Lessons 8-14 Flashcards
(123 cards)
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To draw or bring out
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Educe
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To produce; to make happen
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Beget
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To collect bit by bit; to gather with patient labor
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Glean
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To wear or irritate, often through rubbing or friction
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Chafe
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Shameless boldness
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Effrontery
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To drink (especially alcohol)
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Imbibe
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To pretend
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Feign
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To stop; to discontinue
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Desist
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To hint at; to refer to indirectly
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Allude
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The choice members or best of a group
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Elite
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Termin
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End; boundary
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Ver
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True
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Dem, demos
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People
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To cheat or swindle; to thwart
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Bilk
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A sermon
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Homily
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Death; a ceasing to exist
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Demise
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To send out; to give forth, as in sound or light
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Emit
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Moral deterioration
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Decadence
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Feeling great dismay or horror
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Aghast
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A storehouse for grain
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Granary
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Easily angered
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Choleric
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To hinder; to obstruct
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Impede
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A feeling of uneasiness
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Qualm
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A written satire used to ridicule or attack someone
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Lampoon
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Conceited; having excessive self-love or admiration
Narcissistic
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To wipe out; to destroy
Eradicate
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To concoct; to make up a story in order to decieve
Fabricate
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Horrible; frightful
Ghastly
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Multi
Many
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Naut, naus
Sailor; ship
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Nov, neo
New
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Capable of error
Fallible
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Obvious; too conspicuous
Blatant
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To waste time
Dawdle
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An associate; a partner
Affiliate
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To act slavishly submissive
Fawn
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A false and malicious accusation
Calumny
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To scold or rebuke severely and at length
Berate
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A fawning, servile follower
Minion
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Lonely; forlorn; uninhabited; barren
Desolate
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The cause if ruin, harm, distress, it death
Bane
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To calm down
Pacify
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To mix up or distort
Garble
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To lie
Prevaricate
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To steal
Filch
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A beginner
Neophyte
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Corp, corpor
Body
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Rupt
To break
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Inter
Between; among
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Glaringly bad; outrageous
Flagrant
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An aristocrat
Patrician
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One sent on a special mission to represent others
Emissary
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Having a similar origin, nature, or character
Kindred
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A loud quarrel or fight
Fracas
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To tear (flesh) jaggedly
Lacerate
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Useless; pointless
Futile
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Spotless; perfect
Immaculate
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Manner of walking
Gait
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To complain or find fault in a petty or nagging way
Carp
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To ask; to inquire
Query
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A line of people or vehicles
Queue
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Very wicked; notorious
Nefarious
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Beginning; origin
Genesis
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A deceptive outward appearance
Facade
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Am
Friend; to love
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Aqu
Water
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Brev
Short
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Prot
First; original
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A flood; an overwhelming rush
Deluge
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Universal; wide-ranging
Catholic
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Weird; mysterious; strange and frightening
Eerie
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Warlike; relating to the military
Martial
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Attributing human characteristics or qualities to objects, animals, or gods
Anthropomorphic
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One who receives benefits
Beneficiary
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To swerve or lurch from side to side while in motion
Careen
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Self-confidence
Aplomb
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Slyness and cunning in dealing with others
Guile
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A small amount
Modicum
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To grow embittered over time; to rot
Fester
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To become week or feeble; to lose strength
Languish
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Something that covers or conceals
Pall
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Great distraction; chaos
Havoc
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Having a bad taste or smell; spoiled
Rancid
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Patr, pattern
Father
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Scop
To watch
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Scrib, script
To write
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Cent
One hundred
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A great or complete destruction of life
Holocaust
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To draw into conflict or fight
Embroil
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Something existing outside of it's proper time
Anachronism
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To attack the reputation of; to speak ill of
Denigrate
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Kind; compassionate
Humane
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Emotionally excessive; overly demonstrative
Effusive
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No longer in existence
Defunct
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Slavish follower
Lackey
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To form a mental picture
Envisage
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To mourn
Lament
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To stare with an open mouth
Gape
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Rude and disrespectful
Impertinent
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Arrogant; proud
Haughty
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Someone or something a person cannot conquer or achieve; a hated enemy
Nemesis
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Deadly; fatal
Lethal
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Pot, poss
To be able
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Psych
Mind
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Arm
Tools, arms (weapons)
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A person, thing, or agent that caused it speeds up a reaction or change without itself being changed
Catalyst
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Vocabulary distinctive to a particular group of people
Jargon
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Showing sound judgement
Judicious
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A minor weakness in character
Foible
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The act of blessing
Benediction
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Trivial; silly
Frivolous
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Liveliness; willingness; eagerness
Alacrity
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To make a god of; to look upon or worship as a god
Deify
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Bloody and extensive slaughter
Carnage
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Push into motion
Impel
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An inscription on a tombstone; a brief comment about a deceased person
Epitaph
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To persist in talking continuously (on or about something)
Harp
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Of or relating to the side
Lateral
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Pale; faint in color
Pallid
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Acting suddenly without thought
Impetuous
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Stru, struct
To build
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Tempor, temper
Time
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Therm
Heat
