week 6 mon Flashcards

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evanescent

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fading from sight

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flotsam

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wreckage from a ship

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3
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lambent

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flickering

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4
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figment

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something that is created

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5
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petty

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having secondary rank

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6
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congenial

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suited to one’s needs

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7
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recidivist

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one who returns to crime

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8
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avert

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to turn away

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9
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lacuna

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an empty space

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10
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opine

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to express an opinion

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11
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jeremiad

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an elaborate and lengthy tale of sadness

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12
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venal

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capable of being bribed

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13
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tacit

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unspoken but understood

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14
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camaraderie

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an warm loyal friendly feeling

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15
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raconteur

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a good storyteller

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16
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hirsute

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excessive body hair

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17
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hypocrisy

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the presence of beliefs that one doesn’t really have

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preponderance

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superiority in weight or force, importance or influence

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19
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recalcitrant

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marked by stubborn defiance

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20
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punctilious

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careful about every detail

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21
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supercilious

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feeling proud contempt –> feeling superior

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22
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torrid

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parched with head, passionate

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23
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dogmatic

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arrogantly asserting unproved principles

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24
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recrimination

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to reply to one charge w/ countercharge

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spurious
not genuine
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revile
to attack with harsh language
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abeyance
suspension of activity
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amenable
responsive to advice or authority
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pugnacious
ready to fight | belligerent
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stultify
to make absurdly useless
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inert
unable to move
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subjugate
bring under control
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castigate
to criticize severely
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convoluted
intricate
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paramount
supreme
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wayward
stubbornly going against what is expected
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lionize
to look upon as a celebrity
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capitulate
to surrender
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malady
a disease, sickness
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blandishment
a flattering act
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salient
important, prominent
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salutary
beneficial, good for health
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anachronism
something no belonging to the time period
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paucity
smallness of number
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foible
a minor weakness of character
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obstinate
unreasonably stubborn
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affected
behaving a certain way to impress people
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collateral
parallel
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weather
to survive
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vocation
a regular job
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lament
to grieve deeply
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incipient
beginning to appear
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macabre
suggesting horror and death
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circumspect
showing discretion, careful judgement
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desideratum
something needed and wanted
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lucid
easily understood, clear
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gambit
a risky move
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impertinent
rude
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subsequent
happening after
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bungle
to handle badly
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pugilist
a boxer
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crass
dull-witted
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captious
critical, looking for faults
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deem
to have as an opinion
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disabuse
to free from error
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reverberate
to re-echo
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eddy
a current of water or air
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unseemly
not proper