Week 1-5 Vocab

Front 1

voracious

Back 1

desiring or consuming great quantities

Front 2

indiscriminate

Back 2

choosing at random without careful selection

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eminent

Back 3

of high reputation, outstanding

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steeped

Back 4

soaked, drenched

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replete

Back 5

filled, supplied with

Front 6

abound

Back 6

to exist in great numbers

Front 7

technology

Back 7

branch of knowledge dealing with engineering, applied science, ect.

Front 8

prognosticate

Back 8

to predict or foretell a future event

Front 9

automaton

Back 9

a robot; a mechanical "person"

Front 10

matron

Back 10

an older married woman

Front 11

paradox

Back 11

a statement which at first seems to be absurd or self-contradictory, but which may in fact turn out to be true

Front 12

realm

Back 12

special field of something or someone; kingdom

Front 13

annals

Back 13

historical records

Front 14

compound

Back 14

to increase or add to

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tinge

Back 15

a trace, smattering, or slight degree

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badger

Back 16

to pester, nag, annoy persistently

Front 17

implore

Back 17

to plead urgently for aid or mercy

Front 18

drudgery

Back 18

unending

Front 19

interminable

Back 19

unpleasant, dull, or hardwork

Front 20

percieve

Back 20

to understand, know, become aware of

Front 21

laconic

Back 21

expressing much in few words

Front 22

throng

Back 22

crowd

Front 23

inrepid

Back 23

brave

Front 24

accost

Back 24

to approach and speak to

Front 25

reticent

Back 25

silent

Front 26

furtive

Back 26

secret, stealthy

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felon

Back 27

a person guilty of major crime; criminal

Front 28

plethora

Back 28

excess

Front 29

hapless

Back 29

unfortunate

Front 30

irate

Back 30

angry, incensed

Front 31

pretext

Back 31

an excuse

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fabricate

Back 32

to lie; to construct

Front 33

adroit

Back 33

skillful

Front 34

gesticulate

Back 34

moves he arms energetically

Front 35

vigilant

Back 35

watchful

Front 36

avid

Back 36

eager

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cajole

Back 37

coax

Front 38

rudimentary

Back 38

elementary

Front 39

enhance

Back 39

intensify, heighten

Front 40

nuance

Back 40

slight variation in meaning, tone, ect.

Front 41

loathe

Back 41

to hate

Front 42

reprimand

Back 42

to show sharp diapproval

Front 43

lackluster

Back 43

dull

Front 44

caustic

Back 44

sarcastic, biting

Front 45

wrest

Back 45

take by force

Front 46

infamous

Back 46

having a bad reputation

Front 47

jostle

Back 47

to shove hard

Front 48

dupe

Back 48

a person easily tricked

Front 49

incipient

Back 49

just beginning to exist

Front 50

inadvertant

Back 50

heedless, not attentive

Front 51

ominous

Back 51

threatening

Front 52

tremulous

Back 52

quivering

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repudiate

Back 53

to reject, decline

Front 54

cessation

Back 54

a stopping

Front 55

bristle

Back 55

stiffen with fear or anger

Front 56

euphamism

Back 56

a less offensive term

Front 57

mundane

Back 57

boring, everyday, common

Front 58

incongruous

Back 58

inappropriate

Front 59

condolence

Back 59

pity

Front 60

stipulate

Back 60

to specify a condition

Front 61

alacrity

Back 61

briskness, lively action

Front 62

disdain

Back 62

contempt

Front 63

belligerent

Back 63

warlike

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intimidate

Back 64

to overawe

Front 65

feint

Back 65

a false attack

Front 66

pugnacious

Back 66

quarrelsome

Front 67

promulgate

Back 67

to make known officially

Front 68

brash

Back 68

impudent

Front 69

scoff

Back 69

to sneer at

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belittle

Back 70

to make seem less important

Front 71

tangible

Back 71

having actual form

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laceration

Back 72

jagged wound

Front 73

castigate

Back 73

to correct by punishing

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sordid

Back 74

dirty, base

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octogenarian

Back 75

a person in his or her eighties

Front 76

solace

Back 76

easing of grief

Front 77

aspirant

Back 77

candidate for high position

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dregs

Back 78

most worthless part

Front 79

frenzy

Back 79

wild fit

Front 80

scurrilous

Back 80

coarse

Front 81

rampant

Back 81

going unchecked, widespread

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inane

Back 82

foolish

Front 83

ethics

Back 83

code of principles

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concur

Back 84

agree

Front 85

clandestine

Back 85

secret, undercover

Front 86

flagrant

Back 86

outrageous, glaringly bad

Front 87

admonish

Back 87

to warn, to reprove

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duress

Back 88

compulsion, force

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culprit

Back 89

the guilty person

Front 90

inexorable

Back 90

inflexible unrelenting

Front 91

egregious

Back 91

remarkably bad

Front 92

distraught

Back 92

mentally confused, crazed

Front 93

duplicity

Back 93

cunning, trickery

Front 94

acrimonious

Back 94

bitter

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paucity

Back 95

scarcity

Front 96

elicit

Back 96

to draw forth

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pernicious

Back 97

harmful, causing injury

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tolerate

Back 98

to put up with, to bear

Front 99

construe

Back 99

to make a deduction, to infer

Front 100

impunity

Back 100

freedom from punishment

Front 101

to eat humble pie

Back 101

to admit your error and apologize

Front 102

a pig in a poke

Back 102

an item you purchase without having seen

Front 103

a flash in a pan

Back 103

promising at the start but then dissapoints

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to pour oil on troubled waters

Back 104

to make peace, to calm someone down

Front 105

the sword of Domacles

Back 105

any imminent danger

Front 106

pyrrhic victory

Back 106

a too costly vistory

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a wet blanket

Back 107

one who spoils your fun

Front 108

to beard the lion in his den

Back 108

to visit and oppose a person on his own grounds

Front 109

crocodile tears

Back 109

insincere tears

Front 110

to carry the day

Back 110

to win the approval of the majority

Front 111

skid row

Back 111

part of town, inhabited by derelicts and people "on the skid"

Front 112

to go up in smoke

Back 112

to come to no practical result

Front 113

to throw down the gauntlet

Back 113

to challenge someone

Front 114

feeling no pain

Back 114

drunk

Front 115

hobson's choice

Back 115

to have no choice at all

Front 116

to rule the roost

Back 116

to be in charge, to be master

Front 117

stock in trade

Back 117

the good, tools and other requisites of a profession

Front 118

to take down a peg

Back 118

to take the conceit out of a braggar

Front 119

to pass the buck

Back 119

to evade responsibility

Front 120

to lionize a person

Back 120

to make a big fuss over someone