#6 Flashcards by Frida Romero

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Vacillate

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To change ones mind continually

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Steadfast

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Firm, sure

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Castigate

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To critics or punish severely

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Unwitting

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Not aware

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Amicable

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Friendly

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Elucidate

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To make clear

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Revise

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To correct or improve

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Comprehensible

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Capable of being understood

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Ascetic

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Rejecting physical comforts

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Cryptic

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Secret, mysterious

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Venerate

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To respect

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Ostentatious

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Showy, intended to impress

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Bias

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Preference, prejudice

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Augment

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To add to, increase

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Vivid

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Lifelike

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Pessimism

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A tendency to expect the worst

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Assess

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To Evaluate, estimate

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Repudiate

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To reject

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Enervate

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To drain energy

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Reprove

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To scold

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Vigilant

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Watchful, alert

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Raze

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To demolish

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Trivial

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If little importance

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Defame

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To harm the reputation of

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Depravity

Wickedness

Disseminate

To spread wildly

Corrugated

Covered with grooves or ridges

Dogmatic

Stubbornly certain in a belief

Induce

To cause

Rue

To regret

Sinuous

Curvy; graceful in movements

Squalor

Filth; misery

Stasis

Balance; motionless

Tantamount

Equivalent in effect

Truncate

To shorten

Grant

To give

Render

To make, become

Serene

Calm, peaceful

Parody

A humorous imitation of a work of art

Disgruntled

Dissatisfied

Eccentric

Abnormal

Auspicious

Favourable

Restraint

Holding back in feelings or behaviour

Congeal

To solidify

Vex

To irritate

Intricate

Complex

Extravagant

Given to excessive spending

Dubious

Doubtful

Piety

Religiousness

Sect

A small group united by religious belief

Resent

To be annoyed as a result of injury

Disparity

Difference

Flourish

To grow quickly

Virtuoso

A highly skilled musician

Amorphous

Formless

Dissuade

To discourage

Enmity

Hatred

Opportune

Suitable; well timed

Presumptuous

Overly forward

Hilarity

Merriment

Altercation

An argument or quarrel

Discrepancy

Lack of agree

Taper

To lessen; to become smaller at one end

Spurn

To reject with scorn

Prominent

Important, well-known

Sustain

To support, keep alive

Eloquent

Skilled and persuasive in speaking

Plausible

Believable, reasonable