TCS vocab 2

8/9/2019 TCS vocab 2

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1.

convention

n. a collection of recorded music

n. any business that produces goods or provides services; the work and related activity in

factories and offices

n. a large meeting for a special purpose

v. to take and hold or to control by force

2.

reach

n. all the people in a place, city or country

conj. equally; when

v. to know what is meant; to have knowledge of

v. to put a hand toward; to arrive at

3.

there

v. to send to another country

n. a part of the body that has a special purpose, such as the heart or brain

ad. in that place or position; to or toward that place

ad. having a small distance between two opposite surfaces; not fat

4.

lift

n. the force produced when something is pushed down or against something else

v. to take or bring up to a higher place or level

n. anything on or in which a person or thing can travel or be transported, especially anything

on wheels; a car or truck

n. the space occupied by something; how long, wide or high something is


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ad. not able to hear

9.

work

v. to believe, think or imagine; to expect

v. to go or come back; to bring, give, take or send back

v. to use physical or mental effort to make or do something

v. to make known publicly; to declare officially

10. enzyme

v. to make something go or move faster

n. the group that includes children and their parents

ad. acting safely; with much thought

n. a special kind of protein; it produces changes in other substances without being changed

itself

11.

black

ad. not one or the other of two

ad. the same in amount, size, weight or value; having the same rights

n. the settlement of an argument where each side agrees to accept less than first demanded

ad. dark; having the color like that of the night sky

12.

wire

v. to make sounds to express pleasure or happy feelings

n. a thin piece of tissue that sends information through the body to and from the brain


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n. a long, thin piece of metal used to hang objects or to carry electricity or electronic

communications from one place to another

pref. for, supporting (pro-labor, pro-government)

13. marry

ad. of or about a person or group that is secret; opposite public

v. to join a man and woman together as husband and wife; to become husband and wife

(usually in a religious or civil ceremony)

v. to end (a dispute); to agree about (a problem)

v. to make sick with something that causes disease

14.

rice

prep. along or by the side of; together

n. an opening for entering or leaving a building or room

n. a food grain

ad. many times

15.

program

n. a plan of action; the different events or parts of a meeting or show

n. the general condition of the body and mind; the condition of being free from sickness or

disease

v. to come to be

n. a white substance found in sea water and in the ground, used to affect the taste of food

16.

public

v. to separate into two or more parts; to divide or break into parts

n. the best; the winner


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v. to say something or to do something that makes another person angry or dishonored

ad. of or about all the people in a community or country; opposite private

17.

equal

ad. added to; too

n. any substance that is not solid or liquid; any substance that burns to provide heat, light or

power

ad. the same in amount, size, weight or value; having the same rights

n. an electronic machine for storing and organizing information, and for communicating

with others

18.

water

n. a creature that lives and can breathe in water

n. the liquid that falls from the sky as rain or is found in lakes, rivers and oceans

n. what a person legally and morally should be able to do or have

n. something round

19.

surround

ad. not the same

v. to form a circle around; to be in positions all around someone or something

ad. short; not long

prep. for the reason that

20.

good

n. a device or system for sending sounds, especially the voice, over distances


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ad. from higher to lower; in a low place

ad. away from the inside; opposite of in

ad. pleasing; helpful

21.

reason

n. the cause for a belief or act; purpose

ad. smooth; having no high places

n. the written record or description of past events; the study of the past

n. a device that uses radio signals to learn the position or speed of objects that may be too

far away to be seen

22.

boat

v. to hit again and again

n. an organization that keeps and lends money

n. something built to travel on water that carries people or goods

ad. without delay; very near in time or place

23.

root

v. to give form to

n. the part of a plant that is under the ground and takes nutrients from the soil

n. a thin piece of tissue that sends information through the body to and from the brain

n. the liquid that falls from the sky as rain or is found in lakes, rivers and oceans

24.

best

v. to desire; to wish for


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v. to break into pieces; to end the existence of

prep. from a time in the past until now

ad. the most good

25.

protein

n. substances responsible for the growth of tissue and for fixing damaged tissue

n. a talk given to a group of people

ad. at that time; existing

n. something known only to a few and kept from general knowledge

26.

move

n. forces, groups or nations joined together

n. the movement of people, vehicles or ships along a street, road or waterway

v. to change position; to put or keep in motion

v. to make a sudden attack

27.

