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Deck 7 Flashcards

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Eminence

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fame, distinction, renowned

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Empathy

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feeling, understanding someone else’s feeling, compassion

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Empirical

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based on observation or experiment

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Emulate

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imitate

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Enervating

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tiring, fatiguing, exhausting

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Enmity

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hatred, animosity, odium

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Ensconce

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settle comfortably, nestle, snuggle up

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Ephemeral

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fleeting, temporary, transitory, transient, evanescent

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Equanimity

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calmness, composure, peacefulness, tranquility, imperturbability, unflappability

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Equitable

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fair, just, impartial

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Eschew

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avoid, evade

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Estrange

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alienate, disaffect, rupture

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Exculpate

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exonerate, acquit, vindicate

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Exemplary

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outstanding, epitome of, paragon

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Expedite

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hasten, quicken, dispatch

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Expiate

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atone for, make amends, penitent, contrite

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Extenuate

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mitigate, mollify, assuage

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Extirpate

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obliterate, exterminate, eradicate

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Exuberant

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lavish, extravagant, prodigal, vivacious, ebullient

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Facetious

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jesting, joking

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Fallow

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uncultivated, unplowed, barren

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Fanatic

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zealot, ardent, fervent

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Facile

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easy, adept, proficient, expert

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Fatuous

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foolish, ridiculous, absurd

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Fawning
servile, obsequious, to cajole, beguile
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Fecund
fruitful, productive
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Feign
fake, pretend, malinger
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Emporium
marketplace
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Ennui
boredom
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Enshroud
shroud, cover, cloak, veil
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Epistolary
writing in letter style
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Espouse
advocate, support, promote
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Exacerbate
make worse, aggravate
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Execrate
curse, hate, loathe
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Expedient
suitable, quick and easy, appropriate
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Fallacious
false, spurious, bogus, erroneous
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Fastidious
hard to please, punctilious, meticulous
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Faux pas
gaffe, social plunder or indiscretion, embarrassment
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Base
ignominy, wicked, vulgar
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Benevolent
friendly, helpful, beneficent
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Bias
partisan, dogmatic, doctrinaire, ideologue
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Blandish
flatter, cajole, toady, to be a sycophant
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Blase
indifferent, apathetic, nonchalant
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Blunder
gaffe, faux pas, fiasco
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Bohemian
non-conformist, unconventional, avant-garde
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Boisterous
loud, obstreperous, clamorous
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Bountiful
profuse, legion, surfeit
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Bourgeois
common, ordinary, philistine
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Brandish
wave, flourish, wield, flaunt
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Brevity
brief, short, concise, terse, laconic
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Brusque
curt, rude, blunt, short, churlish
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Cabal
junta, conspiracy
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Cacophony
strident, grating, dissonance
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Callous
hard, cold, insensitive, uncaring
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Calumny
slander, libel, defame, vilify, impugn, malign, demean
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Camaraderie
esprit de corps, friendship (especially among soldiers in time of war)
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Canny
careful, prudent, cautious
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Cantankerous
surly, irascible, contentious, fractious
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Capacious
very large, spacious, expansive
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Capricious
whimsical, impulsive, fickle, mercurial
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Captious
carping, nagging, fault-finding
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Castigate
discipline, chastise, punish, reprimand, berate
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Blather
babble, gibber, drivel
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Boorish
rude, vulgar, crass, churlish
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Brazen
bold
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Burdensome
onerous, encumbrance
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Burnish
polish, shine
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Calamity
tragedy, adversity
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Capitulate
surrender, acquiesce, yield, comply
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Apathetic
impassive, unemotional, indifferent
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Aplomb
self-confidence, self-assurance
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Apocryphal
unconfirmed, dubious, unauthenticated
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Apportion
allocate, ration, distribute
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Apprehend
seize, take into custody, comprehend, understand
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Archetype
prototype, original, forerunner, precursor
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Ardor
passionate, fervor
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Argumentative
contentious, combative, polemic, quarrelsome
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Arid
parched, torrid, barren
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Articulation
pronunciation, enunciation
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Artifice
deceptive, ruse, chicanery, cabal, contrive
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Artisan
skilled craftsman
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Ascetic
puritan, celibate, abstinent, one who practices severe self-discipline and abstains from all kinds of pleasure
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Assay
scrutinize, probe into, peruse
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Ascent
to rise, climb
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Assent
agree with, concur, espouse
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Assuage
placate, palliate, pacify, mollify
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Asylum
sanctuary, place of safety...NOT a "crazy house."
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Audacious
bold, brazen insolent, haughty
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Augment
increase, enlarge
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August
majestic, grand, stately, elegant
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Auspicious
propitious, favorable, felicitous, lucky
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Austere
harsh, strict, stern, staid
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Balm
ointment, salve, lotion, perfume, remedy

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