English Vocab Units 9 - 15

Front 1

dank

Back 1

unpleasantly damp

Front 2

ecumenical

Back 2

worldwide in influence

Front 3

beatitude

Back 3

a blessing

Front 4

bete noire

Back 4

pet peeve

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bode

Back 5

foreshadow

Front 6

ferid

Back 6

zealous, fervent

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fetid

Back 7

smelly

Front 8

gargantuan

Back 8

huge

Front 9

heyday

Back 9

golden age

Front 10

incubus

Back 10

demon or evil spirit, nightmare

Front 11

infrastructure

Back 11

basic foundation

Front 12

inveigle

Back 12

entice by flattery

Front 13

kudos

Back 13

praise

Front 14

lagniappe

Back 14

bonus

Front 15

prolix

Back 15

wordy, verbose

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protege

Back 16

trainee, disciple

Front 17

prototype

Back 17

archetype, original model

Front 18

sycophant

Back 18

yes-man, someone who attempts to win favors by flattery

Front 19

tautology

Back 19

needless repetition, redundancy

Front 20

truckle

Back 20

yield or sumit tamely

Front 21

acumen

Back 21

keenness of insite, quickness or accuracy of judgement, shrewdness

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adjudicate

Back 22

to act as judge, mediate

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anachronism

Back 23

chronological error

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apocryphal

Back 24

doubtful or questionable authenticity, fictious

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disparity

Back 25

discrepancy, dissimilarity

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dissimulate

Back 26

to hide one's true thoughts, pretend

Front 27

empirical

Back 27

derived from practical experience or observation rather than theory, observed

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flamboyant

Back 28

highly elaborate or ornate, showy

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fulsome

Back 29

offensively insincere, disgusting

Front 30

immolate

Back 30

to kill as a sacrifice

Front 31

imperceptible

Back 31

extremely slight, minimal

Front 32

lackey

Back 32

servant, footman

Front 33

liaison

Back 33

means of communication between groups, intermediary

Front 34

monolithic

Back 34

massive, dense, uniformed

Front 35

mot juste

Back 35

exact word

Front 36

nihilism

Back 36

total rejection of existing laws, extreme radicalism

Front 37

patrician

Back 37

aristocrat, highborn

Front 38

propitiate

Back 38

to coniciliate, to appease

Front 39

sic

Back 39

thus so, intentionally written so

Front 40

sublimate

Back 40

rechannel, redirect the energy

Front 41

apostate

Back 41

one who forsakes his religion, party, or cause

Front 42

bravado

Back 42

false courage, swagger

Front 43

consensus

Back 43

general agreement of opinion

Front 44

constrict

Back 44

to make smaller or narrower

Front 45

dichotomy

Back 45

schism, division

Front 46

effusive

Back 46

lavish

Front 47

euphoria

Back 47

elation

Front 48

gothic

Back 48

sinister, gloomy setting

Front 49

impasse

Back 49

dead end

Front 50

lugubrious

Back 50

sad, mournful to an exaggerated degree

Front 51

metamorphosis

Back 51

complete transformation

Front 52

mystique

Back 52

charisma, aura of mystery

Front 53

non sequitur

Back 53

illogical reference

Front 54

parlous

Back 54

perilous

Front 55

punctilio

Back 55

minute detail

Front 56

quagmire

Back 56

soggy mud, marsh

Front 57

quixotic

Back 57

extravagantly idealistic, fanciful

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raconteur

Back 58

storyteller

Front 59

sine qua non

Back 59

necessity

Front 60

vendetta

Back 60

rivalry, prolonged feud

Front 61

apposite

Back 61

appropriate

Front 62

augur

Back 62

a prophet, to predict

Front 63

bilk

Back 63

to defraud, to swindle

Front 64

charisma

Back 64

charm

Front 65

debilitate

Back 65

to make feeble

Front 66

execrable

Back 66

untterly detestable

Front 67

impinge

Back 67

to strike against violently, affect

