A Flashcards
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Abash
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To make ashamed; to embarass
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Abate
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To subside; to reduce
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Abdicate
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To step down from a position of power or responsibility
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Aberration
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Something not typical; a deviation from the standard
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Abhor
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To hate very, very much; to detest
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Abject
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Hopeless; extremely sad and servile; defeated
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Abnegate
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To deny oneself things; to reject; to renounce
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Abortive
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Unsuccessful
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Abridge
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To shorten; to condense
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Absolute
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Total; unlimited
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Absolve
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To forgive or free from blame; to free from sin; to free from an obligation
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Abstinent
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Abstaining; voluntarily not doing something, especially something pleasant that is bad for you or has a bad reputation
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Abstract
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Theoretical; impersonal
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Abstruse
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Hard to understand
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Abysmal
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Extremely hopeless or wretched; bottomless
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Accolade
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An award; an honor
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Accost
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To approach and speak to someone aggressively
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Acerbic
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Sour; severe; like acid in temper, mood, or tone
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Acquiesce
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To comply passively; to accept; to assent; to agree
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Acrid
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Harshly pungent; bitter
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Acrimonious
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Full of spite; bitter; nasty
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Acumen
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Keenness of judgement; mental sharpness
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Acute
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Sharp; shrewd
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Adamant
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Stubborn; unyielding; completely inflexible
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Address
To speak to; to direct one’s attention to
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Adherent
Follower; supporter; believer
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Admonish
To scold gently; to warn
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Adroit
Skillful; dexterous; clever; shrewd; socially at ease
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Adulation
Wild or excessive admiration; flarrery
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Adulterate
To contaminate; to make impure
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Adverse
Unfavorable; antagonistic
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Aesthetic
Having to do with artistic beauty; artistic
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Affable
Easy to talk to; friendly
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Affectation
Unnatural or artificial behavior, usually intended to impress
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Affinity
Sympathy; attraction; kinship; similarity
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Affluent
Rich; prosperous
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Agenda
Program; the things to be done
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Aggregate
Sum total; a collection of separate things mixed together
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Agnostic
One who believes that the existence of a god can be neither proven nor disproven
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Agrarian
Relating to land; relating to the management or farming of land
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Alacrity
Cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond
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Allege
To assert without proof
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Alleviate
To relieve, usually temporarily or incompletely; to make bearable; to lessen
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Allocate
To distribute; to assign; to allot
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Alloy
A combination of two or more things, usually metals
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Allusion
An indirect reference (often to a literary work); a hint
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Aloof
Uninvolved; standing off; keeping one’s distance
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Altruism
Selflessness; generosity; devotion to the interests of others
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Ambience
Atmosphere; mood; feeling
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Ambiguous
Unclear in meaning; confusing; capable of being interpreted in different ways
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Ambivalent
Undecided; having opposed feelings simultaneously
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Ameliorate
To make better or more tolerable
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Amenable
Obedient; willing to give in to the wishes of another; agreeable
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Amenity
Pleasantness; an attractive or comfortable feature
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Amiable
Friendly; agreeable
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Amnesty
An official pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy
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Amoral
Lacking a sense of right and wrong; neither good nor bad, neither moral nor immoral; without moral feelings
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Amorous
Feeling loving, especially in a sexual sense; in love; relating to love
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Amorphous
Shapeless; without a regular or stable shape; bloblike
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Anachronism
Something out of place in time or history; an incongruity
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Analogy
A comparison of one thing to another; similarity
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Anarchy
Absence of government or control; lawlessness; disorder
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Anecdote
A short account of a humorous or revealing incident
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Anguish
Agonizing physical or mental pain
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Animosity
Resentment; hostility; ill will
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Anomaly
An aberration; an irregularity; a deviation
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Antecedent
Someone or something that went before; something that provides a model for something that came after it
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Antipathy
Firm dislike; a dislike
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Antithesis
The direct opposite
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Apartheid
The former policy of racial segregation and oppression in the Republic of South Africa
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Apathy
Lack of interest; lack of feeling
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Aphorism
A brief, often witty saying; a proverb
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Apocalypse
A prophetic revelation, especially one concerning the end of the world
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Apocryphal
Of dubious authenticity; fictitious; spurious
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Apotheosis
Elevation to divine status; the perfect example of something
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Appease
To soothe; to pacify by giving in to
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Appreciate
To increase in value
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Apprehensive
Worried; anxious
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Approbation
Approval; praise
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Appropriate
To take without permission; to set aside for a particular use
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Aptitude
Capacity for learning; natural ability
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Arbiter
One who decides; a judge
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Arbitrary
Random; capricious
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Arcane
Mysterious; known only to a select few
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Archaic
Extremely old; ancient; outdated
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Archetype
An original model or pattern
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Ardent
Passionate; enthusiastic
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Arduous
Hard; difficult
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Aristocratic
Of noble birth; snobbish
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Artful
Crafty; wily; sly
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Artifice
A clever trick; cunning
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Ascendancy
Supremacy; domination
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Ascetic
Hermit-like; practicing self-denial
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Assiduous
Hardworking; busy; quite diligent
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Assimilate
To take in; to absorb; to learn thoroughly
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Assuage
To soothe; to pacify; to ease the pain of; to relieve
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Astute
Shrewd; keen in judgement
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Atheist
One who does not believe in the existence of any god or divine being
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Attrition
Gradual wearing away, weakening, or loss; a natural or expected decrease in numbers or size
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Audacity
Boldness; reckless daring; impertinence
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Augment
To make bigger; to add to; to increase
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Auspicious
Favorable; promising; pointing to a good result
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Austere
Unadorned; stern; forbidding; without excess
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Autocratic
Ruling with absolute authority; extremely bossy
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Autonomous
Acting independently
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Avarice
Greed; excessive love of riches
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Avow
To claim; to declare boldly; to admit
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Avuncular
Like an uncle, especially a nice uncle
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Awry
Off course; twisted to one side
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Axiom
A self-evident rule or truth; a widely accepted saying
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Amalgamate
To unite (two or more things) into one thing
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Amalgamate
To unite (two or more things) into one thing
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Ambigram
An image of a written word or phrase that is intended to be oriented in either of two ways for viewing or reading
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Apprehension
Fear that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen
