Gre Flash Cards Continued

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Libertine

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(n) a person who is morally or sexually unrestrained; a profligate

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Reprobate

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(n) a depraved, unprincipled, wicked person; degenerate

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Genteel

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(adj) well-bred or refined, polite, elegant

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Tautology

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(n) needless repetition of an idea

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Brusque

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(adj) abrupt in manner, blunt, rough

"brusque welcome"

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Idiosyncrasy

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(n) a characteristic, habit, or mannerism peculiar to the individual

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Fecundity

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(n) fruitfulness

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Querulous

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(adj) full of complaints

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Animus

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(n) hostility

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Amity

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(n) friendliness and goodwill

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Squalor

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(n) wretchedness, filth, misery

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Baleful

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(adj) malign, harmful

"dangerous baleful influences"

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Felicitous

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(adj) happily suited to a situation; appropriate

"a felicitous remark"

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Broach

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(v) to mention or suggest for the first time

"broaching a topic of conversation"

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Encomium

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(n) statement of praise

"heroes receiving an encomium"

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Demur

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(v) to object to something
(n) the act of making an objection, an objection raised

"They wanted to make him the treasurer, but he demurred."

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Pilllory

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(v) to expose to public scorn
(n) a wooden framework erected on a post with holes for securing heads and hands

"The candidate mercilessly pilloried his opponent"

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Cavil

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to oppose by inconsequential, frivolous, or sham objections
(n) a trivial and annoying objection
"to cavil each item of a proposed agenda"

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Apostate

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(n) a person who forsakes his religion, cause, party etc

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Martinet

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(n) someone who stubbornly adheres to methods or rules

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Fulminate

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(v) issue curses or censures; explode

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Edify

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(v) to instruct or benefit, esp. morally or spiritually; uplift

"religious paintings that edify the viewer"

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Topical

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(adj) pertaining to or dealing with matters of current or local interest
"a topical reference" ;
local "topical anesthetic"

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Maunder

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(v) to speak disconnectedly; talk without a clear purpose

"maundering at random"

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Defile (n)

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(n) any narrow passage, especially between mountains

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Egress

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(n) a means or place of going out; an exit
(v) to go out, emerge

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Insouciant

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(adj) carefree or unconcerned; light-hearted

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Punctilious

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(adj) paying scrupulous attention to correctness in etiquette

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Refractory

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(adj) hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient: "a refractory child"

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Flounce

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(v) to go with impatient or impetuous, exaggerated movements: "The star flounced out of the studio in a rage"
to throw the body about spasmodically; flounder.

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Inveigle

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(v) persuade someone over their better judgment

beguile, cajole

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Elan

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(adj) Impetuous ardor, dash

zeal, dash, flair, enthusiasm, liveliness

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Equanimity

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(n) mental or emotional stability or composure

calmness, aplomb, assurance

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Smart (v)

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(v) to feel a sharp, stinging pain, as in a wound

"She smarted under their criticism."

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Pratfall

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(n) a fall in which one lands on the buttocks, often regarded as comical or humiliating.

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Windfall

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(n) an unexpected gain, piece of good fortune, or the like.
something blown down by the wind, as fruit.

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Shrewish

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(adj) (esp of a woman) bad-tempered and nagging

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Minatory

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(adj) menacing; threatening.

portentous, inauspicious, impending

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Surfeit

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excess; an excessive amount: "a surfeit of speechmaking"

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Cloy

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-to weary by an excess of food, sweetness, pleasure, etc.; surfeit; satiate.
-to become uninteresting or distasteful through overabundance: "A diet of cake and candy soon cloys."

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Hortatory

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(adj) urging to some course of conduct or action; exhorting; encouraging: a hortatory speech.

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Urbane

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(adj) having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities: "an urbane manner."

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Pariah

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(n) an outcast
Syn: derelict, vagabond, exile
"shunned as a pariah"

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Canny

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careful; cautious; prudent: "a canny reply."

pespicacious, sagacious, dexterous

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Avidity

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(n)
1.eagerness; greediness.
2.enthusiasm or dedication.
syn: avarice

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Repine

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(v) complain or express discontent
Syn: languish, whimper
"repining the pains of old age"

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Gainsay

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(v) to deny, dispute, or contradict.

Syn: contravene, repudiate, traverse

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Denigrate

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to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
to make black; blacken: rain clouds denigrating the sky.

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Boorish

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of or like a boor; unmannered; crude; insensitive.
syn: cantankerous, provincial, churlish

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Pithy

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(adj) brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning; terse; forcible: a pithy observation.

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Ignoble

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(adj) of low character, aims, etc.; mean; base:
"his ignoble purposes."

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Asperity

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(n) harshness or sharpness of tone, temper, or manner; severity; acrimony: The cause of her anger did not warrant such asperity.

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Descry

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(v) to see (something unclear or distant) by looking carefully; discern; espy: The lookout descried land.

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Perspicacity

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(n) keenness of mental perception and understanding; discernment; penetration.

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Importunate

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(adj) urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
syn: pertinacious, solicitous, troublesome

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Jejune

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(adj) without interest or significance; dull; insipid: a jejune novel.
juvenile; immature; childish: jejune behavior.

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Indefatigable

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(adj) incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.

syn: perservering, pertinacious

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Sententious

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(adj) abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims: a sententious book.
given to excessive moralizing; self-righteous.

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Panegyric

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(n) a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
formal or elaborate praise.

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Extirpate

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(v) to remove or destroy totally; do away with; exterminate.
syn: deracinate

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Indignant

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eeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base: indignant remarks; an indignant expression on his face.
Syn: acrimonious, disgruntled

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Beatific

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bestowing bliss, blessings, happiness, or the like: beatific peace.
Syn: angelic, rapturous