50 Words Flashcards

(50 cards)

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Vehement

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Extreme intensity of emotions or convictions.

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Usurp

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Take control without authority

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Incognito

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Without revealing ones identity.

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Diffident

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Showing modest reserve

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Deciduous

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Shedding foliage at the end of growing season.

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Deleterious

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Harmful to living things

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Homogenous

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All of the same

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Infrastructure

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The basic feature of system of organization.

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Omnipotent

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Having unlimited power.

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Recapitulate

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Summarize briefly

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Abjure

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Formally reject or disavow

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Enfranchise

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Grant freedom to.

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Metamorphosis

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Striking change in appearance or character of circumstances.

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Pecuniary

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Relating to or involving money.

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Precipitous

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Extremely steep

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Tempestuous

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Characterized by violent emotions or behavior.

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Vacuous

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Devoid of matter

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Subjugate

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Make subservient, force to submit or subdue.

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Epiphany

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A Devine manifestation.

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Polymer

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Natural occurring or synthetic compound.

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Amenable

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Disposed or willing to comply.

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Caricature

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A representation of a person exaggerated for a comic effect.

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Circumspect

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Heedful of Potential consequences.

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Corroborate

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Give evidence for.

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Resolution
A decision to do something.
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Demean
Reduce in worth.
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Subversive
In opposition to an established system of government.
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Superfluous
More than is needed.
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Dearth
An insufficient quantity or number.
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Transcendent
Exceeding or surpassing usual limits.
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Belie
Be in contradiction with.
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Enervate
Weaken mentally or morally.
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Hubris
Overbearing pride.
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Plagiarize
Take without referencing someone's writing or speech.
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Quotidian
Found in the ordinary course of events.
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Sanguine
Confidently optimistic and cheerful.
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Tautology
Useless repetition.
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Supercilious
Having or showing arrogant superiority.
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Wrought
Shaped to fit by altering the contours of a pliable mass.
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Yeoman
A free man who cultivates his own land.
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Reciprocal
Concerning each of two or more persons.
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Paradigm
A standard or typical example.
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Oligarchy
A political system governed by a few people.
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Obsequious
Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
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Notarize
Authenticate by someone empowered to witness signatures.
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Lugubrious
Excessively mournful
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Loquacious
Full of tribal conservation
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Interpolate
Insert words into texts, often falsifying them.
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Hegemony
The dominance of Leadership in one group over others
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Feckless
Generally incompetent and ineffectual.