Word List 11

Question 1

abate

Answer 1

reduce in intensity

Question 2

abjure

Answer 2

renounce; swear to refrain from something

Question 3

blandishment

Answer 3

words used to coax or flatter

Question 4

boor

Answer 4

ill-mannered person

Question 5

cardinal

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high-ranking church official; major or important

Question 6

equivocation

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speaking ambiguously

Question 7

feckless

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feeble; helpless; lacking in initiative

Question 8

imperturbability

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quality of being calm and not easily disturbed

Question 9

meretricious

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falsely attractive; tawdry

Question 10

augury

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prediction, looking for omens

Question 11

glib

Answer 11

slick; superficial, esp. in speech

Question 12

incise

Answer 12

cut into

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moralistic

Answer 13

concerned with morals

Question 14

penchant

Answer 14

indication; leaning; predilection

Question 15

rarefy

Answer 15

make less dense

Question 16

repine

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fret; be discontented

Question 17

stipulate

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specify

Question 18

diaphanous

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transparent; thin and delicate

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feint

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pretended attack; a move intended to deceive

Question 20

inured

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hardened; habituated

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mettlesome

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spirited

Question 22

puissance

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power

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recondite

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obscure

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stygian

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very dark

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touting

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advertising; supporting

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volubility

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excessive talkativeness

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caret

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punctuation mark signifying omission

Question 28

contiguous

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adjacent; abutting

Question 29

extirpation

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wiping out; complete destruction

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foppish

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behaving or dressing like a dandy; excessively concerned with fashion

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gaffe

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blunder; social mistake

Question 32

hortatory

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encouraging, exhorting

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opprobrious

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expressing great scorn

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recumbent

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reclining; lying down

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culpability

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guilt

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encomium

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praise

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inveigle

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coax; cajole; wheedle

Question 38

minatory

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threatening

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plumb

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measure depth of; exact

Question 40

quintessential

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most typical; the perfect example of

Question 41

runic

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mysterious; magical

Question 42

accretion

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accumulation of matter; growth produced by adding from the outside

Question 43

anachronistic

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occurring in the wrong time period

Question 44

chronic

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long lasting

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churlishness

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rudeness; ill-mannered behavior

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demagogue

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mob leader (who appeals to base instincts)

Question 47

effrontery

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daring; audacity (neg. connotation)

Question 48

idyll

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story or incident in peaceful/ideal setting

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interregnum

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interval between reigns or governments

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nugatory

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of minor significance; futile

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sinecure

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job which pays salary but requiring little effort

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anodized

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electroplated; coated with thin layer of metal

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aphoristic

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expressed tersely

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canonical

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orthodox

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commensurate

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equal in significance

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extant

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still in existence

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impugned

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challenged; called into question

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probity

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uprightness; honesty

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raconteur

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person who relates a story

Question 60

solicitous

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kindly; expressing care and concern

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amalgamate

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join, consolidate

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baleful

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evil

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inchoate

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undeveloped; nascent

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iniquitous

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evil; unjust

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libertine

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dissolute person; prodigal; morally or sexually unrestrained

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millinery

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hats and hat-making

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natty

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neat; dapper

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occluded

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obscured; blocked

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sidereal

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of or related to stars

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avaricious

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greedy for money

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extirpate

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wipe out totally

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halcyon

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peaceful and happy; calm (esp. of summer weather)

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list

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to lean to one side

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maudlin

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sad; sentimental; inclined to weep

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refulgent

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glowing, radiant

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testiness

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irritability; irascibility

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vituperate

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attack bitterly

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whittle

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reduce step by step

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diaphanous

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transparent; thin and delicate

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dispatch

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speed, celerity

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epistemology

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theory of knowledge

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froward

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stubborn; wayward

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supine

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lying flat on one’s back

Question 84

untoward

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unexpected

Question 85

verisimilar

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true to life; giving the appearance of reality