Sadlier Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Level G Units 3-4

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articulate

Back 1

to pronounce distinctly; to express well in words; to connect by a joint or joints; expressed clearly and forcefully; able to employ language clearly and forcefully; jointed

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cavort

Back 2

to romp or prance around exuberantly; to make merry

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credence

Back 3

belief, mental acceptance

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decry

Back 4

to condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate

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dissemble

Back 5

to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression

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distraught

Back 6

very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict

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eulogy

Back 7

a formal statement of commendation; high praise

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evince

Back 8

to display clearly, to make evident, to provoke

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exhume

Back 9

to remove from aa grave; to bring to light

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feckless

Back 10

lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable

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murky

Back 11

dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision

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nefarious

Back 12

wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards

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piquant

Back 13

stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative

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primordial

Back 14

developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage; fundamental, basic

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propinquity

Back 15

nearness in place or time; kinship

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unwonted

Back 16

not usual or expected; not in character

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utopian

Back 17

founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical

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verbiage

Back 18

language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner of expression

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verdant

Back 19

green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgement

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viscious

Back 20

having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity

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atrophy

Back 21

the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; to waste away

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bastion

Back 22

a fortified place, stronghold

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concord

Back 23

a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant

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consummate

Back 24

complete or perfect in the highest degree; to bring to a state of completion or perfection

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disarray

Back 25

disorder, confusion; to throw into disorder

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exigency

Back 26

urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency

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flotsam

Back 27

floating debris; homeless, impoverished people

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frenetic

Back 28

frenzied, highliy agitated

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glean

Back 29

to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers

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grouse

Back 30

a type of game bird; a complaint; to complain, grumble

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incarcerate

Back 31

to imprison, confine, jail

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incumbent

Back 32

obligatory, required; one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of

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jocular

Back 33

humorous, jesting, jolly, joking

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ludicrous

Back 34

ridiculous, laughable, absurd

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mordant

Back 35

biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh

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nettle

Back 36

a prickly or stinging plant; to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely

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pecuniary

Back 37

consisting of or measured in money; of or rlated to money

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pusillanimous

Back 38

contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited

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recumbent

Back 39

in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting

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stratagem

Back 40

a scheme to outwit or decieve an opponent or to gain an end