March 2005 Vocab
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noun
: a person who hates or distrusts humankind - misanthrope
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verb
1 : to settle judicially
*2 : to act as judge - adjudicate
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noun
: a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking - indigence
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verb
1 : to make the sliding dance step called chassé
2 a : walk, glide, go *b : to strut or move about in an ostentatious or conspicuous manner c : to proceed or move in a diagonal or sideways manner - sashay
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verb
*1 : to permeate or influence as if by dyeing
2 : to tinge or dye deeply
3 : to provide with something freely or naturally : endow - imbue
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verb
1 a : to send forth new growth (as buds or branches) : sprout b : bloom
*2 : to grow and expand rapidly : flourish - burgeon
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adjective
1 : selecting what appears to be best in various doctrines, methods, or styles
*2 : composed of elements drawn from various sources; also : heterogeneous - ecletic
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noun
1 : one that pioneers in or initiates a major change : precursor
*2 : one that presages or foreshadows what is to come - harbinger
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verb
1 : to instruct especially in fundamentals or rudiments : teach
*2 : to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle - indoctrinate
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adjective
: attempting to put into effect an abstract doctrine or theory with little or no regard for practical difficulties : dogmatic - doctrinaire
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adjective
: governed or characterized by sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated ideas or actions : unpredictable and spontaneous (produced freely) - capricious
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noun
*1 : the state of being old : the process of becoming old
2 : the growth phase in a plant or plant part (as a leaf) from full maturity to death - senescence
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adjective
*1 : relating to or based on the sense of touch
2 : characterized by a predilection for the sense of touch - haptic
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adjective
1 : having the wings extended as if in flight — used of a heraldic bird
*2 : flying or capable of flying
3 : quick, nimble - volant
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verb
: to unite in or as if in an amalgam; especially : to merge into a single body - amalgamate
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adjective
*1 : absolute, unqualified
2 a : of, relating to, or constituting a category b : involving, according with, or considered with respect to specific categories - categorical
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noun
*1 : any of several common-law writs issued to bring a party before a court or judge; especially : a writ for inquiring into the lawfulness of the restraint of a person who is imprisoned or detained in another's custody
2 : the rig - heabeas corpus
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verb
: to have a paralyzing or mesmerizing effect on : stupefy, petrify - gorgonize
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adjective
1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient city of Byzantium or the Eastern Roman Empire
2 : of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church
*3 often not capitalized : intricately involved and often devious - Byzantine
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noun
: a usually small preliminary model (as of a sculpture or a building) - maquette
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adjective
1 : born after the death of the father
*2 : published after the death of the author
3 : following or occurring after death - posthumous
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noun
: the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites - emolument
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noun
: acute perception-acuteness of discernment or perception - persipacity
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noun:
a brief scene from a movie or play - vignette