hstp word Flashcards
(78 cards)
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abet
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to aid
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antediluvian
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a very old (or old fashioned) person
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antithesis
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the opposite
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apex
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the highest point (of something)
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apocryphal
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doubtful in authenticity
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ardor
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passion
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assuage
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to make easier
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astute
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practical intelligence, clever
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autocrat
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a cruel and dictatorial leader
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avuncular
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like an uncle
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bellicose
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warlike
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benefactor
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gives financial help to people/institutions
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benighted
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lacking knowledge or culture
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diminutive
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small
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discreet
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modest
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discrete
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separate
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divulge
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to tell
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dormant
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not active
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dross
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removable worthless material
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edible
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eatable
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egress
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an exit
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elegy
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a mournful poem
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engender
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to bring forth
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enmity
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a state of deep-seated ill-will
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equivocate
to lie
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facile
expressing yourself clearly
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feign
to pretend
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fulsome
disgustingly excessive
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garrulous
full of trivial conversation
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guile
the quality of being cunning and crafty
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hamper
to hinder, to get in the way of, to interfere with
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haughty
showing arrogant superiority
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heinous
shockingly brutal or cruel
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hew
strike with an axe
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ignoble
not of nobility
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impair
make worse of less effective
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impede
block passage through
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inane
complacently or inanely foolish
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incite
provoke or stir up
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incredulous
unbelievable
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indelible
cannot be removed, washed away or erased
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indolent
disinclined to work or exertion
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innocuous
harmless
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intrepid
invulnerable to fear or intimidation
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ire
anger
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jocular
characterized by jokes and good humor
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jubilant
joyful and proud
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laudable
worthy of high praise
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lax
loose, not strict
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lexicon
dictionary
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lithe
gracefully slender
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lucid
transparently clear
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malcontent
a person who is discontented or disgusted
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meander
a curve in a stream
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mendicant
a begger
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mettle
the courage to carry on
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mimic
to imitate
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mollify
make less rigid or softer
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morose
showing a brooding ill humor
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mundane
ordinary
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nadir
lowest point
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noisome
having an offensive odor
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obdurate
showing unfeeling resisitance to tender feelings
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oblique
indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way
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obstreperous
boisterously and noisily aggressive
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odious
unequivocally detestable
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opulent
rich and superior in quality
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ostracize
to exclude
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palpable
capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind
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panegyric
a formal expression of praise
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paragon
an ideal instance
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paramount
having superior power and infulence
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pathos
rouses emotions
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perfidious
tending to betray
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peripatetic
a person who walks from place to place
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pernicious
extremely harmful
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petty
contemptibly narrow in outlook
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