Quindelin Found Vocab Flashcards

(55 cards)

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Abiding

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Enduring continuing

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Abated

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To put an end to

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Adamant

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Un breakable, hard substance

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Alchemy

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Power to transform something to something special

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Ameliorate

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To make or get better

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Antipathy

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Feeling of intense dislike

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Antithetical

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Sharp contrast in content or character

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Apocryphal

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Being of questionable authenticity

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Arbitrary

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Based on individual preference

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Blandishment

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Flattery intended to persuade

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Capricious

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Determined on chance or impulse

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Corollary

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An inference that follows natural direction.

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Corrosive

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Cause corrosion, spitefully sarcastic

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Demagoguery

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Impassionate appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace

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Despots

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Cruel and opposite oppressive dictator

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Discontented

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Showing dissatisfaction, longing for someone

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Disdain

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Communication that lacks respect

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Eloquent

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Expressiveness yourself

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Embossed

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Embellished with a raised pattern created by embroidery or pressure

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Eponymous

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Being related to someone who was named for some thing

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Evanescence

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Event of fading or gradually vanishing from sight

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Hoi Polli

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General public

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Hubris

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Overbearing pride from gods

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Hypocrisy

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Pretending to have qualities that you do not

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Indefatigable
Showing lots of enthusiasm
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Insurrection
Organized to oppose authority
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Intrepid
Invulnerable or fearing intimidation
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Inveterate
In habitual or longstanding manner
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Klatch
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Literati
Intelligent elite
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Manifesto
A public declaration of intentions
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Martyrdom
Experience of suffering
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Monasteries
Residence of a religious community
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Mundane
Belonging to the earth or world
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Occult
Having apparent senses Hidden Practices
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Pandering
Prostitute
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Pedagogical
Activities Of an educator
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Peremptorily
Commanding manner
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Pernicious
Working or hiding in a possibly harmful way,
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Perplex
Make more complicated
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Polyglot
More than one language
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Pundits
Someone admitted to membership in a scholarly field
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Purveyors
Someone who supplies food
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Raucous
Loud and harsh
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Redolent
Having strong pleasant order
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Redundancy
Act of being unneeded
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Ruminate
Reflect deep on subjects
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Sanctioned
Established by authority
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Sedition
Illegal action of trying to overthrow the government
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Solace
The act of consoling
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Sonorous
Full loud and deep
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Supersede
Take the place or move to position of
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Transient
Act of a mental act
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Turgid
Abnormally dissented fluids or gas
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Vicariously
Through a substitute