deck4 Flashcards
(100 cards)
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invalidate
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to cancel
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disparage
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to speak in a disapproving or slighting manner
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meritorious
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deserving reward of praise
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verisimilitude
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resemblance to the truth
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embellish
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to decorate
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prosperity
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wealth
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neural
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pertaining to a nerve, the nervous system, or the brain
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irony
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a use of words in which the intended meaning is very different from the literal sense
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vanguard
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the leading position in army or fleet
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muse
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to meditate; to consider thoughtfully
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auditory
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relating to the sense of hearing
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disdain
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a feeling of contempt
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defunct
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having ceased to exist of live
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translucent
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letting light through, but no visual details
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engulf
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to swallow up; overwhelm
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prodigious
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wonderful
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hearten
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encourage
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sluggish
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lazy
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verdant
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to green
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office
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a duty or function assigned to someone
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incite
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to provoke and urge on
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nascent
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coming into being
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brazen
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showing shameless, insolent boldness
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partisan
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a strong, often militant, supporter
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indigenous
native, occurring naturally
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relinquish
to surrender of release
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repository
a place where things are kept for safekeeping
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hearsay
rumor
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orchestrate
to arrange so as to achieve a desired effect
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monarch
one who rules a state, usually for life and by hereditary right
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bequeath
to pass down to; to hand down, esp. in a will
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laughingstock
a person or thing that is the object of laughter
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radical
favoring fundamental or extreme change
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excavate
to expose to view by digging out
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adjudicate
to judge
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patriarch
a man who rules a family clan
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throng
crowd
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flora
plants as a group, esp. of a specified region or time
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deride
to ridicule
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wake
track of turbulence left by something moving through water
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articulate
able to express oneself clearly and effectively
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composure
a calm state of mind, esp. as the result of self-control
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lethargic
dull; sluggish; moving slowly
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mesmerize
to hypnotize or spellbind
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macabre
suggesting the horror of death
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grime
dirt; mud
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brawn
muscles; strength
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coalesce
to grow together
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evanescent
fading from sight
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anterior
placed before or in front
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ingenious
inventive, cunning, clever
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hogwash
worthless of false speech or writing
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circuitous
being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course
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exhaustive
thorough
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sedentary
sitting down most of the time
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shoddy
inferior or cheap
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litany
a long, repetitive recitation
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virulent
extremely infectious or harmful
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advent
a coming or an arrival, esp. of something very important
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grandiose
impressive
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centrifugal
moving away from the certer
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premeditate
to think out, plan, or scheme beforehand
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resonant
strong and deep in tone
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vie
to compete
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tangible
able to be touched or treated as real
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impede
to obstruct
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blemish
a flaw that harms the appearance of something
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figment
something that is created
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goad
to prod or urge, as if with a pointed stick
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homogeneous
uniform; of the same kind
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hypothesis
a tentative explanation
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shoal
an area of shallow water
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benchmark
a standard to which other things are compared or by which they are measured
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innovative
marked by new or unusual way of doing things
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hierarchy
a ranking according to status or ability
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reserved
self-restrained and withdrawn in speech and manner
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bedlam
any place or condition of noise and confusion
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humdrum
dull; routine; commonplace
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fluctuate
to move back and forth or up and down
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nettle
to bother
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slander
a false, oral statement that damages a person's reputation
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arid
dry and barren
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assuage
to lessen pain or distress
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mediate
to resolve by working with the conflicting parties
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clarify
to make clear or easier to understand
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procrastinate
to delay
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envelop
to enclose or surround
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fluent
easy; graceful
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mandate
a command
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discrepancy
lack of agreement
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eyesore
something that is unpleasant or offensive to view
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nativity
birth, esp. with reference to place, time, etc
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opportune
suitable for a particular purpose
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balmy
soothing, mild, pleasant
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recapitulate
to summarize
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determinate
having exact limits; final; firm in purpose
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cite
to refer to or quote
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flotsam
wreckage of a ship or its cargo found floating on the sea
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marshal
to arrange in order
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empirical
based on experience rather than a theory