Front 68

labyrinth

Back 68

maxe

Front 69

narcissism

Back 69

excessive self-love

Front 70

niggardly

Back 70

stingy, penny-pinching

Front 71

pastiche

Back 71

work made up from bits and pieces of other sources, hodgepodge

Front 72

precarious

Back 72

perilous

Front 73

rapport

Back 73

harmonious relationship

Front 74

utilitarian

Back 74

practical

Front 75

vacuous

Back 75

devoid of substance, insipid

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vagary

Back 76

whim, unpredicatable action

Front 77

viable

Back 77

feasible

Front 78

xenophobia

Back 78

unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners or what is foreign

Front 79

zany

Back 79

comical, buffoon

Front 80

zealot

Back 80

extremist, ardent follower

Front 81

accolade

Back 81

kudos

Front 82

acerbity

Back 82

bitterness, harsheness

Front 83

attrition

Back 83

erosion, reduction

Front 84

bromide

Back 84

cliche, commonplace remark

Front 85

chauvinist

Back 85

extravagantly patriotic

Front 86

chronic

Back 86

recurrent

Front 87

expound

Back 87

to explain in detail

Front 88

factionalism

Back 88

party strife, infighting

Front 89

immaculate

Back 89

spotless

Front 90

imprecation

Back 90

a curse

Front 91

ineluctable

Back 91

unavoidable

Front 92

mercurial

Back 92

unpredictable changes of mood, flighty

Front 93

palliate

Back 93

mitigate, alleviate

Front 94

protocol

Back 94

code of conduct

Front 95

resplendent

Back 95

radiant

Front 96

stigmatize

Back 96

to disgrace

Front 97

sub rosa

Back 97

secretly

Front 98

vainglory

Back 98

excesssive pride, conceit

Front 99

vestige

Back 99

artificat, remains

Front 100

volition

Back 100

free will

Front 101

accoutrements

Back 101

accessory items of clothing or equipment

Front 102

apogee

Back 102

farthest or highest point

Front 103

apropos

Back 103

appropriate, relevantly

Front 104

coalesce

Back 104

to merge

Front 105

contretemps

Back 105

blunder

Front 106

convolution

Back 106

twist, complication

Front 107

cull

Back 107

to choose, to glean

Front 108

disparate

Back 108

entirely dissimilar

Front 109

dogmatic

Back 109

opinionated

Front 110

licentious

Back 110

morally or sexually unrestrained

Front 111

mete

Back 111

assign, to allot

Front 112

noxious

Back 112

harmful to physical health or morals

Front 113

polemic

Back 113

diatribe, aggressive attack of a specific opinion or doctrine

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populous

Back 114

crowded

Front 115

probity

Back 115

complete honesty

Front 116

repartee

Back 116

swift, witty reply

Front 117

supervene

Back 117

to follow immediately after

Front 118

truncate

Back 118

to shorten

Front 119

unimpeachable

Back 119

unquestionable

Front 120

adumbrate

Back 120

indicate

Front 121

apotheosis

Back 121

dification

Front 122

ascetic

Back 122

celibate, strict self-denial

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bauble

Back 123

small showy ornament of little value or use

Front 124

beguile

Back 124

mislead or deceive

Front 125

burgeon

Back 125

sprout, bloom

Front 126

complement

Back 126

something that completes a whole

Front 127

contumacious

Back 127

disobedient, openly rebellious

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curmudgeon

Back 128

grouch

Front 129

didactic

Back 129

educational

Front 130

disingenuous

Back 130

lacking sincerity

Front 131

exculpate

Back 131

to clear of guilt or blame

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faux pas

Back 132

slip in manners or conduct

Front 133

fulminate

Back 133

to condemn vehemently, to explode

Front 134

fustian

Back 134

inflated or pretentious language

Front 135

hauteur

Back 135

conceit, snobbishness

Front 136

inhibit

Back 136

to restrain

Front 137

jeremiad

Back 137

song of praise

Front 138

opportunist

Back 138

self-seeker, exploiter

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unconscionable

Back 139

unjustifiable, unforgivable