Week #20 Flashcards
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Reviled
(ri vīldˊ)
Scolded
Ezra Pound, the expatriate poet, was reviled for his
pro-Fascist remar
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Derogatory
(di rogˊə tôr ə)
Belittling, disparaging
The columnist was ordered to recant his derogatory
statements.
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Indict
(in dītˊ)
Accuse
When the grand jury refused to indict him, the mobster
was exonerated.
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Nebulous
(nebˊū ləs)
Unclear, vague
Because the contract offer was a nebulous one, the
union leaders balked
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Pesky
(pesˊki)
Annoying
Everytime his accountant called with pesky pecuniary
problems, Ben was
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Left Holding the Bag
To be left to suffer the blame
The profligate businessman left his distraught partner
holding the bag.
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Redolent
(redˊə lənt)
Fragrant
The redolent scent which came from the bakery
created in Eloise a sens
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Repose (n.)
(ri pōzˊ)
State of rest
While the palace guards were in repose, the rebels’
coup began in earne
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Omnivorous
(om nivˊə rəs)
Eating any kind of food
Omnivorous eaters find the dietary laws in some hotels
as being too re
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Disparate
(disˊpə rit)
Different
Regardless of how disparate their crimes were, all the
prisoners were
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Abstemious
(ab stēˊmi əs)
Moderate in eating or drinking
Coach Fisher issued a fiat which required that his
players be abstemiou
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A Lick and a Promise
To do something in a hasty & superficial
manner
The meticulous housewife was in so much of a hurry
that she could only
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Extant
(eksˊtənt or eks tantˊ)
Still existing
Hundreds of extant copies of Shakespeare’s signature
came from the same
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Vicissitudes
(və sisˊə tüdz)
Difficulties
The vicissitudes of life in he Medical Corps are not for
the squeamish
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Edifice
(edˊə fis)
A building
We originally planned on a skyscraper but had to settle
for a truncate
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Sultry
(solˊtri)
Extremely hot & moist, torrid
When he learned that the movie was to be replete
with sultry scenes, th
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Trenchant
(trenˊchənt)
Keen, incisive
General Fox submitted a trenchant report on the
enemy’s latent strength
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Tongue in Cheek
Insincerely
Speaking with his tongue in his cheek, the
parsimonious employer promi
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Puissant
(pūˊə sənt or pwisˊənt)
Powerful
Although the debater’s rebuttal was puissant it was totally
irrelevant.
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Unabated
(unˊə bāˊ tid)
Without subsiding
The plague continued unabated, and the hapless Friar John
was unable to
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Maudlin
(môdˊlən)
Sentimental
A good barometer of the reunion’s success was the number of
maudlin son
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Levity
(levˊə ti)
Lightness of disposition
Dean Flanigan admonished us for our levity at the graduation
exercises.
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Lugubrious
(lü güˊ bri əs)
Very sad
She advocated lugubrious music as appropriate background for
the funera
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To Take the Wind Out of One’s Sails
To remove someone’s advantage
Although Edna was bristling with anger when she stormed in, I
took the
