Deck 9 Flashcards

hot prospects

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torpor

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n. lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy

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virulent

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adj. extremely poisonous; hostile; bitter

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viable

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adj. practical or workable; capable of maintaining life

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truncate

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v. cut the top off

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tirade

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n. extended scolding; denunciation; harangue

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tantamount

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adj. equivalent in effect or value

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supplant

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v. replace; usurp

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stolid

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adj. unruffled; impassive

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soporific

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adj. sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness

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repugnant

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adj. loathsome; hateful

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raze

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v. destroy completely

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querulous

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adj. fretful; whining

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quiescent

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adj. at rest; dormant

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prattle

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v. babble

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polemical

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adj. aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious

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penury

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n. severe poverty; stinginess

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pariah

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n. social outcast

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mosaic

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n. picture made of colorful small inlaid tiles

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nefarious

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adj. very wicked

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mirth

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n. merriment; laughter

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meander

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v. wind or turn in its course

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lurid

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adj. wild; sensational; graphic; gruesome

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labyrinth

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n. maze

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jocular

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adj. said or done in jest

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irreproachable

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adj. blameless; impeccable

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indolent

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adj. lazy

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indefatigable

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adj. tireless

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ignominy

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n. deep disgrace; shame or dishonor

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fitful

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adj. spasmodic; intermittent

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fathom

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v. comprehend; investigate

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evanescent

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adj. fleeting; vanishing

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equanimity

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n. calmness of temperament; composure

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emaciated

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adj. thin and wasted

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elegy

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n. poem or song expressing lamentation

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effervescence

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n. inner excitement or exuberance; bubbling from fermentation or carbonation

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dupe

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n. someone easily fooled

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distend

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v. expand; swell out

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dilatory

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adj. delaying

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desiccate

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v. dry up

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corrode

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v. destroy by chemical action

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conjecture

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v. surmise; guess

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combustible

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adj. easily burned

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charlatan

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n. quack; pretender of knowledge

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carping

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adj. finding fault

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buttress

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v. support; prop up

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bleak

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adj. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

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avarice

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n. greediness for wealth

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antipathy

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n. aversion; dislike

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anomaly

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n. irregularity

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anachronistic

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adj. having an error involving time in a story

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abase

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v. lower; humiliate

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abut

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v. border upon; adjoin

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aggressor

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n. attacker

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annex

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v. attach; take possession of

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arduous

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adj. hard; strenuous

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beneficial

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adj. helpful; useful

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breadth

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n. width; extent

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catechism

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n. book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answer

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clandestine

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adj. secret

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compunction

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n. remorse