English 2H Vocabulary Flashcards
(108 cards)
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Admonish (verb)
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To warn, to caution
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Affliction (noun)
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Anything causing great suffering
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Aghast (adjective)
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Feeling great dismay or horror
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Advocate (verb)
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To recommend; to speak in favor of
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Affiliate (noun)
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As associate, partner
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Adjunct (noun)
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A subordinate; assistant
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Alacrity (noun)
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Liveliness, willingness, eagerness
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Amalgamate (verb)
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To combine
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Ambidextrous (adjective)
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Equally skillful with both hands
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Alienate (verb)
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To make others unfriendly toward you
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Anachronism (noun)
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Something/ someone out of its place and or time
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Allude (verb)
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To hint at, to refer to indirectly
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Aloof (adjective)
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Reserved, distant
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Animate (verb)
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To give life or motion to (lively)
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Antiquated (adjective)
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No longer used: outdated
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Aphorism (noun)
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Concise statement of the truth or principle
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Aplomb (noun)
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Self confidence
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Bandy (verb)
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Conversation of a joking manner
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Beget (verb)
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To produce; to be the parent of
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Bane (noun)
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Cause of ruin, harm, or distress, death
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Begrudge (verb)
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To resent another’s success (jealous) to give with reluctance (not wanting to give)
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Benediction (noun)
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A blessing
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Belated (adj)
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Delayed
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Beneficiary (noun)
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One who receives benefits
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Berserk (adj; adv)
In a state of violence/ rage
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Berate (verb)
To scold or rebuke severely at length
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Bibliophile (noun)
Lover of books
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Bias (verb)
A prejudice that inhabits judgements
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bilk (verb)
to cheat or swindle; to thwart of frustrate
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blatant (adjective)
offensively noisy; obvious
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blight (noun)
prevents growth
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Anthropomorphic (adjective)
Having human like qualities (gods, animals)
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calumny (noun)
false accusation
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cache (noun)
hiding place; or things hidden; usually valuables
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cadaverous (adjective)
of or like corpse; pale, gaunt, thin (looking dead)
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careen (verb)
to lean sideways
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caricature (noun)
an exaggerated portrayal of one's features
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carnage (noun)
a bloody extensive slaughter
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carp (verb)
to complain; or find fault in a petty or nagging way
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Catalyst (noun)
A person or thing that speeds up a result
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Charisma (noun)
To possess a great appeal for others
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Beleaguer (verb)
besiege by encircling/ to harass
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Chauvinist(noun)
One who has a fanatical devotion to a country sec or religion without contempt
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Catholic (adjective)
Universal
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Chicanery (noun)
Cleaver but tricky way to deceive and evade
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Cavort (verb)
To leap in a springly manner
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Choleric (adjective)
Easily angered
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Chafe (verb)
Irritate by friction/ rubbing
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Dally (verb)
To waste time
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Dastardly (verb)
Mean and cowardly
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dawdle (verb)
to waste time
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debonaire (adjective)
carefree and self-confident in manner; elegant and gracious
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decadence (noun)
moral deterioration
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declaim (verb)
to speak in a dramatic manner
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daub (verb)
to paint unskillfully
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defunct (adjective)
no longer in existence
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daunt (verb)
to make afraid or discouraged
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Deify (verb)
Make good of; worship as god
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Delete (verb)
Cross out
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Delude (verb)
Mislead; to fool
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deluge (noun)
a flood; a great downpour; an overwhelming rush of anything
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demented(adjective)
mentally ill; insane
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demise (noun)
death; a ceasing to exist
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denigrate (verb)
to ruin the reputation of; to speak ill of
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denizen (noun)
an occupant; inhabitant
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desecrate (verb)
to damage a holy place;
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desist (verb)
to stop
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desolate (adjective)
lonely
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despot (noun)
a dictator with absolute power
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edifice (noun)
a large, elaborate structure; an imposing building
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educe (verb)
to draw or bring out
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eerie (adjective)
weird, mysterious, strange, and frightening
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efface (verb)
to wipe out
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effrontery (noun)
unshamed boldness
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effusive (adjective)
a poring out; an excessive display of emotion; overly demonstrative
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egalitarian (adjective / noun)
the belief in the equality of all men (equal rights)
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elated (adjective)
to be high in spirits (exultantly proud and joyful)
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elite (noun)
the choice or best of a group
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embroil (verb)
to draw into a conflict
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emissary (noun)
one sent on a special mission
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emit (verb)
to send out; to give forth, as in sound
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ensue (verb)
to result from
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entice (verb)
to attract by offering reward or pleasure
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entity (noun)
an independent being; a real and independent existence
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deplete (verb)
to use up gradually
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envisage (verb)
to form a mental picture
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epigram (noun)
a witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
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epitaph (noun)
inscription on a tombstone
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equivocal (adjective)
ambiguous; purposely vague
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eradicate (verb)
to wipe out; destroy
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fabricate (verb)
to make; to build (make up a story)
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facade (noun)
deceptive outward appearance; front part of a building
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fallible (adj)
capable of error
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fallow (adj)
inactive; unproductive
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farcical (adjective0
ridiculously clumsy
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fatalistic (adj)
believing that things in life are inevitable
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fawn (verb
to act slavishly submissive
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feathly (noun)
loyalty
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fegin (verb)
to pretend
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feisty (adjective)
aggressive; lively energetic
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felicity (noun)
happiness
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enmity (noun)
deep- seated hostility, often mutual
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felonious (adj)
of, like, or constituting a felony
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fester (verb)
to rot; to form pus; to grow embittered
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fiat (noun)
an official order
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fidelity (noun)
faithfulness
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filch (verb)
to steal
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filial (adj)
due from a son or a daugther
