Vocabulary Unit 1 Lessons 1-3

Question 1

Jingoist

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n
-someone who boats about patriotism
-Favors warlike foreign policy

Question 1

Lothario

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n
-Seducer; lover
Othello was a handsome lothario

Question 2

Maverick

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n
- someone who acts independently
-Like Top Gun, acts alone

Question 3

Nemesis

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n
-Enemy; agent of retribution

Question 4

Philanderer

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n
-a person that makes love insincerely
-Engages in passing love affairs

Question 5

Philippic

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n
-Bitter verbal attack

Question 6

Procrustean

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adj
-Designed to secure conformity; drastic
ex: Procrustean attitude does not allow for disagreement

Question 7

Protean

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adj
able to change shape; displaying great variety

Question 8

Pyrrhic victory

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n
a too costly victory

Question 9

quixotic

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adj
foolishly impractical
ex: Margo’s quixotic behavior upset her family because she has always been so level-headed
“quick” & “exotic”

Question 10

Saturnine

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adj
sluggish; gloomy; grave

Question 11

Solecism

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n
violation of good manners
substandard use of words
ex: “ain’t she sweet”
“sole” and “cism” –>”solo error in communication.”

Question 12

Spoonerism

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n
unintentional exchange of sounds
ex: Spoon handle –> hoon spandle

Question 13

Sybarite

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n
one who is fond of luxury and soft living

Question 14

Tawdry

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adj
cheap; gaudy; showy
ex: Marlene’s tawdry taste in clothing was an embarrassment to her bf

Question 15

Acidulous

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adj
Somewhat acid or sour

Question 16

Avaricious

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adj
excessively greedy
“Ava is rich and voracious.”

Question 17

Baleful

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adj
threatening harm; menacing

Question 18

Bilious

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adj
bad tempered; bitter

Question 18

Bellicose

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adj
warlike in manner or temperament; quarrelsome
ex: bell ringing to start war

Question 19

Bumptious

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adj
arrogant; disagreeably conceited
“bumptious young boys today”

Question 20

Captious

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adj
critical; quick to find fault
“captious critic”

Question 21

Churlish

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adj
rude in a mean-spirited and grumpy way

Question 22

complaisant

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adj
Eager to please; cheerfully complying

Question 23

Contrite

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adj extremely apologetic, remorseful, crushed in spirit by guilt "try"ingto apologize

Question 24

Convival

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adj festive, sociable "all night revival"

Question 25

craven

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adj cowardly "raven flew away"

Question 26

debonair

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adj pleasant, courteous, lighthearted; smooth and polished in manner and appearance

Question 27

dyspeptic

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adj suffering from indigestion; gloomy and irritable ex: newspaper had two stories: one with a dyspeptic viewpoint and the other with incurable optimism stomach being irritable

Question 28

lachrymose

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adj sad; mournful; inclined to shed many tears

Question 29

cabal

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a group working covertly for a specific purpose CAbal(covert allaince)

Question 30

camaraderie

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comradeship; friendship

Question 31

caste

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a distinct social class or system

Question 32

clandestine

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(adj.) done in secret, concealed; underhanded "clan's destiny"

Question 33

cortege

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a group of attendants accompanying a person; a ceremonial procession

Question 34

detente

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A relaxing or easing, especially of international tension

Question 35

echelon

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a level/rank of command or authority, a steplike formation or arrangement "Echoing Levels": Associate it with different ranks or tiers.

Question 36

ecumenical

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universal, fostering Christian unity throughout the world "come, universal"

Question 37

elite

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the best or most skilled members of a group

Question 38

espirit de corps

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a sense of union and of common interests and responsibilities

Question 39

genealogy

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lineage, science of family descent.

Question 40

hierarchy

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A group or system in which position of power are ranked, usually from lowest to highest, a system of church government by clergymen in graded ranks

Question 41

hobnob

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to associate on very friendly terms "hobby" "nob"

Question 42

liaison

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the contact maintained between certain militay unitsin order to undertake concerted action; a similar connection between units of any organization; an illicit relationship "lie as one"

Question 43

rapprochement

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A reestablishing of cordial relations w"rap" around a relationship