrase for a similar-sounding one, often unintentionally with humorous effects

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Define the following:

Portmanteau

1 noun

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n. a new word made by combining two words, such as RariShy

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Define the following:

Droll

1 adjective

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adj. curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement (his unique brand of droll mockery)

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Define the following:

Goodly

2 adjectives

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adj. considerable in size or quantity

adj. attractive, excellent, or admirable

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Define the following:

Mien

1 noun

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n. a person’s look or manner, especially a particular kind indicating character or mood

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Define the following:

Berth

1 noun, 1 verb

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n. a bed or bunk on a train, ship, or other transportation vehicle
v. moor a ship to its allotted spot

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Define the following:

Thrall (in thrall to)

1 noun

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n. the state of being in something’s power

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Define the following:

Pique

1 noun, 1 verb

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n. a feeling of anger or irritation

v. to feel irritated or angry

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Define the following:

Languor

2 nouns

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n. the state or feeling of, often pleasant, lassitude or inertia
n. an oppressive stillness of the air

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Define the following:

Comportment

1 noun

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n. behavior, mien; bearing

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Define the following:

Spendthrift

1 noun

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n. a person who spends money lavishly and prodigally

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Define the following:

Amalgam

1 noun

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n. a mixture or blend

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Define the following:

Retinue

1 noun

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n. a group of advisors or assistants; people accompanying an important person

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Define the following:

Epigone

1 noun

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n. a less remarkable follower or imitator of someone, especially an artist or philosopher

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Define the following:

Bibliophile

1 noun

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n. a person who collects or has a great love for books

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Define the following:

Narcissist

1 noun

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n. one with excessive or erotic interest in their own physical appearance

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Define the following:

Deferment

1 noun

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n. the action or fact of putting something off for a later time

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Define the following:

Footnote

1 noun

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n. a thing that is additional or less important

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Define the following:

Subsidiary

1 noun

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adj. less important but related or supplementary to

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Define the following:

Opiate

1 noun

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n. a thing that soothes or stupefies

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Define the following:

Mogul

1 noun

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n. an important or powerful person, especially in the motion picture or media industry

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Define the following:

Stagnate

2 verbs

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v. become stymied, cease development and progress; turn prosaic and myriad
v. (of water or air) cease to flow or move

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Define the following:

Ruddy

1 adjective

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adj. having a reddish color, erubescent

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Define the following:

Accost

1 verb

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v. approach and address someone boldly and aggressively

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Define the following:

Frowzy

1 adjective

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adj. sordid and neglected in appearance

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Define the following:

Interminable

1 adjective

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adj. endless

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Define the following:

Lout

1 noun

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n. an uncouth man or boy

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Define the following:

Heresy

1 noun

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n. a heretical belief that opposes canonical principles

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Define the following:

Polysyllabic

1 adjective

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adj. words containing many syllables

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Define the following:

Jargon

2 nouns

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n. vernacular particular to a certain profession or group

n. a form of language regarded as barbarous, debased, hybrid

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Define the following:

Pneumatic

2 adjectives

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adj. related to spirits

adj. containing or operated by gas or pressure

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Define the following:

Vapid

1 adjective

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adj. offering nothing entertaining or challenging

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Define the following

Aquiline

2 adjectives

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adj. like an eagle

adj. (of a person’s nose) curved like an eagle’s beak

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Define the following:

Dingy

1 adjective

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adj. gloomy and drab

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Define the following:

Caricature

1 noun

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n. an imitation of something in which certain traits are exaggerate to create a comic or burlesque effect

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Define the following:

Jeer

1 verb

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v. make rude or mocking remarks, usually in a loud voice

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Define the following:

Statutory

1 adjective

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adj. required, permitted, or enacted by statute

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Define the following:

Calisthenics

1 noun

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n. exercise to achieve bodily fitness and grace of movement

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Define the following:

Tenor

2 nouns

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n. (the tenor of) the general meaning, the purport, the gist of something
n. (the tenor of) the settling or prevailing character or direction of something, especially the course of someone’s life or habits

