Last Vocab Test World List

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ascertainable

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capable of being found out, discovered, revealed

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arduous

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Requiring hard work or continuous physical effort; drudgery, laborious, rigorous, toilsome, onerous

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avocation

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Minor or occassional occupation or hobby

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acquiesce

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To agree or comply with someething in a passive way, yield, agree, consent

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bravado

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a false display of courage or boldness. Bluster, bombast, cockiness

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betoken

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To be a sign that something exists or will happen

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cadaverous

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Thin to the point of resembling a skeleton, ashen, gaunt

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credence

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Acceptance based on the degree to which something is believable

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dishabille

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A state in which somebody is partially undressed or dressed very casually

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deferentially

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Showing or expressing polite respect or courtesy. Civily, respectfully, yielding to another's judgment

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deploy

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To position troops in a specific area, ready for action

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efficacy

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The ability to produce a desired result.

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evince

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To show a feeling or quality clearly. To reveal or manifest

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fain

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With gladness or eagerness; willing or agreeable

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fervid

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Showing ardent or extremely passionate enthusiasm. Zealous or spirited,

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gainsay

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To say something that is false, to lie, naysay, contradict or dispute.

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gregarious

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very friendly or sociable. Fond of others company, affable

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hapless

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unlucky or unfortunate. Ill starred or acursed

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inadvertence

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Heedlessness or un-premeditatedness

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inconoclast

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Somebody who overturns traditional beliefs, values, or customs. Rebel, radicaly, or revolutionary

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ichtyology

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the branch of zoology dealing with fish

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idiosyncrasy

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a characteristic, habit, mannerism specific to an individual.

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illiberal

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narrow minded and bigoted; biased/prejiduced

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impalpable

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incapable of being perceived by touch; abstract or intangible

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impropriety

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the quality or condition of being improper. Incorrectness.

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indigo

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purple-ish blue clolor

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intermittent

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stopping ceasing for a time; interval or sporadic

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jargon

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language to a particular profession or trade

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jurisprudence

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the science of law. Body of laws of a nation

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juxtaposition

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the state of being side by side. Compare and contrast.

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kaleidoscopic

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changing form, pattern, or color like a kaleidoscope. 'ever changing'

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labrynthine

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complicated, bewildering,, tortuousm perlexing. Forming passages like a maze

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lachrymose

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tending to cause tears or girefl mournful

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laity

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body of religous worshippers, not part of the clergy. Congregation.

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lamentable

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regrettable, woeful, deplorable

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lemming

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small rodents known for mass migrations that frequently result in mass drownings

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lexicon

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A dictionary or secret vocab

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litigious

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excessively ready or inclined to litigate. quarrelsome.

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lupine

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wolf like

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Lysander

Leonidas

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Spartan Naval Commander and great staesman

Great Spartan King and Warrior

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machination

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an act of devising a plan with evil attent

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magnanimous

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generous in forgiving an insult

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malediction

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the utterance of a curse. to hex or condemn

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necromany

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a method of divination for communicating with the dead. Black art, magic, sorcery, voodoo, witchcraft

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neophyte

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A beginnier or a novice in a religous order. Tyro.

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numismatics

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the study or collecting of coins, medals, papers, money, etc.

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obloquy

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censure, blame aimed at a person by the general public.

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officious

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aggresive in offering ones advice or help. Obtrusive, meddlesome, interfering.

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orthography

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the part of language conerned with letters and spelling

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palliate

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to relieve or lessen without curing. allieviate, mitigate, assuage

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parsimonious

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excessively sparing or frugal. penny pinching, miserly, penurious.

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peremptory

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leaving no opportunity for denial. vindictive, dictatorial, imperious.

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plethora

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overabundance or excess. bountiful, surplus, glut.

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precocious

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unusually advanced in development, especially mental development

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perogative

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an exclusive right exercised by virtue of rank or office. Power or immunity

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prowess

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exceptional valor or bravery in combat.

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pseudonym

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a ficticious name used by an author to conceal his identity. Pen name.

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postulate

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to assume without proof, accept as self evident. axion.

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pusillanimous

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lacking courage, resolution, or fortitude. Cowardly, timid, or faint hearted

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putrid

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state of foul decay; odor of decaying flesh. Rotten, vile, corrupt.