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Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 1 Flashcards

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1
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(n) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval

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Approbation

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(v) to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench

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Assuage

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(n) a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose

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Coalition

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(n) decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence

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Decadence

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(v) to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)

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Elicit

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(v) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning

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Expostulate

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(adj) used so often as to lack freshness or originality

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Hackneyed

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(n) a gap, opening, break (in sense of having an element missing)

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Hiatus

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(n) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)

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Innuendo

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(v) to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement

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Intercede

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(adj) wearied, worn-out, dulled (in a sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)

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Jaded

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(adj) causing shock, horror or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint

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Lurid

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(adj) worthy, deserving recognition and praise

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Meritorious

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(adj) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset

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Petulant

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(n) a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence

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Prerogative

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(adj) pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; of a simple, plain design that originated in the countryside

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Provincial

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to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of

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Simulate

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(v) to rise above or beyond, exceed

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Transcend

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(n) shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion

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Umbrage

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(adj) excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable

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Unctuous

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(adj) religious

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Pious

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(adj) attentive to excessive or servile degree

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Obsequious

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(n) a person who acts obsequiously towards someone important to gain advantages

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Sycophant

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(adj) hostile and aggressive

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Belligerent

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(adj) eager or quick to argue, quarrel or fight

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Pugnacious

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(adj) talkative

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Loquacious

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antonym for assuage and ameliorate, make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse.

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Exacerbate

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antonym for elicit; restrain (a reaction) or stop oneself acting on (an emotion).

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Stifle

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synonym for hackneyed; so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.

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Banal

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synonym for hackneyed; (of a remark, opinion, or idea) overused and consequently of little import; lacking originality or freshness.

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Trite

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relating to innuendo, showing a critical or disrespectful attitude.

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Derogatory

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synonym for innuendo; an unpleasant hint or suggestion of something bad.

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Insinuation

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synonym for meritorious, (of an action, idea, or goal) deserving praise and commendation.

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Laudable

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synonym for provincial; ignorant of or uninterested in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside one’s own experience.

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Insular

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relating to simulate; take or follow as a model; copy

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Imitate

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36
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to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming

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ameliorate

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poise, assurance, great self-confidence, perpendicularity

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aplomb

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pompous or overblown in language, full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas

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bombastic

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synonym for bombastic meaning pompous or attempting to impress

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highfalutin, pretentious

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without experience, immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise

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callow

41
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saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; utter nonsense or childish twaddle

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drivel

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a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality

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epitome

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synonym for epitome meaning an example to follow or imitate

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model

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to urge strongly, advise earnestly

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exhort

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synonym for exhort meaning to ask or beg

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entreat, implore

46
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by virtue of holding a certain office

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ex officio

47
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to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized

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infringe

48
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synonym for infringe meaning intrude

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encroach

49
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to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others

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ingratiate

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synonym for ingratiate meaning to act friendly especially to someone who may be useful to you

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cozy up to

51
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one who moves in where he or she is not wanted and or has no right to be

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interloper

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synonym for interloper meaning entering someone’s property without permission

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trespasser

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belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent, originating in a bodily organ or part

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intrinsic

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to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval

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inveigh

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weariness of body or mind, lack of energy

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lassitude

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synonym for lassitude meaning sleepy and sluggish

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fatigue, lethargy

57
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a period of one thousand years a period of great joy

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millenium/millenia

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secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means, mysterious, magical, uncanny

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occult

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to spread through, PENETRATE, soak through

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permeate

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to fall as moisture, to bring about suddenly, to hurl down with great force, give distinct form to

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precipitate

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strict, severe, rigorously or urgently binding or compelling, sharp or bitter to the taste

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stringent

62
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synonym for stringent meaning hard and severe or strictly applies

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stern, rigorous

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to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; likely idea that lacks definite proof

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surmise

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synonym for surmise meaning deduce or bring together

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infer, gather

65
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lies

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mendacity

66
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overly sentimental

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mawkish

67
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synonym for abominate meaning strong dislike and regard with disgust

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Loathe and abhor

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antonym for abominate meaning great enjoyment

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relish

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to have an intense dislike or hatred for

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abominate

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the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend

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acculturation

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resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental, not essential; medicine acquired, not congenital

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adventitious

72
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to assign or refer to, attribute

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ascribe

73
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roundabout, not direct

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circuitous

74
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to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress

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commiserate

75
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to direct or order; to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way; to prohibit

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enjoin

76
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to make easy, cause to progress faster

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expedite

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to make amends, make up for; to avert

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expiate

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a state of great excitement. agitation or turbulence; to be in or work into such a state; to produce alcohol by chemical action

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ferment

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resulting from or marked by lack of attention; unintentional, accidental

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inadvertent

80
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existing in name only, not real; too small to be considered taken seriously

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nominal

81
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not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position or to say yes or no

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noncommittal

82
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to steal something that has been given into one’s trust; to take improperly for one’s own use

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peculate

83
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a natural or habitual inclination or tendency

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proclivity

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composure or coolness, especially in trying circumstances

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sangfroid

85
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resistant to lawful authority; having the purpose of overthrowing an established government

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seditious

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thin, slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance or significance; lacking a sound basis, poorly supported

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tenuous

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bitter, sarcastic, highly caustic or biting

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vitriolic

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to use coaxing or flatter to gain some desired end

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wheedle

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