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Define the following:

Rumpus

1 noun

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n. a noisy disturbance, a fracas

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Define the following:

Indomitable

1 adjective

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adj. unable to subdue or defeat

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Define the following:

Waif

2 nouns

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n. a homeless and helpless person, esp. a neglected and abandoned child
n. an abandoned pet

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Define the following:

Bereave

1 verb

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v. be deprived of a loved one through a profound absence

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Define the following:

Bereft

2 adjectives

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adj. deprived of or lacking something, especially a nonmaterial asset
adj. (of a person) lonely and abandoned, especially through one’s death or departure

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Define the following:

Abreast

2 adjectives

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adj. alongside each other and facing the same way

adj. up to date with information, news, or gossip (keeping abreast of developments)

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Define the following:

Proletariat

1 noun

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n. the class of wage-earners or industrial workers

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Define the following:

Varicose

1 adjective

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adj. a condition of swelling and tortuous lengthening of the veins, most of often in the legs

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Define the following:

Acrid

2 adjectives

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adj. having an irritatingly strong and unpleasant taste or smell
adj. angry and bitter

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Define the following:

Persona non grata

1 noun

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n. a pariah or vagabond, someone unaccepted by others

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Define the following:

Lambaste

1 verb

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v. inveigh, deprecate, fulminate

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Define the following:

Venereal

1 adjective

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adj. of or relating to sexual desire or intercourse

83
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Define the following:

Delirium

2 nouns

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n. wild excitement or ecstasy

n. a perturbed state of mind in illness characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of speech or thought

84
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Define the following:

Cyclical

1 adjective

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adj. occurring in circles, recurring

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Define the following:

Stratify

1 verb

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v. arrange or classify into groups or strata

86
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Define the following:

Abound

1 verb

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v. exist in large numbers or amounts

87
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Define the following:

Minutiae

1 noun

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n. the small, precise, or trivial details of something

88
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Define the following:

Antiquated

1 adjective

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adj. bygone, old-fashioned

89
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Define the following:

Acclimate

1 verb

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v. adapt to, become accustomed to

90
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Define the following:

Vogue

1 noun, 1 adjective

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n. the prevailing fashion or style at the time

adj. popular; fashionable

91
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Define the following:

Psychedelic

2 adjectives

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adj. relating to or denoting drugs that produce hallucinations and apparent expansion of consciousness
adj. denoting or having an intense, vivid color or a swirling abstract pattern

92
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Define the following:

Fraudulent

2 adjectives

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adj. obtained, done by, or involving deception, especially criminal deception
adj. unjustifiably purporting or being credited for particular accomplishments or qualities

93
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Define the following:

Instigate

2 verbs

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v. bring about or initiate

v. (instigate someone to do something) incite someone to do something, especially something bad

94
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Define the following:

Incite

2 verbs

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v. encourage or stir up (violent or unlawful behavior)

v. urge or persuade (someone) to act in a violent or unlawful way

95
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Define the following:

Abominate

1 verb

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v. loathe, execrate; detest

96
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Define the following:

Dint

3 nouns

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n. an impression or hollow in a surface
n. impact, force of attack
n. (by dint of) interchangeable with ‘means’ in the phrase ‘by means of’ or ‘through the means of’

97
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Define the following:

Reactionary

1 adjective

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adj. extreme conservatism, opposing political or social liberation or reform; loathing progress

98
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Define the following:

Conducive

1 adjective

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adj. making it more likely, possible, or certain for an event to occur

99
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Define the following:

Repugnant

1 adjective

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adj. extremely distasteful, unacceptable

100
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Define the following:

Hoary

2 adjectives

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adj. grayish white

adj. old-fashioned and banal

101
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a state in which necessities are extremely lacking, divulged

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Privation

102
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. talk hypocritically and sanctimoniously about something

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Cant

103
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. appear or claim to be something, especially spuriously

