English Vocab Final Exam

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Consternation

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n. Fear, amazement, or dismay that causes confusion or that hinders

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Dote

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v. To show excessive love or fondness for

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Parterre

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n. An ornamental flower garden, with walkways

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Opprobrium

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n. Disgrace arising from shameful conduct; ignominy

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Foment

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trans. v. To promote the growth or development of; to incite

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Privation

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n. Lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life

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Phylactery

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n. Small leather box containing scriptures and strapped to one's forehead and left arm

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Refectory

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n. Dining hall in a religious or collegiate setting

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Inanition

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n. Exhaustion from lack of nourishment; lethargy

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Sallowness

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n. A sickly yellow color or complexion

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Usurious

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adj. Practicing the lending of money at exorbiant intrest

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Quail

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v. To cower; to shrink back in fear

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Propensity

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n. Natural inclination or tendency

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Duplicity

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n. Deliberate deceitfulness in behaiviro or speech

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Ignominious

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adj. Shameful; dishonorable; degrading; disgraceful

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Animadversion

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n. Harsh, often unfair criticism

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Slatternly

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adj. Untidy; dirty

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Poltroon

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adj. A base coward

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Execration

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n. The act of cursing or denouncing; a protest against

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Inure

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v. to accustom (oneself) to something undesirable

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Elixer

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n. A supposed remedy for all ailments

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Elucidate

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v. To make clear

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Emanate

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v. To come forth; to send forth

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Emendation

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n. A correction

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Empathy

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n. An understanding of another's feelings

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Empirical

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adj. Based on practical experience rather than theory

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Endemic

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adj. Confined to a particular country or area

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Enervate

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v. To weaken

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Ennui

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n. Boredom; a weariness resulting from a lack of interest

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Ephemeral

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adj. lasting only a brief time; short lived

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Epitome

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n. A typical example; a condensed account

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Ergo

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conj. Therefore

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Erotic

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adj. pertaining to sexual love

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Eschew

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v. to keep away from; to avoid; to shun

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Facetious

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adj. comical; jocular; flippant

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Deride

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v. to ridicule, to mock

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Desiccated

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adj. dried up

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Despicable

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adj. contemptible, hateful

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Desultory

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adj. wandering from subject to subject

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Deviate

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v. to turn aside

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Diadem

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n. a crown

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Diaphanous

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adj. very sheer and light

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Dichotomy

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n. a division into two parts

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Ebullient

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adj. enthusiastic

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Eclectic

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adj. choosing from various sources

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Edify

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v. improve someone morally

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Effete

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adj. worn out; barren

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Egregious

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adj. remarkably bad; outrageous

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Elegy

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n. a sad or mournful poem

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Elicit

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v. to draw forth; to call forth