K. Fast Vocabulary Quarter 2
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- allege
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(v) to assert without proof or confirmation
SYN: claim, contend - arrant
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(adj) thoroughgoing, out-and-out, shameless, blatant
SYN: egregious, unmitigated - badinage
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(n) light and playful conversation
SYN: banter, persiflage, repartee - conciliate
- (v) to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent
- countermand
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(v) to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first
SYN: recall, revoke - echelon
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(n) one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a steplike formation or arrangement
SYN: level, rank - exacerbate
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(v) to make more violent, severe, bitter or painful
SYN: aggravate, intensify, worsen - fatuous
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(adj) stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way
SYN: silly, vapid, inane, doltish, vacuous - irrefutable
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(adj) impossible to disprove; beyond argument
SYN: indisputable, incontrovertible, undeniable - juggernaut
- (n) a massive and iescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path
- lackadaisical
- (adj) lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted
- litany
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(n) a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation; any repetitive chant; a long list
SYN: rigmarole, catalog, megillah - macabre
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(adj) grisly, gruesome, horrible, distressing, having death as a subject
SYN: grotesque, grim, ghoulish - paucity
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(n) an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth
SYN: lack - portend
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(v) to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen, to give advance warning of
SYN: bode, foretell, foreshadow, suggest - raze
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(v) to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off for out
SYN: pull down, demolish, shave off - recant
- (v) to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previoiusly been committed; renounce, retract
- saturate
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(v) to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully
SYN: permeate, drench, flood, imbue - saturnine
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(adj) of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood
SYN: sullen, morose - slough
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(v) to cast off, discard; to get rid of something obejectionable or unnecessary; to plod through as if through mud
(N) a mire, a state of depression
SYN: shed, slog - acclamation
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(n)a shout of welcome; an overwhelming verbal vote of approval
SYN: ovation, cheering, plaudits - bucolic
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(adj) charactertistic of the countryside, rural; relating to shepherds and cowherds, pastoral
SYN: rustic - calumniate
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(v) to slander, to accuse falsely and maliciously
SYN: defame, libel - chary
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(adj) extremely cautious, ehsitant or slow (to); reserved, diffident
SYN: wary, skittish - collusion
- (n) secret agreement or cooperation
- dilettante
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(n) a dabbler in the arts; one who engages in an activity in an amateurish, trifling way;
(adj) superficial
SYN: amateur, trifler - imperturable
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(adj) not easily excited; emotionally steady
SYN: unflappable, unexcitable, serene, unruffled - increment
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(n) an enlargement, increase, addition
SYN: accretion, gain - mandate
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(n) an authoritative command, formal order, authorization; (v) to issue such an order
SYN: (n) directive - paltry
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(adj) trifling, insignificant, mean, despicable, inferior, trashy
SYN: measly, meager, piddling, trivial - paroxysm
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(n) a sudden outburst; a spasm, convulsion
SYN: fit, seizure - pedantry
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(n) a pretentious display of knowledge; ovrely rigid attention to rules and details
SYN: nit-picking, hairsplitting, pettifoggery - pregrination
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(n) the act of traveling; an excursion, especially on foot or to a foreign country
SYN: journey, wandering, odyssey - redolent
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(adj)fragrant, smelling stronly; tending to around memories or create an aura
SYN: evocative, reminiscent, aromatic - refulgent
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(adj) shining, radiant, resplendent
SYN: luminous, splendid - shibboleth
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(n) a word, expression, or custom that distinguishes a particular group of persons from all others; a commonplace saying or truism
SYN: catchphrase, passwrd, slogan - tyro
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(n) a beginner, novice; one with little or no background or skill
SYN: neophyte - unremitting
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(adj) not stopping, maintained steadily, never letting up; relentless
SYN: constant, incessant, unrelenting - vacillate
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(v) to swimng indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or will
SYN: seesw, fluctuate, oscillate - vituperative
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(adj) harshly abusive, severely scolding
SYN: abusive, scurrilous, insulting - askance
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(adv) with suspicioun, distrust, or diapproval
SYN: distrustfully, suspiciously, skeptically - attenuate
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(V) to make thin or slender; to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value
SYN: thin out, dilute, water down - benign
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(adj) gentle, kind forgiving, understanding, hving a favorable or beneficial effect; not malignant
SYN: benevolent salutary, salubrious, harmless - cavil
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(v) to find fault in a petty way, carp;
(n) a trivial objection or criticism
SYN: (v) nitpick, quibble - charlatan
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(n) one who feigns knowldge or ability; a pretender, impostor, or quack
SYN: fraud, mountebank - decimate
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(V) to kill or destroy a large part of
SYN: ravage, devastate - foible
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(n) a weak point, failling, minor flaw
SYN: shortcoming, defect, quirk - forgo
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(v) to do without, abstain from, give up
SYN: refraim from, renounce - fraught
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(adj) full of or loaded with; accompanied by
SYN: charged with - inure
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(V) to toughen, harden; to rendure used to something by long subjection or exposure
SYN: accustom, acclimate - luminous
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(adj) emitting or reflecting light, glowing; illuminating
SYN: radiant, bright, refulgent, lustrous - obsequious
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(adj) marked by slavish attentiveness; excessively submissive=, often for purely self-interested reasons.