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Purport

104
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a person or country in a subordinate position to another

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Vassal

105
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. relating to precious gems and the work involved such as cutting, engraving, or polishing

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Lapidary

106
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. a meal

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Repast

107
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. stay longer than intended, delay leaving a place

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Tarry

108
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a dark cloud or covering of smoke, dust, or similar matter
v. become less appealing or interesting due to familiarity

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Pall

109
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. food prepared for consumption
v. supply with food

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Victual

110
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. occurring at irregular intervals, sporadic

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Intermittent

111
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. absorb or assimilate (knowledge or ideas)

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Imbibe

112
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. an object or device in a book made merely to trigger a plot

A

McGuffin

113
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a wall or bank of earth or stone used to elevate a road or railroad above an area of low ground
n. a wall or bank of earth or stone used to prevent a river flooding an area

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Embankment

114
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. make an eerie wailing sound

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Keen

115
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. crazy, insane, daft

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Batty

116
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. move swiftly and uncontrollably in a specific direction

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Careen

117
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. pale and giving off the impression of illness or exhaustion
adj. (of a smile) weak; strained

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Wan

118
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. reject with contempt or disdain

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Spurn

119
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. someone who marries or has a sexual relationship with a much younger person

A

Cradle-robber

120
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. the state of being married

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Wedlock

121
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. the action of spending money
n. an amount of money spent

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Expenditure

122
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. work hard over a period of time
v. (with adverbial or direction) walk or move with difficulty or effort

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Slog

123
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. the providing of assistance or care

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Ministration (usu. ministrations)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. not sturdy or strong in build
v. to raze a fortification
v. to insult by showing a paucity of proper respect
n. an insult of such a nature

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Slight

125
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. sharing the knowledge of (something secret)
adj. hidden; secret

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Privy

126
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a threatened penalty for disobeying a low or rule
n. official permission or permission to do something
v. give official permission to do something

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Sanction

127
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a group of models of motionless figures frozen representing a scene from a story or history

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Tableau

128
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. disturbing or horrifying because of its involvement of depiction of death or injury

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Macabre

129
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. an extensive fire that destroys a large portion of land and property

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Conflagration

130
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. diminish or put to rest (fear, suspicion, or worry)
v. to relieve or alleviate (pain or hunger)

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Allay

131
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. mark a surface with numerous small dots or specks

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Stipple

132
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. the accidental misuse of a word or phrase for a similar-sounding one, often unintentionally with humorous effects

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Malaprop

133
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a new word made by combining two words, such as RariShy

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Portmanteau

134
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement

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Droll

135
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. considerable in size or quantity
adj. attractive, excellent, or admirable

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Goodly

136
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a chapter in a long poem

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Canto

137
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a person’s look or manner, especially a particular kind indicating character or mood

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Mien

138
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a bed or bunk on a train, ship, or other transportation vehicle
v. moor a ship to its allotted spot

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Berth

139
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. the state of being in something’s power

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Thrall (in thrall to)

140
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a feeling of anger or irritation
v. to feel irritated or angry

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Pique

141
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. the state or feeling of, often pleasant, lassitude or inertia
n. an oppressive stillness of the air

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Languor

142
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. behavior, mien; bearing

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Comportment

143
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a person who spends money lavishly and prodigally

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Spendthrift

144
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a mixture or blend

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Amalgam

145
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a group of advisors or assistants; people accompanying an important person

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Retinue

146
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a lesser follower or imitator of someone, especially an artist or philosopher

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Epigone

147
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a person who collects or has a great love for books

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Bibliophile

148
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. one with excessive or erotic interest in their own physical appearance

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Narcissist

149
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. the action or fact of putting something off for a later time

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Deferment

150
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a thing that is additional or less important

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Footnote

151
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. less important but related or supplementary to

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Subsidiary

152
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a thing that soothes or stupefies

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Opiate

153
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. an important or powerful person, especially in the motion picture or media industry

