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New Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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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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5
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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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11
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rejoinder

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retort

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12
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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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14
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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

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a puddle of dirt

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alarmist

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people who exaggrate danger

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alluded

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suggest indirectly

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Judical

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denotation: Involving a law court
Topic: justice or injustice

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Deliberative

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Denotation: involving careful thought and discussion when making decisions
Topic: War, peace, national defense

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Epideictic

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Denotation: a show or display
Topic: Death, retirement

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susceptible

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easily influenced or harmed by something

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halitosis

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smelly breath from mouth

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coherence

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the quality of being logical and consistent at a sentence level

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coherent

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the quality of being logical and consistent at a logical level

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adaquate

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enough or satisfactory for a particular purpose

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amplified

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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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43
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congregation

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perish

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45
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reign

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anointed

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vain

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48
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derision

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wrath

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50
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refuge

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51
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salvation

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52
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Amotivation

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the lack or absence of volitional drive to engage the activty

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extrinsic

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excluded from an event

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intricacies

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hard to understand/ complex

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retrospective

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missing old stuff

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impendiments

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a restisting barrier

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