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Word List 31 Flashcards

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aberration

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n. wandering or staying away; in optics, failure of rays to focus

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abnegation

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n. repudiation; self-sacrifice

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abut

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v. border upon’ adjoin

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acclimate

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v. adjust to climate

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acephalous

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adj. headless

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acerbity

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n. bitterness of speech and temper

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acquiescence

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n. submission; compliance

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adjunct

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n. something attached to but holding an inferior position

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adjure

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v. request solemnly

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admonition

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n. warning

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advert

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v. refer to

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adulterated

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adj. made impure or spoiled by the addition of inferior materials

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advent

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n. arrival

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aegis

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n. shield’ defense

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affable

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adj. courteous

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aeon

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n. long period of time; an age

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afferent

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adj. carrying toward the center

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affidavit

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n. written statement made under oath

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afflatus

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n. ispiration

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agrarian

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adj. pertaining to land or its cultivation

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agronomist

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n. scientist engaged in the management of land

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amazon

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n. female warrior

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ambivalence

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n. the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes

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amoreal

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adj. nonmoral

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amortization

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n. act of reducing a debt through partial payments

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anachronism

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n. an error involving time in a story

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analgesic

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adj. causing insensitivity to pain

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animus

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n. hostile feeling or intent

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anneal

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v. reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling

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anodyne

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n. drug that relives pain; opiate

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aphasia

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n. loss of speech due to injury

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apologue

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n. moral fable

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apropos

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prep. witch reference to; properly

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archetype

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n. prototype; primitive pattern

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arrogate

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v. claim without reasonable grounds

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arroyo

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n. gully

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aseptic

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adj. preventing putrefaction or blood poisoning by killing bacteria

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atavism

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n. resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents

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atelier

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n. workshop; studio

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aureole

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n. sun’s corona; halo

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auroral

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adj. pertaining to the aurora borealis

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auscultation

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n. act of listening to the heart or lungs to discover abnormalities

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avocation

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n. secondary or minor occupation

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