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Week 7 Flashcards

1
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Amortize

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To gradually and systematically write off (such as a debt)

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2
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Cower

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To shrink or cringe in fear

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3
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Dissonance

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Harsh, unpleasantly conflicting, or cacophonous sounds

Inconsistency or lack of agreement

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4
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Baleful

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Harmful in influence or intent

Foreboding, ominous

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5
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Distended

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Extended, expanded, or increased in size or volume

Swollen

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Paradox

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A seemingly able or contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true

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7
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Preternatural

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Exceeding the natural, normal, or regular, extraordinary

Existing outside of or beyond the normal course of nature

Supernatural

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Preen

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(Of animals) To smooth and clean one’s fur or feathers

To dress with great care or primp

To gloat, congratulate oneself, or swell with pride

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Lambaste

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To berate, criticize, or reprimand harshly

To beat or whip

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10
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Lassitude

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Weariness or fatigue

Listlessness or indolence

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Divest

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To deprive or dispossess of property, ownership, title; to sell off, as an investment

To strip of clothing or equipment

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12
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Levity

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Lightness or unseriousness of manner, mind, or character, to the point of being innapropriate; frivolty

Fickleness or inconstancy

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Prodigal

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Wastefully, recklessly extravagant or spendthrift

Lavish, profuse, or yielding in abundance

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14
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Banal

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Without originality or freshness

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15
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Laggard

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Slow, sluggish, or lagging behind

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16
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Profligate

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Utterly dissolute

Wildly extravant or wasteful

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Exigent

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Urgent, pressing, demanding immediate action

Demanding a good deal or too much

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18
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Profundity

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Something profound, intellectual, mental or emotional depth

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Libertine

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One who is dissolute, debauched, or without moral restraint

One who is unconventional in religious matters

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Lethargy

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A state of sluggishness, inactivity, laziness, or indifference

Unusually intense drowsiness or sleepiness

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21
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Prolix

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Excessively long or tediously drawn-out

Exessively wordy

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Ford

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A shallow place in a body of water where one can cross on foot, by horse, etc.

To cross over a body of water, such as a river, in this way

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23
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Limpid

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Clear or transparent

Simple, transparent, or easily understood (as in style or speech)

Untroubled or serene

24
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Proscribe

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To prohibit or forbid

To condemn as dangerous or harmful

To banish; to publish the name of a convicted outlaw

25
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List

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To lean to one side, as a ship

26
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Pungency

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The state or quality of being acrid in smell; biting, caustic, sharp or incisive

27
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Loll

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To move or rest in a reclined, indolent, manner; to droop or hang

28
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Loquacious

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Excessively talkative or garrulous, wordy

29
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Emaciation

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Extreme thinness due to starvation, undernourishment, or illness

30
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Quell

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To suppress, subdue, or put down forcefully

To calm or pacify

31
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Pique

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A feeling of offense or wounded pride; restentment

32
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Lull

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To soothe or put to sleep

To deceive or cause to feel a false sense of safety or security

33
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Canon

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That which is standard, approved, or sanctioned, especially in regards to scripture or literature

A rule, principal, or law

34
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Quack

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One who fraudulently claims to have medical skills; a charlatan

35
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Lumber

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To move in a clumsy, heavy, slow way; to move with a rumbling noise

36
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Macerate

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To make soft or dissolve by soaking, to emaciate

37
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Desultory

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Lacking in consistency or order; unplanned or fitful

Random of disconnected from the main subject

38
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Epicure

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Somone with refined, discriminating taste, especially in food or wine; a connoisseur

39
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Rebuff

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To reject or criticize bluntly or abruptly, to snub

To check, repel, or drive off

40
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Recant

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To formally repudiate or retract a former statement or belief

To openly admit error

41
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Recondite

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Challenging to those of average understanding or knowledge; abstruse or deep

Cocnealed or hidden

42
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Soporific

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Tending to cause, sleep or dull alertness

Sleepy, lethargic, or drowsy

43
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Belie

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To contradict or show to be false

To misrepresent or give a false impression of

44
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Redoubtable

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Causing fear; alarming or formidable

Illustrious; worthy of respect

45
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Meander

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To ramble or wander aimlessly and without urgency

To take a winding, indirect course

46
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Mendacious

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Lying, dishonest, misleading

47
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Mercurial

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Changeable, volatile, or given to rapid shifts in mood

Having qualities associate w/Greek god Mercury, inc. cleverness, eloquence, and thievishness

48
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Metaphsyical

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Concerned with abstract though, related to metaphysics (branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the nature of being and of the world); very subtle and abstruse

49
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Metamorphose

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To change or be transformed utterly in orm or appearance

To cause or subject to metamorphosis

50
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Normative

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Prescribing a norm or standard, expressing value judgments (how things should be) instead of just stating facts

51
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Shyster

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A person who uses petty or unethical practices, esp. a lawyer who does this

52
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Mimetic

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Imitative, copying, relating to mimicry

53
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Crepuscular

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Like twilight, dim

54
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Syncretism

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Reconciliation or fusion (esp. only partial) of different philosophies, religions, belief systems, etc.

55
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Ecumenical

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Universal, worldwide in scope

56
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Rococo

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A sytle of art origniating in 18th century France marked by elaborate ornamentation (an abundance of scrolls, foliage, etc.)

Extremely elaborate or complicated

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