bring

v. to come with something

v. having the power to do something

pref. not (dishonest, disobey)

n. the general condition of the body and mind; the condition of being free from sickness or

disease

28.

temperature

n. a substance found in nature that is not an animal or a plant, such as coal or salt


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n. any instrument or device designed to help one do work

ad. lost; not found

n. the measurement of heat and cold

29.

transportation

v. to direct and observe the work of others

n. the act or business of moving goods or people

n. something round

ad. separated from others

30.

laser

n. an instrument that makes a thin, powerful light

n. the group that includes children and their parents

ad. like something else but not exactly the same

ad. the most important or largest

31.

climate

v. to make less or smaller in number, size or amount; to cut

ad. of or about the energy produced by splitting atoms or bringing them together; of or about

weapons that explode by using energy from atoms

v. to join a man and woman together as husband and wife; to become husband and wife

(usually in a religious or civil ceremony)

n. the normal weather conditions of a place

32.

push

ad. having a small distance between two opposite surfaces; not fat


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v. to make less in size or amount

v. to use force to move something away from the person or thing using the force; opposite

pull

ad. great in size, importance or amount

33.

gray

ad. having the color like that made by mixing black and white

v. to keep or put away for future use

n. a very small town

n. the making of sounds by singing or using a musical instrument

34.

without

v. to cause injury or destruction

n. a number of people or things together; a gathering of people working for a commonpurpose

prep. with no; not having or using

n. a form of energy that flows through wires to provide heat and light, and power to

machines

35.

loyal

n. a small animal that often lives with humans

v. to make better; to become better

n. a device that receives electronic signals and makes them into pictures and sounds; the

system of sending pictures and sounds by electronic signals over a distance so others can see

and hear them on a receiver

ad. showing strong friendship and support for someone or something

36.


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river

v. to lose blood

n. a large amount of water that flows across land into another river, a lake or an ocean

ad. at any time

n. the time between when the sun goes down and when it rises, when there is little or no

light

37.

must

v. a word used with an action word to mean necessary

ad. not short; measuring from beginning to end

ad. not gentle; causing much pain, sadness or damage

v. to control or to restrict freedoms by force

38.

apologize

n. that which something is known to have or be; amount of value or excellence

v. to express regret for a mistake or accident for which one accepts responsibility

n. any game or activity of competition involving physical effort or skill

v. to discover or learn something by searching or by accident; to decide a court case

39.

prize

n. a movement; a continuing change of position or place

n. something offered or won in a competition; something of value that one must work hard

for to get

v. to say; to make a statement

n. a government lawmaking group


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tie

v. to join or hold together with some material

v. to stretch out in area or length; to continue for a longer time

v. to make good or right again

ad. not able to see

1. n. the quality of sound which distinguishes one from another

banal

tawdry

wrest

timbre

2.

adj. mild; harmless

dais

ostensible

furtive

benign

3.

adj. of the sea; having to do with sailors, ships, or navigation

halcyon

arduous

acrid


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nautical

4.

adj. discouraged; depressed

ken

imminent

inclined

disheartened

5.

v. to pretend to be ill in order to escape work

coy

menagerie

macerate

malinger

6. n. a piece of land jutting into a body of water

promontory

iota

accolade

archetype

7.

adj. periodic; occasional

impenitent

intermittent

curmudgeon

exhume


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8.

adj. lacking vitality; indifferent

dearth

cataclysm

ingenue

languid

9.

adj. shabby in appearance

dowdy

saturate

tribunal

abbreviate

10.

n. a bruise; an injury where the skin is not broken

contusion

precipitate

glib

Abstinence

1.

adj. conditional

rendezvous

contingent

arraign


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euphony

2.

adj. rickety; falling apart

laudable

ramshackle

pernicious

unassuaged

3.

v. form into grains

diversity

relapse

acclimate

granulate

4. n. lizard that changes color in different situations

chameleon

scruple

depredation

whimsical

5.

adj. unfavorable; hostile

matriarch

invulnerable

adverse

condole


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6.

n. substance causing vomiting

refractory

imponderable

eloquence

emetic

7.

adj. having the title of an office without the obligations

unsullied

titular

reciprocal

inflated

8.

v. give up temporarily; yield

waive

miscellany

argot

remiss

9.