SYN: fawning, sevile, sycophantic, mealymouthed - obtuse
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(adj) blunt, not coming to a point; slow or dull in undertsanding, measureing between 90 and 180 dgrees, not causing a sharp impression
SYN: stupid, dumb, thick, mild, dull-witted - oscillate
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(v) to swing back and forth with a steady rhythm, to fluctuate or waver
SYN: vibrate, vacillate - penitent
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(adj) regretful for one's sins or mistakes (n) one who is sorry for wrongdoing
SYN: remorseful, regretful, rueful, sorry - peremptory
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(adj) having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate, denial or refusal; offensively self-assured, dictatorial; determined, resolute
SYN: high-handed, unconditional - rebuff
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(v) to snub; to repel, drive away (b) a curt rejection, a check
SYN: (v) spurn, repulse, reject
(n) setback - reconnoiter
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(v) to engage in reconnaissance; to make a preliminary inspection
SYN: scout - shambles
- (n) a slaughterhouse; a place of mass bloodshed; a state of complete disorder and confusion, mess
- sporadic
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(adj) occurring in irregular intervals, having no set plan or order
SYN: constant, steady, continuous, uninterrupted - abrogate
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v. to repeal, cancel, declare null and void
SYN: annul, revoke - ambient
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adj. completely surrounding, encomapssing
SYN: none - asperity
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n. roughness, severity; bitterness or tartness
SYN: rigor, harshness - burnish
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v. to make smooth or glossy by rubbing, polish;
n. gloss, brightness, luster
SYN: v. shine, buff - cabal
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n. a small group working in secret
SYN: clique, ring, gang, plot, conspiracy - delectable
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adj. delightful, highly enjoyable; deliciously flavored, savory;
n. an appealing or appetizing food or dish
SYN: delicious, scrumptious - deprecate
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v. to express mild disapproval; to belittle
SYN: deplore, frown upon - detritus
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n. loose bits and pieces of material resulting from disintegration or wearing away; fragments that result from any destruction
SYN: debris, wreckage, ruins, rubble - ebullient
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adj. overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement; boiling, bubbling
SYN: exhilarated, elated, exuberant - eclectic
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adj. drawn from different sources
n. one whose beliefs are drawn from various sources
SYN: selective, synthetic, pick-and-choose - flaccid
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adj. limp, not firm; lacking vigor or effectiveness
SYN: soft, flabby - impecunious
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adj. having little or no money
SYN: penniless, impoverished, indigent - inexorable
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adj. inflexible, beyond influence; relentless, unyielding
SYN: inescapable, ineluctable, obdurate - moribund
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adj. dying, on the way out
SYN: obsolescent - necromancer
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n. one who claims to reveal or influence the future though magic, epecially communication with the dead; in general, a magician or wizard
SYN: sorcerer, conjurer - onerous
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adj. burdensome; involving hardship or difficulty
SYN: oppressive, weighty - rife
- adj. common, prevalent, widespread, happening often; full, abounding; pelntiful, abundant, replete
- rudiments
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n. pl. the parts of any subject or discipline that are learned first; the earliest stages
SYN: basics, fundamentals - sequester
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v. to set apart, separate for a special purpose; to take possession of and hold in custody
SYN: seclude, segregate, isolate, closet - winnow
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v. to get rid of ssomething unwanted, delete; to sift through and obtain what is desirable; to remove the chaff from the wheat by blowing air on it; to blow on, fan
SYN: sift, strain, filter, sort - aesthetic
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adj. pertaining to beauty; sensitive or responsive to beauty
SYN: artistic - defunct
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adj. no longer in existence or functioning, dead
SYN: extinct, nonexistent - discomfit
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v. to frustrate, thwart or defeat; to confuse, perplex or embarrass
SYN: nonplus, disconcert, foil - espouse
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v. to take up and support; to become attached to, adopt; to marry
SYN: embrace, wed - fetish
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n. an object believed to have magical powers; an object of unreasoning devotion or reverence
SYN: charm, talisman, obsession - gregarious
