Word List 28 Flashcards by Jerry Xia

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brochure

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n. pampglet

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delirium

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n. mental disorder

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unobtrusive

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adj. not blatant

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flaccid

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adj. flabby; weak

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juncture

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n. crisis; joint point

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doldrums

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n. melancholy

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venerable

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adj. deserving high respect

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consensus

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n. general agreement

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application

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n. diligent attention

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remiss

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adj. to be negligent

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tacit

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adj. to be not put into words

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tautology

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n. unnecessary repetition

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recidivism

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n. habitual return to crime

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assurance

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n. promise or pledge

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implicit

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adj. understood but not stated

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desolate

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adj. to be deserted and forsake

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conjugal

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adj. pertaining to marrige

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dichotomy

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n. split

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pacifist

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n. antimilitarist

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breach

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n. breaking of contract or duty

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marshal

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v. put in order

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concise

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adj. to be simple and brief

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lofty

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adj. to be very high in state or manner

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inclement

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adj. stormy

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impediment

n. obsticle

converge

v. approach, tend to meet

ruminate

v. to reflect on

denouement

n. outcome, final development of the plot of the play

communal

adj. to be held in common

inundate

v. overwhelm

tensile

adj. to be distend-able

tendentious

adj. having an aim; biased

caricature

n. exaggerated pic

tantalize

v. to tease; torture with disappointment

galvanize

v. to provoke

motley

adj. to be blended

graft

transplant

gamut

n. entire range

repast

n. meal

satiate

v. to satisfy fully

exude

v. discharge; give forth

trigger

v. set off

disgorge

v. be forced to surrender

clairvoyant

adj. to be insightful

incubate

v. to hatch

chassis

n. the framework and working parts of an automobile

yore

n. time past

endearment

n. fond statement

woe

n. misery

falter

v. hesitate

milieu

n. environment

emancipate

v. set free

epistolary

adj. consisting of letters

breadth

n. width

sluggard

n. lazy person

subside

v. to settle down

callous

adj. to be deadpan

plight

n. condition, state

clangor

n. loud, resounding noise

alliteration

n. repetition of the beginning sound in a poetry

sinister

adj. to be evil and a sense of omen

mushroom

v. to be increase rapidly

artifice

n. deception

don

v. to put on