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Mogul

154
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. become stymied, cease development and progress; turn prosaic and myriad
v. (of water or air) cease to flow or move

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Stagnate

155
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. having a reddish color

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Ruddy

156
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. approach and address someone boldly and aggressively

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Accost

157
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. sordid and neglected in appearance

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Frowzy

158
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. endless

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Interminable

159
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. an uncouth man or boy

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Lout

160
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a heretical belief that opposes canonical principles

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Heresy

161
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. words containing many syllables

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Polysyllabic

162
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. vernacular particular to a certain profession or group
n. a form of language regarded as barbarous, debased, hybrid

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Jargon

163
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. related to spirits
adj. containing or operated by gas or pressure

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Pneumatic

164
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. offering nothing entertaining or challenging

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Vapid

165
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. like an eagle
adj. (of a person’s nose) curved like an eagle’s beak

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Aquiline

166
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. gloomy and drab

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Dingy

167
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. an imitation of something in which certain traits are exaggerated to create a comic or burlesque effect

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Caricature

168
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. make rude or mocking remarks, usually in a loud voice

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Jeer

169
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. required, permitted, or enacted by statute

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Statutory

170
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. exercise to achieve bodily fitness and grace of movement

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Calisthenics

171
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. the general meaning, the purport, the gist of something
n. the settling or prevailing character or direction of something, especially the course of someone’s life or habits

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Tenor

172
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a noisy disturbance, a fracas

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Rumpus

173
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. unable to subdue or defeat

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Indomitable

174
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a homeless and helpless person, esp. a neglected and abandoned child
n. an abandoned pet

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Waif

175
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. to be deprived of a loved one through a profound absence

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Bereave

176
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. deprived of or lacking something, especially a nonmaterial asset
adj. (of a person) lonely and abandoned, especially through one’s death or departure

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Bereft

177
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. alongside each other and facing the same way
adj. up to date with information, news, or gossip

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Abreast

178
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. the class of wage-earners or industrial workers

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Proletariat

179
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. a condition of swelling and tortuous lengthening of the veins, most of often in the legs

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Varicose

180
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. having an irritatingly strong and unpleasant taste or smell
adj. angry and bitter

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Acrid

181
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a pariah or vagabond, someone unaccepted by others

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Persona non grata

182
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. inveigh, deprecate, fulminate

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Lambaste

183
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. of or relating to sexual desire or intercourse

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Venereal

184
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. wild excitement or ecstasy
n. a perturbed state of mind in illness characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of speech or thought

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Delirium

185
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. occurring in circles, recurring

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Cyclical

186
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. arrange or classify into groups or strata

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Stratify

187
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. exist in large numbers or amounts

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Abound

188
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. the small, precise, or trivial details of something

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Minutiae

189
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. bygone, old-fashioned

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Antiquated

190
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. adapt to, become accustomed to

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Acclimate

191
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. the prevailing fashion or style at the time
adj. popular; fashionable

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Vogue

192
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. relating to or denoting drugs that produce hallucinations and apparent expansion of consciousness
adj. denoting or having an intense, vivid color or a swirling abstract pattern

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Psychedelic

193
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. obtained, done by, or involving deception, especially criminal deception
adj. unjustifiably purporting or being credited for particular accomplishments or qualities

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Fraudulent

194
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. bring about or initiate
v. incite someone to do something, especially something bad

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Instigate

195
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. encourage or stir up (violent or unlawful behavior)
v. urge or persuade (someone) to act in a violent or unlawful way

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Incite

196
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. loathe, execrate; detest

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Abominate

197
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. an impression or hollow in a surface
n. impact, force of attack

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Dint

198
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. extreme conservatism, opposing political or social liberation or reform; loathing progress

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Reactionary

199
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. making it more likely, possible, or certain for an event to occur

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Conducive

200
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. extremely distasteful, unacceptable

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Repugnant

201
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. grayish white
adj. old-fashioned and banal

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Hoary

English Lexicon (21 decks)

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