New Vocabulary Flashcards

(56 cards)

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Benigh

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kindly and gentle

adjective

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Virulent

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extermely harmful

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viable

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capable of working

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obscure

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to prevent something from seen or heard

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repertoire

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plays or music someone can perform

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Acqusition

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The Act of obtaining something

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causal

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a relationship in which one thing causes another result

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Rebuttal

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A statement which says something is not true

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Refutation

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Aruging other’s statement with proofs

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endeavour

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tries to do something

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rejoinder

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retort

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Ragnarok

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end of world of gods and men

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transpire

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When a secret is revealed

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seminal

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containing new ideas which strongly influence later development

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Reconcile

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find a way in which two opposing ideas can be agreed

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tangible

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Capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch

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Ambigous

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a word or expression that can be understood in two or more possible ways

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arbitary

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random or uncertain

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contemperary

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living or occuring at the same time

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referent

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a stuff has a similar meaning with another

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deferential

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polite or show respect

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Surfeit

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An excess amount of something

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automony

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a person’s ability to act on their own interets

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amid

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Surrounded by

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slew
a puddle of dirt
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alarmist
people who exaggrate danger
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alluded
suggest indirectly
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Judical
denotation: Involving a law court Topic: justice or injustice
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Deliberative
Denotation: involving careful thought and discussion when making decisions Topic: War, peace, national defense
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Epideictic
Denotation: a show or display Topic: Death, retirement
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susceptible
easily influenced or harmed by something
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halitosis
smelly breath from mouth
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coherence
the quality of being logical and consistent at a sentence level
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coherent
the quality of being logical and consistent at a logical level
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adaquate
enough or satisfactory for a particular purpose
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amplified
increase in sound
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nerture
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revamp
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wither
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counsel
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scoffers
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wicked
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congregation
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perish
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reign
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anointed
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vain
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derision
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wrath
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refuge
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salvation
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Amotivation
the lack or absence of volitional drive to engage the activty
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extrinsic
excluded from an event
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intricacies
hard to understand/ complex
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retrospective
missing old stuff
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impendiments
a restisting barrier