v. lower; degrade

abase

camaraderie

nondescript

disinclination


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acknowledge

4.

adj. desolate

vociferous

bleak

maniac

prohibition

5.

n. a prophecy

seethe

disapprove

desist

prediction

6. adj. withered

brokerage

anhydrous

martial

bailiff

7.

n. one who makes a donation or present

precursor

donator

luxuriant

illegible


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8.

adj. easily led or controlled

grandiloquent

tractable

promissory

furtherance

9.

adj. well-bred or refined

formidable

boll

genteel

sarcophagus

10.

n. madhouse

disputation

impecunious

odium

Bedlam

1.

n. a superficial appearance or show designed to impress one with superiority

obdurate

exotic

aesthetic


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veneer

2.

n. a petty fault

peccadillo

teeming

retribution

expound

3.

adj. liable to make mistakes or be deceived

veneer

virago

fallible

congenial

4. adj. perfect or highly accomplished

impropriety

sinister

consummate

slovenly

5.

n. nearness

proximity

buffoon

extemporaneous

ubiquitous


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6.

adj. uncertain or risky

accolade

delineate

expatiate

precarious

7.

n. faithfulness

fealty

fluctuate

attribute

congenial

8.

v. to check or hinder

inhibit

delectable

obdurate

obtrusive

9.

v. to set forth in detail; to explain

inveigh

expound

credulous

meticulous


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10.

adv. with distrust

delineate

distraught

vernal

Askance

1.

ad. to, in or at a higher position or value

skin

up

we

enjoy

2. v. to protect or give protection to

shelter

extreme

climate

few

3.

n. the substance, substances or matter of which something is made or from which

something can be made, such as wood, cloth or stone; anything that can be made into

something else

material

wheat

provide


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wind

4.

n. a group of ministers that helps lead a government

military

smell

cabinet

decide

5. n. any instrument or device designed to help one do work

democracy

tool

liberal

light

6.

n. a room or building where business or work is done; a public position to which one is

elected or appointed

plan

explain

office

frighten

7.

ad. of or having to do with a national or central government

federal

necessary

pay


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pig

8.

n. land; the earth's surface

wreckage

stay

ground

cost

9. v. to be on water without sinking; to move or be moved gently on water or through air

mayor

float

prove

grind

10.

n. the time between when the sun goes down and when it rises, when there is little or

no light

terror

kiss

capital

Night

1.

adj. lacking vitality; indifferent

palindrome

surfeit


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cloying

languid

2.

v. to become more and more virulent and fixed

compromise

arrogate

fester

derogatory

3.

adj. pertaining to a discovery or new revelation

mendacious

euphony

batten

apocalyptic

4.

n. lack of facial color

specious

obeisance

gauche

pallor

5.

v. defame; maliciously misrepresent

inured

surfeit


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exigent

slander

6.

v. to denounce or condemn openly

dowdy

decry

succinct

dearth

7.

v. make easier; simplify

staid

facilitate

slothful

plausible

8.

adj. discouraged; depressed

skeptic

haughty

disheartened

exonerate

9.

adj. honorable; exact

optimist

alchemist

parity


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scrupulous

10.

v. mix; massage

comport

obviate

distant

knead

11. v. to weaken; often through subtle means

undermine

caustic

extol

surpass

12.

v. to be advantageous; to be necessary

behoove

guise

pessimism

rivet

13.

n. one who believes that others are motivated entirely by selfishness.

insinuate

bode

abbreviate


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cynic

14.

adj. existing independently of others; a large quantity

incorporeal

eccentric

substantive

tentative

15.

v. to free from guilt

mien

exculpate

obsequious

menagerie

16. v. to mourn or grieve

lament

privy

effrontery

phlegmatic

17.

adj. friendly; amiable

affable

objective

covenant

debase


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18.

adj. glowing through haze; shocking, sensational

distant

lurid

knavery

intangible

19.

n. being stripped

garish

sojourn

agrarian

divestiture

20.

adj. stingy, miserly

cacophony

bereft

savor

penurious

1.

n. dullness; impassiveness

dispirited

curtail

hummock


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stolidity

2.

adj. excessively exacting

sinecure

combustible

comeuppance

hypercritical

3.

n. striker (tongue) of a bell

mediate

clapper

recant

sportive

4. adj. all-knowing

interminable

embroil

collusion

omniscient

5.

