Basic Word List # 4 Flashcards
(100 cards)
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Ambivalence
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lack of clarity; wavering; being undecided
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Cantankerous
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bad-tempered; quarrelsome
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Derogatory
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uncomplimentary
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Exemplify
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to serve as a good example
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Impecunious
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having no money
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Lucid
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clear
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Ornate
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highly decorated
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Precipice
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steep slope
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Salubrious
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health-giving
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Truant
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shirker; someone absent without permission
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Ambulatory
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able to walk around (used of hospital patients)
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Capacious
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spacious
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Desecrate
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to damage or pollute a holy place
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Exhaustive
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complet and thorough
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Impious
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wicked; profane
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Ludicrous
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ridiculous; silly
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Orthodox
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Conventional
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Precipitous
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done in a hurry
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Salutary
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something which teaches you a lesson; beneficial
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Truncate
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cut short
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Ameliorate
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make better
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Capitulate
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surrender; give in to
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Desecration
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spoiling something holy
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Exonerates
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acquits; absolves; removes blame
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Impoverished
destitute; poor
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Lukewarm
1. unenthusiastic
| 2. neither hot nor cold
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Ossify
1. turn to bone
| 2. become fixed and rigid
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Preclude
prevent or make impossible
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Sanctimonious
hypocritically holy
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Tumult
uproar; noise
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Amelioration
improvement
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Carping
constant criticism
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Desist
stop; discontinue; cease
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Exorcism
getting free/ rid of; eliminating (especially demons)
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Impromptu
unrehearsed; spontaneous
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Lummox
clumsy person
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Ostentatious
showy
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Precocious
developing early
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Sanction
give approval to
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Turpitude
depravity
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Amiable
friendly
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Cartographer
person who makes maps
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Despondent
having no hope; miserable
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Expatriate
refugee; emigrant; someone living away from his own country
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Inadvertent
not intentional
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Luscious
juicy; moist; succulent
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Oust
push out of a position
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Predecessor
one who came before
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Sanguinary
bloodthirsty; bloody
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Tyro
novice; beginner
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Amity
friendship
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Castigate
scold strongly
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Destitution
hardship; poverty; misery
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Expedient
convenient; practical
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Incantation
chant; invocation; prayer
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Lynch
assassinate; kill; illegal hanging
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Overt
obvious; cheerful
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Ubiquitous
found everywhere; omnipresent
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Amorphous
lacking in shape
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Catharsis
purging of pent-up emotions
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Deter
put off; prevent
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Expedite
make faster
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Incarceration
putting in prison
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Machinations
plots and plans
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Overwrought
worked up; in an emotional state
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Preeminent
famous; outstanding
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Sardonic
mocking
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Unalloyed
undiluted; total
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Analgesic
medicine to combat pain
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Caucus
type of private political meeting
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Deteriorate
worsen; decline
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Exposition
clear explanation
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Incessant
without stopping
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Maelstrom
whirlpool; storm in the ocean
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Palatable
good to eat; agreeable
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Prerogative
right or privilage
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Savant
person with knowledge
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Unctuous
oily; using excessive flattery
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Analogous
comparable
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Caustic
burning
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Detrimental
harmful
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Extol
praise
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Incipient
just beginning
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Maganimous
generous; big hearted
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Palisade
fence made of pots
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Prescient
having fore-knowledge
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Scale
to climb
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Undermined
damaged; attacked
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Anarchy
chaos; lack of government
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Cavalcade
procession of vehicles
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Devoured
greedily eaten/ consumed
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Extradite
deport from one country back to the home country
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Inclination
tendency; a leaning toward
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Magnate
powerful businessman
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Palliative
a remedy that improves but doesn't cure
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Presentiment
a feeling that something might happen
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Scapegoat
person on whom blame is placed for faults of others
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Underscore
emphasize
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Predicament
dilemma; difficult situation
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Sanguine
optimistic; cheerful
