Finals Flashcards by Jorge Miro-Quesada

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Effervescent

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Highly spirited

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Disreputable

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Not respectable, bad reputation

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Conciliatory

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Intended to lessen another’s anger

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Annotate

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To explain or discuss through a note

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Malediction

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A recital of words intended to harm

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Excruciating

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Extremely painful

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Tangible

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Able to be grasped or perceived

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Glutton

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One who wants or takes to much

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Admonition

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Gentle scolding

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Sentiment

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A feeling about something

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Inquisitive

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Curious, asking many questions

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Evocative

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Calling forth a vivid image or impression

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Colloquial

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Of or related to informal speech, conversational

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Prescient

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Showing knowledge of events before they happen

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Despondent

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Lacking all hope

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Palatable

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Acceptable, satisfactory

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Rancid

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Rotten, spoiled

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Precaution

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An action taken against danger ahead of time

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Irrational

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Not based on reason or logic

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Imprecation

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A curse

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Declaim

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To speak loudly and with feeling

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Aesthetic

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Having to do with beauty or order

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Abrogate

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To cancel, to repeal

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Stagnant

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Unhealthy due to lack of movement

Erroneous

Wrong or inaccurate

Degrade

To lower in dignity or esteem

Circumvent

To avoid by going around

Incursion

An attack or raid on others territory

Indolent

Lazy, averse to work

Antipathy

Hostility or hatred

Dissuade

To convince one not to do something

Olfactory

Having to do with sense of smell

Virile

Manly

Pandemic

Having an effect on a large area or region

Apolitical

Having no interest in politics, not political

Civility

Politeness or courteousness

Acrid

Stinging or biting in odor or taste

Avarice

desire for wealth, greed

Insipid

Dull, uninteresting

Odoriferous

Giving off an odor