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Yo Momma 50 word Test
50 vocab words from yo momma quizes
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English
8th Grade
03/09/2011

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innuendo
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n. a backhanded, inexplicit remark about someone or something usually of a mocking or suggestive nature
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Sinecure

 

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n. a job that doesn't require effort but provides the worker ample money or status
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Callous
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adj. having or exhibiting lack of care; covered in calluses
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Largesse
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generosity in gift giving
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Pallid
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adj. pale, usually as a result of poor health, lacking vitality
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specious
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adj. plausible on the surface but actually wrong
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fetid
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adj. having an offensive odor
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ubiquitous
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adj. being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time
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emaciated
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adj. very thin, especially from disease, hunger or cold
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clairvoyant
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adj. able to predict the future accurately: able to perceive things beyond what people see naturally

n. someone who possesses the ability

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wizened

 

 

 

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adj. withered, shriveled or wrinkled, usually by age
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voracious
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adj. wanting vast quantities of food; having a huge appetite for something
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corpulent
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adj. excessively fat, portly stout
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redundant
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adj. characterized by unnecessary repetition, no longer useful, unnecessary
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ineffable
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adj. unable to be expressed or described
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egregiously
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adj. horrifically terrible shocking bad
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sesquipedalian
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adj. having many syllables characterized by long words.
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timorous
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adj. unconfident, fearful; showing a lack of confidence or displaying fearfulness
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ephemeral
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adj. short lived, lasting but a brief time
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homely
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adj. unattractive, plain; unpretentious
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antediluvian
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adj. from the time before the biblical flood;old, outdated
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unctuous
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adj. having an oily or soapy feel: excessively smooth, suave, or smug, incerely earnest
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gravitas
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n. an air of seriousness that commands respect
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portmanteau
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n. a word made from blending two or more words
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luddite
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n. someone who is against technological innovation and progress
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hyperbole
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n. a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect
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prostate
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adj. lying face down and flat. helpless, exhausted

 

v. to fling oneself down as if submission: to make helpless; to exhaust physically

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reprobate
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n. one who is immortal or unethical

 

adj. immoral, unethical, unprincipaled

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effusive
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adj. gushing with emotion
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impassive
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adj. uneffected by or showing any emotion
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diaphanous
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adj. gauzily see through and delicate, usually applying to fabric
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lucid
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adj. transparent: easy to understand (refer to person or thing) bright
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amorphous
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adj. shapeless; vague; lacking focus
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masochistic
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adj. deriving pleasure or gratification from being abused by oneself or others
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indefatigable
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adj. untiring in ones persistence *tireless
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diminutive
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adj. usually small, tiny
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ostentatious
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adj. flashy, intended to impress others
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solipsistic
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adj. believing only oneself exists, highly self centered
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abysmal
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adj. terrible, extremely bad, very deep
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perfunctory
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adj. done with no effort or thought
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concentric
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adj. having a common center (as w/ circles)
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leviathan
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n. something unusually large; the largest or most massive thing of its kind
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succulent
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adj. juicy or tender
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mellifluous
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adj. pleasing to the ear, flowing with sweetness
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oblivious
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adj. totally unaware of whats happening
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Extricate
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v. to free from entanglement (as in a difficult situation)
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senescent
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adj. growing old, aging
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laconic
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adj. describes a person writing etc that conveys much by saying little
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hirsute
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adj. hairy; covered with hairs
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pyrrhic
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adj. can hardly be called a victory
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jaundiced
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adj. having yellowish skin as if diseased; having an outlook distorted by bitterness or resentment
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vociferous
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adj. loud and forceful
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