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7/8 Flashcards

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Formulaic

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Standard

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Forthright

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Honest or direct

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Foolhardy

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Extremely risky

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Foible

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Bad habit

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Flux

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Constant change

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Flout

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Defy

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Flounder

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Completely unable to decide what to do

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Flotsam

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Debris

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Flotilla

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Group of small ships

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Florid

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Complicated and extravagant

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Flippant

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Frivolous

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Flagrant

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Brazen

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Flag

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Lose energy or interest

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Finesse

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Tact

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Finagle

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Use tricks and dishonest methods to get what you want

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Fidelity

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Loyalty

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Fickle

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Likely to change

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Fetter

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To restrain

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Fervid

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Passionate

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Felicitous

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Suitable in the circumstance

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Fecund

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Fertile

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Fauna

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Animals in a particular area

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Fastidious

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Fussy

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Fallacious

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Not correct

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Faction

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Clique

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Facetious

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Not serious about a serious subject

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Extravagant

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Spending excessively

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Extricate

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To set free

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Extrinsic

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Not essential

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Exuberance

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Liveliness

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Exultation

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Happiness

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Expropriate

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Take away money or property without paying the owner

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Expunge

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To cross out or erase

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Expurgate

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To remove

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Extenuating

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Causing a wrong act to be judges less seriously by giving reasons to it

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Extirpate

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Destroy completely

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Extol

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Praise highly

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Expediency

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Convenience

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Expeditious

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Quick and efficient

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Explicate

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To make clear

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Expound

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To state or explain in detail

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Exculpate

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Free somebody from blame

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Execrate

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Express hatred of

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Expatriate

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Residing permanently outside ones native land

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Exacting

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Demanding hard work

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Exalted

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High rank

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Excise

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Tax on certain foods

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Evocation

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Bringing to mind

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Evenhanded

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Fair and impartial

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Evanescence

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Disappearance from memory

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Euthanasia

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Act of killing someone who is suffering from an incurable disease

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Euphoria

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Extreme happiness

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Euphemism

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Use of pleasant words for an unpleasant idea

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Eulogy

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Speech or writing containing high praise of someone/thing

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Eulogize

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Praia highly

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Estrangement

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State of becoming unfriendly

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Espouse

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Give support to

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Esoteric

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Understood by only a small number of people

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Eschew

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Abstain from

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Equivocate

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Express oneself ambiguously

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Equanimity

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Calmness of mind in a difficult situation

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Epitome

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Typical example

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Enthralling

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Holding attention completely

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Ephemeral

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Lasting only for a short time

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Epistemology

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Study of how we know things

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Epistolary

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In letter form

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Ennui

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Bored

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Enigma

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Mystery

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Enfranchise

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Give political rights

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Enervate

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Cause to Lose strength

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Endorse

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Sign ones name

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Endemic

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Disease regularly found in a particular Area

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Encroach

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Intrude

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Encompass

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Include

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Empirical

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Based on observation

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Empathy

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Ability to imagine and share another persons feelings and experiences

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Eminent

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Famous and distinguished

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Embody

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Symbolize

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Embittered

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Filled with bitter feelings

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Emasculate

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Remove sexual organs of a male animal

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Elucidate

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To make clear

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Elocution

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Public speaking

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Egregious

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Very bad

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Efface

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Destroy

Make oneself seem unimportant

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Effervescence

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Happiness, liveliness

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Efficacious

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Producing desired effect

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Effrontery

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Boldness or rudeness without shame

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Effusive

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Expressing pleasure or gratitude in a very enthusiastic way

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Eclectic

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Diverse

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Ebullience

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Full of energy

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Ebb

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To grow less

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Distort

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Contort

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Divergent

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Going in different directions

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Divisive

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Causing disagreement among people

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Divulge

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Make secret known

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Doctrinaire

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Rigidly applying a theory with no concern for practical problems

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Doctrine

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Set of beliefs

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Dogma

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Set of beliefs meant to be accepted as faith

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Dolt

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Stupid person

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Domesticated

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Trained or fond of doing housework

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Drastic

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Radical

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Dread

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Great fear

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Droll

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Amusing or witty

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Duplicitous

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Treacherous

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Dubious

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Doubtful

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Drudgery

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Hard, boring work

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Earnest

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Serious

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