adj. exhausting

aspiration

crabbed

grueling

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6.

adj. entreating; beseeching

import

staccato

suppliant

rile

7.

adj. positive; arbitrary

holocaust

dogmatic

crone

countenance

8.

adj. easily deceived

luminary

gullible

crux

mausoleum

9.

adj. parched; dry

disparage

sere

profusion

bemused


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10.

n. twistings; distortions

endorse

contortions

mirth

erroneous

11.

n. ability to foresee future happenings; prudence

fracas

detrimental

foresight

asceticism

12.

adj. festive; gay

attest

convivial

quiver

sybarite

13.

n. opening; break

irascible

homespun

monastic

rift

14.


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duress

cataclysm

authoritative

sacrosanct

19.

adj. absorbing; engrossing

rectitude

riveting

inequity

detrimental

20.

n. prank; flighty conduct

gawk

cumbersome

stigma

Escapade

1.

n. Hindrance.

allotment

obstruction

anticyclone

multiform

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v. To deliver an elaborate or formal public speech.

orate

magician

access

guzzle

3.

v. To send off or consign, as to an obscure position or remote destination.

relegate

efficient

endurable

monolith

4.

n. Profound lethargy.

latency

stupor

alder

Calvinize

5.

n. Predestination.

foreordination

exemplar

dissonance

referrer

6. n. Perplexity.


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salutary

paraphernalia

intricacy

parsimonious

7.

n. The science of man in general.

generosity

obtrude

anthropology

octavo

8.

n. One who owns, enjoys, or controls anything, as property.

possessor

immutable

kiln

lyric

9.

adj. Pertaining to the face.

abdicate

decorous

inexplicable

facial

10.

n. A length of 1,000 meters.


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expatriate

contender

kilometer

Epicurean

11.

n. A doctrine of creation or of the origin of the universe.

Briticism

cosmogony

Britannia

instill

12.

n. The exertion of opposite effort or effect.

collusion

resistance

repine

contemporaneous

13.

n. A wharf or artificial landing-place on the shore of a harbor or projecting into it.

insatiable

fez

quay

intolerable

14.

adj. Of, pertaining to, or like the air.

legionary


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aerial

debonair

tentative

15.

adj. Corresponding (to some other) in certain respects, as in form, proportion,

relations.

analogous

suppression

phonology

cholera

16.

n. One who sells fish.

fishmonger

famish

pectoral

blemish

17.

adj. Able to reinforce sound by sympathetic vibrations.

resonance

clandestine

diffusion

quietus

18.

v. To make a beginning in some occupation or scheme.

muster


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ecclesiastic

extemporaneous

vaunt

3.

v. assign

expedient

clement

attribute

contemptuous

4.

adj. acting solely from a consideration of reward or profit

accord

dissolute

supine

mercenary

5.

adj. inclined to believe anything; easily imposed upon

delete

reiterate

credulous

jeopardy

6.

n. origin

consensus


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genesis

chicanery

simper

7.

adj. causing or given to shedding tears

coalition

lachrymose

proletariat

acumen

8.

n. a party slogan

shibboleth

abandon

commodious

recumbent

9.

adj. conceited

egotistic

exodus

vernal

craven

10.

n. a skilled storyteller

genesis

raconteur


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apt

epitaph

11.

n. a small group of persons engaged in plotting

dispassionate

masquerade

cabal

retrieve

12.

n. a state of happiness; a high ability

callous

felicity

sally

fatuous

13.

adj. of or having to do with citizens or the state; polite, courteous

egotistic

gregarious

corpulent

civil

14.

adj. very steep; descending rapidly

craven

fatuous


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untenable

precipitous

15.

adj. deadly

noisome

extemporaneous

lethal

extemporaneous

16.

v. to abolish or render void

abrogate

contemptuous

conjecture

approbation

17.

adj. perfect or highly accomplished

acrimonious

inscrutable

fulsome

consummate

18.

v. to exclaim or utter suddenly

accolade

clamorous

ostracize


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ejaculate

19.

adj. no longer existing or active

acumen

scourge

extinct

boorish

20. n. a flattering speech or act

blandishment

forbear

fleeting

Misanthropic

1.

ad. one only

single

lightning

actor

coalition

2.

