49-55 Flashcards
(70 cards)
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incandescent
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brilliant, giving off heat or energy
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incantation
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a chant
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incense
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to make very angry
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incessant
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unceasing
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incipient
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emerging, beginning to grow
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incisive
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cutting right to the heart of the matter
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incongruous
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not consistent, not harmonious
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incorrigible
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incapable of being reformed and changed
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increment
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increase
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indifferent
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not caring
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indigenous
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native
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indigent
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poor
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indignant
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angry, insulted by injustice
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indolent
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lazy
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indulgent
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lenient, yielding
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ineffable
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incapable of being expressed through words
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inept
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incompetent
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inert
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inactive
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inexorable
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relentless; unavoidable (like waves)
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infamous
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famous for bad things
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infatuated
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foolishly attracted
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infer
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to deduce
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infinitesimal
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very very very small
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ingenuous
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frank, real
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inherent
intrinsic
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injunction
a command or order
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innate
inherent
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innocuous
harmlessly innocent
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inordinate
excessive, unreasonable
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insatiable
hard or impossible to satisfy; avaricious
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insidious
treacherous, sneaky
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insinuate
to hint, to creep in
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insipid
dull, bland, banal
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insolent
arrogant, haughty
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instigate
to provoke
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insular
isolated
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insurgent
a rebel, rebel against government
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integral
essential
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integrate
to combine two or more into a whole
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intractable
uncontrollable; stubborn
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intransigent
uncompromising; stubborn
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intrinsic
part of the essential nature of something; inherent
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introspective
tending to think about oneself
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inundate
to flood
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invective
abusive speech
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inveterate
habitual; firm in habit
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irascible
easily angered or provoked
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ironic
meaning the opposite
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irrevocable
irreversible
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itinerant
moving from place to place
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judicious
exercising sound judgment
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juxtapose
to compare side by side
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kinetic
active; lively
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labyrinth
maze
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laconic
using few words, to the point of rude
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lament
to mourn
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lampoon
to satirize, to mock
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languish
to become weak
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largess
generously giving and donation
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latent
present giving of gifts
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laud
to praise
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legacy
something handed down from the past
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lethargy
sluggishness
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levity
lightness, unseriousness
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libel
a written or published falsehood that injures the reputation
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litigate
to try in court
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loquacious
talking too much
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lucid
clear
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lugubrious
exaggeratedly mournful
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luminous
giving off light
