Lesson 24-26 Flashcards
1
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Edifice -
A
building
2
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Egregious -
A
blatantly wrong
3
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Elusive -
A
evasive, hard to grasp
4
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Emollient -
A
soothing lotion
5
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Empirical -
A
based on experimental data
6
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Enervate -
A
weaken
7
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Enfranchise -
A
free from slavery and give the right to vote
8
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Epitaph -
A
words inscribed on a tomb
9
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Espouse -
A
to support
10
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Expurgate -
A
to delete obscene or other undesirable material from a text
11
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Extant -
A
existing
12
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Fabrication -
A
a lie
13
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Facile -
A
easy
14
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Felicitous -
A
pleasant, suitable
15
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Feral -
A
wild, savage
16
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Flotsam -
A
debris floating around
17
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Galvanize -
A
to arouse to action
18
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Gaunt -
A
thin, skinny
19
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Gingerly -
A
carefully
20
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Grovel -
A
beg or plead
21
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Hapless -
A
unfortunate
22
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Harbinger -
A
omen
23
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Histrionic -
A
melodramatic, theatrical
24
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Hubris -
A
excessive pride
25
Inanimate -
not living
26
Incantation -
chant
27
Inchoate -
not fully formed or developed
28
Incisive -
harsh
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Incumbent -
one who holds political office
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Indelible -
permanent, cannot be erased
