Word List 8 Flashcards
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colloquial
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local and informal (used of language)
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dotard
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foolish old man
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misnomer
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wrong name
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percipient
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perceptive, insightful
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quaff
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drink down quickly
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vilification
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blackening someone’s name
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atrophy
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waste away from lack of use
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collusion
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plotting and planning
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drawl
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speak slowly with words running together
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furtive
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hidden, secret
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insurgent
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a rebel
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misogynist
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hater of women
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perdition
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damnation
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vindicate
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prove right; remove blame
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attenuate
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weaken
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commandeer
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take possession of
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drivel
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nonsense
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interminable
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never-ending
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misrepresentation
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deliberately deceiving
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peremptory
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in a commanding manner
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quaint
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picturesque
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stevedore
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dockworker
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virtuoso
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an accomplished musician
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augment
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increase; make bigger
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complacent
self-satisfied; smug
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droll
dryly amusing
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galleon
ancient type of sailing ship
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mitigate
lessen; make less severe
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perfidy
treachery
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quandary
dilemma, puzzle
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virulent
dangerous, harmful
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auspicious
favorable; promising to turn out well
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compliant
easy to control; submissive
34
gambol
frolic; leap; bound
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intransigence
stubbornness
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perfunctory
superficial; cursory
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austere
severely plain
38
concatenate
link together
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intransigent
stubborn; unyielding
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peripatetic
nomadic; moving from place to place
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quarry
something that is hunted; mine for stone
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stoke
add fuel to; strengthen
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vitriolic
corrosive; strongly attacking
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aversion
a dislike of
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concatenation
linking into chains
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garish
gaudy
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intrepid
brave
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querulous
always complaining
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stolid
impassive; dull; indifferent
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balk
hinder and prevent; hesitate over
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conciliate
to bring together; end a dispute
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inveterate
habitual
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moratorium
temporary prohibition or halt to activity
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ebullient
very lively; cheerful; jovial; happy
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garrulous
talkative
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invidious
arousing envy
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moribund
on the point of death
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pernicious
destructive, harmful
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ramble
wander aimlessly
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strident
loud and harsh
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vociferous
noisy; loud in speech
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gaunt
emaciated; bony and angular
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inviolable
cannot be invaded
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morose
gloomy; bad-tempered
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persnickety
fastidious; fussy
66
ramifications
branches; subdivisions of a complex system; outcomes
67
stringent
strict, severe
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volatile
evaporates easily
