Week #11 Flashcards
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Poignant
(poinˊyənt or poinˊənt)
Moving, painful to the feelings
The sermon was poignant enough to bring tears to the
brash delinquent
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Inundate
(inˊ un dāt)
To flood
Even though his boat was almost inundated, the
skipper was loath to rad
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Fruitless
(frütˊlis)
Useless
After a fruitless attempt to wrest control of the
government, the trait
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Garbled
(gärˊbəld)
Confused, mixed up
Although the message was garbled, its salient points
were clear enoug
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Sanguine
(sangˊgwin)
Optimistic
Because the malignacy had gone unchecked, the
surgeons were not sangui
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To Feather One’s Nest
Grow rich by taking advantage of
circumstances
While working as the tax collector, he adroitly
feathered his own nest
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Phlegmatic
(fleg matˊik)
Calm, hard to rouse to action
Harriet’s egregious error disturbed even her phlegmatic
employer.
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Corroborate
(kə robˊə rāt)
Confirm, Support
Even the swidler’s nefarious accomplice refused to
corroborate hi
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Comprehensive
(komˊ pri henˊsiv)
Thorough
In order to get the job, you had to go through the
drudgery of filling
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Zealous
(zelˊəs rs)
Enthusiastic
The fund raiser was so zealous that he solicited money
from a Salvatio
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Coerce
(kō ėrsˊ)
To Force
The elusive fugitive was coerced by his attorney into
surrendering.
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Fair-Weather Friend
Unreliable, they fail you in time of distress
The general was chagrined to learn that so many of
his supposed suppo
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Elapse
(i lapsˊ)
To slip by
Inadvertently, Emma had allowed two months to
elapse before paying her
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Meticulous
(mə tikˊū ləs)
Careful
The meticulous musician had nothing but disdain for
his disorganized f
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Domicile
(domˊə səl)
Home
A man’s domicile is his castle.
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Lax
(laks)
Careless, negligent
Becaue the watchman was lax, thievery was rampant
at the warehouse.
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Sporadic
(spə radˊik)
Occasional
The lackluster battle was punctuated by sporadic
mortar fire.
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To Sow One’s Wild Oats
To lead a wild, gay life
During his teen years, the millionaire avidly sowed his
wild oats.
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Rash
(rash)
Too hasty, reckless
It was exceedingly rash of the lightweight to insult the
belligerent l
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Conjecture
(kən jekˊ chər)
Guess
It was sheer conjecture on the detective’s part but it led to the
arre
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Obviate
(obˊvi āt)
Do away with, eliminate
The necessity for preparing sandwiches was obviated when
the picnic w
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Lurid
(lürˊid)
Sensational
The newspaper switched from mundane coverage to lurid
reporting.
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Quip
(kwip)
Joke
Hamlet remembered that Yorick was always ready with a lusty
quip.
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Windfall
Unexpected financial gain
When the bankrupt company struck oil, the surprised investor received a
