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Title: 11/18 Vocab test

Description: Book 5 Lesson 1, B3 L3, B3 L5, Voc List 7 (Gatsby)

Total Flash Cards: 60

Created: 11/17/2005 17:55:35

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Term
Frangible
 Definition
fragile
Term
Camaraderie
 Definition
rapport and goodwill
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Litany
 Definition
any long, repetitive or dull recital
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Moratorium
 Definition
a suspension of activity, an authorized delay
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Zealous
 Definition
fervent, fanatical
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Desiccate
 Definition
to dry out, dehydrate
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Wrenching
 Definition
causing mental or physical pain
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Replete
 Definition
full, abundant
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Interminable
 Definition
tiresome and long
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Arable
 Definition
fertile
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Lugubrious
 Definition
mournful, gloomy
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Truncate
 Definition
to shorten
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Ubiquitous
 Definition
occurring everywhere; omnipresent
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Vernacular
 Definition
everyday language
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Equanimity
 Definition
composure, calmness
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Pedestrian
 Definition
ordinary or dull
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Bona fide
 Definition
in good faith, legitimate
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Adventitious
 Definition
accidental
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Fecund
 Definition
fertile
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Deviate
 Definition
to turn aside from a course
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Deviate
 Definition
to turn aside from a course
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Obfuscate
 Definition
to confuse
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Impale
 Definition
to pierce with a sharp stake through the body
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Extenuate
 Definition
to lessen seriousness by providing partial excuses
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Parochial
 Definition
local, narrow, limited
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Glower
 Definition
to stare angrily
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Edify
 Definition
improve someone morally
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Ambiguous
 Definition
open to more than one interpretation
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Cataclysm
 Definition
a violent change
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Optimum
 Definition
best, most favorable, ideal
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Importune
 Definition
to beg; to ask persistently
Term
fop
 Definition
metrosexual
Term
impreciation
 Definition
a curse
Term
non sequitur
 Definition
something that doesn't logically follow
Term
sanguine
 Definition
cheerful; optimistic
Term
bowlderize
 Definition
censor (or bastardize, as Mrs. Holmes would prefer)
Term
impair
 Definition
to weaken; to cause to become worse
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panegyric
 Definition
an expression of praise
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quandary
 Definition
a puzzling situation; a dilemma
Term
ebullient
 Definition
enthusiastic
Term
deference
 Definition
respect, consideration
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carnal
 Definition
relating to physical appetite, especially sexual
Term
nebulous
 Definition
hazy, vague, uncertain
Term
rakish
 Definition
carefree; dashing; jaunty
Term
elegy
 Definition
a sad or mournful poem
Term
pedantic
 Definition
tending to show off one's leaning
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turgid
 Definition
inflated in language
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meretricious
 Definition
charactersitic of a prostitute
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portentous
 Definition
ominous; threatening danger
Term
precipitately
 Definition
hastily
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prig
 Definition
an overly proper or punctilious person
(not that I know what punctilious that means)
Term
truculent
 Definition
cruel; savage; destructive
Term
forlorn
 Definition
forsaken; pitiable
Term
fortuitously
 Definition
by chance
Term
garrulous
 Definition
talkative
Term
grail
 Definition
the cup Christ used at the last supper; the goal of a quest (Medieval denotation)
Term
indiscernible
 Definition
impreceptible; not plain to the senses
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pervading
 Definition
spreading throughout
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inebriated
 Definition
Stephan Scinto
Term
Stephan's package
 Definition
inconceivably large