List 1 Flashcards
(30 cards)
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Munificent
A
Giver, generous
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Aggregate
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Collection or total
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Plethora
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Excess amount
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Prodigious
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Extraordinary
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Proliferate
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To spread or grow fast
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Prolific
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Producing a lot
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Attrition
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Gradual loss
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Dearth
A
Lack of
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Frugal
A
Economical it penny pinching
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Minuscule
A
Very tiny
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Nominal
A
Insignificant or small
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Parsimony
A
Stingy
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Paucity
A
Scarcity
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Penury
A
Poverty
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Squander
A
To waste
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Dystopia
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Futuristic world where present tendencies are taken to negative culminations
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Goad
A
An urging or stimulus
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Prose
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A writing other than poetry
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Mediocre
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Ordinary
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Nostalgia
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Bitter-sweet longing of the past
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Byzantine
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Highly complicated
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Ephemeral
A
Short lived
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Excerpt
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A section of a reading
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Memoir
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An autobiographical writing of events that the author was a part of
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Tone
Writer's attitude toward a subject
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Maven
A person who specializes in an area
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Admonishing
To deprive gently/ caution
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Lament
To express grief
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Gendarme
French police officer
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Penchant
A liking
