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Vocabulary List 10: 1-40 Flashcards

1
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Divest

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V.

Strip; deprive

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2
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Divination

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N.

Foreseeing the future with aid of magic

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3
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Divulge

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V.

Reveal

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4
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Docile

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Adj.

Obedient; easily managed

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5
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Docket

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N.

Program as for trial; book where such entries are made

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Doff

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V.

Take off

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Doggerel

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N.

Poor verse

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Dogmatic

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Adj.

Positive; arbitrary

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Dolorous

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Adj.

Sorrowful

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10
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Dolt

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N.

Stupid person

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11
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Domicile

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N.

Home

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Dormant

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Adj.

Sleeping; lethargic; torpid

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Dorsal

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Adj.

Relating to the back of an animal

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14
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Dotage

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N.

Senility; [period of old age]

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Doughty

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Adj.

Courageous

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Dour

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Adj.

Sullen; stubborn

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Dowdy

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Adj.

Slovenly; untidy

18
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Dregs

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N.

Sediment; worthless residue

19
Q

Droll

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Adj.

Queer and amusing

20
Q

Dross

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N.

Waste matter; worthless impurities

21
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Drudgery

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N.

Menial work

22
Q

Dubious

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Adj.

Doubtful

23
Q

Duplicity

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N.

Double-dealing: hypocrisy; [dishonest behavior that is mean to trick someone]

24
Q

Duress

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N.

Forcible restraint, especially unlawfully

25
Q

Earthy

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Adj.

Unrefined; coarse

26
Q

Ebullient

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Adj.

Showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm

27
Q

Eccentricity

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N.

Oddity; idiosyncrasy; [act or habit that is strange or unusual]

28
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Ecclesiastic

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Adj.

Pertaining to the church

29
Q

Ecstasy

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N.

Rapture; joy; any overpowering emotion

30
Q

Edify

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V.

Instruct; correct morally

31
Q

Educe

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V.

Draw forth; elicit

32
Q

Eerie

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Adj.

Weird

33
Q

Efface

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V.

Rub out

34
Q

Effectual

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Adj.

Efficient

35
Q

Effeminate

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Adj.

Having womanly traits

36
Q

Effervesce

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V.

Bubble over; show excitement

37
Q

Effete

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Adj.

Worn out; exhausted; barren

38
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Efficacy

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N.

Power to produce desired effect

39
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Effigy

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N.

Dummy

40
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Diversity

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N.

Variety; dissimilitude

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