LIST 6A Flashcards
(138 cards)
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Abolitionist
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One who opposes slavery
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Abase
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To lower; to humble
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Acclimatization
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Becoming used to something; getting comfortable
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Acquiesce
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To agree; to give in
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Adjunct
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Something attached to a main body
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Aesthetic
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Having to do with art or beauty
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Air
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To bring out into the open
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Allegory
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Symbolic story
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Altruism
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Goodness; selflessness; generosity
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Amorphous
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Without shape
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Anecdote
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A short and amusing story
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Annulment
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Cancellation
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Anterior
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Placed in front; earlier
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Aperture
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Opening; hole
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Apprehensive
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Worried
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Arcane
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Mysterious; secret
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Aristocratic
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High class, as in the qualities
Of nobility
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Ascetic
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- A person who refuses bodily pleasures
2. Without luxuries
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Assuage
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To calm down;
To soothe
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Audacity
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Nerve; boldness; gall
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Autocratic
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Favoring complete rule by one person
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Avow
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To swear by
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Balk
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To hesitate suddenly
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Barracks
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Housing for soldiers
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Becalmed
Made peaceful or still
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Bellicose
Warlike in manner
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Berate
To scold; to criticize
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Bicker
To argue about unimportant things
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Bland
Without any taste
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Blunderbuss
Old fashioned shotgun
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Bourgeois
Middle class; conformist and materialistic
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Browbeat
To intimidate; to bully
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Burnish
To polish; to shine
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Cacophonous
Harsh sounding; not harmonious
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Callow
Immature; inexperienced
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Castigate
To punish or criticize harshly
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Catharsis
Sudden emotional relief
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Caustic
Unkind; bitter; sarcastic
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Ceremonious
Formal
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Charted
Planned; plotted; mapped
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Cherubic
Angelic; like a baby
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Circuitous
Roundabout; not straightforward
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Cite
To quote
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Clemency
Mercy
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Coerce
To force someone to do something
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Coherent
Logical; clear
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Colloquial
Informal but common speech
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Commend
To praise
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compliant
Giving in to others;
| Obedient
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Condescend
To talk down to; to patronize
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Confiscate
To take away;
| To seize
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Congenial
Pleasant; friendly
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Conscript
To force Into service
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Contentious
Argumentative
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Contusion
Bruise
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Corpulent
Fat
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Cosmopolitan
1. Sophisticated
| 2. From the city
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Crest
Peak; top
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Cupidity
Greed
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Dart
To move quickly
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Debauchery
Corruption; physical self indulgence
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Decorum
Proper behavior
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Defector
One who leaves his or her side to join the enemy
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Defy
To resist openly
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Demographer
An expert on population statistics
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Deprecate
To criticize
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Despise
To hate
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Determinate
Definite; limited
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Dialect
Regional variety of a language
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Didactic
Intended to teach; preachy
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Dilapidated
Run down; needing repairs
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Dirge
Funeral song
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Disbursement
Spending
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Disenfranchise
To take away someone's right to vote
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Dispassionate
Neutral;
| Object
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Dissent
Disagreement; difference in opinion
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Dither
To be indecisive
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Doctrine
Something taught
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Dormant
1. Asleep
| 2. Inactive
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Drape
To cover loosely
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Drudgery
Boring work
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Ebullient
Bubbly; high spirited
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Edifying
Enlightening; uplifting
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Elicit
To bring out
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Emaciated
Very thin
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Embody
To express; to give concrete form to
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Emulate
To imitate someone who is admired
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Endemic
Limited to, but widespread in, a particular place
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Enthrall
To fascinate
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Enunciate
To pronounce clearly
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Equanimity
Calmness
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Eschew
To avoid
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Ethos
Values of a culture
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Exacerbate
To make worse
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Exemplary
Praiseworthy; serving as an excellent example
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Expatriate
To remove from his/her homeland
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Extemporize
To preform without rehearsal
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Extricate
To remove
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Facade
1. The front of a building
| 2. Surface appearance
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Fallow
Unplowed; not fertile
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Feint
An action intended to mislead an opponent
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Fetter
1. Chain
| 2. To prevent from moving
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Finesse
Skill; gracefulness
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Flippant
Joking disrespectfully
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Fluster
To embarrass; to upset
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Forswear
To reject
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Fraught
Filled with
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Furrow
1. Ditch or hole in the ground
| 2. To wrinkle
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Gag
1. Joke
| 2. To prevent from speaking
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Gambol
To jump or dance playfully
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Gargantuan
Huge
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Gavel
Hammer - like instrument used by a judge to get attention
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Gentry
Upper class
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gill
A fish'a breathing organ
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Glaring
1. Obvious
| 2. Staring angrily
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Gouge
To put holes in
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Gratuitous
Uncalled for; unnecessary
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Hack
1. A writer for hire; anyone with low professional standard
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Hedonist
One who loves physical pleasures
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Heretofore
Until now
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Iconoclast
One who attacks established beliefs; rebel
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Impalpable
Unable to be touched or understood
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Implacable
Incapable of being soothed or changed
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Impudence
Rudeness
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Incantation
Magical chant or spell
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Incisive
Sharp; cutting
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Incorporeal
Without physical existence; not of the body
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Indecorum
Lack of good manners; improper behavior
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Indignant
Characterized by a sudden feeling of anger or shock
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Ineffectual
Useless
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Infinitesimal
Extremely small
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Ingenious
Clever; resourceful
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Inlet
Small bay; indentation in a shoreline
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Insidious
Dangerous in a way that is difficult to see
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Intemperate
1. Extreme
| 2. Violent
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Intransigent
Stubborn; refusing to compromise
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Invective
Insult
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Irate
Very angry
