English 12 Vocab Review 1-3

Front 1

carping

Back 1

tending to find fault with; nagging criticism,

Front 2

arrogate

Back 2

to claim or take without right

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belabor

Back 3

to work on excessively; to thrash soundly, overwork

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acquisitive

Back 4

able to get and retain ideas or inf; concerned with aquiring wealth or property

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banal

Back 5

hackneyed, trite, commonplace; stale, insipid

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coherent

Back 6

holding or sticking together, making a logical whole,connected, unified

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insatiable

Back 7

so great or demanding as not to be satified; unquenchable, voracious ravenous

Front 8

germane

Back 8

relevant, appropriate, fitting, pertinent

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congeal

Back 9

to change from a solid to a liquid, solidify, harden, coagulate,

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encomium

Back 10

a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute, panegyric, euology, commendation

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eschew

Back 11

to avoid, shun, keep away from, forgo,

Front 12

emulate

Back 12

to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model, copy, mimic, rival

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intransigent

Back 13

refusing to comprimise, irreconcilable

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invidious

Back 14

hateful, offensive; causing bitterness and resentment; malicious, pejorative

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reconnaissance

Back 15

a survery for military purposes; preliminary inspection or examination

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largesse

Back 16

generosity in giving, bountiful or lavish contributions, bounty, liberality

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taciturn

Back 17

habitually silent or quiet; not talkative, uncommunitive

Front 18

substantiate

Back 18

to prove, establish with evidence, verify, confirm, authenticate

Front 19

temporize

Back 19

to stall in order to gain time, avoid confrontation, postpone a decision

Front 20

tenable

Back 20

capable to being held or defended maintainable, defensible

Front 21

accost

Back 21

to approach and speak to first, to confront in an aggressive or challenging way

Front 22

celerity

Back 22

swiftness; rapidity of motion or action, promptness, speed

Front 23

animadversion

Back 23

a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval; rebuke, reproof

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avid

Back 24

desirous or something to the point of greed; intensely eager, enthusiastic, grasping

Front 25

devious

Back 25

straying from a direct course, done in an underhanded or shifty way

Front 26

brackish

Back 26

a salty unpleasant taste to drink, briny, saline

Front 27

gambit

Back 27

the opening move in chess, to risk a piece in order to gain advantage later on, stratagem, maneuver,

Front 28

incendiary

Back 28

deliberately causing fires, causing strife or rebellion, arsonist, provacative,

Front 29

histrionic

Back 29

pertaining to actors and their techniques, theatrical,melodramatic,

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maelstrom

Back 30

a whirlpool of great size and violence, a situation resembling a whirlpool, vortex, turbulence, chaos,

Front 31

halcyon

Back 31

a legendary bird with the kingfisher, relating to happy, golden, peaceful, tranquil, serene

Front 32

myopic

Back 32

nearsighted, lacking a broad realistic view of a situation, shortsighted

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talisman

Back 33

an object that serves as a charm believed to have powers, an amulet, fetish,

Front 34

undulate

Back 34

to move in waves or in a wave like motion, or appearance or form, ripple, fluctuate,

Front 35

propriety

Back 35

that state of being proper, standards of what is socially acceptable

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overt

Back 36

open not hidden, easily recognized, menifest, patent

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pejorative

Back 37

tending to make worse, derogatory, disparagement,

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sacrilege

Back 38

improper or disrespectful treatment of something sacred

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suppliant

Back 39

asking humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor

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summarily

Back 40

without delay or formaility, breif or concise

Front 41

cavort

Back 41

to romp or prance around, make merry, gambol

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decry

Back 42

to condemn, express strong disapproval, depreciate, denounce, davalue

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distraught

Back 43

very agitated, or upset as a result of emotional conflict

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articulate

Back 44

to pronounce distinctly, expressed clearly and forcefull, elucidate, eloquent

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credence

Back 45

belief, mental acceptance

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dissemble

Back 46

to disguise or congeal, giver a false impression, dissimulate, mask,

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nefarious

Back 47

wicked, depraved, reprehensible, inquitous

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piquant

Back 48

stimulating to the taste or mind, spicey, purgent, tangy, zesty

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murky

Back 49

dark and gloomy, obscure, dim cloudy, unclear, lacking in clarity

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eulogy

Back 50

a formal statement of commendation, or praise, panegyric, encomium, tribute

Front 51

evince

Back 51

to display clearly , to make evident, exhibit, manifest

Front 52

feckless

Back 52

lacking in spirit and strength, ineffective, weak, feeble, incompetent

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exhume

Back 53

to remove from a grave, to bring to light, disinter, unearth, uncover,

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primordial

Back 54

developed or created at the beginning, going back to ancient times, earliest stage, fundamental, basic,

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utopian

Back 55

founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world, impractical, idealistic

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verdant

Back 56

green in tint or color, immature in experience, or judgement, artless, naive,

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viscous

Back 57

haivng a gluely quality, lacking in easy movement, gummy, sticky, watery,

Front 58

propinquity

Back 58

nearness in place or time, kinship, proximity

Front 59

verbiage

Back 59

language that is too wordy, a manner of expression, verbosity, diction, jargon,

Front 60

unwonted

Back 60

not usual or expected, not in character, unsual, uncommon, unexpected,