Group 2 Flashcards

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Abate

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To lessen in intensity or degree

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Accolade

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An expression of pride

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Adulation

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Excessive praise; intense adoration

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Aesthetic

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Dealing with, appreciative of,nor responsive to art or the beautiful

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Ameliorate

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To make better or more tolerable

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Ascetic

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One who practices rigid self-denial, ESP. As an act of religious devotion

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Avarice

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Greed, ESP. For wealth (adj. form avaricious)

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Axiom

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A university recognized principle (adj. form axiomatic)

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Burgeon

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Tomgrownrapidly or flourish

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Bucolic

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Rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants

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Cacophony

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Harsh, jarring, discordant sound, dissonance (adj. form cacophonous)

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Canon

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Annestablishednset of principles or codemofmlaws, often religious in nature (adj. canonical)

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Castigation

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Serve criticism or punishment (v. Form castigate)

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Catalyst

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Ansubstancenthat accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thing that causes changes

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Caustic

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Burning or stinging; causing corrosion

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Chary

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Wary; cautious sparing

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Cogent

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Appealingnforciblynto the mind or reason; convincing

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Compliance

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The willingness to comply with the wishes of others (adj. form compliant)

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Contentious

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Argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement

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Contrite

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Regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness (n. form contrition)

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Culpable

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Deserving blame (n. culpability)

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Dearth

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Smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack

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Demur

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To question or oppose

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Didactic

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Intended to teach or instruct

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Discretion
Causes reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions (adj. form discrete)
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Disinterested
Free of bias or self-intense; impartial
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Dogmatic
Expressing a rigid opinion based in unproved or improvable principles (n. form dogma)
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Ebullience
The quality of lively or enthuastic expression of thoughtsnandnfeelings (adj. ebullient)
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Eclectic
Composed of elements drawn from various sources
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Elegy
A mournful poem, ESP. One lamenting the dead (adj. form elegiac)
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Emollient
Soothing ESP. To the skin; making less harsh; mollifying; an agent that of tens or smoothes the skin
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Empirical
Based on operations or experiment
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Enigmatic
Mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand (n. form enigma)
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Ephemeral
Brief; fleeting
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Esoteric
Intended for or understood by a small specific group
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Eulogy
A speech honoring the dead (v. Form eulogize)
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Exonerate
To remove blame
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Facetious
Playful; humorous
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Fallacy
An invalid or incorrec notion; a mistaken belief (adj. form fallacious)
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Furtive
Marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious
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Gregarious
Sociable, outgoing, enjoying the company of other people
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Harangue
To deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long pompous speech
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Heretical
Violating accepted dogma or convention (n. form heresy)
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Hyperbole
An exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech (adj. form hyperbolic)
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Impecunious
Lacking funds; without money
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Incipient
Beginning to come into being or become apparent
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Inert
Unmoving; lethargic; sluggish
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Innocuous
Harmless;causing no damage
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Intransigent
Refusing to compromise (n. form intransigence)
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Inveigle
To obtain by deception or flattery
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Morose
Sad; sullen; melancholy
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Odious
Evoking intense aversion or dislike
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Opaque
Impenetrable by light; note reflecting light
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Oscillation
The act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm (v. Oscillate)
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Penurious
Penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous
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Pernicious
Extremely harmful; potentially causing death
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Peruse
To examine with great care ( n. form perusal)
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Pious
Extremely reverent or devour; showing strong religious devotion (n. form piety)
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Precursor
One that precedes and indicates or announce another
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Preen
To dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care
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Prodigious
Abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary
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Prolific
Producing larg volumes or amount; productive
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Putrefy
To rot; to decay and give off a foul odor (adj. form putrid)
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Quaff
To drink deeply
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Quiescence
Stillness; motionless ness; quality of being at rest (adj. form quiescent)
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Redoubtable
Awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
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Sanction
Author active permission or approval; a penalty tended to enforce compliance; to give permission or authority to
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Satire
A literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision (adj. form satirical)
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Squalid
Sordid; wretched and dirty as form neglect (n. form squalor)
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Stoic
Indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast (n. form stoicism)
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Supplant
To take the place of; to supersede
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Torpid
Lethargic; sluggish; dormant (n. form torpor)
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Ubiquitous
Existing everywhere as the same time, constantly encountered; widespread
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Urbane
Sophisticated; refined; elegant (n. form urbanity)
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Vilify
To defame; to characterize harshly
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Viscous
Thick; sticky (n. form viscosity)