First 50 Flashcards by Kareem Ragab

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Chicanery

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to trick

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Disseminate

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to spread or become widely known

(spread your SEED)

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Gainsay

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to deny or contradict

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Latent

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potentially existing but not realized

(late to realized)

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Aberrant

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different than normal

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Coagulate

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to come together/ change from liquid to solid

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Dissolution

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a conclusion

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Garrulous

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very talkative (i.e. Loquacious)

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Laud

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praise or glorify

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Abeyance

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temporary suspension

(cop got abeyanced)

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Coda

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the closing section of musical composition

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Dissonance

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no harmony of sounds

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Goad

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to poke at to invoke action

GO take action pls

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Lethargic

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sleepy or sluggishness

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Abscond

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run away, usually taking something or someone

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Cogent

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very persuasive

the GENTleman is persuasive

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Distend

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cause to expand bc of internal pressure (stomach)

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Levee

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structure to stop a river from flowing

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Abstemious

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very tight moderation with eating/drinking

think of ABStinence (sex term)

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Commensurate

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equal in size or proportion

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Grandiloquent `

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lofty in style, pompous

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Levity

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not serious

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Admonish

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to yell at or scold

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Compendium

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a collection of information

Diverge

to move apart

Gregarious

sociable and likes to be around people GREG is social

Adulterate

make impure with an inferior substance

Complaisant

willing to do favors for others

Divest

to take possessions away from someone

Guileless

innocent and honest

Loquacious

very talkative (i.e Garrulous)

Aesthetic

visually appealing

Lucid

transparent and understandable

Conciliatory

yielding

Dogmatic

principles that are undeniably true DAWG speakin fax

Harangue

loud speech with a lot of emotion

Luminous

soft and bright light

Alacrity

lively and eager

Magnanimity

charitable and great in heart