Week 5 words Flashcards

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Erudite

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(adj) Learned, knowledgeable, or scholarly

an erudite professor; an erudite commentary.

Syn: educated,knowledgeable; wise, sapient.

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Diffident

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(adj) Lacking self-confidence ; shy, timid

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Eschew

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(v) To shun, avoid, or abstain from

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Malleable

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(adj) Capable of being shaped or molded, as by a hammer or pressure
(adj) Susceptible to control or outside influence
(adj) Adaptable to changing conditions

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Savant

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(n) Learned person, scholar, sage; an idiot savant

a person of profound or extensive learning

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Sedulous

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(adj) Diligent or persevering in effort or application
(adj) Done or achieved through perseverance

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Hallmark

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(n) an oustanding or distinguishing feature ; a mark indicating quality or excellence

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Hapless

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(adj) Unfortunate or unlucky

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Sinecure

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(n) a paid position or office requiring little or no work

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Harrow

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(v) To disturb or torment
(v) To prepare ground for planting with a harrow, a tool designed to break up and even out plowed land

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Exhaustive

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(adj) Thorough; not leaving anything out
(adj) Tending to exhaust, exhausting

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Haven

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(n) A place of comfort or rest, a santuary
(n) A port or harbor

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Clinch

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(v) grab, hold; secure a goal (to “clinch the win”)

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Stymie

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(v) To block, thwart, or stand in the way of

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Enigma

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(n) A puzzling or inscrutable person, occurrence, or situation
(n) A puzzling or obscure text or speech

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Welter

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(n) A confused jumble or mass
(v) To become deeply involved or embroiled in something
(v) To roll, writhe, heave

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Supplicate

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(v) To ask humbly of (someone) ; to beseech - beg eagerly or solicit
(v) To ask for something humbly, to pray for

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Zealous

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(adj) Fervent - having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit,

feeling,enthusiasm, filled with or motivated by passionate or excessive enthusiasm

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Hyperbole

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(n) Extreme exaggeration, often used for effect as a figure of speech

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Torrid

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(adj) Parched, burning, intensely hot
(adj) Passionate, ardent - having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling
(adj) Fast, hurried

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Idyll

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(n) A poem, either a short description of an idealized rural scene or a narrative dealing with romantic or heroic themes
(n) A carefree, lighthearted experience or period; a romantic interlude - intervening period

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Travesty

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(n) A distorted, debased, grotesque - odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character;fantastically ugly, or inferior imitation or likeness
(n) An exaggerated burlesque or imitation of a serious literary work, usually grotesquely incongruous

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Turpitude

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(n) Depravity, baseness - morally low or dishonorable, or vileness
(n) A corrupt act

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Fervor

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(n) Intensity or warmth of emotion
(n) Intense heat
syn: ardor, passion, zeal

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cacophony
(adj) Dissonance - inharmonious; jarring, harsh, or discordant -incongruous, disagreeing - sound
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Fledge
(v) To care of (as a young bird) until it is ready to fly (v) To cover with or as with feathers (v) To grow plumage - the entire feathery covering of a bird - needed for flight
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Impassive
(adj) Not revealing, expressing, or betraying emotion without emotion ; apathetic; unmoved
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Impecunious
(adj) Penniless; without money
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Warmonger
(n) One who advocates or attempts to incite war
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Impede
(v) To hinder or obstruct movement or progress
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Abhor
(v) To hate, despise, regard with horror or repugnance - strong distaste or objection
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Prevaricate
(v) To equivocate, lie, or stray from the truth
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Divulge
(v) To reveal or make known (a secre or confidence) to disclose or reveal (something private, secret, or previouslyunknown).
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Precursor
(n) One that precedes and announces or suggests another's approach (n) A forerunner or predecessor; one that precedes another
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Attenuate
(v) To make thin, slender, or small (v) To reduce in density or consistency; to rarefy (v) To lessen the force, value, numbers, or strength of (v) To reduce the intensity, vitality, or virulence of
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Ostentatious
(adj) Given to excessive, pretentious, conspicuous - easily seen/noticed, observable - display
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Improbity
(n) Dishonesty; lack of probity - integrity/honesty
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Conversance
(n) Familiarity ; the state of being able to speak about something ("converse") knowledgeably
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Quandary
(n) State of perplexity or uncertainty, especially regarding how to proceed ; dilemma
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Propriety
(n) The quality of being proper or appropriate (n) Plural: The customs and rules of polite society
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Impudent
(adj) Insolent, boldly disrespectful
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Dwindle
(v) To shrink or diminish until little remains
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Impugn
(v) To challenge or attack as false or questionable
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Capricious
(adj) Whimsical - unpredictable, humor; governed by or subject to caprice - a tendency to change one's mind without apparent or adequate motive - or impulse
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Inadvertent
(adj) Accidental or unintentional (adj) Inattentive, not fully focused or taking heed - give careful attention
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Recumbent
(adj) Lying down or reclining, especially in repose (adj) Resting or idle
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Impromptu
(adj) Done, said or composed on the spur of the moment; improvised
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Abjure
(v) To renounce, recant, or repudiate - reject with disapproval or condemnation - often solemnly or under oath
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Refulgent
(adj) Radiant, resplendent - gleaming; shining brilliantly