English Midterm Vocab

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augment

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v. to make larger, increase

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bereft

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adj. deprived of; made unhappy through a loss

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dour

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adj. stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill humored

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insidious

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adj. intended to decieve or entrap; sly, treacherous

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intimation

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n. a hint, indirect suggestion

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adulterate

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v. to corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value

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fortitude

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n. courage in facing difficulties

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verbatim

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adj./adv. word for word; exactly as written or spoken

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adroit

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adj. skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind

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cursory

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adj. hasty, not thorough

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duplicity

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n. treachery, deceitfulness

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extol

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v. to praise extravagantly

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holocaust

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n. a large scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering

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impervious

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adj. not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance

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impetus

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n. a moving force, impulse, stimulus

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quintessence

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n. the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example

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tepid

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adj. lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest

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artifice

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n. skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery

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fallow

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adj. plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow

n. left unseeded

v. to plow but not seed

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craven

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cowardly

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negligible

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adj. so unimportant that it can be disregarded

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perpetuate

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v. to make permanent or long lasting

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punitive

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adj. inflicting or aiming at punishment

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sojourn

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n. a temporary stay

v. to stay for a long time

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urbane

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adj. refined in manner or style, suave

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ascertain

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v. to find out

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cogent

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adj. forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point

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expunge

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v. to erase, obliterate, destroy

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finite

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adj. having limits; lasting for a limited time

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panacea

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n. a remedy for all ills; cure-all; an answer to all problems

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scrupulous

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adj. exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details; having high moral standards, principled

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supercilious

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adj. proud and contemptuous; showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority

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uncanny

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adj. strange, mysterious =, weird beyond explanation

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venial

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adj. easily excused; pardonable

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altruistic

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adj. unselfish, concerned with the welfare of others

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clemency

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n. mercy, humaneness; mildness, moderateness

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dearth

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n. a lack, scarcity, inadequate supply a famine

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diffident

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adj. shy, lacking self-confidence; modest, reserved

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remiss

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adj. neglectful in performance of one's duty, careless

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temerity

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n. rashness, boldness

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truculent

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adj. fierce and cruel; aggressive; deadly destructive; scathingly harsh

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virulent

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adj. extremely poisonous; full of malice; spiteful

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accede

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v. to yield to; to assume an office or dignity

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deft

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adj. skillful, nimble

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destitute

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adj. deprived of the necessities of life; lacking in

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extirpate

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v. to tear up by the roots; to destroy totally

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ironic

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adj. suggesting an incongruity between what might be expected and what actually happens; given to irony, sarcastic

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officious

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adj. meddling; excessively forward in offering services or assuming authority

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venal

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adj. open to or marked by bribery or corruption

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abhor

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v. to regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply

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buffet

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v. to slap or cuff; to strike repeatedly; to drive or force with blows; to force one's way with difficult;

n. a slap, blow

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commodious

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adj. roomy, spacious

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discern

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v. to see clearly, recognized

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extant

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adj. still existing; not exterminated, destroyed, or lost

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implicate

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v. to involve in; to connect with or be related to

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inter

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v. to bury, commit to the earth; to consign to oblivion

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martinet

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n. strict disciplinarian; a stickler for the rules

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obviate

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v. to anticipate and prevent; to remove, dispose of

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renegade

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n. one who leaves a group; a deserter, outlaw

adj. traitorous; unconventional, unorthodox

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reprehensible

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adj. deserving blame or punishment

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squalid

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adj. filthy, wretched, debased

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vociferous

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adj. loud noisy; compelling attention

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waive

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v. to do without, give up voluntarily to put off temporarily, defer