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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6
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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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10
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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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12
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Deport

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To send an unwanted person out of the country

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13
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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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15
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Dilute

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To make weaker; to add water

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16
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Disintegration

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Breaking into small pieces

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17
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Distillation

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Purification

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18
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Dumbfound

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To surprise; to stun

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19
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Emend

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To correct a text

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20
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Enfeeble

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To weaken

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21
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Expulsion

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Removal; rejection

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22
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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

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Dizzy; silly

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Grimy

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Dirty

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Heralded

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Announced; publicized

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Hilarity

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Lightheartedness

29
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Horticulture

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Gardening; science of growing plants

30
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Hydraulic

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Operated by water pressure

31
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Impound

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To seize and keep by law; to put in prison

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Inadvertent

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Unintentional; accidental

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Incentive

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Reward; encouragement

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Incongruous

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Strange; out of place

35
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Indebted

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Owing money or gratitude

36
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Indiscriminate

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Random; making no distinctions

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Indulgent

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Pampering; spoiling

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Inhibit

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To hold back; keep in

39
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Inpatient

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A person who stays overnight at a hospital for treatment.

40
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Itinerant

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Traveler; traveling

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Kinsfolk

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Relatives; family members

42
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Nonentity

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A nobody; a person without character

43
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Noxious

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Harmful

44
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Opaque

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Hard to understand; not see-through

45
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Passive

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Not active

46
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Philanthropic

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Promoting social good; generous

47
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Premature

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Happening before expected time

48
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Pretext

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Pretense; excuse

49
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Promiscuous

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Not choosy; having sex with many partners

50
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Raucous

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Harsh-sounding

51
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Repentance

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Expression of guilt or sorrow

52
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Rout

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A crushing defeat; to force out; to defeat badly

53
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Saturate

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To soak thoroughly

54
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Sedative

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Tranquilizer

55
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Serviceable

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Useful; ready for service

56
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Stalemate

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Situation where no one wins; draw or tie

57
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Subdue

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To bring under control; to conquer

58
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Syllabus

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List of assignments for a class

59
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Talisman

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Magical charm

60
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Zest

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Enthusiasm