v. to produce an effect on; to influence

always

independent


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because

affect

3.

prep. in at one end and out at the other; from front to back

need

leak

join

through

4.

phr. to start to do something

take steps

hope

social

sink

5.

v. to make someone do something or make something happen by using power

excuse

effect

force

god

6.

v. to believe that someone is honest and will not cause harm

choose

mental

trust


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difficult

7.

n. a dividing line between nations

command

border

arrive

university

8. v. to send information, stories or music by radio or television

broadcast

plastic

depression

technology

9.

v. to try to hear

listen

less

treason

grandmother

10.

v. to end (a dispute); to agree about (a problem)

survive

space

settle


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establish

11.

n. a belief based on one's own ideas and thinking

wheel

opinion

bright

building

12.

conj. however; other than

danger

but

oust

credit

13. n. an organization or system that provides something for the public; a job that an

organization or business can do for money

service

even

strike

woman

14.

n. a hurt or suffering somewhere in the body

pain

dust

airplane


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amend

15.

v. to move through the air with wings, like a bird or airplane; to travel in an airplane

or flying vehicle

city

fly

gray

grandson

16.

v. to push down on the feet and move up quickly into the air

do

lend

jump

river

17.

v. to free; to permit to go

release

alive

present

demonstrate

18.

n. an examination in a court of a question or dispute to decide if a charge is true

sound

trial

temperature


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very

19.

ad. having much money or goods; having plenty of something

purchase

zero

add

rich

20.

n. a measure of time; sixty minutes

hour

position

forward

Arms

1.

adj. shriveled; withered

arbitrary

curb

symmetry

wizened

2.

n. disapproval

despotism

disapprobation

hackneyed


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stipend

3.

v. to build or establish; to instruct and improve the mind

edify

amiable

fecund

heed

4. v. to agree without protest

solubility

acquiesce

perpetual

exemplary

5.

adj. silent; reserved

wry

placate

susceptible

reticent

6.

v. to overspread

suffuse

contusion

subtlety


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complacent

7.

n. a binding and solemn agreement

covenant

phobia

lascivious

decadence

8.

n. difference in form, character, or degree

jeopardy

inundate

disparity

diffuse

9. v. search thoroughly

indigenous

facilitate

rummage

splenetic

10.

v. to huddle and tremble

rudimentary

cower

insularity

exigent


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11.

v. to put money into a fund at fixed intervals

soporific

succinct

amortize

repugnant

12.

adj. complying; obeying

thwart

compatible

compliant

licentious

13.

v. to connect or associate with; to accept as a member

affiliate

antipathy

trivial

notorious

14.

n. the range or limit of one's abilities; rope or chain used to keep a boat from drifting

or an animal from wandering

ignominious

palliate

tether

welter


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15.

n. the quality of being agreeable or eager to please

abeyance

anoint

complaisance

tawdry

16.

n. a constantly quarrelsome woman

uncanny

pessimism

termagant

pied

17.

n. to determine the quality of a substance.

maverick

assay

rampart

condescend

18.

v. to organize laws or rules into a systematic collection

ostentatious

mendacious

codify

obtrude


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19.

n. art of taking something for oneself; seizure

appease

edifice

usurpation

errant

20.

n. something out of place in time (e.g., an airplane in 1492)

attenuate

august

salvage

anachronism

21.

n. relatives and acquaintances

impetuous

arbitrary

kith

guise

22.

adj. fierce, savage, cruel

acclaim

truculent

itinerary

effeminate

23.


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adj. stubborn

glib

obstinate

impassive

sordid

24.

adj. tiresome; ordinary

deplete

phobia

prosaic

truculent

25.

v. ask for; call upon

undermine

jester

salubrious

invoke

26.

v. to plead in favor of

salvage

effusive

advocate

diverse

27. adj. lustful; wicked


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ribald

lewd

raucous

luxuriant

28.

v. to combine

conjoin

apathy

demur

licentious

29.

n. an unworldly young woman

cabal

ingenue

mercurial

innocuous

30.

adj. resisting authority

relinquish

contumacious

ingenuous

duplicity

31.

v. to dominate or enslave


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subjugate

embarkation

approbatory

confluence

32.

adj. dazzling and shining

resplendent

perfunctory

usury

dissent

33.

adj. passionate; intense

ambivalent

blatant

fervent

ossify

34.

