Lessons 21 - 29 -- Flashcards

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to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to misleadequivocateaudio_icon.gif
1. unnecessary; 2. being more than is sufficient or required

superfluousaudio_icon.gif
two-sidedbilateralaudio_icon.gif
one-sideunilateralaudio_icon.gif
cautiouscircumspectaudio_icon.gif
1. having the same measure; 2. corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degreecommensurateaudio_icon.gif
evil intentmalevolenceaudio_icon.gif
beginnerneophyteaudio_icon.gif
people-hatermisanthropist
warlikebellicoseaudio_icon.gif
Attribution of human motivation, characteristics, or behavior to inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomenaanthropomorphicaudio_icon.gif
easily notices and makes much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding; difficult to please.captiousaudio_icon.gif
new wordneologismaudio_icon.gif
a cursemaledictionaudio_icon.gif
Skeptical; disbelievingincredulousaudio_icon.gif
all-knowingomniscientaudio_icon.gif
obsession with one thingmonomaniaaudio_icon.gif
1. false; 2. Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually fallaciousspeciousaudio_icon.gif
To express strong disapproval of; to denounceexcoriateaudio_icon.gif
the original or model on which something is based or formedprototypeaudio_icon.gif
fear of foreignersxenophobiaaudio_icon.gif
blessing; an expression of good wishesbenedictionaudio_icon.gif
lacking definite form; having no specific shape; formless, shapelessamorphousaudio_icon.gif
superiority in weight, power, numbers, etc.; bulkpreponderanceaudio_icon.gif
great-minded; courageously noble in mind and heartmagnanimousaudio_icon.gif
to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appeasemollifyaudio_icon.gif
fish scientistichthyologistaudio_icon.gif
able to speak or write several languages; multilingualpolyglotaudio_icon.gif
almost completely transparent or translucentdiaphanousaudio_icon.gif
an easy profitable jobsinecureaudio_icon.gif
speech to oneselfsoliloquyaudio_icon.gif
supporteradherentaudio_icon.gif
renounce; to give upabjureaudio_icon.gif
burningcausticaudio_icon.gif
flowing togetherconfluenceaudio_icon.gif
to remove from office or positiondeposeaudio_icon.gif
self-obsessionegomaniaaudio_icon.gif
outrageously bad or reprehensible; blatant, flagrantegregiousaudio_icon.gif
painkilleranalgesicaudio_icon.gif
palm readingchiromancyaudio_icon.gif
government by a fewoligarchyaudio_icon.gif
not easily controlled; stubbornintractableaudio_icon.gif
not compromisingintransigentaudio_icon.gif
treacherous; deceitfulperfidiousaudio_icon.gif
clearly expressed or presented; easy to understandperspicuousaudio_icon.gif
innocent and naiveingenuousaudio_icon.gif
a roundabout expressioncircumlocutionaudio_icon.gif
sociablegregariousaudio_icon.gif
ramblingdiscursiveaudio_icon.gif
bringing sleepsomniferousaudio_icon.gif
sef-centeredegocentricaudio_icon.gif
touchabletangibleaudio_icon.gif
person who gains power and popularity by arousing the emotions, passions, and prejudices of the peopledemagogueaudio_icon.gif
preventprecludeaudio_icon.gif
code breakercryptologistaudio_icon.gif
racial or cultural prejudiceethnocentrismaudio_icon.gif
teacherpedagogueaudio_icon.gif
to withdraw or disavow a statementrecantaudio_icon.gif
