week 7 wed Flashcards
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interlocutor
A
someone who takes part in the conversation
2
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pallid
A
faint, pale
3
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subsume
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to include as part of a larger group
4
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cachet
A
a mark of distinction
5
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forestall
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to prevent, delay
6
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quintessence
A
a pure substance or essence
7
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perfidious
A
marked by extreme treachery
8
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eccentric
A
unconventional
odd
9
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emphatic
A
done with force
10
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erstwhile
A
former
of an earlier time
11
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nonplus
A
at a loss of what to do
12
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dissociate
A
to break ties
13
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distraught
A
anxious or agitated
14
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deprecate
A
to disapprove
15
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proverbial
A
well down
16
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ire
A
anger
17
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excoriate
A
to denounce sharply
to tear skin off
18
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accolade
A
an award or honor
19
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ductile
A
easily shaped
20
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apotheosis
A
the ideal example
21
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invidious
A
tending to arouse hostility
22
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flabbergast
A
overcome with astonishment
23
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melee
A
noisy confused fight
24
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acrimony
A
bitter, sharp hostility
25
martial
warlike
26
fitful
occurring in irregular outburst
27
rapport
trustful relationship
| harmony
28
nihilism
a belief that rejects all moral or religious values
29
pejorative
downgrading
30
chasten
to correct by punishment
31
officious
interfering
| trying to give unwanted advice
32
cataclysm
a disastrous event
33
colloquy
a conversation
34
demur
to object
35
conviction
strong belief or opinion
36
prowess
superior skill
37
reproof
an expression of disapproval
38
theology
study of nature of god
39
own
to admit
40
qualm
sudden feeling of sickness
41
circumlocution
an indirect way of expressing an idea
