Recas Pg 7 And 8

Front 1

penchant

Back 1

a strong liking or taste for something

 

so it's kind of a weakness since you will bend down for it

Front 2

prude

Back 2

proper, modest person

Front 3

ether

Back 3

atmosphere/air

Front 4

embody

Back 4

incorporate, include, give a bodily form

Front 5

penance

Back 5

self imposed punishment for sin

Front 6

inviolable

Back 6

secure from corruption, violation

Front 7

moralize

Back 7

to be self-righteous, to lecture about ethics

Front 8

injurious

Back 8

harmful, causing injury

Front 9

invert

Back 9

to turn inside out

Front 10

cadaver

Back 10

corpse, dead body

Front 11

recreant

Back 11

disloyal, cowardly 

Front 12

wean

Back 12

accustom a baby, give up a cherished activity

Front 13

disfigure

Back 13

ruin someone's appearance, to soil

Front 14

intransigent

Back 14

stubborn, uncompromising

Front 15

marginalize

Back 15

to make unimportant 

Front 16

ascribe

Back 16

to refer to, to give credit to

Front 17

gratuity

Back 17

tip, 

 

we showed our gratuity to the waitress with a tip

Front 18

colander

Back 18

strainer

Front 19

methodical

Back 19

systematic

 

method: a systematic way `

Front 20

resolution

Back 20

determination 

 

we all make new years resolutions with new resolution to keep them

Front 21

stilted

Back 21

awkward, stiff

 

i walk as if i was walking on 50 meter stilts therefore my friends always call me stilted. 

Front 22

dissipate

Back 22

to disappear

Front 23

riddle

Back 23

pierce with holes

Front 24

rave

Back 24

overwhelmingly favorable review, talk wildly as if mad

 

a raving lunatic or you will be the next rage with this rave

Front 25

quintessence

Back 25

perfect example

Front 26

impregnate

Back 26

to make pregnant,, saturate, fill

Front 27

squander

Back 27

waste

 

many colonists felt that squatters were squanders

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wan

Back 28

having a pale color

Front 29

burnish

Back 29

to polish

Front 30

capillary

Back 30

fine, slender

 

pertaining to a tube``

Front 31

hydroscope

Back 31

something used to measure depth of the ocean

Front 32

homily

Back 32

sermon, lecture

Front 33

bereft

Back 33

deprived of

Front 34

sere

Back 34

sear, parched, dry

Front 35

compelling

Back 35

forceful, commanding attention, overpowering,

Front 36

citadel

Back 36

fortress

Front 37

flippancy

Back 37

joking, levity

Front 38

quarry

Back 38

prey, something chassed

Front 39

wage 

Back 39

begin, continue

Front 40

wangle

Back 40

achieved by cleverness

Front 41

expostulation

Back 41

protest, remonstrance, reasoning with someone to correct or dissuade

Front 42

gloss

Back 42

to ignore 

Front 43

shangri la

Back 43

imaginary paradise on earth

Front 44

idyllic

Back 44

peaceful halycon

Front 45

proscribe

Back 45

to ban, prohibit something

 

we proscribed the magazine by refusing to subscribe to it

Front 46

eminent

Back 46

lofty, high, distinguished 

Front 47

ornithologist

Back 47

a person who studies birdes

Front 48

capacity

Back 48

physical ability, position, able to accomodate

Front 49

vitriolic

Back 49

extremely angry, poisonous

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jaundiced

Back 50

sickly, sallow

Front 51

acrophobia

Back 51

fear of heights

 

acro- acrobat --> heights

Front 52

abort

Back 52

to cancel, take back

Front 53

prerogative

Back 53

right, privelige

Front 54

gastronomy

Back 54

art of cooking

Front 55

unta

Back 55

group of persons joined in political scheme

Front 56

alias

Back 56

assumed fake name

Front 57

imperil

Back 57

to put in danger

Front 58

indignity

Back 58

treatment or situation that causes shame, or loss of dignity or respect

Front 59

requite

Back 59

make return for, repay

Front 60

mitigated

Back 60

made less severe

Front 61

simul

Back 61

like, resembling 

 

like similarity

Front 62

steadfast

Back 62

unswerving, loyal, reliable

Front 63

acc ost

Back 63

approach and speak to a person first

Front 64

unregenerate

Back 64

making no attempts to change one's bad habits

Front 65

cataclysm

Back 65

debacle, disatter

 

catastrophe

Front 66

mealomania

Back 66

mania for doing big things

Front 67

lounge

Back 67

stand, sit, lie in a lazy, relaxed way

 

think of what a lounge is suppose to be for

Front 68

pompous

Back 68

filled with excessive self-importance, grand

Front 69

lateral

Back 69

coming from hte side

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depraved

Back 70

immoral, lacking basic values

Front 71

validated

Back 71

proved right

Front 72

iredescent

Back 72

showing rainbow colors

Front 73

muse

Back 73

inspiration

Front 74

flighty

Back 74

whimsical

Front 75

maladroit

Back 75

clumsy 

 

a bad skill would be to be clumsy

Front 76

cache

Back 76

hidden stash or safe place

 

i would hide my cash in a cache

Front 77

pejorative

Back 77

disparaing, insulting

Front 78

retrench

Back 78

cut down

Front 79

loiter

Back 79

to waste time

Front 80

comtumacious

Back 80

stubbornly rebellious, disobedient

Front 81

defrock

Back 81

strip a minister of authority

Front 82

incipient

Back 82

imminent, about to occur

Front 83

sound

Back 83

physicall, mentally or emotionally sound

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stickler

Back 84

perfectionist

Front 85

reactionary

Back 85

opposed to change

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badinage

Back 86

teasing conversation, banter, joking tlak

Front 87

interstice

Back 87

narrow space between things

Front 88

antagonism

Back 88

strong feelings of hatred and dislike

Front 89

strife

Back 89

conflict

Front 90

pugn

Back 90

to fight

Front 91

disillusioned

Back 91

freed from wrong ideas

Front 92

graphic

Back 92

vividly described

Front 93

idyll

Back 93

short poem 

simple happy period of life

Front 94

invective

Back 94

verbal abuse or attack

Front 95

nominal

Back 95

in name only, insignifcant, tiny

Front 96

padre

Back 96

chaplain in the armed forces

Front 97

cursory

Back 97

superficial

Front 98

beleagured

Back 98

confused, distraught

Front 99

inception

Back 99

beginning or bith

Front 100

elysian

Back 100

relating to a paradise, blissful

Front 101

cohesive

Back 101

tie everything together, logical, unifiyin

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credibility

Back 102

believability

Front 103

martial

Back 103

warlike, of war

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feral

Back 104

wild

Front 105

abut

Back 105

border upon, adjoin

Front 106

guarded

Back 106

wary careful

Front 107

cornice

Back 107

projecting molding on building

Front 108

ashen

Back 108

ash colored, deadly pale

Front 109

nondescript

Back 109

plain, nearly unnoticeable, featureless

Front 110

vassal

Back 110

slave, servant

Front 111

inadvertent

Back 111

unintentinoally, accidentally

Front 112

beatitude

Back 112

blessedness, state of great happiness

Front 113

provincial

Back 113

narrow minded, unsophisticated

Front 114

vapid

Back 114

empty, vacuous

Front 115

superfluous

Back 115

overabundant, unnecessary

Front 116

cater

Back 116

provide food and drnk

Front 117

brittle

Back 117

easily broken, difficult

Front 118

recess

Back 118

pause, temporary cessation, alcove, hidden place

Front 119

declivity

Back 119

downward slope

Front 120

fringe

Back 120

decoative edge of hangin threads