50 Words - Set #6

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adamant

Back 1

unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion

Hint 1

synonym = unyielding, inflexible

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incarcerate

Back 2

to put in prison

Hint 2

the diseased man was incarcerated in an isolated building because people were scared that he would fatally infect others.

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liturgy

Back 3

a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship

Hint 3

the liturgy of the church of...

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repertoire

Back 4

a supply of skills, devices, or expedients; amount, supply

Hint 4

an endless repertoire of summer clothes

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pedantic

Back 5

unimaginative; pedestrian; narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned

Hint 5

without imagination..

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equine

Back 6

relating to horses, horselike

Hint 6

his equine smell was nasty, i could never be around him for too long because it was like horse poop.

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equivocal

Back 7

ambiguous, intentionally confusing, capable of being interpreted many ways

Hint 7

his answers are often equivocal, but i'm not sure if that's intended or not.

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ersatz

Back 8

serving as a substitute; synthetic, artificial

Hint 8

liking the other guy was ersatz of me, because inside i knew that i liked that one person.

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Tacit

Back 9

implied but not actually expressed

Hint 9

By not saying that we couldn’t go to the concert, our parents gave us tacit approval to go.

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ethereal

Back 10

heavenly, light, insubstantial

Hint 10

he made me feel so ethereal at times that i forgot who i was.

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etymology

Back 11

the study of words and their meanings

Hint 11

etymology test. roAR.

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euphonious

Back 12

pleasant-sounding, opposite of cacophonous; melodious

Hint 12

opp. of cacophonous: harshness in the sound of words or phrases

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evanescent

Back 13

fleeting, vanishing, happening only for the briefest period

Hint 13

the candle light was so evanscent that it felt like there was barely any light at all.

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evince

Back 14

to demonstrate convincingly; to prove

Hint 14

he evinced the unbelieving girl that he was boyfriend material by taking her to disneyland.

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execrate

Back 15

to curse, denounce

Hint 15

she was so angry at the salesclerk that she even execrated his ancestors.

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exhume

Back 16

to unbury; to dig out of the ground

Hint 16

they made plans to exhume the corpse because they heard that the last golden coin was buried with it.

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exonerate

Back 17

to free completely from blame

Hint 17

:vindicated

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expeditious

Back 18

prompt, speedy; to expedite

Hint 18

expedite MAIL... WOOOO it costs moreeeee...... cha chingg.

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expiate

Back 19

to make amends, to atone

Hint 19

he wanted to expiate his sins by praying constantly, you have to acknowledge his devotion at the least...

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expunge

Back 20

to erase, obliterate, to blot out

Hint 20

i wanted to expunge these feelings last night because i was so sick and tired of feeling like a lovesick girl.

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facile

Back 21

fluent, skillful in a superficial way

Hint 21

facile tears

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fecund

Back 22

fertile, productive

Hint 22

i must become a more fecund student when i'm at home. i procrastinate way too much.

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fervent

Back 23

having intense feeling, enthusiastic; fervid

Hint 23

:marked by extreme passion

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feign

Back 24

to pretend; to make a false representation of something

Hint 24

she feigned sleep. she was being nosy.

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flaccid

Back 25

soft and limp

Hint 25

his arms were disgustingly flaccid after the car accident.

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florid

Back 26

very fancy, usually refers to intangible objects

Hint 26

florid speech

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flout

Back 27

to disregard something or someone out of disrespect

Hint 27

how can you flout me like this? i like you so much, but all you do is ignore me.

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ford

Back 28

the shallow part of a river; to cross a river at the shallow part

Hint 28

the water ford allowed me to walk easily through it without getting completely wet.

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forensics

Back 29

the art or study of argumentation and formal debate

Hint 29

forensics science is the study of debating over.. well.. science.. i presume? relating to or dealing with the application of scientific knowledge to legal problems

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fortuitous

Back 30

accidental, occurring by chance

Hint 30

the fortuitous confession of his caught me by surprise, i had no expectation of him liking me.

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fracas

Back 31

a big fight

Hint 31

FRAAAAAACkAAAAAAS.. ROAR~

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furrow

Back 32

a narrow groove made in the ground; to make wrinkles in the face

Hint 32

he furrowed his brows in confusion when i told him that i liked him.

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gaffe

Back 33

a social blunder, an embarrassing mistake, a faux pas

Hint 33

like OMG. that dress she wore was such a gaffe! everyone thought it looked horrid.

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galvanize

Back 34

to startle into sudden activity; to revitalize

Hint 34

the ringing phone galvanized everyone at the office to resume their original work before that awkward silence occurred.

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.gastronomy

Back 35

the art of eating well

Hint 35

mom should know gastronomy best, since she has raised so many children up in her life...

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Mundane

Back 36

commonplace; ordinary

Hint 36

I’m sick of leading such a mundane existence--I do the same thing every day.

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dilettante

Back 37

an admirer or lover of the arts

Hint 37

dilettare to delight

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infirmity

Back 38

the condition of being feeble

Hint 38

FRAILTY

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introspection

Back 39

a reflective looking inward

Hint 39

an examination of one's own thoughts and feelings

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Immutable

Back 40

not able to be changed

Hint 40

I couldn’t change my brother’s mind about borrowing his car; he was immutable on the subject.

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Tenuous

Back 41

having little substance or strength; shaky; flimsy

Hint 41

Her grasp on reality is tenuous at best; she’s not even sure about what year it is.