Wordly Wise Midterm Test

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Adage

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noun
An old saying that has come to be accepted as true; a proverb

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Camaraderie

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noun
Good will and warm feeling among friends

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Contend

Contention

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verb
1) To struggle with
2) To maintain or assert

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noun
1) A conflict or struggle
2) A point made in an argument

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Extraneous

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adj
Not necessary; irrelevant

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Hubbub

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noun
Noisy confusion; uproar

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Meander

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verb
1) To follow a winding course
2) To wander aimlessly

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Odoriferous

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adj
Having or giving up a smell

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Paraphernalia

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noun
1) Personal belongings
2) Equipment associated with a particular activity

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Punctilious

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adj
Careful of and attentive to details, especially ones relating to good manners and behaviour

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Recuperate

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verb
To regain health or strength

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Regale

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verb
To entertain or delight

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Sedentary

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adj
Doing or requiring a lot of sitting

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Spartan

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adj.
Marked by simplicity and lack of luxury

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Temporal

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adj.
Relating to the everyday world as opposed to that is spiritual or eternal

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Wry

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adj.
1) Turned or bent to one side in distaste or humor
2) Amusing in a quiet but sharp way

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Callow

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adj.
Young and inexperienced, immature

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Contemporary

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noun
A person living during the same period as another

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adj.
Existing or occurring at the same time

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Cynical

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adj.
Doubtful of the sincerity of others' motives; skeptical

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Despot

Despotic
adj

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noun
A ruler with absolute power or tyrannical control over a group of people

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Enunciate

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verb
1) To pronounce clearly
2) To state; to announce

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Impediment

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noun
Anything that gets in the way, an obstacle

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Impoverish

Impoverished
adj.

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verb
1) To make poor
2) To take away

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Indolent

Indolence
noun

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adj.
Indulging in ease; avoiding exertion; lazy

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Sagacious

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adj.
Showing sound judgment; wise

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Secular

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adj. Worldly; not connected with a church or religion

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Speculate

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verb
1) To think about or make guesses
2) To engage in a risky business venture

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Strife

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noun
Conflict or struggle

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Venerate

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verb
To show great respect for

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Voracious

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adj.
1) Ravenous; desiring or eating a large amount of food
2) Greatly Eager

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Wane

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verb
To get smaller, dimmer, or weaker; to near and end

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Apropos

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adj.
Fitting the occasion; suitable or apt

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Ascendancy

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noun
Controlling influence; domination

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Assess

Assessment
noun

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verb
To analyze and determine the nature value or importance of

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Aver

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verb
To declare positively; to state as the truth

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Concede

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verb
1) To admit to be true, often reluctantly
2) To grant or let have

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Deficient

Deficiency
noun

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adj. Lacking

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Dogma

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noun
An unproven principle or belief held to be true

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Dogmatic
adj
Overly positive and assertive about something that cannot be proved

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Embody

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verb
1) To put an idea into a form that can be seen
2) To make part of a system; incorporate

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Impart

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verb
1) To make known; disclose
2)To bestow

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Oratory

Oratorical
adj.

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noun
The art of public speaking

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Orator
noun
A public speaker

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Propagate

Propagation
noun

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verb
1) To reproduce
2) To cause to reproduce
3) To foster the spread of

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Proponent

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noun
Someone who proposes or supports an idea; an advocate

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Rudimentary

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adj.
1) Not yet fully developed
2) Elementary

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Sojourn

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noun
A visit or temporary stay

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verb
To stay for a while

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Vociferous

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adj
Making one's feelings known in a loud way

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Amorous

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adj
Expressing love or the state of being in love

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Belittle

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verb
To present or speak of as unimportant or of little value

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Censure

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verb
To blame or find fault with

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noun
A severe criticism or harsh judgement

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Deem

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verb
To consider, to believe

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Divulge

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verb
To make known something secret; to reveal

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Exorbitant

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adj
Exceeding normal bounds; greater or more than seems reasonable

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Expostulate

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verb
To argue earnestly in an attempt to dissuade or show strong disapproval

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Fateful

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adj
Having great or significant consequences

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Ingrate

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noun
An ungrateful person

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Injunction

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noun
1) An order or command
2) A court order prohibiting someone form doing something

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Moribund

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adj
Close to death; in a dying state

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Motif

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noun
1) A theme or idea in a work of art or literature that is developed or repeated

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noun
2) A figure or design repeated in the decoration something such as a building or textile

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Subsidize

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verb
To support by giving financial aid

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Subsidy
noun
A grant of money, often provided by a government to a group or individual

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Sumptous

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adj
Extravagantly splendid or costly; luxurious

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Voluble

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adj
Characterized by a ready flow of words; talkative

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Adroit

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adj
Clever at dealing with difficult situations

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Affront

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verb
To insult or to offend deliberately

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noun
A deliberate insult or offensive act

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Avocation

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noun
An activity pursued for pleasure, a hobby

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Crusade

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noun
A prolonged, impassioned struggle for what is believed to be a just cause

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verb
To engage in such a struggle

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Definitive

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adj.
Supplying a final answer; conclusive

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Demeanor

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noun
Behavior, bearing

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Erudite

Erudition
noun

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adj
Having or demonstrating extensive knowledge

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Induct

Induction
noun

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verb
1) To install into office, sometimes with a formal ceremony

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2) To admit to a society or a military service

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Lapse

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verb
1) To fall or slip from a certain level of conduct or accomplishment
2) To come to an end, to expire

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noun
1) A minor mistake; a slip
2) A pause or interval

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Militant

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adj.
Ready to fight, especially for a cause

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noun
One who is ready to fight for a cause

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Pariah

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noun
A social outcast

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Protege

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noun
One whose training or career is helped along by another

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Raucous

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adj
1) Rough or unpleasant to the ear
2) Boisterous and noisy

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Tacit

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adj.
Expressed without words; implied