english vocab 2 Flashcards
(113 cards)
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blanch
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to take the color out
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Auspicious
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favorable; promising
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courtesan
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a prostitute with courtly, wealthy or upper class clientele
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benign
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kind & gentle
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mollify
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to calm or smooth
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raffish
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marked by a flashy vulgarity or crudness
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attenuate
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reduce the force, effect, or value of something
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dubious
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doubtful
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implicit
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implied, though not plainly expressed
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apphrehensive
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anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will occur
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slander
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false charges and malicous oral statements about someone
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spurious
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not genuine
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astute
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shrew
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clandestine
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secretive
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smolder
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burn slowly with smoke but no flame
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methodical
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done according to a systematic or established form of procedure
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improvident
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thoughtless
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gaudy
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extravagantly bright or showy
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spasmodic
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done in brief irregular bursts
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auxiliary
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providing additional or supplemental support
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disingenuous
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not straightforward
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ruse
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a crafty trick
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stratagem
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a clever trick used to deceive
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surreptitiously
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done by secrective means
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endow
provide with an asset
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lurid
presented using very vivid details, especially giving explicit details of crime or sexual exploits
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feign
pretend to be impacted by something
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ambivalent
uncertain
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dissonant
lacking harmony
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baying
to bark or howl loudly
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capricious
impulsive and unpredictable
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stolid
calm, dependable
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coquettish
flirtatious
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affectation
behavior, speech, or writing that is artificial and designed to impress
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whimsical
playfully quaint
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inconsquential
unimportant
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blithely
a cheerful indifference that others might seem as calloused
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tenuous
having little substance
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trivial
of little importance
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assiduous
hard working
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demureness
trait of behaving with reserve and decorum
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diligent
marked by painstaking effort
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dogged
stubbornly persevering
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intrepid
courageous
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pinoined
tie or hold the arms or legs of someone
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maverick
one who is independent and resists adherence to a group
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obdurate
stubborn; inflexible
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gallantry
an act of marked courtesy
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proliferate
to grow or increase rapidly
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contrapuntal
two voices are intertwined offering different perspectives but similar meanings
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diffidently
hesistant in speaking or acting due to low self confidence
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earnest
resulting from showing intense conviction
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vitality
energy
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assimilation
to absorb
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consensus
general agreement
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samanas
a group of traveling ascetics that believe that self deprivation and denial is the path to self actualization
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derived
copied or adapted from a source
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incumbent
obligatory
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placate
to make someone less angry or hostile
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malleable
easily shaped or formed
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subdue
to restrain
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myopic
shortsighted
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epitomize
to embody the essential characteristics of a trait
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innate
possesssed from birth
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inveterate
deep-rooted
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conundrum
a confusing and difficult problem or question
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foster
to promote the development of something
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auditory imagery
representing a sound
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olfactory imagery
relating to a sound
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gustatory imagery
imagery representing a taste
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tactile imagery
imagery representing the touch/feel of something (cold, hot, etc)
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transient
temporary, short-lived
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transitory
not permanent
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affable
easy going
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amenable
responsible
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sojourn
a temporary stay
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envelop
to wrap up, cover
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camaraderie
good will between friends
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facetious
playfully humorous
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impinge
interfere with
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lament
mourn
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truncated
shorten; cut off
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melancholy
sadness; depression
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aquisitiveness
excessive interest in acquiring material things
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aesthetic
having to do with the appreciation of beauty
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dilettante
a superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
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servility
fitting a slave
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tranquil
calm
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virtuoso
a tremendously skilled artist
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decorous
proper
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equanimity
the quality of being calm
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modest
quiet or humble in manner or appearance
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propriety
appropriateness of behavior
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prudent
exercising good judgement
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serene
calm
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staid
serious
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malfeasance
wrongdoing
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prosaic
dull
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stoic
impassive
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condemn
denounce
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disparage
to speak of negatively
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pejorative
describing words or phrases that belittle someone
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vilify
to make vicious statements about someone
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brusque
rudely abrupt
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caustic
bitingly sarcastic
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fractious
unruly
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incorrigible
unable to be reformed
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ingrate
an ungrateful person
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insolent
insulting in speech
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brittle
easily broken
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deleterious
having a harmful effect
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enmity
mutual hatred
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heinous
hatefully evil
