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14 Cards in this Set
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Tenuous (adj) |
1. Very weak or slight 2. Very slender or fine |
1. Tenuous link between interest rates and investment 2. A tenuous cloud |
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Oligarchy (n) |
A small group of people having control of a country, organization, or an institution. A country governed by an oligarchy |
The English aristocratic oligarchy of the 19th century |
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Preternatural (adj) |
Beyond what is normal or natural |
Autumn had arrived with a preternatural speed. |
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Eviscerate (v) |
1. Disembowel a person or animal 2. Deprive (something) of its essential content 3. Remove the contents of (a body organ) |
1. The goat has been skinned and neatly eviscerated 2. Myriad little concessions that would eviscerate the project |
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Abrogate (v) |
Repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement) |
"A proposal to abrogate temporarily the right to strike " Repeal, revoke, rescind, repudiate, overturn, annul |
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Petulance (n) |
The quality of being childishly sulky or bad-tempered |
A slight degree of petulance had crept into his voice |
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Glut (v & n) |
(v) supply or fill to excess (n) an excessively abundant supply of something |
(v) the factories for recycling paper are glutted (n) there is a glut of cars in the market |
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Tepid (adj) |
1. Showing little enthusiasm 2. (Especially of a liquid) lukewarm; only slightly warm |
1. The applause was tepid 2. Tepid water |
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Preeminent (adj) |
Surpassing all others; very distinguished in some way |
The world's preeminent expert on asbestos |
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Maelstrom (n) |
1. A situation or state of confused movement or violent turmoil 2. A powerful whirlpool in sea of river |
1. The train station was a maelstrom of crowds 2. A maelstrom in the sea |
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Bespeak (v) |
1. Order or reserve in advance 2. (Of an appearance or action) suggest; be evidence of |
1. The intention is to avoid bespoke bailouts to companies that could count on them in advance. 2. The attractive tree-lined road bespoke money |
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Propensity (n) |
An inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way |
A propensity for violence |
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Excoriate (v) |
Criticize or censure severely |
The papers that had been excoriating him are now lauding him |
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Moribund (adj) |
1. (Of a person) At the point of death 2. (Of a thing) in terminal decline; lacking vitality or vigor |
1. The patient was moribund 2. The moribund shipping industry |
