May 2005 Vocab
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noun
1 : a member of any of various peoples (as in antiquity) who lived or were reputed to live chiefly in caves
*2 : a person characterized by reclusive habits or outmoded or reactionary attitudes - troglodyte
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verb
: to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger - glower ("ow" as in "cow")
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adjective
1 a : of or relating to the walls of a part or cavity b : of, relating to, or forming the upper posterior wall of the head
2 : attached to the main wall rather than the axis or a cross wall of a plant ovary
*3 : of or re - parietal
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noun
1 : energy, pep
*2 : courage, determination
3 : know-how, expertise - moxie
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adjective
: having an allover pattern of small flowers and plants - millefleur
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verb
: recoil, retract; especially : to return to a prior position - resile
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noun
: one that practices or is skilled in the art of bell ringing - campanologist
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verb
1 a : wash, bathe *b : to flow along or against
2 : pour - lave
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noun
1 : a net for catching birds or fish
*2 : something impeding activity, progress, or freedom : restraint— usually used in plural
verb
1: confine; enmesh - trammel
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noun
*1 : an inexperienced or incompetent boxer
2 : oaf, lout - palooka
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verb
1 : to turn back to an earlier topic or circumstance
*2 : to go back to something as an origin or source - hark back
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noun
: partiality to cronies especially as evidenced in the appointment of political hangers-on to office without regard to their qualifications - cronyism
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adjective
: idle and ineffectual : indolent : sluggish : inactive : torpid - fainéant
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verb>
1 : to drink liquor freely or excessively
*2 : to take part in a drunken revel : engage in dissolute behavior - carouse
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adjective
: having a full rounded figure : pleasingly plump - zaftig
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noun
: a party or reception held in the evening - soiree
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verb
: to make more violent, bitter, or severe - exacerbate
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noun
1 : a brief survey or sketch : outline
*2 : an immediate impression; especially : insight - aperçu (apersoo)
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noun
: a song of lamentation for the dead : elegy - threnody
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adjective
: located in the vanguard : advanced - vanward
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noun
: an act or instance of predicating (affirmation) - predication
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noun
: a person who flits about in social activity - gadabout