Flashcards in 03 Deck (60)
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Affable
Likable; friendly
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Ailing
Sick; ill
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Alias
False name
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Appease
To calm; to soothe
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Aptly
Appropriately
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Arid
Dry
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Ballad
Song that tells a story
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Convex
Curved like the outer surface of a globe
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Corrupt (adj., v.)
Wicked; to make morally bad
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Courier
Messenger
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Defame
To attack someone's reputation
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Deport
To send an unwanted person out of the country
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Desolate
Isolated; alone
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Detour
Path that goes off the main road
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Dilute
To make weaker; to add water
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Disintegration
Breaking into small pieces
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Distillation
Purification
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Dumbfound
To surprise; to stun
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Emend
To correct a text
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Enfeeble
To weaken
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Expulsion
Removal; rejection
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Fluctuate
To rise and fall; to shift; to change back and forth
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Fret
To worry
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Gauge
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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