Word List 14 Flashcards
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adumbrate
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outline; indicate
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deign
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condescend
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fervid
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passionate
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gall
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bitterness; abnormal growth on a plant
5
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levee
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raised bank of a river; morning reception held by a monarch
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preternatural
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unnatural; abnormal
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quell
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suppress
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abut
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to adjoin
9
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consternation
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worry and concern
10
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lien
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right to sell property held as a security; legal hold on job
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sinewy
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vigorous; having well-developed muscles
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steep
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to soak in water
13
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tamp
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to plug; press loose matter down tightly
14
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venturing
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hazarding; risking; putting forward
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wry
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twisted or bent to one side; dryly humorous
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arduous
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hard
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picayune
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insignificant
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supplicant
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person who requests or begs for something
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veritable
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genuine
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divest
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remove; take off
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eddy
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circular current
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epaulet
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shoulder decoration
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leaven
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to make light; modify
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antipathy
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hatred
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aver
affirm
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expatiate
speak or write at great length
27
flag
to lose energy
28
flail
tool used to thresh grain
29
malign
slander
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abeyance
state of inactivity; disuse
31
disarm
win over to one's side
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foment
stir up; bathe with hot liquids (medical)
33
jockeying
maneuvering; struggling to get ahead of others
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somatic
concerned with the body
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stinting
holding back; limiting the supply of
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temperate
moderate
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caulk
treat with substance such as tar to make water-tight
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conscript
person enlisted compulsorily into armed forces
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desultory
aimless; inconsistent in effort
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elegy
poem concerned with death; praise of a dead person
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fallow
uncultivated
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forbearing
tolerant
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hegemony
political domination; complete authority
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improbity
lack of honesty or integrity
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qualm
hesitation or fear
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assay
try; assess purity
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chauvinist
someone excessively patriotic
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discrete
discontinuous
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enlist
obtain
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fulminate
attack loudly in words; denounce thunderously
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hawser
thick rope or cable
52
jibe
agree with; complement
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cloture
closure; terminating a debate by voting
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dally
flirt
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dissemble
avoid the truth
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errant
wandering
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undercutting
offering a lower price; undermining
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carrion
dead flesh
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intelligible
can be understood
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lint
soft material used to cover wounds
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pretension
arrogance
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pyre
ceremonial fire
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syncopation
type of musical rhythm with missed beats
