List 9 Flashcards
(113 cards)
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accure
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to gather, to increase
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abstemious
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avoiding extremes, especially in eating and drinking
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acrophobia
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fear of heights
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adulterated
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to ruin, to contaminate
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affront
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insult
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alcove
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indented portion of a room
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almanac
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annual book of statistics
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ambulatory
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able to move
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analogous
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similar
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annotator
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commentator, writer of notes of explanation
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antagonist
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an opponent
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antipathy
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dislike
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appropriation
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setting something aside for specific use
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ardent
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full of strong feelings
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articulate
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to speak clearly
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assiduous
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hard-working
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atrophy
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to waste away
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auspicious
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showing signs of future success, favorable
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aversion
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hatred
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baneful
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harmful
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bastion
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a fortified place
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beleaguer
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to weigh down, to burden
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bemoan
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to regret deeply
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bequeath
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to hand down
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betoken
to be a sign of
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billowing
rising and falling like a wave, swelling
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blithe
happy, carefree
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boor
rude person
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bulwark
defensive wall
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caliper
instrument that measures thickness
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capricious
changeable, fickle
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catcall
sound of disapproval
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caulk
to deal
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chameleon
lizard that can change colo, person who keeps changing
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chortle
to laugh
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circumspect
to laugh
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clandestine
secret, hidden
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cognizant
aware
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coined
created
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comely
attractive
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confederate
friend, ally
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conjugal
having to do with marriage
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consummate
the best
| to compelte
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contravene
to go against
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copious
plentiful
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cosmogrpaher
one who studies the order of the inverse
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creed
a system of beliefs
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culinary
relating to cooking
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curtail
to shorten
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dearth
a shortage, an absence
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debunk
to expose an untruth
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deed
act
| legal document indicating ownership
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deftly
skillfully
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deleterious
harmful
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depose
to remove from office
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desiccate
to dry out
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desultory
aimless, without
| directin
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devoid
missing, compeltely without
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diatribe
angry speech attacking someone
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digress
to wander away, to ramble
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din
loud, continuous noise
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disband
to seperate, to break apart
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discursive
wandering from one topic to another
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disparate
different
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disseminate
to spread widely
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divest
to take something away from someone else (opposite of Invest)
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dolt
stupid person
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dour
silent and gloomy, unfriendly
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drone
one who talks constantly
| to talk monotonously
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duplicity
hypocrisy, deception
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edict
a command by authority
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effigy
a statue or image of a person
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elegiac
sad
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elucidate
to make clear
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emphysema
lung disease
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encipher
to put into code, to disguise
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ensconce
to settle comfortably, snugly
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entrenched
held tightly, stuck
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ephemeral
short lives
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equivocate
to keep changing ones mind
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estrange
to keep a distance
| to stop caring for someone
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euphony
harmony, pleasant sound
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exposition
explantion
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extraneous
extra, unnecessary, superfluous
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facsimile
exact copy
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fatuous
silly, foolish
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fiendish
evil
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flout
to reject openly
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forensics
the study of argumentation
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fountainhead
beginning, origin
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fussbudget
fussy person
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galleon
large ship
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gamut
entire range of somehing
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garrulous
overly talkative
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geyser
spring that shoots up hot water and stem
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girth
widths
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grating
irritating, harsh-sounding
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hamlet
small town or village
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helmsman
one who steers a ship
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hone
to sharpen
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ignoramus
one who knows nothing
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impropriety
improper behavior
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incontestable
unquestionable
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inculcate
to teach through repution
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indices
measures, methods of comparing things
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too powerful to be conquered
indomitable
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inextricable
impossible to remove
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iniquity
wickedness
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inoculation
injection to prevent disease
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insular
by itself, isolated
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intersperse
to place or to scatter something thoughout something else
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invocation
prayer
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irreverence
lack of respect
