3 Flashcards by Janix Kang

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abrogation

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repeal

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abstemious

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temperate

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accolade

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award

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acrophobia

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high places

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amenable

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responsive

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amnesty

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pardon

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antipodes

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exact opposite

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apathy

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indifference

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augury

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foretelling

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autonomy

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self-rule

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bane

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ruin

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bicameral

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having two chambers

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bucolic

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rustic

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clandestine

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secret

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cognoscenti

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experts

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condone

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pardon

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corroboration

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confirmation

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crux

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critical-point

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cryptic

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secret

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dais

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raised platform

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denizen

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inhabitant

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deplete

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empty out

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dichotomy

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division

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dilemma

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quandary

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diva

prima

dirge

song of mourning

egregious

outstanding

dour

stern

eldritch

eerie

egress

exit

elucidate

make clear

enclave

district enclosed

ephemeral

short-lived

eschew

avoid

ethnic

racial

exculpate

free from blame

expedite

hasten

extort

twist out

factitious

artificial

fealty

faithfulness

feasible

practicable

fetish

unreasoning

fiat

decree

flux

change

gelid

icy

harbinger

forerunner

hecatomb

brunken revel

homogeneous

similar

icon

image

illicit

not legal

imbroglio

quarrel

imbibe

drink in

immaculate

stainless

immutable

unchangeable

impeccable

faultless

indurate

grow hard

intransigent

uncompromising

kiln

large oven

laconic

terse

lave

wash

logistics

supplying and quartering troops

lucubrate

study hard

mendicancy

habit of begging

mien

bearing

mulct

take away by trickery

nadir

lowest point

mimicry

imitation

nebulous

cloudy

neophyte

beginner

nexus

link

obsolesecence

going out of use

onus

burden

opulent

wealthy

panacea

cure-all

paregoric

soothing medicine

pediatrician

children's doctor

penurious

stingy

periphery

circumference

plethora

overabundance

polygot

speaking several languages

presage

predict

procrastinate

putoff

pseudonym

pen name

pungent

biting

quixotic

visionary

renovate

make new again

rescind

cancel

salient

prominent

sate

glut

serrated

sawtoothed

shibboleth

slogan

subterfuge

evasion

supererogatory

non-essential

sycophant

parasite

systole

heart contraction

tome

book

trivet

kettle- holder

tyro

beginneer

untrammeled

free

vilify

malign