03 Flashcards
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Affable
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Likable; friendly
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Ailing
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Sick; ill
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Alias
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False name
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Appease
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To calm; to soothe
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Aptly
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Appropriately
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Arid
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Dry
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Ballad
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Song that tells a story
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Convex
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Curved like the outer surface of a globe
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Corrupt (adj., v.)
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Wicked; to make morally bad
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Courier
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Messenger
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Defame
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To attack someone’s reputation
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Deport
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To send an unwanted person out of the country
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Desolate
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Isolated; alone
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Detour
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Path that goes off the main road
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Dilute
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To make weaker; to add water
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Disintegration
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Breaking into small pieces
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Distillation
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Purification
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Dumbfound
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To surprise; to stun
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Emend
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To correct a text
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Enfeeble
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To weaken
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Expulsion
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Removal; rejection
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Fluctuate
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To rise and fall; to shift; to change back and forth
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Fret
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To worry
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Gauge
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Instrument used for measuring; to measure
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Giddy
Dizzy; silly
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Grimy
Dirty
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Heralded
Announced; publicized
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Hilarity
Lightheartedness
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Horticulture
Gardening; science of growing plants
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Hydraulic
Operated by water pressure
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Impound
To seize and keep by law; to put in prison
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Inadvertent
Unintentional; accidental
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Incentive
Reward; encouragement
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Incongruous
Strange; out of place
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Indebted
Owing money or gratitude
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Indiscriminate
Random; making no distinctions
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Indulgent
Pampering; spoiling
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Inhibit
To hold back; keep in
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Inpatient
A person who stays overnight at a hospital for treatment.
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Itinerant
Traveler; traveling
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Kinsfolk
Relatives; family members
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Nonentity
A nobody; a person without character
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Noxious
Harmful
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Opaque
Hard to understand; not see-through
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Passive
Not active
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Philanthropic
Promoting social good; generous
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Premature
Happening before expected time
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Pretext
Pretense; excuse
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Promiscuous
Not choosy; having sex with many partners
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Raucous
Harsh-sounding
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Repentance
Expression of guilt or sorrow
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Rout
A crushing defeat; to force out; to defeat badly
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Saturate
To soak thoroughly
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Sedative
Tranquilizer
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Serviceable
Useful; ready for service
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Stalemate
Situation where no one wins; draw or tie
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Subdue
To bring under control; to conquer
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Syllabus
List of assignments for a class
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Talisman
Magical charm
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Zest
Enthusiasm
