Deck 7 (high frequency + hot prospects) Flashcards

high frequency words + hot prospects

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abate

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v. subside; decrease, lessen

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aggregate

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v. gather; accumulate

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acrid

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adj. sharp; bitterly pungent

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acrimonious

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adj. bitter in words or manner

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audacious

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adj. daring; bold

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blighted

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adj. suffering from a disease; destroyed

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certitude

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n. certainty

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complementary

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adj. serving to complete something

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corrugated

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adj. wrinkled; ridged

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discourse

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n. formal discussion; conversation

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disperse

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v. scatter

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deleterious

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adj. harmful

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equitable

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adj. fair; impartial

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expedite

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v. accelerate

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explicit

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adj. totally clear; definite; outspoken

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fallow

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n. uncultivated land

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florid

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adj. ruddy; reddish; flowery

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glacial

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adj. like a glacier; extremely cold

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impregnable

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adj. invulnerable

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insolvent

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adj. bankrupt; unable to repay one’s debts

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lassitude

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n. languor; weariness

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mercurial

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adj. capricious; changing; fickle

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parody

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n. humorous imitation; spook; takeoff; travesty

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profligate

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adj. dissipated; wasteful; wildly immoral

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recant

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v. disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement

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resplendent

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adj. dazzling; glorious; brilliant

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savory

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adj. tasty; pleasing, attractive, or agreeable

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spurious

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adj. false; counterfeit; forged; illogical

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tenacity

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n. firmness; persistence

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unprecedented

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adj. novel; unparalleled

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voluble

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adj. fluent; glib; talkative

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witticism

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n. witty saying; wisecrack

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ornate

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adj. excessively or elaborated decorated

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ineffable

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adj. unutterable; cannot be expressed in speech

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ebullient

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adj. showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm

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emend

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v. correct; correct by a critic

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assuage

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v. ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger)

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avert

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v. prevent; turn away

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cliche

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n. phrase dulled in meaning by repetition

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dehydrate

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v. remove water from; dry out

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foolhardy

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adj. rash

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impecunious

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adj. without money

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intractable

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adj. unruly; stubborn; unyielding

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odious

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adj. hateful; vile

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nuance

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n. shade or difference in meaning or color; subtle distinction

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rant

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v. rave; talk excitedly; scold; make a grandiloquent speech

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raucous

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adj. harsh and shrill; disorderly and boisterous

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illicit

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adj. illegal

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threadbare

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adj. worn through till the threads show; shabby and poor

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trifling

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adj. trivial; unimportant

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sedentary

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adj. requiring sitting

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parsimony

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n. stinginess; excessive frugality

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pernicious

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adj. very destructive

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laconic

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adj. brief and to the point

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incidental

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adj. not essential; minor

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excerpt

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n. selected passage (written or musical)

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efface

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v. rub out

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depose

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v. dethrone; remove from office

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converge

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v. approach; tend to meet; come together

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bequeath

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v. leave to someone by a will; hand down