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Undergraduate 4
01/02/2009
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Term
chaff
 Definition
unuseful parts
Term
chaffing
 Definition
bantering/joking
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cavil
 Definition
petty objections, to raise such objections
Term
carping and captious
 Definition
fault finding
Term
charisma
 Definition
divine gift
Term
chary
 Definition
cautious, tight pursed
Term
chase
 Definition
indent into metal
Term
chassis
 Definition
inner framework of a car
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choleric
 Definition
hot tempered, angry
Term
clarion
 Definition
shrill call from a trumpet
Term
codicil
 Definition
ammend a will
Term
collate
 Definition
examine to verify, to collect or order chronologically
Term
collation
 Definition
light meal
Term
comity
 Definition

courtesy, civility
Term
compendium
 Definition
brief summary
Term
concerted
 Definition
together
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condign
 Definition
appropriate, deserved
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connivance
 Definition
pretense of ignorance, consent to wrongdoing
Term
contentious
 Definition
quarrelsome
Term
cordon
 Definition
a line of something to prevent access, or a rope
Term
cozen
 Definition
hoodwink, swindle
Term
culvert
 Definition
channel for water
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descry
 Definition
catch sight of
Term
desouetude
 Definition
disuse
Term
desultory
 Definition
aimless, haphazard
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die
 Definition
device for stamping
Term
discomfit
 Definition
disconcert, defeat
Term
discursive
 Definition
rambling
Term
disgorge
 Definition

vomit
Term
disputatious, dissident
 Definition
argumentative
Term
contumacious
 Definition
disobediant
Term
disport
 Definition

amusing

 
Term
distrait
 Definition
innattentive
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docket
 Definition

program for a trail

 
Term
clamour
 Definition
clangor
Term
doldrums
 Definition
listless boredom
Term
dormer
 Definition
window
Term
dross
 Definition
waste matter
Term
effluvium
 Definition
noxious smell
Term

emetic

 Definition
causing vomit
Term
emolument
 Definition
sallary
Term
endue
 Definition
endow
Term
enjoin
 Definition
command, forbid
Term
equable
 Definition
steady, uniform
Term
essay
 Definition
to make an attempt of
Term
exceptionable
 Definition
objectionable
Term
execrable
 Definition
very bad
Term
exigency
 Definition
primary need, urgency
Term
exiguous
 Definition
small
Term
expatiate
 Definition
talk at length
Term
expiate
 Definition
make ammends
Term
expostulate
 Definition
protest, to speak in order to dissuade
Term
factotum
 Definition
handy man
Term
fancier
 Definition
dealer of horses
Term
fell
 Definition
deadly
Term
fete
 Definition
honor at a festival
Term
fiat
 Definition
command
Term
filigree
 Definition
delicate metal work
Term
flag
 Definition
drooping
Term

floe

 Definition
floating ice
Term
founder
 Definition
sink
Term
fracas
 Definition
brawl
Term
fritter
 Definition
waste
Term
frond
 Definition
leaf
Term
froward
 Definition
against (think not inclined toward)
Term
fulsome
 Definition
glossy
Term
gambit
 Definition
sacrifice a chess piece, a calculated move
Term
gambol
 Definition
romp
Term

gauge

 Definition
overcharge
Term
grovel
 Definition
crawl, be prostrate
Term
guy
 Definition
cable
Term
hale
 Definition
healthy
Term
harry
 Definition
assault, torment, also worry
Term

heckler

 Definition
verbally harrass
Term
hermetic
 Definition
occult, recondite, a recluse, airtight
Term
hew
 Definition
cut into pieces
Term
hirsute
 Definition
hairy
Term
hoary
 Definition
white with age
Term
hortatory
 Definition
encouraging
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hummock
 Definition
small hill, think opposite of mountain?
Term
husband
 Definition
use sparingly
Term
imbroglio
 Definition
confused men
Term
immure
 Definition
imprison, enthrall
Term
impecunious
 Definition
without money, im-pecuniary
Term
imperious
 Definition
haughty, relating to emperor
Term
implacable
 Definition
unable to be pleased, placated or mitigated
Term
impolitic
 Definition
unwise
Term
importunate
 Definition
urging
Term
imprecation
 Definition
curse
Term
improvident
 Definition
thriftless
Term
inchoate
 Definition
incipient
Term
incursory
 Definition
invasion
Term
indemnify
 Definition
secure against loss, hedge?
Term
indite
 Definition
to write
Term
ineluctable
 Definition
irresistable
Term
insolvent
 Definition
no money
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insuperable
 Definition
unbeatable
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intransigence
 Definition
unwilling to qualify, refusing to compromise
Term
invective
 Definition
abuse
Term
intractable
 Definition
unrully, stubborn
Term
invidious
 Definition
causing ill will, envious, of an unpleasant nature
Term
itinerant
 Definition
wandering, peripatetic
Term
jibe
 Definition
get along
Term
jingoist
 Definition
militant patriot
Term
junket
 Definition