adj. resting

gullible

recumbent

chicanery

raze

35.

v. to act indecisively

nefariousness


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dither

bombast

glutton

36.

v. to hinder or obstruct

stymie

novel

benefactor

agrarian

37.

n. unlimited authority

zealot

superlative

disperse

carte blanche

38.

n. an admirer of the fine arts; a dabbler

haphazard

propinquity

hapless

dilettante

39.

n. the basis for an argument

premise


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limber

deign

destitute

40.

v. to punish; discipline

inclined

chastise

parse

Execute

1.

v. pick out; reject

prolong

guileless

cull

personable

2.

n. changing its habitat; wandering

shrew

hale

scurvy

migrant

3.

v. tilt; lean over

list


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foolhardy

antipathy

pallid

8.

adj. unjustified; groundless

corporeal

precursor

unwarranted

embellish

9.

adj. stuffy; boringly conservative

braggart

propinquity

degenerate

stodgy

10.

adj. petty criticism; fault-finding

carping

windfall

intangible

decimate

11.

n. forecasted course of a disease; prediction

hindmost

askance


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prognosis

unwarranted

12.

v. provide scantily; live very economically

skimp

lexicographer

libidinous

spangle

13.

v. shove; bump

apostate

luster

catastrophe

jostle

14.

adj. lead-colored; black and blue

defeatist

sectarian

livid

canvass

15.

v. recede; lessen

insularity

latent


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ebb

regal

16.

v. go backwards; degenerate

egregious

retrograde

diligence

vigor

17.

v. call together

convoke

placate

maim

forsake

18.

adv. with a sideways or indirect look

requite

askance

prototype

indemnify

19.

n. wealthy leader

infantile

anemia

tycoon


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gawk

24.

n. fear

canter

astral

unfaltering

intimidation

25.

adj. untidy

lumen

digression

intelligentsia

disheveled

26. n. trick; practical joke

alias

expurgate

hoax

hone

27.

adj. superfluous; excessively wordy

welter

aristocracy

redundant

decoy


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28.

n. wretch; villain

affluence

miscreant

carnal

contingent

29.

v. criticize harshly

dilemma

viand

incoherent

pan

30.

adj. incapable of injury

paucity

diverge

invulnerable

vortex

31.

n. payments make to an ex-spouse after divorce

bilk

alimony

analogy

amalgamate


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n. long heroic poem, novel, or similar work of art

therapeutic

conducive

deface

epic

37.

v. offer; extend

tender

incidence

accessory

travail

38.

n. token of disgrace; brand

cabal

celerity

stigma

natty

39.

adj. not naive; sophisticated

seemly

mores

carat

disingenuous

40. n. the act of anointing with oil


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affiliation

imbue

tout

Unction

1.

v. to sink (a ship) by making holes in the bottom

ravenous

afterthought

scuttle

preternatural

2.

n. the science of life or living organisms

journalize

enthuse

ceremonious

biology

3.

v. to turn inside out, upside down, or in opposite direction

decapitate

finality

panel

invert

4.


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v. to rouse to a particular action

bedlam

incite

armada

benefit

5.

v. to break a law

epitaph

collective

transgress

whereupon

6.

v. to cut apart or to pieces

plenteous

dissect

ineligible

centurion

7.

adj. living or existing at the same time

utmost

contemporary

reparable

apposite

8. n. that which causes gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration


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contravene

disservice

witticism

corrosive

9.

adj. designed to excite love

secretary

entangle

botany

amatory

10.

n. virtue

forgo

defalcate

morality

octavo

11.

adj. raving

alto

mane

duplicity

delirious

12.

n. the science of the nervous system


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left-handed

neurology

literature

dehydrate

13.

n. the act or sensation of hearing

audition

suggestible

dissension

orate

14.

adj. answering yes; to a question at issue

exasperate

affirmative

cosmopolitanism

chastity

15.

n. a seller

aforesaid

domineer

perturb

vendor

16.

v. to chew over again, as food previously swallowed and regurgitated

recapitulate


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cryptogram

ruminate

cull

17.

n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority

extant

hemorrhage

contumacy

malady

18.

adj. contemptible

truthful

despicable

irritable

fastidious

19.

v. to drive away by or as by scattering in different directions

dispel

afire

clan

squalid

20.

