03 Flashcards by Max Scalamandre

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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

Grimy

Dirty

Heralded

Announced; publicized

Hilarity

Lightheartedness

Horticulture

Gardening; science of growing plants

Hydraulic

Operated by water pressure

Impound

To seize and keep by law; to put in prison

Inadvertent

Unintentional; accidental

Incentive

Reward; encouragement

Incongruous

Strange; out of place

Indebted

Owing money or gratitude

Indiscriminate

Random; making no distinctions

Indulgent

Pampering; spoiling

Inhibit

To hold back; keep in

Inpatient

A person who stays overnight at a hospital for treatment.

Itinerant

Traveler; traveling

Kinsfolk

Relatives; family members

Nonentity

A nobody; a person without character

Noxious

Harmful

Opaque

Hard to understand; not see-through

Passive

Not active

Philanthropic

Promoting social good; generous

Premature

Happening before expected time

Pretext

Pretense; excuse

Promiscuous

Not choosy; having sex with many partners

Raucous

Harsh-sounding

Repentance

Expression of guilt or sorrow

Rout

A crushing defeat; to force out; to defeat badly

Saturate

To soak thoroughly

Sedative

Tranquilizer

Serviceable

Useful; ready for service

Stalemate

Situation where no one wins; draw or tie

Subdue

To bring under control; to conquer

Syllabus

List of assignments for a class

Talisman

Magical charm

Zest

Enthusiasm