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5000 words set 8 Flashcards

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squatter n

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One who settles on land without permission or right

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dissolve v

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To liquefy or soften, as by heat or moisture

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junta n

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A council or assembly that deliberates in secret upon the affairs of government

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acquittal n

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A discharge from accusation by judicial action

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exotic adj

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Foreign

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discursive adj

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Passing from one subject to another

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relevant adj

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Bearing upon the matter in hand

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riddance n

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The act or ridding or delivering from something undesirable

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punitive adj

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Pertaining to punishment

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disown v

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To refuse to acknowledge as one’s own or as connected with oneself

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creak n

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A sharp, harsh, squeaking sound

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professor n

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A public teacher of the highest grade in a university or college

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regnant adj

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Exercising royal authority in one’s own right

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bilingual adj

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Speaking two languages

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confront v

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To encounter, as difficulties or obstacles

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monastery n

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A dwelling-place occupied in common by persons under religious vows of seclusion

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aristocrat n

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A hereditary noble or one nearly connected with nobility

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servitude n

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Slavery

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manumit v

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To set free from bondage

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antispasmodic adj

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Tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections

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municipal adj

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Of or pertaining to a town or city, or to its corporate or local government

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witling n

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A person who has little understanding

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accusatory adj

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Of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation

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clemency n

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Mercy

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grotesque adj
Incongruously composed or ill-proportioned
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betide v
To happen to or befall
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nihilist n
An advocate of the doctrine that nothing either exists or can be known
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static adj
Pertaining to or designating bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium
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imitator n
One who makes in imitation
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tirade n
Harangue
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census n
An official numbering of the people of a country or district
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non-existent n
That which does not exist
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omnipotence n
Unlimited and universal power
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poetaster n
An inferior poet
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indefinitely adv
In a vague or uncertain way
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manufacturer n
A person engaged in manufacturing as a business
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similar adj
Bearing resemblance to one another or to something else
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suave adj
Smooth and pleasant in manner
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animadvert v
To pass criticism or censure
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indiscreet adj
Lacking wise judgment
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captivate v
To fascinate, as by excellence eloquence, or beauty
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demented adj
Insane
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mendicant n
A beggar
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variable adj
Having a tendency to change
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chattel n
Any article of personal property
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profuse adj
Produced or displayed in overabundance
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homogeneity n
Congruity of the members or elements or parts
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narrate v
To tell a story
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profile n
An outline or contour
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complicate v
To make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with
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foreshore n
That part of a shore uncovered at low tide
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freshness n
The state, quality, or degree of being fresh
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diplomacy n
Tact, shrewdness, or skill in conducting any kind of negotiations or in social matters
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termination n
The act of ending or concluding
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aerostat n
A balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air
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forecastle n
That part of the upper deck of a ship forward of the after fore-shrouds
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nasal adj
Pertaining to the nose
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sidelong adj
Inclining or tending to one side
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dominant adj
Conspicuously prominent
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presentment n
Semblance
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spheroid n
A body having nearly the form of a sphere
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inborn adj
Implanted by nature
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hexangular adj
Having six angles
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Omnipotent adj
Possessed of unlimited and universal power
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variant n
A thing that differs from another in form only, being the same in essence or substance
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impotent adj
Destitute of or lacking in power, physical, moral, or intellectual
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synchronism n
Simultaneousness
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coercive adj
Serving or tending to force
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herbivorous adj
Feeding on herbs or other vegetable matter, as animals
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missile n
Any object, especially a weapon, thrown or intended to be thrown
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Sybarite n
A luxurious person
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rhapsody n
Rapt or rapturous utterance
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rightful adj
Conformed to a just claim according to established laws or usage
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torturous adj
Marked by extreme suffering
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misbehave v
To behave ill
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perspicacity n
Acuteness or discernment
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hazard n
Risk
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opportunity n
Favorable or advantageous chance or opening
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principal adj
Most important
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variance n
Change
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reflexible adj
Capable of being reflected
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reliant adj
Having confidence
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remonstrate v
To present a verbal or written protest to those who have power to right or prevent a wrong
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diffusible adj
Spreading rapidly through the system and acting quickly
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brogan n
A coarse, heavy shoe
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ornate adj
Ornamented to a marked degree
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hexapod adj
Having six feet
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overreach v
To stretch out too far
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corruptible adj
Open to bribery
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dissension n
Angry or violent difference of opinion
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viscount n
In England, a title of nobility, ranking fourth in the order of British peerage
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mollify v
To soothe
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advisory adj
Not mandatory
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hilarious adj
Boisterously merry
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tactician n
One who directs affairs with skill and shrewdness
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journalize v
To keep a diary
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profession n
Any calling or occupation involving special mental or other special disciplines
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reclaim v
To demand or to obtain the return or restoration of
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triad n
A group of three persons of things
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acidify v
To change into acid

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