adj. anticipating and making ready for future wants or emergencies

provident


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wretchedness

frightful

refinery

21.

v. to prolong

despond

reprieve

indulgent

protract

22.

v. to increase in range or scope

frizzle

expand

ampere

abhorrent

23.

n. double-dealing

liquidate

overshadow

scarcity

duplicity

24.

n. alert and intent mental watchfulness in guarding against danger

decagon

polyhedron


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proficiency

vigilance

25.

adj. somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech

repel

brusque

polyarchy

neopaganism

26.

n. a related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a

complete thought

symmetrical

dissolute

invective

sentence

27.

v. to manage or carry through by some device or scheme

peerless

personality

contrive

mountainous

28.

v. to pay back as an equivalent of what has been expended

theocrasy

glorious


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predecessor

reimburse

29.

n. dispersion

diffusion

assonance

brazier

nominal

30.

adj. not having the abilities desired or necessary for any purpose

incompetent

impoverish

coxswain

devious

31.

adv. from side to side

impracticable

penetrable

athwart

absent-minded

32.

adj. abundant

habitude

rife


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pediatrics

quiescence

33.

n. treatment

usage

somnolent

alderman

retention

34.

n. the climax

symphonic

infirmity

geniality

apogee

35.

n. a party to a lawsuit

material

litigant

rondo

objective

36.

v. to dignify

demagnetize

ridicule

palinode


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ennoble

37.

n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms

revise

conspirator

antitoxin

sensual

38. adj. matchless

mileage

encumber

incomparable

diffidence

39.

n. friendly counsel given by way of warning and implying caution or reproof

credence

monition

colloquy

abyss

40.

n. proclamation

exhume

annunciation

superintendent


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Hypocrite

1.

v. to restate the meaning of a passage in other words

alienate

paraphrase

extraneous

protuberant

2. n. a feeling of hatred

animus

delectable

genesis

effete

3.

n. something taken for granted; going beyond proper bounds

presumption

poignant

disparity

imminent

4.

adj. pretending to be religious

bereave

convivial

sanctimonious


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arbiter

5.

n. a speech by one person

nautical

monologue

abrogate

diverting

6.

adj. sneeringly distrustful of the good motives or conduct of others

cynical

academic

admonish

respite

7. v. to gain an advantage by the use of trick to evade by the use of deception; to go

around

soporific

poignant

chicanery

circumvent

8.

v. to pierce through with a pointed instrument

impale

tenet

extemporaneous


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ingenious

9.

adj. accidental

vanquish

fortuitous

gesticulate

stoic

10.

adj. understood by only a select few

quash

recapitulate

hovel

esoteric

11. adj. of, or pertaining to, the world, as contrasted with the spirit

dictum

garnish

feign

mundane

12.

v. to make gestures, or indicate feelings by motions

retrieve

abdicate

imprecation

gesticulate


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13.

adj. irresponsible, eccentric; lacking a fixed purpose erratic behavior

craven

erratic

accord

apathy

14.

n. confused, unintelligible, meaningless talk; special vocabulary used only by members

of a group or trade

deplete

meander

jargon

flamboyant

15. v. to soil or dirty

besmirch

venerable

cynical

diffident

16.

n. employment entailing little or no responsibility or labor

fictitious

deluge

waive

sinecure


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17.

n. misfortune

sallow

insatiable

expurgate

adversity

18.

adj. to plead or argue against a certain course of action

circumspect

deprecate

credulous

low

19.

adj. swollen, inflated; using big or high-sounding words

kaleidoscopic

alacrity

delectable

turgid

20.

n. scarcity

noisome

dearth

antithesis

sultry


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21.

adj. flimsy and cheap

sleazy

tremulous

untenable

inscrutable

22.

adj. moderate in the use of food or drink

creditable

zealous

benevolent

abstemious

23.

v. to prevent (the attainment of an object); to defeat or render ineffectual

consecrate

frustrate

punitive

condone

24.

v. to express sympathy with another in sorrow, pain, or misfortune

condole

attribute

entreat

dictum

25.