cancelrevokeaudio_icon.gif
combativepugnaciousaudio_icon.gif
sharp; cuttingincisiveaudio_icon.gif
abusive criticismdiatribeaudio_icon.gif
abnormalityanomalyaudio_icon.gif
to list; countenumerateaudio_icon.gif
limitedcircumscribedaudio_icon.gif
mediateintercedeaudio_icon.gif
argumentativedisputatiousaudio_icon.gif
talkativeloquaciousaudio_icon.gif
to abolish, do away with, or annulabrogateaudio_icon.gif
foreknowledgeprescienceaudio_icon.gif
sacredsacrosanctaudio_icon.gif
masculine and feminineandrogynousaudio_icon.gif
word from initial lettersacronymaudio_icon.gif
at birthcongenitalaudio_icon.gif
bad sound; harsh or discordant soundcacophonyaudio_icon.gif
to speak or write in favor ofadvocateaudio_icon.gif
weightyponderousaudio_icon.gif
revengeretributionaudio_icon.gif
robotandroidaudio_icon.gif
unbelieverinfidelaudio_icon.gif
rising againresurgenceaudio_icon.gif
precise in conductpunctiliousaudio_icon.gif
lower oneselfcondescendaudio_icon.gif
side by sidecollateralaudio_icon.gif
unalterable; unable to be repealed or annulledirrevocableaudio_icon.gif
explainelucidateaudio_icon.gif
witty commentepigramaudio_icon.gif
oddnesseccentricityaudio_icon.gif
awarecognizantaudio_icon.gif
strict; bindingstringentaudio_icon.gif
manlikeanthropoidaudio_icon.gif
shydiffidentaudio_icon.gif
tumult or chaospandemoniumaudio_icon.gif
sophisticated; suaveurbaneaudio_icon.gif
docile; easily managed or controlledtractableaudio_icon.gif
replacesupersedeaudio_icon.gif
delaytemporizeaudio_icon.gif
sleepwalkersomnambulistaudio_icon.gif
bloodysanguinaryaudio_icon.gif
lifelessinanimateaudio_icon.gif
inward lookingintrospectiveaudio_icon.gif
come betweeninterveneaudio_icon.gif
group of symptomssyndromeaudio_icon.gif
lowersubordinateaudio_icon.gif
harsh in sound; inharmoniousdissonantaudio_icon.gif
warlikebelligerentaudio_icon.gif
believablecredibleaudio_icon.gif
about to happenimpendingaudio_icon.gif
multi-melodicpolyphonicaudio_icon.gif
free from blameexculpateaudio_icon.gif
pleasant nameeuphemismaudio_icon.gif
helperbenefactoraudio_icon.gif
delusions of greatnessmegalomaniaaudio_icon.gif
powerful personmagnateaudio_icon.gif
livelyvivaciousaudio_icon.gif
sun-followingheliotropicaudio_icon.gif
self-esteem; self-loveamour-propreaudio_icon.gif
an eighty-year-oldoctogenarianaudio_icon.gif
persons who have superior knowledgecognoscentiaudio_icon.gif
excesssurfeitaudio_icon.gif
monkeys, apes, humansprimateaudio_icon.gif
crystal clearpellucidaudio_icon.gif
get aroundcircumventaudio_icon.gif
paralysis on one sidehemiplegiaaudio_icon.gif
attack of sleepnarcolepsyaudio_icon.gif
to outlinedelineateaudio_icon.gif
softeneremollientaudio_icon.gif
moving backwardretrogradeaudio_icon.gif
dark sadnessmelancholyaudio_icon.gif
within the skullintracranialaudio_icon.gif
of the heart and vesselscardiovascularaudio_icon.gif
revelationepiphanyaudio_icon.gif
study of living tissueshistologyaudio_icon.gif
orbital point nearest the sunperihelionaudio_icon.gif
built-ininherentaudio_icon.gif
government of the wealthyplutocracyaudio_icon.gif
essential elementsine qua nonaudio_icon.gif
full-bodiedcorpulentaudio_icon.gif
two-part divisiondichotomyaudio_icon.gif
diseasedpathologicalaudio_icon.gif
having hidden meaningcrypticaudio_icon.gif
having two equal sidesisoscelesaudio_icon.gif
