Word List 4 - Essential Vocab

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Ambivalence

Back 1

lack of clarity; wavering; being undecided

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Cantankerous

Back 2

bad-tempered; quarrelsome

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Derogatory

Back 3

uncomplimentary

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Exemplify

Back 4

to serve as a good example

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Impecunious

Back 5

having no money

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Lucid

Back 6

clear

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Ornate

Back 7

highly decorated

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Precipice

Back 8

steep slope

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Salubrious

Back 9

health-giving

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Truant

Back 10

shirker; someone absent without permission

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Ambulatory

Back 11

able to walk around (used of hospital patients)

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Capacious

Back 12

spacious

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Desecrate

Back 13

to damage or pollute a holy place

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Exhaustive

Back 14

complete and thorough

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Impious

Back 15

wicked; profane

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Ludicrous

Back 16

ridiculous; silly

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Orthodox

Back 17

conventional

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Precipitous

Back 18

done in a hurry

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Salutary

Back 19

something which teaches you a lesson; beneficial

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Truncate

Back 20

cut short

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Ameliorate

Back 21

make better

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Capitulate

Back 22

surrender; give in to

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Desecration

Back 23

spoiling something holy

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Exonerates

Back 24

acquits; absolves; removes blame

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Impoverished

Back 25

destitute; poor

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Lukewarm

Back 26

1. unenthusiastic; 2. neither hot nor cold

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Ossify

Back 27

1. turn to bone; 2. become fixed and rigid

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Preclude

Back 28

prevent or make impossible

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Sanctimonious

Back 29

hypocritically holy

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Tumult

Back 30

uproar; noise

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Amelioration

Back 31

improvement

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Carping

Back 32

constant criticism

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Desist

Back 33

stop; discontinue; cease

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Exorcism

Back 34

getting free/rid of; eliminating (especially demons)

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Impromptu

Back 35

unrehearsed; spontaneous

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Lummox

Back 36

clumsy person

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Ostentatious

Back 37

showy

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Precocious

Back 38

developing early

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Sanction

Back 39

give approval to

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Turpitude

Back 40

depravity

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Amiable

Back 41

friendly

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Cartographer

Back 42

person who makes maps

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Despondent

Back 43

having no hope; miserable

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Expatriate

Back 44

refugee; emigrant; someone living away from his own country

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Inadvertent

Back 45

not intentional

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Luscious

Back 46

juicy; moist; succulent

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Oust

Back 47

push out of a position

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Predecessor

Back 48

one who came before

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Sanguinary

Back 49

bloodthirsty; bloody

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Tyro

Back 50

novice; beginner