List 04 Flashcards by Cindy Collins

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Cantankerous

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bad-tempered; quarrelsome

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Exemplify

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to serve as a good example

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Impecunious

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having no money

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Lucid

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clear

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Precipice

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steep slope

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Salubrious

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health-giving

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Ambulatory

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able to walk around (used of hospital patients)

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Capacious

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spacious

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Exhaustive

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complete and thorough

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Impious

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wicked; profane

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Orthodox

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conventional

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Salutary

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something which teaches you a lesson; beneficial

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Truncate

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cut short

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Ameliorate

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make better

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Capitulate

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surrender; give in to

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Exonerates

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acquits; absolves; removes blame

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Ossify

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turn to bone; 2. become fixed and rigid

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Preclude

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prevent or make impossible

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Sanctimonious

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hypocritically holy

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Tumult

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uproar; noise

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Carping

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constant criticism

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Lummox

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clumsy person

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Ostentatious

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showy

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Precocious

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developing early

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Sanction

give approval to

Turpitude

depravity

Cartographer

person who makes maps

Despondent

having no hope; miserable

Expatriate

refugee; emigrant; someone living away from his own country

Oust

push out of a position

Sanguinary

bloodthirsty; bloody

Tyro

novice; beginner

Amity

friendship

Castigate

scold strongly

Expedient

convenient; practical

Sanguine

optimistic; cheerful

Ubiquitous

found everywhere; omnipresent

Amorphous

lacking in shape

Catharsis

purging of pent-up emotions

Machinations

plots and plans

Overwrought

worked up; in an emotional state

Preeminent

famous; outstanding

Sardonic

mocking

Unalloyed

undiluted; total

Analgesic

medicine to combat pain

Caucus

type of private political meeting

Exposition

clear explanation

Maelstrom

whirlpool; storm in the ocean

Palatable

good to eat; agreeable

Savant

person with knowledge

Unctuous

oily; using excessive flattery

Analogous

comparable

Caustic

burning

Extol

praise

Incipient

just beginning

Magnanimous

generous; big-hearted

Palisade

fence made of posts

Prescient

having fore-knowledge

Undermined

damaged; attacked

Cavalcade

procession of vehicles

Magnate

powerful businessman

Palliative

a remedy that improves but doesn't cure

Presentiment

a feeling that something might happen

Underscore

emphasize