List 2a Flashcards
(98 cards)
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Abrasive
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Rough
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Abhor
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To hate
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Accord
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Agreement
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Adjacent
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Next to
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adverse
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Opposing, unfavorable
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Agony
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Extreme pain
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Akin
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Similar to
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Allot
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To give out; to allocate
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Ambiguous
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Having more than one meaning; unclear
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Ample
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Plentiful; of large proportions
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Anesthetic
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Painkiler
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Anticipate
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- To expect
2. To provide for in advance
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Appeal
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- (N.) attractiveness
2. (V.) to request
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Appropriate
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- (Adj.) proper
- (V.) to set aside for a specific use
- (V.) to seize; to take possession of
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Arbitrary
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Random
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Ascertain
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To find out by making inquiries
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Atheist
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One who does not believe in God
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Audible
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Abel to be heard
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Baffle
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To fool; to confuse
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Barren
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Not capable of producing vegetation; infertile
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Benchmark
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A standard for measuring something
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Blueprint
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Plan; to design for a building
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Bonanza
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Huge; unexpected profit
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Braggart
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One who brags a lot
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Brittle
Easy to break
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Burly
Muscular
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Calamity
Disaster
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Cease
To stop
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Chronicle
Story
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Clichè
Overused phrase
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Complementary
1. Completing
| 2. Going well together
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Composite
Made up of separate parts
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Compromise
1. (N.) settlement in which each party surrenders something it wants
2. (V.) to go against one's principles
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Confinement
Imprisonment
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Conscientious
Careful; ethical
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Conservative
Traditional; seeking to preserve the past
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Constituents
1. Parts of a whole
| 2. Voters
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Contemporary
1. Of the same time
| 2 present
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Contract
To shorten, to shrink
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Conversion
Change
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Correspondence
1. Similarity
| 2. Communication
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Counterfeiter
One who makes fake money
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Creases
Lines, wrinkles, folds
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Cunning
Sly; devious
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Dam
1. (N.) a barrier used to hold back water
| 2. (V.) to stop a flow
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Decelerate
To slow down
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Decomposition
Process of falling apart; disintegration
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Deflect
1. To block; to shield from
| 2. To push off to the side
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Deliberate
Carefully considered and planned; intentional
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Deplete
To use up; to exhaust the supply of
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Desertion
Abandonment
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Deteriorate
To become worse; to decry
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Diligent
Hard-working
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Disbar
To expel a lawyer from law practice
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Disclosure
Something released or revealed
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Discredit
To disbelieve; to dishonor
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Disengagement
Separation
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Disinclination
Unwillingness
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Dismiss
To send away; to ignore
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Disrobe
To take off one's clothes
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Distasteful
Unlikeable
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Divergence
Separation
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Downheartedness
Sadness
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Dubious
Doubtful
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Dutiful
Obedient
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Economize
To save; to minimize spending
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Embroidery
Needlework decoration
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Empathy
Sympathy; ability to feel another's feelings
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Endure
1. To tolerate
| 2. To last; to remain
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Enmesh
To catch; to entangle
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Entrepreneur
An independent businessman
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Eradicate
To get rid of
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Essence
Basic nature; most important part of something
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Everlasting
Lasting forever
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Exclaim
To cry out in surprise or anger
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Exhilarating
Exciting; stimulating
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Explicit
Clear; obvious
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Extroverted
Outgoing; friendly
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Facilitate
To make easier
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Feasible
Possible
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Flower
To blossom
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Forge
1. To shape
2. To copy something illegally
3. To move steadily
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Fragrant
Pleasant-smelling
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Frenzy
Temporary madness; wild activity
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Garland
Circle of leaves or flowers
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Gibberish
Nonsense
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Goal
Score in soccer, hockey, etc.
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Grant
1. (N.) gift
| 2. (V.) to give
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Grim
Terrible; forbidding; stern
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Gulf
Huge gap
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Haggard
Looking tired
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Harbor
1. (N.) place where ships dock
| 2. (V.) to shelter
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Headstrong
Determined; stubborn
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Hemorrhage
Heavy or uncontrollable bleeding
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High-minded
Showing high morals or feelings
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Homogeneous
The same throughout; uniform
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Hybrid
A blend of two things
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Hypothetical
Theoretical