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Vocab Chapters 1 thru 6
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Court Reporting
Undergraduate 1
02/23/2013

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Avarice
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Greed or excessive desire for wealth. Opposite of generosity.
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Benevolent
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Altruistic and charitable, does good things.
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Indigent
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Poor, needy, or destitute. Impoverished, you do not have anything.
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Lucrative
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Something that is profitable or gainful, will make lots of money.
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Nouveau riche
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Recently acquired money, but without status or class, lacks sophistication of being born into money.
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Opulent
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Deluxe, lavish, lush, classy, to spare no expense.
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Ostentatious
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Showy for the purpose of attracting attention, pretentious, showing off almost vulgarly so.
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Pecuniary
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A word relating to money, like financial, fiscal, or monetary.
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Philanthropic
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A charitable goodwill and love for fellow man.
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Pittance
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A small amount in proportion to a larger amount.
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Squalor
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Rundown, neglected poverty.
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Tawdry
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Cheap and tacky, showing bad taste.
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Acrimonious
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Opposite of harmonious. Bitter, harsh, burning.
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Articulate
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Well spoken, intelligible, to clearly and properly say your words to be understood.
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Calumny
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A slanderous, false and malicious charge.
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Cavil
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To trivialize or nitpick. Being critical. "Bitching"
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Enunciate
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Opposite of mumble. To verbally pronounce your words clearly and distinctly.
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Garrulous
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Talkative and chatty. Likes to hear their own voice.
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Harangue
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A tirade, long ranting and raving about something in a negative way.
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Invective
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Using spiteful, mean, abusive words to verbally attack.
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Parlance
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Similar to slang and jargon, special wording used in a more broad and common sense. "The felon was a three-timer."
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Repartee
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A clever and witty back and forth exchange while talking.
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Rhetoric
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Words spoken or written that don't carry a lot of literal meaning. Like a rhetorical question, one that's not meant be answered.
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Tacit
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Implied silence on something because nothing was said or done to show otherwise. "Tacit agreement"
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Admonish
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To gently warn.
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Cathartic
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A purging or cleansing release of tension.
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Diatribe
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A tirade, a long denunciation of something.
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Didactic
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Preachy or sermonizing, trying to demoralize.
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Discursive
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Rambling, and talking in circles. "Get to the point!"
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Euphonious
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A nice voice or sound that is pleasant to the ears.
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Expatiation
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To talk or write about something at length, a long and thorough discussion of a topic.
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Grandiloquent
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Fancy words that don't really mean anything. Sounds good but is really a bunch of crap.
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Hyperbole
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An exaggeration or overstatement. "I've got a million things to do."
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Mendacity
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Lying or dishonest.
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Scintillate
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Fascinating, exciting, to sparkle or shoot forth light.
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Tautological
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Adding to many or extra words to confuse on purpose.
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Veracity
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Truthfulness
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Affable

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Likable courteous and agreeable in conversation.  Easygoing in talk.

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Arrogant

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When you are self inportant, disdainful, think you are better than other people.

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Boisterous

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Loud, rowdy, active, and rambunctious.

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Brazen

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Bold and contemptuous.  Audacious, daring, and blatent.

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Brusque

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Being short, snippy, and blunt with someone.  To dismissively brush someone off.

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Debonair

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Gracious, charming, polite, well mannered, sophisticated, and chivalrous.

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Dilatory*

 

(On CSR test)

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To delay, a tactic often used in court.  To be unhurried, careful, don't rush.

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Erudite

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Book smart and scholarly. Having a very deep knowledge that comes from books.

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Fastidious

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Having exact standards.  Being picky, fussy, anal, perfectionist.  Difficult to please.

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Finesse

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Skillful, clever.  To smoothly operate and cleverly manipulate.

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Impeccable

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Flawless, faultless, and perfect.

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Incorrigible

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Cannot be reformed or corrected.

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Misanthropic

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Someone who hate mankind.  Does not like people.

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Misogynist

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Someone who hates women.

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Pariah

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Lowest of the low, low class, untouchable, shunned outcast, someone you don't want to associate with.

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Sedative

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To medicate someone to make then very quiet, serious, and solemn.  To knock them out.

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Suave

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Well mannered, smoothly polite to manipulate.

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Tenacious

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To hold persistent, commited, determined.  Adamant, and doesn't give up.

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Acumen

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Accuracy and mental keenness. To be savvy, sharp and have wisdom.

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Amendable

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Agreeable

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Benign

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Not harmful.  Favorable.

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Cynical

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All actions for selfish motives.  Skeptical, and pessimistic.

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Entrepreneur

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Creates or undertakes new businesses.

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Flippant

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Not serious enough for the occasion, lacking the proper respect.

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Impresario

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The person who sponsors and organizes the entertainment.

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Ingrate

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Ungrateful, shows no gratitude.  Takes things for granted.

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Lothario

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A player, womanizer, and seducer.

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Maven

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An expert, master, or authority on something.

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Meticulous

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Painstakingly careful and exact.

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Prudent

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Sensible, cautious, shrewd.

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Sardonic

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Bitterly disdainful and cynical.

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Audacious

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Brave and daring.  Ballsy. Reckless bravery.

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Bellicose

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Hostile, belligerent, combative.  Inclined to fight or disagree. Contentious.

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Bludgeon

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To beat with a heavy blunt object.

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Cabal

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A group on conspirators.

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Cavalier

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Arrogant and dismissive of important matters.

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Diffident

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Shy, timid, passive, quiet and unassertive, lacks confidence.

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Docile

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Tame, easily managed, obedient.

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Ignoble

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Not noble or honorable, despicable, sordid.

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Intrepid

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Brave and courageous, could be just a one time thing.

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Poltroon

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A coward and gutless chicken.

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Pugnacious

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Stubborn and prone to fighting.  Refusing to ever give in.

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Stalwart

 

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Strong, brave, dependable, heroic, valiant, reliable and always so.

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Truculence

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Mean and unyielding, savagely so.

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Zealot

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A close minded enthusiasm.  Extreme and uncritical attachment.  "He is a zealot for his religion."

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