Vocabulary 3 3rd Quarter Flashcards

1
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amenable

A

willing to follow advice

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2
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bitter, caustic (burning)

A

acrimonious

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3
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willing to follow advice

A

amenable

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4
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cajole

A

persuade by flattery

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5
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ameliorate

A

to make better, improve

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7
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amorphous

A

shapeless

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8
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acrimonious

A

bitter, caustic (burning)

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8
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to make better, improve

A

ameliorate

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9
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persuade by flattery

A

cajole

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10
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buoyant

A

capable of floating; cheerful

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12
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calamity

A

disaster

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13
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debase

A

reduce in dignity or quality

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14
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elucidate

A

to make clear, explain

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15
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shapeless

A

amorphous

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15
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capable of floating; cheerful

A

buoyant

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16
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efface

A

to erase or wear away

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17
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reduce in dignity or quality

A

debase

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18
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to make clear, explain

A

elucidate

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19
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disaster

A

calamity

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20
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ferocity

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savage fierceness, violently cruel

21
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to erase or wear away

A

efface

22
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savage fierceness, violently cruel

A

ferocity

23
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flourish

A

to thrive (prosper), to grow well

24
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impervious

A

incapable of being entered, penetrated, or damaged

25
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ephemeral

A

lasting only a short period of time

26
Q

haughty

A

arrogant

27
Q

lasting only a short period of time

A

ephemeral

28
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to thrive (prosper), to grow well

A

flourish

29
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inane

A

lacking meaning or point

30
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arrogant

A

haughty

31
Q

indolence

A

laziness

32
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incapable of being entered, penetrated, or damaged

A

impervious

33
Q

laziness

A

indolence

34
Q

infallible

A

incapable of error

35
Q

languid

A

slow, sluggish, weak

36
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indirect, devious, misleading

A

oblique

37
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lacking meaning or point

A

inane

38
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perfunctory

A

acting with little interest or care

39
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inscrutable

A

difficult to understand, mysterious

41
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incapable of error

A

infallible

41
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slow, sluggish, weak

A

languid

43
Q

difficult to understand, mysterious

A

inscrutable

44
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malice

A

desire to harm others

44
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oblique

A

indirect, devious, misleading

45
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acting with little interest or care

A

perfunctory

46
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showing or feeling regret

A

penitent

48
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desire to harm others

A

malice

48
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penitent

A

showing or feeling regret