trip at public expense
Term
junta
 Definition
cabal, group meeting to overthrow government
Term
kismet
 Definition
fate
Term
labile
 Definition
likely to change
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larder
 Definition
panting
Term
latitude
 Definition
freedom from limitation
Term
leery
 Definition
suspicious
Term
legerdemain
 Definition
sleight of hand
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bent
 Definition
natural talent
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levee
 Definition
raised area for flood
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lien
 Definition
claim to property
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limn
 Definition
draw, outline
Term
lineaments
 Definition
features, face
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lionize
 Definition
treat like a celebrity
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litotes
 Definition
understated to emphasize as in, "im not a bad singer"
Term
macerate
 Definition
soften by soaking in liquid
Term
maculated
 Definition
spotted
Term
maliase
 Definition
uneasiness
Term
manumit
 Definition
emancipate
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pique
 Definition
irritation or resentment
Term
matrix
 Definition
point of origin
Term
mawkish
 Definition
maudlin
Term

mealymouthed

 Definition

hypocritical, indirect
Term
mendacious
 Definition
lying
Term
miasma
 Definition
gas, atmosphere
Term

minatory

 Definition
menacing
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mincing
 Definition
affectedly dainty
Term
diffidence
 Definition
shyness
Term
mordant
 Definition
sarcastic, trenchant
Term
mountebank
 Definition
charlatan
Term
mulct
 Definition
defraud someone of something, esp money. also a fine
Term
nadir
 Definition
opposite of apex, lowest point
Term
natation
 Definition
swimming
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natty
 Definition
neatly/smartly dressed
Term
nexus
 Definition
connection
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nib
 Definition
beak, point
Term
nicety
 Definition
precision
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nonplus
 Definition
a state of bafflement
Term
nubile
 Definition
marriageable
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nugatory
 Definition
futile
Term
numismologist
 Definition
coin collecter
Term
obloquy
 Definition
slander
Term

nostrum

 Definition
questionable medicine
Term
noisome
 Definition
bad smelling
Term
obtrude
 Definition
push ideas forward
Term
officious
 Definition
meddlesome
Term
onerous
 Definition
burdensome
Term
oratorio
 Definition
dramatic poem to music
Term
overweening
 Definition
arrogant
Term
paean
 Definition
song of praise
Term
palimpset
 Definition
parchment written over, reused
Term

pan

 Definition
criticize harshly
Term
pangyric
 Definition
all good praise
Term
passe
 Definition
old fashioned
Term
patina
 Definition
green crust on bronze, like verdigris but not copper
Term
patois
 Definition
local dialect
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patrician

 Definition
aristocrat
Term
penury
 Definition
poverty, stinginess
Term
peregrination
 Definition
journey
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perennial
 Definition
long lasting
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pharasical
 Definition
of the pharisees, orthodoxical, hypocritical, self righteous
Term
phlegmatic
 Definition
calm
Term
pillory
 Definition
punish by placing on a wooden frame
Term
piquant
 Definition
pleasantly tart, stimulating
Term
pith
 Definition

centre, marrow
Term
plaintive
 Definition
mournful
Term
plenary
 Definition
complete
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pluck
 Definition
courage
Term
plumb
 Definition
vertical, or to examine the depth of
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politic
 Definition
prudent, well devised
Term
ponderous
 Definition
weighty
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potable
 Definition
drinkable
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potentate

 Definition
sovereign
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precarious
 Definition
uncertain, risky
Term
precipitous
 Definition
rash
Term
precis
 Definition
summary
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precocious
 Definition
advanced in development
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premonitory
 Definition
serving to warn (premonitions warn)
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prevail
 Definition
induce
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prevaricate
 Definition
lie
Term
pristine
 Definition
of the earliest times
Term
probity
 Definition
uprightness, incorruptibility
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prohibition
 Definition
preventing the use of something
Term
prolixity, prolix
 Definition
verbose
Term
promontory
 Definition
headland (land that is prominent)
Term
propinquity
 Definition
nearness, kinship
Term
propitiate
 Definition
appease
Term
provender
 Definition
dry food, victuals, viands
Term
proscenium
 Definition