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adj. living together in a herd or group; sociable, seeking the company of others
SYN: outgoing, extroverted - hapless
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adj. marked by a persistent absense of good luck
SYN: unlucky, ill-starred, unfortunate - impeccable
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adj. faultless, beyond criticism or blame
SYN: flawless, spotless, immaculate - importune
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v. to trouble with demands; to beg for insistently
SYN: implore, entreat, dun, tax - interpolate
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v. to insert between other parts or things; to present as an addition or correction
SYN: inject, interpose, introduce - irreparable
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(adj) incapapble of being repaired or rectified
SYN: irremediable - laconic
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(adj) concise, using few words
SYN: terse, succinct, pithy, compact - languish
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(v) to become weak, feeble or dull; to droop; to be depressed or dispirited; to suffer neglect
SYN: flag, wilt, fade, pine - mendacious
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(adj) given to lying or deception; untrue
SYN: untruthful, false - nadir
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(n) the lowest point
SYN: rock bottom - omnipresent
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(adj) present in all places at all times
SYN: ubiquitous, ever-present - perfunctory
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(adj) done in a superificial or halfhearted manner; without interest or enthusiasm
SYN: slapdash, cursory, shallow - plaintive
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(adj) expressive of sorrow or woe, melancholy
SYN: sad, doleful, lugubrious - requite
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(v) to make suitable repayment, as for a kindness, service or favor; to make taliation, as for an injury or wrong; to reciprocate
SYN: reimburse, recompense, avenge - tantamount
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(adj) equivamlent, having the same meaning, value or effect
SYN: indistinguishable from - abtruse
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(adj) extremely difficult to understand
SYN: esoteric, arcane, recondite, occult - affront
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(n) an open or intentional insult; a slight
(v) to insult to one's face; to face in difiance, confront
SYN: (n) offense (v) offend - canard
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(v) a false rumor, fabricated story
SYN: hoax - captious
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(adj) excessively ready to find fault; given to petty criticism; intended to trap, confuse or show up
SYN: faultfinding, nit-picking, carping - cognizant
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(adj) aware, knowledgeable, informed; having jurisdiction
SYN: conscious, acquainted - contrite
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(adj) regretful for some misdeed or sin; plagued by a sense of guilt; thoroughly penitent
SYN: remorseful, rueful - cynosure
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(n) the center of attraction, attention or interest; something that serves to guide or direct
SYN: focus - decorous
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(adj) well behaved, dignified, socially proper
SYN: seemly, becoming, tasteful - deign
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(v) to think it appropriate or suitable to one's dignity to do something; to condescend
SYN: deem, stoop - desiccated
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(adj., part.) thoroughly dried out; divested of spirit or vitality; arid and uninteresting
SYN: dehydrated, shriveled, parched - efficacy
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(n) the power to produce a desired result
SYN: effectiveness, potency, reliability - engender
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v. to bring into existence, give rise to, produce; to come into existence, assume form
SYN: beget, generate, cause, form - ethereal
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adj. light, airy, delicate; highly refined; suggesting what is heavenly (rather than earthbound)
SYN: heavenly, celestial, gossamer - facade
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n. the front or face of a building; a surface appearance (as opposed to what may lie behind)
SYN: exterior, surface, mask, pretense - ghoulish
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adj. revolting in an unnatural or morbid way; suggestive of someone who robs graves or otherwise preys on the dead
SYN: fiendish, barbarous, monstrous - incongruous
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adj. not in keeping, unsuitable, incompatible
SYN: discordant, jarring - machination
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n. a crafty, scheming or underhanded action designed to accomplish some (usually evil) end
SYN: plot, scheme, maneuver - mesmerize
- v. to hypnotize, entrance;l to fascinate, enthrall, bewitch
- opprobrium
- n. disgrace arising from shameful conduct; contempt, reproach
- putative
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adj. generally regarded as ssuch; reputed; hypothesized; inferred
SYN; supposed, presumed