Pds English Vocab 151-200

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Remonstrate

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V. -To say or plead in protest objection.

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Repartee

Back 2

N. - A swift, witty reply.

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Replenish

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V. - To fill or make complete again.

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Respite

Back 4

N. - A usually short interval of rest or relief.

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Reverberate

Back 5

V. - To resound in a succession of echoes, reecho.

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Rift

Back 6

N. - A break in friendly relation.

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Risqué

Back 7

Adj. - Suggestive of or bordering on indelicacy or impropriety.

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Philander

Back 8

V. - To carry on a sexual affair.

Root: Phil means love.

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Philanthropist

Back 9

N. - One who exhibits a Love of humankind. One who contributes generously to the benefit of human
kind, usually in a monetary sense.

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Ruminate

Back 10

V. - To turn a matter over and over in the mind.

Root: To chew cud.

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Pommel

Back 11

N. - The upper front part of a saddle.
A knob on the hilt of a sword.

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Prattle

Back 12

V. - To talk, chatter or babble meaninglessly.

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Precocious

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Adj. - Acting in a way that exceeds
what is expected of a someone of a certain age. Usually used of children.

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Sacrilegious

Back 14

Adj. - Grossly irreverent toward what is or is held to be sacred.

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Primordial

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Adj. - Primary and first in sequence of time.

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Progeny

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N. - Offspring or decendants.

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Salient

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Adj. - Worthy of notice, significant.

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Promiscuous

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Adj. - Having casual sexual relations frequently with different partners; indiscriminate in the choice of sexual partners.

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Protégé

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N. - One whose welfare, training, or career is promoted by an influential person.

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Secular

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Adj. - Not specifically relating to religion or to a religious body.

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Puerile

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Adj. - Belonging to childhood, juvenile, immature, childish.

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Serendipity

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N. - The faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident.

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Pugnacious

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Adj. - Combative in nature, inclined or eager to fight.

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Pusillanimous

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Adj. - Lacking courage, cowardly.

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Quell

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V. - To put down forcibly.

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Shambles

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N. - A scene or condition of complete disorder or ruin

Root: Butcher shop.

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Ramification

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N. - A consequence growing out of and sometimes complicating a problem, plan, or statement.

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Rampant

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Adj. - Occurring without restraint and frequently, widely, or menacingly.

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Shoddy

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Adj. - Made of or containing inferior material.

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Reciprocate

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V. - To give or take mutually; interchange or to show, feel, or give in response or return.

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Reconcile

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V. - To reestablish a close relationship between or to settle or resolve.

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Skulk

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V. - To lie in hiding, as out of cowardice, lurk or to move about stealthily.

Root: A pack of foxes.

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Recumbent

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Adj. - Lying down, especially in a position of comfort or rest, reclining.

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Solicitous

Back 34

Adj. - Eager, anxious or concerned.

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Spurious

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Adj. - Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin, not genuine, false.

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Stentorian

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Adj. - Extremely loud (voice).

Root: Stentor in the Iliad who annouces everthing.

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Stymie

Back 37

V. - To stump.

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Substantiate

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V. - To support with proof or evidence, to verify.

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Succulent

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Adj. - Full of juice or sap, juicy.

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Superficial

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Adj. - Apparent rather than actual or substantial.

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Synthesis

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N. - The combining of separate elements or substances to form a coherent whole.

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Synthetic

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Adj. - Prepared or made artificially.

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Tertiary

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Adj. - Third in place, order, degree, or rank.

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Timidity

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N. - The state of lacking self-confidence, shy.

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Toady

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N. - A person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons.

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Tortuous

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Adj. - Having or marked by repeated turns or bends, winding or twisting.

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Transgression

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N. - A violation of a law, command or duty.

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Transient

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Adj. - Passing with time, transitory.

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Tremulous

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Adj. - Marked by trembling, quivering or shaking.

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Tumid

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Adj. - Swollen, distended body part or organ.