english medterm review

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Assuage

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(v.) to sooth

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Coalition

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(n.) an alliance

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Hackneyed

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(adj.) stale

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Intercede

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(v.) to intervene

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Lurid

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(adj.) gruesome

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Prerogative

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(n.)A faculty or property distingishing a person or class

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Transcend

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(v.) be or go beyond the range or limits of

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Umbrage

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(n.) offense or annoyance

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Ameliorate

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(v.) to improve

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Aplomb

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(n.) composure

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Drivel

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(n.) childish talk

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Epitome

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(n.) embodiment

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Ingratiate

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(v.) to establish oneself ass good

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Intrinisic

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(adj.) natural

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Lassitude

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(n.) a state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy

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Permeate

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(v.) spread throughout

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Surmise

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(v.) suppose that something is true without having evvidence to confirm

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Abominate

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(v.) loathe

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Adventitious

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(adj.) appearing enexpectedly

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Circuitous

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(adj.) not direct

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Commiserate

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(v.) to pity

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Expedite

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(v.) make (an action or process) be accomplished more quickly.

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Inadvertent

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(adj.) made through lack of care; negligent

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Proclivity

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(n.) a tendeency to choose or do something regulary

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Tenuous

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(adj.) very weak or slight

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Vitriolic

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(adj.) bitter

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Aura

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(n.) pervasive quality

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Erudite

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(adj.) having or showing great knowledge or learning

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Infer

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(v.) to conclude from evidence

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Insular

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(adj.) lacking contact with other people

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Irrevocable

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(adj.) unable to be repealed

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Resilient

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(adj.) flexible

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Reverberate

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(v.) be repeated several times on echo

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Sleazy

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(adj.) filthy

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Autonomy

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(n.) freedom

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Equitable

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(adj.) Fair and impartial

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Extricate

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(v.) to liberate

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Flout

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(v.) openly disregard

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Salutary

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(adj.) producing good effects; beneficial

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Scathing

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(adj.) harmful

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Unwieldy

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(adj.) unmanageable

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Vapid

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(adj.) lifeless

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Bizarre

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(adj.) unusual

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Brusque

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(adj.) blunt

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Contrive

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(v.) to scheme

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Disbuse

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(v.) to set right

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Heinous

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(adj.) hateful

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Surreptitious

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(adj.) kept secret, esp because it would not be approved of

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Transgress

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(v.) spread over

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Vicarious

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(adj.) acting or done fur another