LIST 3A Flashcards
(109 cards)
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Abridge
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To shorten
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Abide by
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To follow
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Access
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A way of entering
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Acute
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Sharp
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Adjoining
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Connected
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Affable
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Likable; friendly
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Aggravate
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To make worse
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Ailing
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Sick
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Alias
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False name
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Ally
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Friend
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Ambitious
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Desire to achieve a lot
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Amplify
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To make louder
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Anguish
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Pain; misery
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Antiquated
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Very old
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Appease
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To calm; to soothe
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Aptly
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Appropriately
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Arid
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Dry
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Assess
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To measure
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Atlas
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Book of maps
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Authenticity
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Realness
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Ballad
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Song that tells a story
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Base
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Low; immoral
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Benefactor
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A kindly helper; a donor
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Blaring
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Loud
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Bluff
1. Hill
| 2. To fake
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Bondage
Slavery
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Branded
Labeled
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Broad minded
Not prejudiced; tolerant
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By - line
Writers name at the beginning of an article
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Calf
Baby animal
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Capsize
To tip over
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Celebrity
1. Fame
| 2. A famous person
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Champion
1. Winner
| 2. To support
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Chronological
Arranged in order of time
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Climax
1 high point
| 2 ending
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Color
To shade the meaning of
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Compel
To force someone to do something
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Complimentary
Praising
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Composure
Calmness
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Conceal
To hide
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Condemn
To disapprove; to find guilty
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Confirm
To strengthen an opinion; to make sure
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Consciousness
Awareness
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Conservatory
School of music or art
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Constitution
1. Document by which a government is run
| 2. Physical makeup of something or someone
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Contempt
Hatred
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Contradict
To go against; to oppose
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Convex
Curved like the outer surface of a globe
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Corrupt
1. Immoral; wicked
| 2. To make morally bad
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Courier
Messenger
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Credible
Believable
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Crude
1. Rude; crass
| 2. Unpurified
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Curb
1. Edge of a sidewalk
| 2. To control; to urge to the side
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Dazzling
Brilliant; shiny
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Deception
Fraud or trick
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Defame
To attack someone's reputation
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Degenerate
To get worse and worse
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Delineate
To outline
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Deport
To send an unwanted person out of the country
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Desolate
Isolated; alone
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Detour
Path that goes off the main road
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Diehard
Stubborn person
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Dilute
1. To make weaker
| 2. To add water
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Discard
To throw away
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Discontented
Unhappy
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discreet
1. Not obvious; subtle
| 2. Very careful, especially in keeping secrets
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Disentangle
To untangle
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Disintegration
Breaking into small pieces
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Disperse
To scatter
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Dissection
Process of taking apart
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Distillation
Purification
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Divergent
Separating
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Drastic
Extreme
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Dumbfound
To surprise; to stun
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Dweller
One who lives in a particular place
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Economy
Careful spending
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Embezzler
One who steals money entrusted to him
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Emend
To correct a text
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Endearment
Affection; fondness
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Enfeeble
To weaken
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Enrich
To add to; to improve
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Epic
A long narrative poem, book or film about heroes
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Erosion
The wearing away of
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Eternal
Never - ending
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Evolve
To develop gradually
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Execute
1. To kill
| 2. To carry out
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Exile
1. Removal from ones home
| 2, to make someone leave
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Expulsion
Removal; rejection
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Exuberant
Enthusiastic
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Facilities
Things built for a particular purpose; conveniences
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Fell
To knock down
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Fluctuate
To rise and fall; to shift; to change back and forth
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Forgery
The act of creating fake documents
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Frail
Weak
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Fret
To worry
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Gauge
1. Instrument used for measuring
| 2. To measure
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Giddy
Dizzy; silly
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Goblet
Large cup
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Graphic
Described in clear detail
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Grimy
Dirty
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Gullible
Believing everything; foolishly trusting
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Hail
1. Frozen rain
| 2. To greet; to call
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Harvest
To gather crops
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Hearten
To cheer up; to encourage
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Heralded
Announced; publicized
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Hilarity
Lightheartedness; merriment
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Horticulture
Gardening; science of growing plants
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Hydraulic
Operated by water pressure
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Hysterical
Having uncontrollable emotion, fear, or laughter
