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Words from Tests/Activities Part III Flashcards

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1
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Sojourn / so jurn

A

Temporary stay

… during his sojourn in Alexandria

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Fortitude

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Mental or emotional strength in facing difficulty or danger courageously

She endured illness with great fortitude

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Impart

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To communicate information to others, make known, divulge - impart a secret

To bestow a quality on others - to impart knowledge to others

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Pantomime

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Art of conveying emotions, actions, feelings by gestures without speech

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Chimerical / kim er ical

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Unreal, imaginary, visionary; unrealistic, fanciful

A chimerical terrestrial paradise

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Rococo

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Elaborately ornamental

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Garish

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Gaudy

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Pulchritude / pulk ri tude

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Physical beauty

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Bravura

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Musical piece requiring great skill

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Circumvent

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To go around or bypass - circumvent the real issue, circumvent the lake

To avoid something unpleasant by deception; overcome in a clever way

He found a way to circumvent the law

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Patsy

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Person easily duped

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Licentious

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Sexually unrestrained, libertine, lecherous

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Galvanize

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To stimulate, shock, or excite someone into taking action; actuate

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Catechize / Kat ekize

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Teach by having students ask questions

to interrogate

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Diminutive

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Extremely small

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Nonsensical

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Absurd

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Unprompted

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Without being encouraged; said, done or acting without being encouraged

spontaneous

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Inane

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Silly, stupid, not significant

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Callow

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Inexperienced

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Vacuous

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Mindless, having or showing a lack for thought or intelligence

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Palliate
Palliation
Palliative

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To make less severe or unpleasant without removing cause

She’s in palliative care for her cancer

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Promulgate

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Pronounce or make widely known; announce

Prince William and Kate Middleton promulgated their wedding all over the world

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Redact

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Edit for publication; censor or expurgate for legal or security reasons

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Zeitgeist / z eye t g eye st

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Defining spirit or mood of a particular period

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Propitiate

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Win or regain favor of someone by doing something that pleases them

To grain or regain the favor or goodwill of

The gods were angry so he tried propitiating them.

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Embolden

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To make bold; to give someone the courage or confidence to do something

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Bemoan

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Mourn

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Solipsism

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The view or theory that only one’s self is sure to exist

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Profound

Profundity

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Depth or intensity of a state, quality, or emotion

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Victual / vit tle

A

Food supplies, provisions

To supply with victuals

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Epochal / epical

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Relating to epoch; influential

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Epoch ; epic

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Period, era

33
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Picayune / pick a yoon

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Nugatory, trivial, inconsequential, trifling amount

Exiguous

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Flout

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To treat with disdain, scorn, contempt

To scoff at, mock; OPENLY DISREGARD

Israel flouts basic humanitarian rights

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Gilding

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Process of applying layer of gold to something

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Provident

Improvident

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Prudent

Imprudent

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Despoil

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Steal, plunder

38
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Bedaub

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To smear or daub with sticky substance

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Dank

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Unpleasantly wet or damp

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Bleak

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Bare, desolate

Without hope or encouragement

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Rhapsodize

Rhapsody

Rhapsodic

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To talk with enthusiasm

Improvised music OR exuberance

Feeling extremely enthusiastic

42
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Capitulate

A

Surrender

43
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Patter

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To talk meaninglessly, prattle

44
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Supposition

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Assumption

45
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Recidivist

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Someone who falls back into prior habits (crime or drug use)

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Lionize

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To treat someone as a celebrity

47
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Excoriate

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1) to denounce or berate severely, scathe

2) To strip off or remove the skin of
Her went into the dermatologist for her excoriated palms.

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Demagogue

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Leader who gains power and support by arousing people’s emotions

49
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Browbeat

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To intimidate someone into doing something (especially by abusive words)

50
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Staid

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Settled or sedate character

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Sedate

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Calm, composed, dignified

To put a person under sedation

52
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Waggish

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Jocular; humorous in a playful manner

53
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Untoward

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Unfavorable, unfortunate

Untoward circumstances led him into bankruptcy

Improper - untoward social behavior

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Reconnoiter / rekon noiter

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Make a military observation (of region)

Ariel Sharon reconnoitered Sabra and Shatila before sending in his dogs

55
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Dally

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Act or move slowly; WASTE TIME; procrastinate

56
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Bedlam

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A sense or state of wild uproar and confusion

57
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Ingenue / engine new

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Naive girl

OR an actress playing such role

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