Jot Flashcards

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Onerous

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Involving a burdensome amount of difficulty

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Ameliorate

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Make something bad better

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Aberration

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A state or condition markedly different from the norm

A disorder in one’s mental state

An optical phenomenon resulting in the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image

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Habiliments

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Clothes or clothing

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Consternation

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Feelings of dismay or anxiety

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Mein

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A person’s look or manner indicating their character or mood

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Culpable

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Deserving blame or censure

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Penitent

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Feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong

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Apotheosis

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Glorification to a divine level

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Truculent

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Eager or quick to argue

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Recalcitrant

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Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline

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Innumerate

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Lack of knowledge especially in math or science

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Odious

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Extremely unpleasant

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Entropy

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A situation of growing chaos and disorder

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Adroit

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Clever or skillful in using the hands or mind

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Captious

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Tending to find fault or raise petty objections

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Munitions

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War material weapons

ammunition

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Nefarious

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Extremely wicked

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Eponymous

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Relating to or being the person or thing for whom or which something is named

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Avow

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To declare openly bluntly and without shame

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Obviated

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Remove unneeded or difficulty

“The Venetian blinds obviated the need for curtains”

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Parochial

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Of or relating to a church parish

Having a limited or narrow outlook

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Nigh

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Close or near

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Panoply

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1 a : a full suit of armor
b : ceremonial attire
2 : something forming a protective covering
3 a : a magnificent or impressive array
b : a display of all appropriate appurtenances

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Chiaroscuro

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1 : pictorial representation in terms of light and shade without regard to color
2 a : the arrangement or treatment of light and dark parts in a pictorial work of art
b : the interplay or contrast of dissimilar qualities (as of mood or character)

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Concomitant

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: accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way

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Precocious

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1 : exceptionally early in development or occurrence

2 : exhibiting mature qualities at an unusually early age <a></a>

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Cartography

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: the science or art of making maps

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Agrarian

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1 : of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure
2 a : of, relating to, or characteristic of farmers or their way of life
b : organized or designed to promote agricultural interests

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Baleful

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1 : deadly or pernicious in influence
2 : foreboding or threatening evil <a>
synonyms see sinister</a>

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Coquette

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: a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men