Chap 11 Flashcards
(20 cards)
0
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Ambient
A
Describes something surrounding you
1
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Abrogate
A
To give up something
2
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Asperity
A
Sharpness of something unpleasant
3
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Burnish
A
To polish something until it is shiny
4
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Cabal
A
A secret group
5
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Delectable
A
Delicious
6
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Deprecate
A
To put something down
7
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Detritus
A
The stuff left over after a destructive process
8
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Ebullient
A
Upbeat/peppy
9
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Eclectic
A
A varied taste for something
10
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Flaccid
A
Limp
11
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Impecunious
A
Having little or no money
12
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Inexorable
A
Unstoppable
13
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Moribund
A
Something that is going out of use
14
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Necromancer
A
Someone who gets supernatural powers from the dead
15
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Onerous
A
Burdensome
16
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Rife
A
Filled up with something like happiness or theft
17
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Rudiments
A
The parts if any subject or discipline that are learned first
18
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Sequester
A
To take ownership from something
19
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Winnow
A
To get rid of something you don’t want