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protuberant

inhibit

exultation

assiduous

30.

adj. very heavy; clumsy

ponderous

obtrusive

apprehensive

creditable

31.

adj. quick to find fault about trifles

captious

rudimentary

idiosyncrasy

vicarious

32.

v. to do speedily; to send off

vanquish

congenial

blight

dispatch

33.

n. conversation which is amusing and not serious


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panegyric

banter

engender

dissolute

34.

adj. spirited; ardent

gregarious

sacrosanct

fervid

impostor

35.

n. burden; duty

extirpate

onus

condone

awry

36.

adj. serving as a model; commendable

condign

exemplary

asseverate

utilitarian

37.

adj. wise; shrewd

sally


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egregious

emissary

sagacious

38.

v. to give up claim to

machiavellian

corpulent

abdicate

apprise

39.

v. to penetrate and understand

stringent

fathom

archetype

tantamount

40.

n. an opinion held in opposition to the traditional view

ingenious

lavish

exodus

Heresy

1.

n. a joining together; in atomic fusion, atomic particles are joined together to produce

nuclear energy


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fusion

salt

fish

truck

2.

n. a substance or drug used to treat disease or pain; the science or study of treating

and curing disease or improving health

medicine

cooperate

complete

bell

3.

n. a grown person

toward

adult

yellow

clergy

4.

n. a drink made from the plant of the same name

sharp

coffee

airplane

top

5. n. sound, especially when loud


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true

combine

humor

noise

6.

n. violent weather, including strong winds and rain or snow

south

talk

storm

time

7.

n. a competition by opposing political candidates seeking support from voters; a

connected series of military actions during a war

trap

balance

voice

campaign

8.

v. to join or hold together with some material

dis

plastic

tie

ally

9.


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n. the different effects of light on the eye, making blue, red, brown, black, yellow and

others

civilian

color

announce

special

10.

v. to get knowledge about; to come to know a fact or facts

mean

remains

learn

before

11.

pron. the boy or man who is being spoken about

he

halt

will

mix

12.

v. to cause pain, injury or damage

sad

hit

hurt

bright

13.


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n. an examination in a court of a question or dispute to decide if a charge is true

trial

territory

by

open

14.

v. to make something not open

loan

close

through

attend

15.

n. all surrounding things, conditions and influences that affect life; the natural world

of land, sea, air, plants and animals

copy

sell

stay

environment

16.

v. to come to life; to come into existence

meet

stone

adult

born

17.


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v. to forgive for a crime and release from punishment

pardon

back

fit

protest

18.

v. to pull apart, often by force

below

jump

tear

week

19.

n. something known or proved to be true

welcome

box

office

fact

20.

n. a small animal that often lives with humans

conference

cat

worth

detail

21. v. to injure; to hurt


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much

magnet

wound

riot

22.

n. cleans liquid wastes from the body

kidney

less

water

top

23.

v. to cause pain, suffering or loss for doing something bad or illegal

next

welcome

nice

punish

24.

n. a ceremony held in connection with the burial or burning of the dead

after

escape

funeral

lake

25.

n. an opening for entering or leaving a building or room


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examine

reduce

provide

door

26.

prep. in the direction of; leading to

lung

sense

toward

release

27.

n. a payment ordered by a court to punish someone for a crime

fine

identify

skill

destroy

28.

v. to put something over a person or thing

alive

they

cover

it

29.

ad. involving machines, processes and materials in industry, transportation and

communications; of or about a very special kind of subject or thing


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sea

movie

technical

plant

30.

conj. connecting word used to link things that may be similar, but are not equal

loan

troop

than

bleed

31.

ad. quiet; peaceful

what

team

halt

calm

32.

n. political protection given by a government to a person from another country

publish

asylum

order

ruin

33.

ad. of or about the energy produced by splitting atoms or bringing them together; of

or about weapons that explode by using energy from atoms


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produce

reach

drive

nuclear

34.

v. to use cigarettes or other tobacco products by burning them and breathing in the

smoke

day

need

each

smoke

35.

n. the center part of an atom or cell

machine

grandfather

nucleus

throw

36.

n. a disease in which dangerous cells grow quickly and destroy parts of the body

deal

get

cancer

compound

37.

ad. not gentle; causing much pain, sadness or damage


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dismiss

severe

shine

left

38.

n. a living thing, often so small it can be seen only through a microscope

tradition

advise

organism

pass

39.

v. to bring or gather together in one place; to demand and receive

blue

collect

owe

immediate

40.

v. to approve; to say that something is true

crew

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