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Wordly Wise 1-3 Flashcards

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Acolyte

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A person who assists in some religious services by carrying out minor duties; one who attends or assists, a follower

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Bibulous

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Given to the consumption of alcoholic drinks

Highly absorbent

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Coalesce

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To grow together; to unite to form a whole

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Covert

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Not openly acknowledged; secret

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Declaim

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To recite something in the style of the public speech; to speak in a loud, theatrical way

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Delineate

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To describe vividly and in detail

To draw an outline of; to represent by drawing

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Demagogue

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A leader who seeks power by appealing to people’s emotions and prejudices and by making false claims and promises

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Encomium

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An expression of warm and enthusiastic praise; a tribute

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Obdurate

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Resistant to persuasion; inflexible

Persistent in wrongdoing

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Prescience

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Foresight; knowledge beforehand of events

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Protagonist

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The chief character in a drama or story

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Sedulous

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Completed with careful perseverance; diligent

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Trenchant

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Expressed with vigor and penetrating insight; keenly perceptive

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Utopia

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A place or state of perfect social and political conditions

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Valedictory

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A farewell address, especially one given at a graduation ceremony

Of or relating to such a farewell address

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Absolve

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To clear guilt, or to free from a promise or a responsibility

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Adumbrate

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To foreshadow in an indirect way

To outline in a sketchy way; to partially disclose

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Apothegm

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A short instructive saying

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Aspersion

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A defamatory expression; slander

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Coadjutor

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One who works with another, usually in a subordinate position; an assistant

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Congenital

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Existing at it or dating from birth; being an essential characteristic

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Élan

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A lively spirit with a distinctive style

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Germane

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Pertinent and fitting

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Hiatus

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An interruption or gap in space, continuity, or time

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Immure

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To confine within or as if within walls; to imprison

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Ineluctable

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Not to be avoided or changed; inevitable

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Internecine

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Marked by slaughter; mutually destructive

Relating to conflict within a group

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Invoke

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To appeal to earnestly

To cite in justification

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Prototype

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A person or thing that serves as an example of its kind; an original

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Quadrennial

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Occurring every four years

Lasting four years

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Amalgam

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An alloy of mercury and other metals

A mixture of different elements

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Antediluvian

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Very old or old fashioned

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Apothecary

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One who prepares and sells ointments, drugs, and similar items for medicinal purposes

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Ascetic

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Refraining from self-indulgence

A person who practices self-denial

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Beneficent

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Doing or producing good

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Charlatan

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One who falsely claims knowledge or ability

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Denizen

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An inhabitant, resident, or frequenter of a place

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Doyen

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A senior member of a group, especially one who is highly respected

The oldest example of a category

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Flora

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Plants considered as a group in a particular area or era

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Imbibe

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To consume by drinking

To absorb or take in mentally

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Nostrum

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A medicine or remedy whose effectiveness has not been proven

42
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Obviate

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To prevent or make unnecessary; to get rid of

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Perennial

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Lasting indefinitely or recurring

A plant that lives for three years or more

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Putative

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Commonly accepted or supposed; assumed to exist

45
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Savant

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A person with detailed knowledge in a specialized field

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