disease-causerpathogenaudio_icon.gif
loudly-voicedvociferousaudio_icon.gif
correctrectifyaudio_icon.gif
affectedly holysanctimoniousaudio_icon.gif
twistingtortuousaudio_icon.gif
right-angledrectilinearaudio_icon.gif
change of shapemetamorphosisaudio_icon.gif
rock carvingpetroglyphaudio_icon.gif
lasting, constantchronicaudio_icon.gif
overstatementhyperboleaudio_icon.gif
full-soundingsonorousaudio_icon.gif
relatedgermaneaudio_icon.gif
jovial, festiveconvivialaudio_icon.gif
nicknamecognomenaudio_icon.gif
one against governmentanarchistaudio_icon.gif
criticismanimadversionaudio_icon.gif
cowardlypusillanimousaudio_icon.gif
evasive dodge; deceptive stratagemsubterfugeaudio_icon.gif
gloomy and remotesaturnineaudio_icon.gif
person of eminence or brilliant achievementluminaryaudio_icon.gif
unreasonableexorbitantaudio_icon.gif
lacy designfiligreeaudio_icon.gif
words of praiseeulogyaudio_icon.gif
sittingsedentaryaudio_icon.gif
joyeuphoriaaudio_icon.gif
good-naturednessbonhomieaudio_icon.gif
good faith; authenticbona fideaudio_icon.gif
indulger in luxurybon vivantaudio_icon.gif
changeablemutableaudio_icon.gif
attribute the fault or responsibility toimputeaudio_icon.gif
the present statestatus quoaudio_icon.gif
modelparadigmaudio_icon.gif
banish, exileexpatriateaudio_icon.gif
divisionschismaudio_icon.gif
uselessbootlessaudio_icon.gif
redrubicundaudio_icon.gif
ideal exampleapotheosisaudio_icon.gif
forerunnerprecursoraudio_icon.gif
switchtransposeaudio_icon.gif
insulting or abusive word or expressioninvectiveaudio_icon.gif
sleight of handprestidigitationaudio_icon.gif
study of the universecosmologyaudio_icon.gif
outpouringeffusionaudio_icon.gif
fear of opennessagoraphobiaaudio_icon.gif
literary collectionanthologyaudio_icon.gif
after deathposthumousaudio_icon.gif
beautiful soundeuphonyaudio_icon.gif
stubbornly disobedientrefractoryaudio_icon.gif
flat trite remarkplatitudeaudio_icon.gif
fear of heightsacrophobiaaudio_icon.gif
truthfulnessveracityaudio_icon.gif
appearance or semblance of truthverisimilitudeaudio_icon.gif
peculiarityidiosyncrasyaudio_icon.gif
graduatesalumniaudio_icon.gif
cause for warcasus belliaudio_icon.gif
time between rulersinterregnumaudio_icon.gif
violation; breachinfractionaudio_icon.gif
worthycondignaudio_icon.gif
conversationcolloquyaudio_icon.gif
able to live; workableviableaudio_icon.gif
summarysynopsisaudio_icon.gif
solid groundterra firmaaudio_icon.gif
authorizesanctionaudio_icon.gif
one who fears RussiaRussophobe
medical forecastprognosisaudio_icon.gif
many-coloredpolychromeaudio_icon.gif
love of humankindphilanthropyaudio_icon.gif
insightperspicacityaudio_icon.gif
mob rulemobocracyaudio_icon.gif
government of the oldgerontocracyaudio_icon.gif
pathological thiefkleptomaniacaudio_icon.gif
joy of livingjoie de vivreaudio_icon.gif
in place of parentsin loco parentisaudio_icon.gif
worldlymundaneaudio_icon.gif
combinationsynthesisaudio_icon.gif
unambiguous; clearunequivocalaudio_icon.gif
belief in nothingnihilismaudio_icon.gif
stereo buffaudiophileaudio_icon.gif
scientific study of insectsentomologyaudio_icon.gif
of all kindsomnifariousaudio_icon.gif
tending to cause ill will, animosity, or envyinvidiousaudio_icon.gif
reasoning down from principlesdeductionaudio_icon.gif
excessive use of verbal ornamentation; bombasticmagniloquenceaudio_icon.gif