April 2004 Vocab
Terms
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noun
: abnormally vivid or complete memory or recall of the past - hypermnesia
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adjective
: hasty - festinate
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verb
: to utilize present information or ideas to infer or explain (a past event or state of affairs) - retrodict
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noun
: bellyache - collywobbles
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noun
1 : an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence; also : a minor blunder in speech
2 : something deviating from the proper, normal, or accepted order
*3 : a breach of etiquette or decorum - solecism
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noun
*1 : a private meeting or secret assembly; especially : a meeting of Roman Catholic cardinals secluded continuously while choosing a pope
2 : a gathering of a group or association - conclave
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noun
1 : image, representation
*2 : an insubstantial form or semblance of something : trace - simulacrum
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adjective
*1 a : adhering resolutely to an opinion or purpose b : perversely persistent
2 : stubbornly unyielding or tenacious - pertinacious
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verb
: to deprive especially wrongfully of seisin (land) : dispossess - disseise
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adjective
*1 : triumphantly boastful : exulting
2 : awry - cock-a-hoop
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noun
: exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss - impunity
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adjective
: marked by, conducive to, or suggestive of companionship : sociable - companionable
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adjective
: weak, powerless - impuissant
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noun
1 *a : neglect or wrong performance of official duty b : concealment of treason or felony by one who is not a participant in the treason or felony c : seditious conduct against the government or the courts
2 : misunderstanding, misinterpr - misprision
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adverb
: soon, gladly - lief
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verb
: to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively - acquiesce
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noun
: a realm of fantasy or of whimsical or foolish behavior - cloud-cuckoo-land
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noun
1 : biography of saints or venerated persons
*2 : idealizing or idolizing biography - hagiography
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adjective
*1 : consisting of or measured in money
2 : of or relating to money - pecuniary
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noun
: a timid, meek, or unassertive person - milquetoast
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noun, often capitalized
1 : any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy)
*2 a : prophetess b : fortune-teller - Sibyl
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noun
: an instance of trees being blown down by the wind; also : a tree blown down - blowdown