Week #22 Flashcards
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Juxtapose
(juksˊ tə pōzˊ)
To place side by side
If we were to juxtapose our philosophies your
materialism would conflic
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Plight
(plīt)
Predicament, dangerous situation
The plight of the refugees who wandered about in a
desultory fa
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Covert
(kōvˊərt)
Secret, hidden
Woodrow Wilson stated that he found covert
agreements to be reprehensi
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Cope
(kōp)
To be a match for to be able to handle
Just how our Club’s president is able to cope with so
many disparate p
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Incompatibility
(in kəm patˊə bilˊə tē)
Quality of being mismated, lack of harmony
Judge Felder commented with asperity upon the wife’s
charge of incompat
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Barmecide Feast
Pretended generosity, a feast w/no food
The committee always boasts about its luncheon, but
to my way of think
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Incapacitated
(inˊkə pasˊə tāt id)
Disabled, made unfit
He was ashamed to admit that a pesky skin rash
incapacitated him for w
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Fabricate
(fabˊrə kāt)
To lie, concoct
Dave’s metamorphosis from an honest person to one
who could fabricate
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Connubial
(kə nüˊbi əl)
Related to marriage
The widow grew maudlin as she reminisced about her
former connubial bli
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Demur
(di merˊ)
To object
I will have to demur even if I receive a bona fide
invitation to run f
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Appellation
(apˊə lāˊshən)
A name
Because he was the scion of the richest family on our
block, Lenny was
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In Apple-Pie Order
In neat order, good condition
The house was in dreadful condition when Mrs Maslow
arrived, but when
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Escalation
(esˊ kə lāˊ shən)
An increase, intensification
Many derogatory statements wer heard from those
who were opposed to fur
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Indifference
(in difˊ ər əns)
Lack of concern
With complete indifference toward his personal safety,
Lt. Regan openl
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Potential (adj)
(pə tenˊshəl)
Possible
When destitution grips an area, there is excellent
potential for troub
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Cumulative
(kūˊmū lə tiv)
Accumulated
The cumulative effect of the summer’s sultry weather
was to shorten eve
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Recondite
(rekˊən dīt)
Secret, hidden, obscure
The poet’s recondite language precluded any
understanding of his theme
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Apple-Polishing
Trying to gain favor by gifts or flattery
If the way to advancement in this company is through
apple-polishing,
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Palliate
(palˊi āt)
Alleviate, relieve w/o curing
The drugs could only palliate the symptoms, not
provide a cure.
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Delude
(di lüdˊ)
To fool
We must not allow fulsome praise to delude us about
our actual abilitie
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Prelude
(prelˊūd)
Introduction
As a prelude to his performance, the bullfighter vowed
to do penance fo
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Chimerical
(kə merˊə kəl)
Visionary, imaginary, fantastic
The scheme sounded chimerical, but we were
indoctrinated to believe tha
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Acknowledge
(ak nolˊij)
Admit
Monte refused to acknowledge the extrinsic pressures
which were causin
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The Draconian
A very severe set of rules
The head counselor ran our camp according to his own
Draconian Code.