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Voacb Level H (7&8)
Stack #24638
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| abeyance | a state of being temporarily inactive, suspended, or set aside |
| ambivalent | having opposite and conflicting feelings about someone or something |
| beleaguer | to set upon from all sides |
| carte blanche | full freedom or authority to act at one's own descretion |
| cataclysm | a sudden violent, or devasting upheaveal |
| debauch | to corrupt morally, seduce |
| eclat | dazzling or conspicuous success ot acclaim |
| fastidious | overly demanding or to please |
| gambol | to jump or skip about playfully |
| imbue | to soak or stain thoroughly; to fill the mind |
| inchoate | just beginning; not fully shaped or formed |
| lampoon | a malicious satire |
| malleable | capable of being formed into different shapes; capable of being altered |
| nemesis | an agent or force inflicting vengeance or punishment; a rival |
| opt | to make a choice or decision |
| philistine | lacking in, hostile to, smugly indifferent |
| picaresque | involving or characteristic of clever rouges or adventures |
| queasy | nauseated or uneasy |
| refractory | stubborn, hard or dofficult to manage; not responsive to treatment |
| savoir-faire | the ability to say or do the right thing in any situation |
| aberration | a departure from what is proper |
| ad hoc | for this specific purpose; improvised |
| bane | the source or cause of fatal injury, death, destruction, or ruin |
| bathos | the intrusion of commonplace or trite material into a context whose tone is lofty or elevated |
| cantankerous | ill-tempered, quarrelsome |
| casuistry | the determination of right or wrong in questions of conduct or conscience by the applcation of general ethical principals |
| de facto | actually exsisting or in effect, although not leagelly required or sactioned |
| depredation | the act of prying upon or plundering |
| empathy | a sympathetic understanding of or identification with the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of someone else |
| harbinger | a forerunner, herald |
| hedonism | the belief that the attainment of pleasure is life's chief aim |
| lackluster | lacking brilliance vitality; dull |
| malcontent | discontented with or in open defiance of prevailing conditions |
| mellifluous | flowing sweetly or smoothly |
| nepotism | undue favoritism to or excessive patronage of one's relatives |
| pander | to cater to or provide satisfaction for the tastes or vices of other |
| peccadillo | a minor sin or offense |
| piece de resistance | the principal dish of a meal |
| remand | to send or order back, in law |
| syndrome | a group of symptoms or sign that collectively characterize or indicate a disease |
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