list 8 Flashcards
(120 cards)
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absolutist
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one in favor or total control by a ruler
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abatement
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decrease in force
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accost
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to approach and speak to
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acrimonious
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bitter, as in feeling, language, or tone
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adulation
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excessive praise
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afforded
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allowed
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alchemist
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medieval chemist who claimed to turn ordinary metals into gold
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allusion
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subtle reference
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ambivalent
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undecided, having opposing feelings
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analgesic
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painkiller
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annex
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addition to a building
to add or to attach
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anomaly
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unusual event or
happening
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antidote
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cute
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apocryphal
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false, of doubtful origin
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approbatory
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approving, praising
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archipelago
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group of islands
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assail able
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able to be attacked
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asunder
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not whole in two or more parts
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August
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dignified, serious
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Avarice
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greed
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bask
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to enjoy, to lie in a pleasant warmth
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beguile
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to fool
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bellow
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noise a bull makes
to tell
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benevolence
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love of mankind
goodness
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beseech
to request urgently
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bilk
to steal, to cheat
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blight
widespread disease
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boon
a benefit
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bridle
strap used to steer horses
| to become angry
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buttress
part of a building that supports a wall structure
to support
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calcified
hardened
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capitulate
to give in, to agree
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catacomb
cave
| underground cemetery
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cauldron
big pot
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celerity
speed
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cessation
ending
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chasten
to punish to discipline
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chisel
steel tool for cutting or shaping
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circumscribe
to limit
| to outline
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clamor
noise
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coalesce
to come togethe r
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cognate
something related to birth by origin
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coiffure
hairdo
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comatose
unconscious, in a coma
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concede
to admit as true
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conduit
a channel or vehicle for transporting something
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confluence
a flowing togethe r
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conjecture
guess
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constrict
to make narrower, to tighten
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contraband
illegally transported goods
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corrugated
bumpy, with rigged and grooves, wrinkles
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craven
cowardly
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cryptic
hidden, secret
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curmudgeon
cranky, irritable old man
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dawdle
to waste time, to move slowly
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decry
to insult publicly
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defile
to dirty
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delectable
delicious
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deplore
to regret deeply, to mourn
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derisive
ridiculing, mocking
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diaphanous
see through, delicate fragile
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diffuse
to spread out
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diminution
decrease, lessening
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disconcerting
upsetting
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disparage
to criticize l, to put down
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disquietude
uneasiness, anxiety
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dissonance
lack of harmony, disagreement
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diurnal
during the daytime
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dogmatic
extremely opinionated, preachy, arrogant
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double dealer
liar, hypocrite
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drivel
nonsense
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dupe
one who is easily cheated
| to cheat someone
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eddy
a current moving against the main current, swirling water
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effervescent
bubbly
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embark
to go aboard a vessel, to begin a project
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embryonic
early stage of growth
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enchant
to charm
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enigmatic
unclear, mysterious
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entreaty
request
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eon
very long period
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equitable
fair, equal
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espouse
to support
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euphemism
a word
to replace an offensive
word
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exhume
to dig up
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expiate
to make up for or pay the penalty for
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extradite
to turn someone over to the law of
| another country
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exult
to rejoice greatly
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facile
easily accomplished or understood
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fatalist
someone who Believes that life is predetermined
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ferret
to find by searching persistently
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fiasco
complete failure
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flagrant
shocking, open and shameless
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florid
flowery, heavily decorated
| having a rosy color
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foolhardy
foolishly bold,, reckless
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fortuitous
accidental, lucky, happening by chance
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frivolous
silly, useless
| extravagant
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gall
audacity, nerve
| to anger
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gamely
enthusiastically, courageously
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garner
to gather
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genial
friendly nice
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germinal
in early stages of development
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girder
steel beam used for support in a building
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gratify
to please
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guile
dishonesty
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hallowed
holy
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ignominy
dishonor
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imperturbable
calm
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inane
silly, meaningless
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incensed
angry
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indelible
permanent, not erasable
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indolence
laziness, idleness
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inexorable
unstippable
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influx
act of flowing or increasing
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inhospitable
unfriendly l
| proving no food or shelter
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innocuous
harmless
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insipid
dull, lacking energy
| stupid
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interloper
intruder, meddler
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inundate
to flood
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inviolable
safe from harm
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irreproachable
blameless, beyond criticism
