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Vocabulary Units 1-9 Cumulative Review Flashcards

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Mordant

Adjective

A

biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh

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Paucity

Noun

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An inadequate quanity, scarcity, dearth

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Ephemeral

Adjective

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Lasting only a short time, short-lived

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Juggernaut

Noun

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A massive and inescapable force orobject that crushes whatever is in its path

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Eschew

Verb

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To avoid, shun, keep away from

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Redolent

Adjective

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Fragrant, smelling strongly; tending to arouse memories or create an aura

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Pejorative

Adjective

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Tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling

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Brackish

Adjective

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Having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink

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Embellish

Verb

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To decorate, adorn, touch up; to improve by adding details

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Vacillate

Verb

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To swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or will

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Derelict

Noun or Adjective

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(N) Someone or something tha tis abandoned or neglected; (Adj) left abandoned; neglectful of duty

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Acuity

Noun

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Sharpness (particuly or mind or senses)

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Consummate

Adjective or Verb

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(Adj) Complete or pefect in the highest degree; (V) to bring to a state or completion or perfection

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Badinage

Noun

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Light and playful conversation

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Furtive

Adjective

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(Adj) Done slyly or stealthily, sneaky, secret, shifty; stolen

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Frenetic

Adjective

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Frenzied, highly agitated

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Exacerbate

Verb

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To make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful

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Saturnine

Adjective

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Of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood

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Nettle

Noun or Verb

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(N) a prickly or stinging plant; (V) to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely

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Intransigent

Adjective

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Refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

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Moot

Adjective, Verb, or Noun

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(Adj) Open to discussion and debate, unresolved; (V) to bring up for discussion; (N) a hypothetical law case argued by students

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Maeslstrom

Noun

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A whirlpool of great size and violence; a stituation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction

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Articulate

Verb or Adjective

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(V) to pronounce distinctly; to express well in words; to connect by a joint or joints; (Adj) expressed clearly and forcefully; able to employ language clearly and forcefully

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Fecund

Adjective

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Fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive

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Conciliate

Verb

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To overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent

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Jettison

Verb

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To cast overboard, get rid of as unncessary or burdensome

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Allege

Verb

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To assert without proof or confirmation

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Emulate

Verb

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To imitate with the intent or equaling or surpassing the model

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Lackadaisical

Adjective

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Lacking spirit or interest; halfhearted

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Bestial

Adjective

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Beastlike; beastly, brutal; subhuman in intelligence and sensibility

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Motif

Noun

A

A principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design

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Exhume

Verb

A

To remove from a grave; to bring to light

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Tenable

Adjective

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Capable of being held or defended

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Fatuous

Adjective

A

Stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way

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Madate

Noun or Verb

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(N) an authoritative command, formal order, authorization; (V) to issue such an order

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Perspicacity

Noun

A

Keenness in observing and understanding

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Allay

Verb

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To calm or pacify, set to rest; to lessen or relieve

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Bucolic

Adjective

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Characteristic of the countryside, rural; relating to sheperds and cowherds, pastoral

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Mundane

Adjective

A

Earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary

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Eulogy

Noun

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A formal statement of condemnation; high praise

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Incarcerate

Verb

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To imprison, confine, jail

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Celerity

Noun

A

Swiftness, rapidity of motion or action

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Acclamation

Noun

A

A shout of welcome; an overwhelming verbal vote of approval

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Idiosyncrasy

Noun

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A perculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify

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Intermittent

Adjective

A

Stopping and beginning again, sporadic

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Peregrination

Noun

A

The act of travling; an excursion, esp. on foot or to a foreign country

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