Vocab Test Cont.

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momalous

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deviating from the normal or common order form or rule

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clairvoyance

Back 2

the ability to perceive things that are not in sight or that cannot be seen.

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antiquated

Back 3

adhering to the past, old fashioned

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peripatetic

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walking about from place to place. traveling on foot

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soporific

Back 5

causing or tending to cause sleep.

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perverse

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willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired, contrary.

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alcove

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a recess or small room adjacent to or opening out of a room

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virulent

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intensely bitter, or malicious

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orison

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a prayer or supplication

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pendant

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hanging or suspended, undecided, pending

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reprobate

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a depraved, unprincipled or wicked person. a person rejected by God and beyond hope of salvation.

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orotund

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marked by fullness, strength and clarity of sound

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conflagration

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a great fire, as of many buildings, a forest.

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zeitgeist

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the intellectual and moral tendencies that characterize any age or epoch.

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gape

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to open the mouth wide, yawn. to stare with the mouth open.

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erudition

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extensive knowledge of literature, history, and language

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abeyance

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a state of suspension or temporary inaction

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fulcrum

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the support on or against which a lever rests, or the point about which it turns.

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effusion

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an unrestrained expression of feelings

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abrogate

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to abolish, repeal

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enumerating

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to count off or name one by one, list

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panegyric

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a oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy. formal or elaborate praise.

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antedate

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to assign or affix a date to earlier than the actual one

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wanton

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immoral or unchaste, cruel, playful, spoiled, rebellious.

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orgies

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wild or wanton revelry

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revelry

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boisterous merrymaking

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nefandous

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unmentionable, unfit to speak of.

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accrue

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to happen or result as a natural growth/additon.

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abnegate

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to renounce

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pretentious

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marked by conceit or display

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cohere

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to stick together in a mass that resists separation
to have internal elements or parts logically connected so that consistency results

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perambulate

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to walk through

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furlough

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a temporary absence of a soldier or sailor by permission of the commanding officer

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prevaricate

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to use ambiguous or evasive language for the purpose of deceiving or diverting attention

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antediluvian

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pertaining to the times, things and events before the greatr flood in the days of Noah.

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plenary

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entire

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weltschmerz

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a mental depression caused by comparison of the actual state of the world with an ideal state. a mood of sentimental sadness

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candor

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the state of being frank, open and sincere in speech or expression.
freedom from bias, fairness

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fastidious

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excessively particular, critical, or demanding. hard to please.

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supercilious

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haughtily disdainful or contemptuous

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scrupulous

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punctiliously or minutely careful, precise or exact.

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solace

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comfort in sorrow, misfortune or trouble

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ensue

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to follow as a consequence or result

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redress

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the setting right of what went wrong.
relief from an injury

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picturesque

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visually charming or quaint as if resembling or suitable for painting.

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mien

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a typical expression or way of behaving

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pique

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a feeling of being annoyed or upset, especially because you feel insulted.

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pedantic

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ostentacious in ones learning. overly concerned with minute details or formalisms.

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apothecary

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a pharmacist, a pharmacy or drugstore

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scrupulous

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having moral integrity, acting strict in regard for what is considered right or proper.

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caprice

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a sudden, impulsive and seemingly unmotivated notion or action.
a disposition to do things impulsively.

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derision

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ridicule, mockery
an object of ridicule

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felicitation

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congratulations.

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iniquitious

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characterized by injustice or wickedness. wicked. sinful.

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celerity

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swiftness, speed.

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felicity

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the state of being happy