Vacab 2

Front 1

expunge

ik-SPUNJ

Back 1

1. To strike out, erase, or mark for deletion; to obliterate; as, "to """ words, lines, or sentences."
2. To wipe out or destroy; to annihilate.

Front 2

animadversion

an-uh-mad-VUHR-zhuhn

Back 2

1. Harsh criticism or disapproval.
2. Remarks by way of criticism and usually of censure -- often used with 'on'.

Front 3

perforce

pur-FORS

Back 3

By necessity; by force of circumstance.

Front 4

clerisy

KLER-uh-see

Back 4

The well educated class; the intelligentsia.

Front 5

appurtenance

uh-PUR-tn-un(t)s

Back 5

1. An adjunct; an accessory; something added to another, more important thing.
2. [Plural]. Accessory objects; gear; apparatus.
3. [Law]. An incidental right attached to a principal property right for purposes such as passage of title, conveyance, or inheritance.

Front 6

taciturn

TAS-uh-turn

Back 6

Habitually silent; not inclined to talk.

Front 7

descry

dih-SKRY

Back 7

1. To catch sight of, especially something distant or obscure; to discern.
2. To discover by observation; to detect.

Front 8

turbid

Back 8

1. Muddy; thick with or as if with roiled sediment; not clear; -- used of liquids of any kind.
2. Thick; dense; dark; -- used of clouds, air, fog, smoke, etc.
3. Disturbed; confused; disordered.

Front 9

impregnable

im-PREG-nuh-buhl

Back 9

1. Not capable of being stormed or taken by assault; unconquerable; as, an impregnable fortress.
2. Difficult or impossible to overcome or refute successfully; beyond question or criticism; as, an impregnable argument.

Front 10

raffish

Back 10

1. Characterized by or suggestive of flashy vulgarity, crudeness, or rowdiness; tawdry.
2. Marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness; rakish.

Front 11

slaver

SLAV-uhr; SLAY-vuhr

Back 11

1. To slobber; to drool.

noun:
1. Saliva drooling from the mouth.

Front 12

bucolic

byoo-KOL-ik

Back 12

1. Relating to or typical of the countryside or its people; rustic.
2. Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral.

noun:
1. A pastoral poem, depicting rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds.
2. A country person.

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Pyrrhic victory

PIR-ik

Back 13

A victory achieved at great or excessive cost; a ruinous victory.

Front 14

idee fixe

ee-day-FEEKS

Back 14

An idea that dominates the mind; a fixed idea; an obsession.

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conspectus

kuhn-SPEK-tuhs

Back 15

1. A general sketch or survey of a subject.
2. A synopsis; an outline.