List 6B Flashcards
(138 cards)
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Juxtaposition
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The placing of two things side by side
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Jaded
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Cynical; tired; bored
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Labyrinth
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Maze
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Lampoon
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To ridicule
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Levity
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Humor
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Lilting
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Pleasantly rising and falling
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Loquacious
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Talkative
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Maelstrom
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- Giant whirlpool
2. Violent storm
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Malediction
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A curse
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Manifest
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Obvious
To demonstrate
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Martyr
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One who died or suffers for a cause or a person
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Meander
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To wander about without direction or purpose
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Mirth
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Happiness
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Momentous
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Very important
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Morbidity
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Unhealthiness
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Mundane
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Common; boring; ordinary
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Musty
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Stale - smelling
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Nebulous
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Vague; unclear
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Nettle
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To annoy
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Nocturnal
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Active at night
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Oaf
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A big clumsy stupid person
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Obsequious
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asskissing
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Officious
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Offering unwanted help or advice
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Opulence
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Abundance: wealth
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Ordination
A ceremony for initiation of a priest
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Outlandishness
Unconventional; absurd
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Pacifist
A person strongly opposed to war
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Paltry
Unimportant
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Papyrus
Paper made from the papyrus plant
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Parochial
1. Narrow minded
| 2. Relating to a church parish
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Pathogenic
Capable of causing disease
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Peccadillo
Small crime
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Penitent
Sorry
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Perdition
Hell; damnation
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Perjure
To lie under oath
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Peruse
To read carefully
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Phoenix
Bird that symbolizes immortality
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Pithy
Short and to the point
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Platitude
Cliche
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Plight
Bad situation
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Polemical
Deliberately controversial
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Posterity
Future generation
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Prattle
Babble
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Précis
Summary
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Prestidigitation
Magic tricks
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Prodigious
Very big
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Proliferation
Rapid growth in numbers
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Propriety
Proper behavior
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Protocol
Rules for proper behavior
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Provisional
Temporary
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Pulverize
To crush
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Purse
To bring together
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Quack
A dishonest person
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Quarantine
strict isolation To prevent the spreAd of a disease
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Quiescence
Stillness
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Rabid
1. Furious
| 2. Infected by rabies
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Ramshackle
Shaky
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Ratify
To approve
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Rebut
To oppose
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Red herring
Misleading clue
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Refute
To reject
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Relinquish
To give up
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Repast
Meal
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Repose
Rest
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Reproach
To scold
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Repulse
To drive back
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Resurgence
Rising up again
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Retrogress
To go back to an earlier or simpler condition
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Revile
To insult
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Rider
an addition to a document
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Rogue
One who cheats or play tricks
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Ruddiness
Reddish in complexion
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Runt
A weak, Undersized animal
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Saga
Long story of adventure
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Salve
1. A soothing Lotion
| 2. To soothe
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Saunter
To walk slowly
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Scintillating
Exciting
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Scrupulous
Strictly honest
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Secede
To withdraw from an organization
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Seditionist
Rebel
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Self - effacement
Modesty
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Serrated
Having sharp edges
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Shortchange
To give less than the right amount
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Skinflint
A cheap person
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Slothfulness
Laziness
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Smear
To ruin the reputation of
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Snarl
To tangle
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Soliloquy
A speech given by one person
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Sophomoric
Immature
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Spangle
A small sparking object
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Sporadic
Stopping and starting : irregular
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Squander
To spend waste fully
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Stasis
State of not moving
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Stench
Bad smell
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Stoke
To stir up and feed fuel foo
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Stratum
One of many lAyers
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Stupefaction
Astonishment
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Subjugate
To conquer
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Subvert
To overthrow or ruin
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Sullen
Depressed
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Superficial
Shallow
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Supplement
1. Something added
| 2. To Add
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Surmount
To overcome
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Swarthy
Having a dark complexion or color
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Table
To delay considering sometbing
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Tangential
Off the topic
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Tawdry
Cheap
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Threadbare
Worn out
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Titter
Giggle
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Torrid
1. Hot
| 2. Passionate
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Transient
Short - lived
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Trifle
To treat as Unimportant
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Truncate
To shorten by cutting off
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Turpitude
Wickedness
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Ubiquitous
Everywhere at the same time
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Underplay
To play down
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Unflappable
Calm
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Unnerve
To make nervous
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Unquenchable
Unable to be satisfied
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Unsound
1. Not logical
| 2. Unhealthy
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Upbraid
To criticize harshly
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Vacillate
To change back and forth
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Vanity
Excessive pride in one's own appearance
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Vendetta
Plan for revenge
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Veracity
Truth
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Verve
Enthusiasm of energy
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Vignette
1. Small picture
| 2. Short description
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Virtuoso
Someone with a lot of talent
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Vivid
1. bright
2. Strong
3. Clear
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Voluminous
Big
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Wail
To cry loudly
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Warranted
Appropriate
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Wheedle
To persuade by flattery
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Wholesome
Healthful
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Winsome
Winning
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Workaday
Ordinary
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Yearning
A strong desire
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Zenith
The highest point