stage of greek/roman theater, or that part in front

of the curtain in modern theater
Term
prurient
 Definition
having or causing lust
Term
punctillious
 Definition
extremely aware of details
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putative
 Definition
supposed
Term
quaff
 Definition
drink with relish
Term
querelous
 Definition
fretful, whining, complaing
Term
quisling
 Definition
traitor who helps invadors
Term
quorum
 Definition
# of people necessary to hold a meeting
Term
raconter
 Definition
story teller
Term
ramify
 Definition
branch
Term
ravel
 Definition
unravel
Term
rebus
 Definition
puzzle where pictures are words
Term
recalcitrant
 Definition
stubborn, unruly
Term
recidivism
 Definition
habituated return to crime
Term
recondite
 Definition
abstruse
Term
redolent
 Definition
fragrant
Term
redoubtable
 Definition
causing fear
Term
refectory
 Definition
dining hall
Term
refractory
 Definition
stubborn
Term
remonstrance
 Definition
objection
Term
remunative
 Definition
compensating
Term
repartee
 Definition
witty sayings
Term
repine
 Definition
fret, complain
Term
reprobate
 Definition
person hardened from sin
Term
reprove
 Definition
censure
Term
requite
 Definition
pay back
Term
restive
 Definition
unrestful
Term
retrench
 Definition
cut down, economize
Term
revile
 Definition
attack with abusive language
Term
roseate
 Definition
optimistic
Term
rout
 Definition
drive out
Term
runic
 Definition
mysterious
Term
salacious
 Definition
lascivious
Term
savant
 Definition
scholar
Term
saturnine
 Definition
gloomy
Term
scad
 Definition
great quantity
Term
scotch
 Definition
stamp out
Term
scurrilous
 Definition
obscene, indecent
Term
scurry
 Definition
despicable
Term
seamy
 Definition
sordid
Term
secrete
 Definition
hide away
Term
sedition
 Definition
insubordination
Term
sedulous
 Definition
diligent
Term
sententious
 Definition
terse
Term
sere
 Definition
parched
Term
sextant
 Definition
navigation tool
Term
shunt
 Definition
turn aside
Term
syballine
 Definition
oracular
Term
simper
 Definition
smile with affectation
Term
sinecure
 Definition
well paying job with little work
Term
sleeper
 Definition
something that becomes valuable
Term
solvent
 Definition
able to pay all debts
Term
solecism
 Definition
flagrant grammar errors, deviating from the norms
Term
sleazy
 Definition
unsubstantial
Term
spate
 Definition
sudden flood
Term
staid
 Definition
sober
Term
stilted
 Definition
bombastic
Term
stint
 Definition
be thrifty, set limits
Term
stockade
 Definition
enclosure
Term
stolid
 Definition
impassive
Term
stricture
 Definition
critical comment
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strut
 Definition
supporting bar
Term
stultfy
 Definition
cause to be stupid, frusterate
Term
subaltern
 Definition
subordinates
Term
suborn
 Definition
convince to perjure
Term
superogatory
 Definition
superfluous
Term
supposition
 Definition
hypothetical
Term
swarthy
 Definition
dark and dusky
Term
tautological
 Definition
true by construction of the sentence (analytic)repetitious
Term
tesselated
 Definition
mosiac
Term
testator
 Definition
writer of a will
Term
tiller
 Definition
lever that turns the boat
Term
tipple
 Definition
drink alcohol frequently
Term
tendencious
 Definition
biased, with an aim or goal
Term
touchstone
 Definition
critera
Term
traduce
 Definition
expose to slander
Term
travial
 Definition
drudgery
Term
truculence
 Definition
aggressivness
Term
unprepossessing
 Definition
unattractive
Term
untoward
 Definition
unlucky or unexpected
Term
venal
 Definition
capable of being bribed
Term
unwonted
 Definition
unaccostomed
Term
ursine
 Definition
bear like
Term
uxorious
 Definition
devoted to one's wife
Term
verdigris
 Definition
green cover on copper
Term
verve
 Definition
enthusiasm
Term
viand, victuals
 Definition
food
Term
viscind
 Definition
sticky, viscous
Term
vituperative
 Definition
abusive, scolding
Term
vulpine
 Definition
like a fox
Term
waggish
 Definition
mischevious
Term
wanderlust
 Definition
desire to travel
Term
warren
 Definition
where rabbits live or cramped quarters
Term
wangle
 Definition
wiggle, fake
Term
wastrel
 Definition
profligate
Term
welter
 Definition
turmoil (as a verb, to wallow)
Term
whorl
 Definition
ring of leaves around a stem
Term
windfall
 Definition
unexpected lucky event
Term
wreak
 Definition
inflict
Term
yen
 Definition
longing, urging
Term
yokel
 Definition
country bumpkin
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