English Vocab IX
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- whimper
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verb
to cry with low, plaintive(), broken sounds. - plaintive
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adj.
expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful:
Radio Head's plaintive melodies - testy
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adj.
irritably impatient; touchy. - nettlesome
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–adjective
1. causing irritation, vexation, or annoyance:
to cope with a nettlesome situation.
2. easily provoked or annoyed; petulant
to become nettlesome over trivial matters. - peckish
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adj.
1. somewhat hungry:
By noon we were feeling a bit peckish.
2. rather irritable:
He's always a bit peckish after his nap. - pettish
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petulantly peevish:
easily provoked/annoyed
a pettish refusal. -
tetchy
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adj.
irritable; touchy. - florid
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adj.
1. Reddish; ruddy; rosy:
a florid complexion.
2. flowery; excessively ornate; showy:
florid writing. - perverse
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adj.
–adjective
1. willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary; a perverse mood.
2. turned away from or rejecting what is right, good, or proper; wayword (); persistent or obstinate in what is wrong; wicked or corrupt. - cantankerous
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adj.
disagreeable to deal with; contentious; peevish:
a cantankerous, argumentative man. - extravagant
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–adjective
1. spending much more than is necessary or wise; wasteful; spendthrift; prodigal;
an extravagant shopper.
2. excessively high:
extravagant expenses; extravagant prices.
3. going beyond what is deserved or justifiable:
extravagant praise.
exceeding the bounds of reason, as actions, demands, opinions, or passions. - pertinacious
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1. holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
2. stubborn or obstinate.
3. Objectionably persistent:
a pertinacious salesman from whom I could not escape. - obstinate
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–adjective
1. firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.
characterized by inflexible persistence or an unyielding attitude; inflexibly persisted in or carried out:
obstinate advocacy of high tariffs.
2. not easily controlled or overcome; unruly
the obstinate growth of weeds.
4. not yielding readily to treatment, as a disease. - get/take the measure of something
- to understand what someone or something is like and to know how to deal with them
- sodden
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adj.
1. soaked with liquid or moisture; saturated.
2. having a soaked appearance, esp. a bloated face.
3. heavy, lumpy, or soggy, as food that is poorly cooked.
4. expressionless, dull, or stupid, esp. from drunkenness.
5. lacking spirit or alertness; inert; torpid(); listless. - to the hilt
- to the hilt, to the maximum extent or degree; completely; fully: to play the role to the hilt
- rue
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verb
to feel sorrow over; repent of; regret bitterly; to wish that (something) had never been done, taken place, etc.:
to rue the loss of opportunities.
I rue the day he was born. - temper
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noun
1. disposition of the mind, esp. as regards composure
(a person of calm temper)
(have a temper)
2. a fit of irritation or anger
(in a fit of temper)
(flew into a temper)
3. the condition of metal as regards hardness and elasticity - hokum
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n
something that may seem impressive but is untrue or insincere; nonsense - ecumenical
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adj.
of or pertaining to the worldwide Christian church - bouffant
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adj.
puffed out; full - parvenue
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n
a person who has suddenly risen above his social and economic class without the background or qualifications for his new status - gild
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verb
To cover with a thin layer of gold - exegEsis
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noun
critical explanation or analysis, esp. of a text (like the Bible) - transliterate
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v.
to represent letters or words in the corresponding character of another alphabet - badinage
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n.
light, playful banter or raillery() - genial
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adj.
Having a pleasant or friendly disposition or manner; kindly - animus
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n
a feeling of animosity; bitter hostility or hatred - hauteur
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n
arrogance - haughty
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adj.
proud and vain to the point of arrogance