final spelling review Flashcards

(34 cards)

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different from the usual or standard; hard to identify or classify because of abnormality

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anomalous

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involving hard labor; to test one’s endurance

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arduous

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occurring or appearing after one’s death (as a child born after the death of its father, or a writing published after the death of the author)

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posthumous

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4
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deserving blame

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culpable

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5
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observable without being concealed

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overt

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6
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to make impossible by previous action; prevent

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preclude

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7
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one who withdraws draws from the world to live in seclusion

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recluse

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8
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withdraws from the world

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recluse

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9
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in the mentioned order

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respectively

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10
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a looking back on the past; a review of something past

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retrospect

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extravagant actions

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antics

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12
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a request or favor; a blessing

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boon

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13
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too bright or glaring; showing

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garish

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a long, noisy, or scolding speech

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harangue

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15
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pertaining to the real nature of a thing; inherent

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intrinsic

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producing gain or wealth; profitable

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pertaining to the world; worldly as opposed to the spiritual and eternal

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pertaining to the night, done or occurring in the night

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concerned with facts or actual occurrences; practical

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of the color of blood, ruddy; cheerful, hopeful

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changing unpredictably; tending to break out into violence

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yielding or containing plenty (sometimes or information, thoughts, vocabulary)

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joking; usually clumsy or inappropriate joking

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dormant or hidden; present but undetected or inactive

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the quality or preventing an anticipated circumstance
preemptive
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habitually silent; not liking to talk
taciturn
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to punish or rebuke severely
castigate
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to call or bring to mind
conjure
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to summon using supernatural power
conjure
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concealed, hidden, secret, disguised
covert
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a covering; a shelter or hiding place
covert
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to delay because of doubts or obligations; to make exception to
demur
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jumping from one thing to another in a haphazard way; unmethodical
desultary
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