Vocabulary I

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miser

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a stingy, avaricious person

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minnow

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1. any of various unrelated, small fishes.
2. a person or thing that is comparatively small or insignificant.

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elegy

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1. a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, esp. a funeral song or a lament for the dead.

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vociferous

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crying out noisily; clamorous.

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garrulous

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1. excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, esp. about trivial matters.
2. wordy or diffuse: a garrulous and boring speech.

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effusive

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1. unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve: effusive greetings; an effusive person.
2. pouring out; overflowing.

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taciturn

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1. inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.
2. dour, stern, and silent in expression and manner.

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reticent

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1. disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
2.reluctant or restrained.

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munificent

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1. extremely liberal in giving; very generous.
2. characterized by great generosity: a munificent bequest.

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avaricious

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characterized by avarice; greedy; covetous.

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vacillation

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1. a state of indecision or irresolution.
2. unsteady movement; fluctuation, hesitation, wavering, swing, swinging

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impervious

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1. not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable: The coat is impervious to rain.
2. incapable of being injured or impaired: impervious to wear and tear.
3. incapable of being influenced, persuaded, or affected: impervious to reason; impervious to another's suffering.

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invidious

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1. calculated to create ill will or resentment or give offense; hateful: invidious remarks.
2. offensively or unfairly discriminating; injurious: invidious comparisons.
3. causing or tending to cause animosity, resentment, or envy: an invidious honor.

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spurious

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1. not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
2. Biology. (of two or more parts, plants, etc.) having a similar appearance but a different structure.
3. of illegitimate birth; bastard.
syn.
1. false, sham, bogus, mock, feigned, phony; meretricious, deceitful.

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flout

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to be scornful, insult

...If you don't love me, at least I shall not allow you to _____ me--deliberately, defiantly ....

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obfuscation

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bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification

There is a fine line between abstraction and _______.

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obviate

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1. make something unnecessary

2. avoid something

The anticipated closings due to snow may _____ a need to call in sick.

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emanation

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emergence, discharge

The ______ that drifted from the rafters was a putrid smell of soiled fish and rotting wood.

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morose

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gloomy or melancholy

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saturnine

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synonym of morose

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extemporaneous

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impromptu or performed with little preparation, unrehearsed

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ursine

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"like a bear"

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cygent

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baby swan

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ineluctable

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impossible to avoid

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bacchus

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god of wine

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ineluctable

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impossible to avoid, inescapable,

an _______ destiny

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ineffable

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inexpressible, impossible to utter, not to be spoken because of its sacredness, unspeakable

the _______ name of the deity.

________ joy.

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dolorous

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showing sorrow

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Anachronisms

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The representation of someone as existing or something as happening in other than chronological, proper or historical order.

Bullock carts and hand pumps seem ___ in a village whose skyline is dominated by telephone cables and satellite dishes.

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innocuous

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harmless

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ingenuous

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artless, innocent. naive

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deletorious

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injurious to healthy, harmful

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incongruous

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not consistent, out of place

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assiduous

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constant, unrelenting, sedulous, perservering, industrious, persistent or carefully maintained

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captious

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fault-finding

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notorious

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known unfavorably

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renowned

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notable, distinquished

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hidebound

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stubbornly prejudiced, narrow-minded, or inflexible

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contentiousness

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combative, tending towards argument or strife

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ineluctable

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incapable of being evaded,

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ineffable

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impossible to utter

____ joy.

_____ name of the diety.

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curtsy

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bow is a sign of reverence

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circumlocution

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roundabout expression

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disapprobation

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disapproval, condemnation

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indigence

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poverty

employing an _______ person can serve to correct or reverse poverty

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fetid

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having offensive odor

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moratorium

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cessation of an activity

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imperious

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authoritarian, bossy, overbearing,
domineering in a haughty manner

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libelous

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defamatory, calumnious, injurious

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calumnious

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defamatory, slanderous

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choleric

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easily angered, bad-tempered

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morose

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describes someone who is gloomy or melancholy

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saturine

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synonymous of morse, sluggish in temperament, gloomy, dour, taciturn

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extemporaneous

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impromptu, action that is spoken or preformed with little preparation, unrehearsed

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commandeer

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to ______ something is to take it legally; whereas, to steal something is to do it illegally.

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purloin

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to take dishonestly, steal

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commandeer

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to seize, appropiate

The police officer ________ a taxi and took off after the getaway car.

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cabal

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group of plotters

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troupe

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group of actors

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elegy

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song of lamentation

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paean

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song of joy

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prosaic

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dull, unimaginative, hard-headed, down-to-earth