AHLISA Vocab

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Voracious
ADJ- greedy in eating, devouring or eager to devour large quantities of food; ravenous, gluttonous
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Queue
NOUN- a line of waiting people or vehicles
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Unimpeachable
ADJ- that cannot be doubted, questioned, or discredited; irreproachable
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Pithy
ADJ- precise and meaningful
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Palatial
ADJ- of nature of a place, as in spaciousness or ornateness
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Implore
VERB- to appeal; to beseech
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Acrid
ADJ- unpleasantly sharp or bitter to the taste or smell
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Insatiable
ADJ- impossible to satisfy
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Conjecture
VERB- to guess
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Gusto
NOUN- vigorous enjoyment
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Debauch
VERB- to reduce the value or quality of; debase
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Stupor
NOUN- a state of reduced sensibility; debase
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oblique
ADJ- slanting
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Truant
NOUN- one absent without permission; especially from school
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Poplar
NOUN- a tall tree of the willow family having soft fibrous wood
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Solace
NOUN- comfort in sorrow
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Equanimity
NOUN- remaining calm; composure
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Cur
NOUN- a dog of mixed breed
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Docile
ADJ- easily managed; tractable
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Lorry
NOUN- a motor truck
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Billet
VERB- to be quartered
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Litany
NOUN- a repetitive recitation, listing
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Supercilious
ADJ- showing arrogance to those unworthy
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Deft
ADJ- nimble; skilful
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Languid
ADJ- lacking spirit, indifferent
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Extemporize
VERB- to speak, improvise
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Strident
ADJ- having a shrill character
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Ascertain
VERB- to make certain
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Echolalia
NOUN- the automatic repetition by someone of words spoken in his or her presence, especially a symptom of mental disorder
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Dissension
NOUN- a difference of opinion, disagreement
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Caterwaul
VERB- to make a shrill, howling sound like a cat
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Subterfuge
NOUN- a device used to hide a true objective
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Denizen
NOUN- a resident, one that frequents somewhere
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Postern
NOUN- a back door or side entrance
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Meretricious
ADJ- alluring by false charms
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Euphemism
NOUN- the use of a word or phrase that is less expressive or direct but considered less distasteful
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Dilatory
ADJ- tending todelay
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Affront
NOUN- an intentional insult
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Portentous
ADJ- ominous, predictive of bad events
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Prig
NOUN- a person who is smug in attitude
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Magnanimous
ADJ- rising above meanness
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Expostulate
VERB- to reason with a person earnestly
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Garrulous
ADJ- rambling about trivial matters
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Raffish
ADJ- not having a good reputation
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Redolent
ADJ- sweet smelling
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Incongruous
ADJ- lacking harmony
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Feverish
ADJ- restless excitement
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Vivacity
ADJ- liveliness
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Reproach
VERB- to accuse of a fault
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Swindle
VERB- to trick out of money
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Atomizer
NOUN- a device to shoot spray
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Portiere
NOUN- a curtain in a doorway
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Diffident
ADJ- shy, lacking confidence
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Bestial
ADJ- like a beast
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Peal
NOUN- a loud prolonged sound
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Degenerate
NOUN- a corrupt individual
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Destitute
ADJ- impoverished
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Bellow
VERB- to roar with a reverberating sound
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Assuage
VERB- to lesson, calm
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Brethren
NOUN- religious brothers
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Apothecary
NOUN- pharmacist
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Taciturn
ADJ- always silent
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Revelation
NOUN- something revealed
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Vapid
ADJ- tasteless
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Malevolent
ADJ- malicious
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Beadle
NOUN- an officer of court (obsolete term)
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Nebulous
ADJ- vague
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Contentious
ADJ- quarrelsome
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Indigenous
ADJ- native to a region
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Wisteria
NOUN- a vine with flowers
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Edification
NOUN- to improve morally
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Quell
VERB- to subdue
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Trousseau
NOUN- a bride’s clothes
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Rucksack
NOUN- knapsack
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Mortar
VERB- to bombard with mortar
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Volition
NOUN- the exercise of one’s will
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Excyst
VERB- to enclose in a cyst or sac
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Talon
NOUN- a pointed curved clas (bird)
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Amortize
VERB- to pay off gradually (a large debt)
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Eviscerate
VERB- to disembowel
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Platitude
NOUN- a flat, state remark
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Sumac
NOUN- any nonpoisonous plants with clusters of red fruit
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Maul
NOUN- heavy wooden hammers for driving in stakes
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Napalm
NOUN- a fuel made from jellied gasoline used in bombs/flamethrowers
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Implacable
ADJ- not able to be placated or appeased
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Talisman
NOUN- a charm that averts evil
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Pagoda
NOUN- in india and the far east, a several-storied town temple
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Piaster
NOUN- a monetary unit used in Turkey, Egypt, Lebanon, Libya…
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Catharsis
NOUN- a relieving of the emotions
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Gyroscope
NOUN- a wheel mounted in the ring so it can turn in any direction
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Comportment
NOUN- one’s way of behaving
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Providence
NOUN- benevolent guidance of God
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Corroborate
VERB- to confirm or support
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Clamor
NOUN- a loud outcry, uproar
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Calumny
NOUN- a false and malicious statement; slander
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Sidle
VERB- to move sideways shyly or stealthily
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Exude
VERB- to pass out in drops
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Iniquity
NOUN- wickedness, a wicked or unjust act
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Conjure
VERB- to summon a demon by magic
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Ameliorate
VERB- to make better, improve

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