Final Exam Vocabulary Flashcards by Angelo Borges

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Having to do with beauty or order

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Aesthetic

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Hostility or hatred

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Antipathy

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Not interested; having no strong emotion towards

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Apathetic

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Having no interest in politics, not political

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Apolitical

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Intended to serve as a warning

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Cautionary

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To avoid by going around; bypass

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Circumvent

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Having to do with business of a town or community

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Civic

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Of or related to informal speech; conversational

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Colloquial

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A coming together

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Congress

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An image or idea associated with a word

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Connotation

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Diligent and careful

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Conscientious

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Wordy or sophisticated

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Cosmopolitan

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To lower in dignity or esteem, insult

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Degrade

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Having certain characteristics in common, such as race or gender

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Demographic

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The dictionary definition of a word

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Denotation

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To speak aloud in order that one’s words may be copied or recorded.
To give an order; to make necessary

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Dictate

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Highly spirited; animated

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Effervescent

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Powerful and expressive

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Eloquent

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Calling forth a vivid image or impression

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Evocative

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Passionately excited or enthusiastic

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Fervent

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Drink; soak up

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Imbibe

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A curse

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Imprecation

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An attack on another’s territory; a raid

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Incursion

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Lazy; adverse to work

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Indolent

Curious; asking many questions

Inquisitive

Dull; uninteresting

Insipid

Not based on reason or logic

Irrational

Style or action of speaking

Locution

A recital of words intended to harm; a curse

Malediction

Having en effect in a large area or region

Pandemic

Habit or type

Persuasion

Threatened or unsafe

Precarious

That which comes before; forerunner

Precursor

To rot; to decompose

Putrefy

To bring back into agreement

Reconcile

Help for a problem; a solution

Recourse

Act of ordering or demanding something

Requisition

Not obeying moral laws; unscrupulous

Unconscionable

Masculine; manly

Virile

Right action, moral goodness

Virtue

Someone extraordinarily skilled in a particular art

Virtuoso

Exhibiting harsh sharpness in speech or mood

Acrimonious