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Undergraduate 1
06/28/2014

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poignant
Definition
emotional ("evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret")
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indolent
Definition
lazy
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perfunctory
Definition
obligatory (automatic/customary/routine)
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laudable
Definition
commendable [I applaude you]
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ramification
Definition
consequence [don't mess with the ram]
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cicerone
Definition
guide [greek guide]
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obloquy
Definition
infamy (disgrace) [oh you blOWED it]
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viscous
Definition
cruel [you are viscous=cruel]
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gainsay
Definition
repudiate (to declare not to be true/deny/disagree) [I gain by declaring what's not true]
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welter
Definition
ballyhoo (a large # of items in no order; a large mass) [WALTER is in the mass of people dancing to ballywood music]
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hoary
Definition
ancient [hoard of anchient items]
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choleric
Definition
angry [angry in the time of cholera]
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distaff
Definition
(pertaining to) women [I throw my staff down because of all the women]
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sylvan
Definition
pastoral (pertaining to the woods) [sylvan learning center in the woods]
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duplicity
Definition
deceitfulness
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perfidious
Definition
disloyal [perfect run away]
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venial
Definition
excusable
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polemic
Definition
disputatious (sudden attack) [disputing the pollen]
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retinue
Definition
entourage [the entourage routinely followed us]
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untoward
Definition
inappropriate
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disingenuous
Definition
insincere
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salient
Definition
salty
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quotidian
Definition
ordinary (occuring everyday) [quota for the DAY]
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abrogate
Definition
surrender
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lachrymose
Definition
plaintive (sad, tearful mourning) [I am breastfeeding a plain baby, I am sad]
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shoal
Definition
sandbank [dropped my shawl in the sand]
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sycophant
Definition
fawner [bev is a sycophant]
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cynosure
Definition
lodestar (someone that leads a group of people)
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vulpine
Definition
shrewd (clever, like a fox) [the shrew climbed the vine, sly like a fox]
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mettle
Definition
prowess (quality of temperament or disposition/being able to cope with difficulties) [I have mettle, I don't meddle with the difficulties, I prow]
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mendacious
Definition
false- [AMENDA is the false name for AMANDA]
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phlegmatic
Definition
stolid (not easily excited or upset) [SOLID PHLEM]
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insalubrious
Definition
unhealthy [no SALUD]
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indolent
Definition
lazy
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consternation
Definition
concern (feelings of dismay or anxiety) [I am concerned]
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peripatetic
Definition
wandering about [pathetic to wander the globe]
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vociferous
Definition
clamorous (outcry) also obsteperous [clammy voice cried out]
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respite
Definition
rest
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venomous
Definition
deadly
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draconian
Definition
harsh [it's harsh to suck blood]
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impugn
Definition
cast aspersion
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zeitgeist
Definition
spirit of the times
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