composition II vocab Flashcards

(96 cards)

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attitude

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demeanor

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demure

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demeanor

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the attitude of the little girl was so demure.

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demeanor

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focus, hard-working, locked in, thoroughness

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diligence

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intelligence

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diligence

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the focus the little girl had on her studies made everyone believe she was intelligent.

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diligence

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worthless, pointless

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futile

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the worthless feud led to a 100 year war.

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futile

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feud

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futile

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10
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non-stop, a lot, ongoing

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incessant

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insensitive

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incessant

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the non-stop insensitive questions about her family led to the teacher crying.

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incessant

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the rodent was an endless companion for the locked up princess.

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ardent

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rodent

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ardent

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endless, passiontently, super into it

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ardent

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the plan was to survive the surprise.

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contrive

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survive

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contrive

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plan, arrange, (negative thing)

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contrive

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I wanted to relieve my sister’s anxiety, so I laminated all her papers for her.

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alleviate

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laminate

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alleviate

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relieve, reduce, make-easier

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alleviate

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the remnants of the famous runes are a popular attraction in Greece.

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eminent

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remnants

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eminent

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famous, well-known

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eminent

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I verify that I fixed the tool box.
rectify
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verify
rectify
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fix, correct
rectify
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I anticipated that the teacher would have to repeat the lesson today.
reiterate
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anticipate
reiterate
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repeat, restate, redo
reiterate
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the girl had empathy for the cows, so she had a hatred for cattle farmers.
antipathy
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empathy
antipathy
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hatred, strong dislike, negative thing
antipathy
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the girl was annoyed that she was hexed by a witch.
vex
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hex
vex
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to annoy, to bother, to anger
vex
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the elephant expressed its mood by throwing its food around the cage.
eloquent
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elephant
eloquent
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sophisticated, expressive, articulate
eloquent
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the loft was awarded to the winner of the scholarship as a bonus.
allot
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loft
allot
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awarded, to grant, to give out, to set aside
allot
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the conductor was given an appropriate gift for his hard work.
conducive
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conductor
conducive
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appropriate, good for, productive
conducive
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the mother indulged in a bath after work to help relieve her stress.
divulge
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indulge
divulge
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make known, relieve, to expose
divulge
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" you must make paste" the boss yelled to the workers so they would work quickly.
Haste
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paste
haste
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quickly, with speed, promptness
haste
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there was a pile of gentle dogs at the dog park.
docile
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pile
docile
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gentle, calm, passive, obedient, compliant
docile
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the prominent queen exuded power well she gave the speech.
emanate
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prominent
emanate
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comes from, to give off, exude, to flow
emanate
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the little girl had a fondness for the pendent her grandmother gave her.
penchant
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pendant
penchant
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fondness, preference
penchant
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the prophet had an abundant amount of material for his disciples to read.
prolific
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prophet
prolific
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numerous, abundant, productive
prolific
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the man was very secretive about his profitable business.
lucrative
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secretive
lucrative
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profitable, gainful
lucrative
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the animals had a believable reason for hating plastic.
plausible
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plastic
plausible
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reasonable, believable, possible
plausible
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the pensive man was persistent in his search for treasure.
pervasive
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pensive
pervasive
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persistent, unfultrating
pervasive
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the recess brake was very short.
respite
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recess
respite
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break, pause, interruption, intermission (quick)
respite
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the blunt tone make what she said very obvious.
blatant
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blunt
blatant
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obvious, direct
blatant
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capricorns have a very impulsive personality.
capricious
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capricorn
capricious
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fluctuate, changeable, impulsive
capricious
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demure
dimunitive
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quiet, little, small (mindset/physical)
diminutive
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the demure little girl had a very small presence.
diminutive
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the sweet deer was the little girl's favorite animal.
endearing
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deer
endearing
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sweet, likable, enjoyable (people, story, movie)
endearing
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the queen dictated the knights to eliminate the pleasants.
eradicate
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dictate
eradicate
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eliminate, get rid of, destroy
eradicate
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he opened the door to another world, accidentally causing a new adventure.
inadvertently
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adventure
inadvertently
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unintentionally, accidently, mistakenly
inadvertently
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the panda is the worst example of an animal that causes chaos.
pandemonium
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panda
pandemonium
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bedlam, chaos
pandemonium