English Vocab 1

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edification

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n. intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvements; enlightenment

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irascible

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adj. irritable; marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger

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sine qua non

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sĭn'ĭ kwä nŏn

n. something indespensible or essential

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waif

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/weɪf/

n.
1. a homeless and helpless person, esp. an abandoned child.

2. an ownerless object or animal

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incredulous

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adj. skeptical; expressing disbelief

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felicitous

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adj.
1. Well-chosen; apt.
2. Pleasant, delightful

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exhort

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v.
To urge, advise, or warn earnestly

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ig-zort

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affront

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v.
1. To insult
2. To confront

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bellicose

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adj. warlike, aggressive, quarrelsome

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bene-

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good

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bell-

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war

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goody-goody

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n. a smug (excessively self-satisfied) or obstrusively (undesirably noticable) virtuous person

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goody-two-shoes

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n. a smug or obtrusively virtuous person

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smug: excessively self-satisfied

obtrusive: undesirably noticable

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despise

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v. to look down on as inferior, worthless or contemptible

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despicable

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adj. morally contemptible; vile (morally base, abominably bad)

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apt

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adj.
1. Well-adapted; suitable
2. Likely
3. Quick to learn

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disdain

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n. contempt, scorn, derision

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pac-

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peace
agree

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peas-

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peace
agree

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vilify

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v. defame; speak evil of

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repugnance

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n.
1. dislike (antipathy, aversion)
2. inconsistency or incompatibility of ideas, statements, etc.

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vile

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adj.
1. morally base, depraved, shameful
2. abominably bad

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insipid

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adj
1. not tasty
2. dull, flat

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pusillanimous

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adj. cowardly

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disapprobation

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n. moral condemnation

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accoutrement

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n.
1. an accessory item
2. trappings; an identifying (symbolic) characteristic

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suave

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adj. smooth, sophisticated

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urbane

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adj. polished; refined

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fastidious

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adj.

overly difficult to please; showing a meticulous or demanding attitude

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somber

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adj.
1. dark, gloomy
2. grave, melancholic

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contempt

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n.
1. The feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn.

2. The state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace.

3. Open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body.

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derision

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n.
1.a. Jeering () laughter; ridicule.

1.b. A state of being mocked or ridiculed

2. An object of ridicule; a laughingstock

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1.a. jeer: to mock; to abuse vocally; taunt

1.b. The proposal was held in derision by members of the board.

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defame

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v.
To damage the reputation, character, or good name of by slander (spoken) or libel (published); malign.

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base

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adj.
1. deserving of contempt because of the absence of higher values.

2. Mean- spirited, selfish [Having or showing a contemptible, mean-spirited, or selfish lack of human decency; mean; morally low; vile; shameful]

3. Inferior (in value or quality)

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- stresses the ignoble and may suggest cruelty, treachery, greed, or grossness <base motives>

1. a base, degrading way of life.

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scorn

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n.
1 : open dislike, disrespect, contempt or derision often mixed with indignation (!)

2. an object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision : something contemptible

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indignation: Anger aroused by something unjust, mean, or unworthy