Vocabulary Semester 1 Exam

Front 1

to reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done; remonstrate

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expostulate

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1. offense; annoyance; displeasure
2. the slightest indication or vaguest feeling of suspicion, doubt, hostility, or the like.
3. leaves that afford shade, as the foliage of trees.
4. shade or shadows, as cast by trees.
5. a shadowy appearance or semblance of something.

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umbrage

Front 3

to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke

Back 3

elicit

Front 4

to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate

Back 4

assuage

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approval; commendation

Back 5

approbation

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characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor, esp. in an affected manner; excessively smooth, suave, or smug.

Back 6

unctuous

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to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently

Back 7

exhort

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weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, etc.; lack of energy; listlessness; languor

Back 8

lassitude

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1. a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; "social unrest"
2. be in an agitated or excited state;

Back 9

ferment

Front 10

to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve

Back 10

ameliorate

Front 11

to protest strongly or attack vehemently with words

Back 11

inveigh

Front 12

coolness of mind; calmness; composure

Back 12

sangfroid

Front 13

associated with something by chance rather than as an integral part; extrinsic

Back 13

adventitious

Front 14

to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.

Back 14

peculate

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1. to prescribe (a course of action) with authority or emphasis
2. to direct or order to do something

Back 15

enjoin

Front 16

the process of adopting the cultural traits or social patterns of another group

Back 16

acculturation

Front 17

to atone for; make amends or reparation for

Back 17

expiate

Front 18

to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute

Back 18

ascribe

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1. something extremely light, flimsy, or delicate
2. characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy

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gossamer

Front 20

characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly

Back 20

erudite

Front 21

grossly or obscenely abusive

Back 21

scurrilous

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1. to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend.
2. to make great or greater in power, wealth, rank, or honor.

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aggrandize

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a natural inclination or tendency

Back 23

propensity

Front 24

to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval

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remonstrate

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full of complaints; complaining

Back 25

querulous

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1. to cut down, reduce, or diminish; curtail (expenses).
2. to cut off or remove.

Back 26

retrench

Front 27

causing or tending to cause sleep

Back 27

soporific

Front 28

a warning or caution; admonition

Back 28

caveat

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a thing to be added; an addition

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addendum

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lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid; flat

Back 30

vapid

Front 31

to set forth conspicuously or publicly; display; proclaim

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blazon

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a commandment or direction given as a rule of action or conduct

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precept

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a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom

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ennui

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an office or position requiring little or no work, esp. one yielding profitable returns

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sinecure

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deviating from or inconsistent with the common order, form, or rule; irregular; abnormal

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anomalous

Front 36

performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another

Back 36

vicarious

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1. obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine
2. acting in a stealthy way

Back 37

surreptitious

Front 38

1. to grant or give, as by favor, graciousness, or condescension
2. to allow or permit, as by favor or graciousness
3. to condescend; deign.

Back 38

vouchsafe

Front 39

1. a chain or shackle placed on the feet
2. to confine; restrain; shackle

Back 39

fetter

Front 40

1. strongly and stoutly built; sturdy and robust
2. a steadfast or uncompromising partisan

Back 40

stalwart

Front 41

deliberate breach of faith or trust; faithlessness; treachery

Back 41

perfidy

Front 42

to amend by removing words, passages, etc., deemed offensive or objectionable

Back 42

expurgate

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oxlike; cowlike; dull

Back 43

bovine

Front 44

a sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion; dismay

Back 44

consternation

Front 45

tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy

Back 45

dilatory

Front 46

something that is assumed; hypothesis

Back 46

supposition

Front 47

inactive or sluggish; dull

Back 47

torpid

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to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish

Back 48

abate

Front 49

a moderate or small amount

Back 49

modicum

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untidy or unclean in appearance or habits

Back 50

slovenly

Front 51

extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant

Back 51

egregious

Front 52

to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead; prevaricate or hedge

Back 52

equivocate

Front 53

unfriendly; hostile

Back 53

inimical

Front 54

given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary

Back 54

gratuitous

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extremely liberal in giving; very generous

Back 55

munificent

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1. hidden from sight
2. dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter

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recondite

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capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy

Back 57

efficacious

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mental or emotional stability or composure, esp. under tension or strain; calmness; equilibrium

Back 58

equanimity

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1. prominent or conspicuous
2. projecting or pointing outward
3. leaping or jumping

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salient

Front 60

to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly

Back 60

inculcate

Front 61

1. apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible
2. pleasing to the eye but deceptive

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specious

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1. to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably
2. committing the act of fraud

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foist

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passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling

Back 63

discursive

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causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful

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pernicious

Front 65

lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkward; crude; tactless

Back 65

gauche

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1. touching; in contact
2. in close proximity without actually touching; near

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contiguous

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a loud, resonant sound; clang

Back 67

clangor

Front 68

making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness

Back 68

sanctimonious

Front 69

eager or excessive desire, esp. to possess something; greed; avarice

Back 69

cupidity

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to assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner

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aver

Front 71

speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful

Back 71

magniloquent

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1. to beg
2. to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition

Back 72

supplicate

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to enlarge in discourse or writing; be copious in description or discussion; talk profusely

Back 73

expatiate

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1. swollen; distended; tumid
2. inflated, overblown, or pompous; bombastic

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turgid

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a physical weakness or ailment

Back 75

infirmity

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ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable

Back 76

amenable

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extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible

Back 77

choleric

Front 78

of or pertaining to tailors or their trade

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sartorial

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offensively self-assertive; pushy, forward, cocky, cheeky, brash

Back 79

bumptious

Front 80

a feeling or impression that something is about to happen, esp. something evil; foreboding

Back 80

presentiment

Front 81

a refraining from something; patient endurance; self-control

Back 81

forbearance

Front 82

1. utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute
2. recklessly prodigal or extravagant

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profligate

Front 83

respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of another

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deference