January 2005 Vocab
Terms
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- v. to enrage
- incense
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adj
1. lazy: lethargic and not showing any interest or making any effort
2. medicine painless and slow to change: used to describe a disease or condition that is slow to develop or be healed, and causes no pain - indolent
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adjective
*1 : dressed with great care and elegance : well-groomed, sleek
2 : elegantly maintained or designed - soigne
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adj
disrespectful: showing an aggressive lack of respect in speech or behavior - insolent
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noun
: an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose - coterie
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verb
: to give expression to emotion especially in acting - emote
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adj.
acting on the spur of the moment, without considering the consequences; on impulse; moving with great force or energy; violent - impetuous
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n
1. tiredness: a pleasant feeling of weariness or weakness
2. listlessness in speech or behavior: listlessness and indifference in speech or behavior
3. heaviness in atmosphere: an oppressive heaviness or sultriness in the air - langour
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adj
1. dull: dull because lacking in character and lively qualities
2. flavorless: bland and without flavor - insipid
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noun
: a steep mountainside gorge - couloir
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noun
1 : a group hired to applaud at a performance
*2 : a group of sycophants - claque
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adjective
: marked by fearless resolution : valiant - doughty
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adjective
1 : keen, sharp
2 : vigorously effective and articulate; also : caustic
3 *a : sharply perceptive : penetrating b : clear-cut, distinct - trenchant
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noun
1 : the act or an instance of enjoining : order, admonition
*2 : a court order requiring a party to do or refrain from doing a specified act - injunction
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verb
: to annoy or attempt to influence by private talk - earwig
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adj
discouraged: extremely unhappy and discouraged - Despondent
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adjective
: of, relating to, or involving a confidence or trust: as a : held or founded in trust or confidence b : holding in trust c : depending on public confidence for value or currency - fiduciary
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verb
1 : to press or urge with troublesome persistence
*2 : annoy, trouble
3 : to beg, urge, or solicit persistently or troublesomely - importune
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noun
: the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for; also : an instance of this - serendipity
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n
1. appointment or period of appointment: the occupation of an official position, or the length of time a position is occupied (formal)
2. property-holding: the rights of a tenant to hold property, or the holding of property as - tenure
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adjective
: marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased - tendentious
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noun
: an adventurous, daring, or chivalric enterprise - emprise
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verb
: to anticipate and prevent (as a situation) or make unnecessary (as an action) - obviate
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adj
bad-tempered: bad-tempered, unfriendly, rude, and somewhat threatening - surly
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adj.
3 a : favorable to growth or comfort : mild b : marked by or diffusing sympathy or friendliness
4 : displaying or marked by genius - genial
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noun
: a computer-related product that has been widely advertised but has not and may never become available - vaporware
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n
security device for protected software: a small hardware device that, when plugged into a computer, enables a specific copy-protected program to run, the program being disabled on that computer if the device is not present. The device is effectiv - dongle
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adjective
1 : born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn
2 a : cold and steady in mood : slow to act or change *b : of a gloomy or surly disposition c : having a sardonic aspect - saturnine
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noun
1 plural : characteristic apparatus : trappings
2 a : the dress characteristic of an occupation or occasion — usually used in plural *b : clothes — usually used in plural - habiliment
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verb
*1: to go quickly : hasten
2 : to cause (oneself) to go quickly - hie
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adjective
1 a : suffused with light : luminous b : translucent
*2 : having full use of one's faculties : sane
3 : clear to the understanding : intelligible - lucid
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noun
1 : an act or instance of putting something in writing or adapting it for publication
*2 : a work that has been adapted for publication : edition, version - redaction
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adjective
: conspicuous; especially : conspicuously bad - egregious
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noun
: an inclination or predisposition toward something; especially : a strong inherent inclination toward something objectionable - proclivity
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verb
*1 : to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another
2 : to advance beyond the usual or proper limits - encroach