English Vocab List 5

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append

Back 1

a. to add as a supplement b. to fix to; attach

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dispense

Back 2

a. to prepare and distribute in parts or portions. b. to administer. c. to exempt or release, as from a duty or obligation

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expendable

Back 3

a. viewed as not worth keeping or maintaining b. subject to use or consumption

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expenditure

Back 4

a. the act or process of consuming or using (something) up; outlay. b. an expense

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impend

Back 5

a. to hang or hover menacingly. b. to be about to take place

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pending

Back 6

not yet decided; awaiting conclusion

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perpendicular

Back 7

intersecting at or forming right angles. b. at right angles to a horizontal line or plane; vertical; exactly upright.

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preponderance

Back 8

superiority in weight, quantity power or importance

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recompense

Back 9

a. to award compensation. to as for services rendered. b. to make a return for (an action) n. a. payment or compensation for another's loss. b. payment in return for something given or done

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suspension

Back 10

a. the temporary deferment of an action. b. the period during which one is excluded from privilege, office or position, usually as punishment c. a device from which a mechanical part is hung

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eulogy

Back 11

a speech praising another; tribute b. great praise

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exalt

Back 12

a. to glorify; praise; honor. b. to raise in rank, character or status; elevate

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exhort

Back 13

to urge or incite by strong argument, advice or appeal

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expatiate

Back 14

to speak or write at length; elaborate

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garrulous

Back 15

habitually talkative, especially excessively so

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gist

Back 16

the central idea of a matter; essence

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histrionic

Back 17

excessively dramatic or emotional; affected. b. of or pertaining to actors or acting

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laconic

Back 18

using a marketed by the use of few words; terse.

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peremptory

Back 19

not allowing contradiction or refusal; imperative b. having the nature of expressing a command; urgent c. putting an end to all debate or action

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polemic

Back 20

a controversy or argument, especially one that is a refutation of or an attack upon the opinions or doctrines of another

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consecrate

Back 21

a. to declare or set apart as holy or sacred. b. to dedicate to a worthy goal or service. c. to confirm officially by religious or civil ceremonies

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credo

Back 22

a system of fundamental beliefs or guiding principles; creed. b. a formal statement of religious belief

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desecrate

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to violate or abuse the sacredness of; profane. b. to treat irreverently or contemptuously, thereby arousing outrage in others

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laudable

Back 24

deserving praise, commendable

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pious

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having or exhibiting reverence and earnest compliance in the observance of religion; devout. b. professing or exhibiting a strict, traditional sense of virtue and morality; high-minded. c. marked by false devoutness; solemnly hypocritical

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sacrilegious

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disrespectful or irreverent towards something sacred

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sanctimony

Back 27

pretended devoutness or righteousness; a hypocritical show of holiness

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sanctity

Back 28

a. the quality or condition of being considered sacred; inviolability. b. holiness of life; saintliness.

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supplicate

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a. to make a humble entreaty to; beseech. b. to ask for humbly or earnestly, as by praying. C. to make a humble and earnest petition, beg.

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venerate

Back 30

to regard with respect, reverence or deference.