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1. Review the words in a table
2. Click (memorize) in either column to begin
♦ Guess the answer in your head
♦ Click the buttons and follow the directions at the bottom of the table
♦ Or click on matching mode at the bottom of a table, after clicking on (memorize)
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| Word (memorize) | Definition (memorize)
| | ascetic | practicing self-denial; austere |
| extol | praise highly |
| commend | praise; to express approval of |
| laudable | praiseworthy; commendable |
| predilection | preconceived liking; partiality or preference |
| jaundiced | prejudiced; envious; yellowed |
| precocious | premature development |
| malinger | pretend to be ill to escape duty or work; shirk |
| sanctimonious | pretending to be very holy |
| hypocrisy | pretending to be what one is not |
| Word (memorize) | Definition (memorize)
| | endemic | prevailing among a specific group |
| pervade | prevalent throughout |
| tenet | principle, doctrine, or belief held as a truth |
| promulgated | proclaim; make public; put into effect |
| dilatory | procrastination; given to delay |
| kinetic | producing motion |
| lachrymose | producing tears |
| profundity | profound; intellectually deep |
| protuberance | projection; bulge |
| protract | prolong in time or space; extend; lengthen |
Memorize both together
| Word (memorize) | Definition (memorize)
| | notoriety | prominent or well-known person, often unfavorably |
| propriety | proper, fitting, or suitable |
| commensurate | proportionate; corresponding in extent or degree |
| haughty | proud; arrogant |
| endow | provide with some talent or quality |
| remedial | providing a remedy |
| cathartic | purgative; inducing a figurative cleansing |
| enigmatic | puzzling |
| contentious | quarrelsome; disagreeing violently |
| nostrum | questionable medicine |
| Word (memorize) | Definition (memorize)
| | complacency | quiet satisfaction; contentment |
| taciturn | quiet; habitually silent |
| quiescent | quiet; still; inactive |
| discursive | rambling; passing from one topic to another |
| paramount | ranking higher than any other |
| voracious | ravenous; gluttonous |
| officious | ready to serve; obliging |
| upbraid | rebuke severely or bitterly |
| abjure | recant; to give up (opinions) publicly |
| inchoate | recently begun; rudimentary |
Memorize both together
Memorize all (on this page)
Combines all tables on this page into one large table, and begins the memorization process:
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