Vocab Set 3

Front 1

precocious

Back 1

showing unusually early mental development or acheivement

Front 2

ambiguous

Back 2

having or expressing more than one possible meaning

Front 3

ambivalent

Back 3

having two opposing feelings at the same time

Front 4

anecdote

Back 4

a short often amusing story

Front 5

apathetic

Back 5

lacking interest or energy

Front 6

approbation

Back 6

approval or agreement

Front 7

articulate

Back 7

able to express thoughts and feelings easily and clearly

Front 8

burnished

Back 8

Literary to rub metal until it is smooth and shiny

Front 9

candid

Back 9

truthful and honest

Front 10

compunction

Back 10

a slight feeling of guilt for something you have done or might do

Front 11

constrict

Back 11

to become tighter and narrower

Front 12

credulity

Back 12

willingness to beleive that something is real or true

Front 13

culpability

Back 13

deserving to be blamed or considered responsible for something bad

Front 14

decorous

Back 14

behaving politely and in a controlled way

Front 15

desiccated

Back 15

not interesting or completely lacking in imagination

Front 16

disparagement

Back 16

to critisize someone or something in a way that shows you do not respect or value them

Front 17

dysfunction

Back 17

a problem or fault in a part of the body or a machine

Front 18

embellish

Back 18

to make something more beautiful or interesting by adding something to it

Front 19

essential

Back 19

necessary

Front 20

exhilarating

Back 20

to give someone strong feelings of happpiness and exitement

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expansive

Back 21

very happy to talk to people in a freindly way

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fervor

Back 22

describes beleifs that are strongly and sincerely felt or poeple who have strong and sincere beliefs

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formidable

Back 23

causing you to have fear or respect for something or someone because they are impressive, powerful or difficult

Front 24

furtive

Back 24

behaving secretely so people do notice them, or done secretly and often quickly so that people do not notice

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imperious

Back 25

unpleasently proud and expecting obedience

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jurisprudence

Back 26

the study of law and the princi[les on which law is based

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lassitude

Back 27

physical or metal tiredness

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laudatory

Back 28

deserving praise even if there is little or no sucess

Front 29

litigious

Back 29

too often taking arguments to a law or court for a descision

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nefarious

Back 30

evil or immoral

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obsolescence

Back 31

becoming obsolete

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omniscience

Back 32

having or seeming to have unlimited knowledge

Front 33

pernicious

Back 33

having a very harmful effect or influence

Front 34

profundity

Back 34

felt or experienced very strongly or in an extreme way

Front 35

reprimand

Back 35

to express to someone your strong official disapproval of them

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indigenous

Back 36

naturally existing in a place or country rather than arriving from another place

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sporadic

Back 37

happening irregularly

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stamina

Back 38

the physical and/or mental strength to do something which might be difficult and which will take a long time

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sumptuous

Back 39

luxurious and showing wealth

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tenuous

Back 40

A tenuous connection, idea or situation is weak and possibly does not exist

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exquisite

Back 41

very beautiful

Front 42

ensemble

Back 42

a group of things

Front 43

heterogeneous

Back 43

consisting of parts or things that are very different from each other

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ambivalent

Back 44

having two opposing feelings at the same time

Front 45

elucidate

Back 45

to make clear

Front 46

imbued

Back 46

to fill something or someone with a particular feeling, quality or idea

Front 47

infuriating

Back 47

to make someone extremely angry

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unctuous

Back 48

describes people or behaviour expressing too much praise, interest, freindliness and etc.