Random Deck 1 Flashcards
(86 cards)
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Abash
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to make ashamed
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Abate
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to subside, to reduce
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Abdicate
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step down from the position of power/responsibility
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Aberration
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not typical, a deviation from the standard
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Abhor
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to hate very much
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Abject
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hopeless, extremely sad
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Abnegate
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to reject
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Abortive
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unsuccessfull
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Abridge
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to shorten
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Absolute
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perfect, total, unlimited
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absolve
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free from the sin/obligation, to forgive
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Banal
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unoriginal
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Bane
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poison, cause of harm
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Bastion
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Stronghold, fortress
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Beget
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to give birth, to create
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Belabor
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to go over repeatedly
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Beleaguer
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to surround
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Belie
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to give false impression of, contradict
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Belittle
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to make to seem little
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Cacophony
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Harsh sounding
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Cadence
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Rhythm, rise and fall of sound
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Cajole
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to persuade someone to do something he or she doesn’t want to
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Callow
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Immature
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Candor
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Truthfulness, sincere honesty
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Capitalism
an economic system in which businesses are owned by private companies/citizen
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Capitulate
to surrender
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Capricious
Unpredictable
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Caricature
a picture, description, or imitation of a person in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect
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Castigate
to criticize severely
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Catalyst
anything or anyone that make happen things without involved directly
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Daunt
to make fearful
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Dearth
lack,scarity
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Debacle
violent breakdown
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Debauchery
wild living (sex, alcohol, drugs etc.)
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Debilitate
to weaken
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Decadent
Decaying
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Decimate
to kill or destroy a large part of
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Decorous
proper, in good taste
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Deduce
to conclude from evidence
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Defame
libel or slander
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Ebullient
Bubbling with excitement
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Eccentric
not conventional
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Eclectic
choosing the best from many sources
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Edify
to enlighten
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Efface
to erase
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Effusion
a pouring forth
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Egalitarian
believing in the social and economic equality of all people
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Egocentric
selfish
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Egregious
extremely bad
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Fabrication
a lie, something made up
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Facetious
humorous
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Facile
fluent
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Faction
a small organized group within a larger one which mostly in the disagreement with the organization
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Farcical
absurd, ludicrous
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Fastidious
showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise, meticulous
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Fatalist
someone who believes that future events are already determined and that humans are powerless to change them
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Fatuous
Foolish, silly
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Fauna
animals
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Fecund
fertile, productive
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Garrulous
Talkative; chatty
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Genre
type or category
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Genteel
refined, polite
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Gesticulate
to make gestures especially when speaking or in place of speaking
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Glut
surplus, overabundance
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Grandiloquent
pompous, using big words to sound fancy
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Grandiose
absurdly exaggerated
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Gratuitous
unjustified, unprovoked
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Gravity
seriousness
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Gregarious
sociable, enjoy the company of others
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Guile
cunning; artfulness
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Hackneyed
overused; trite (same as bromide)
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Hapless
unlucky
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Harbinger
Forerunner, signal of
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Hedonism
the pursuit of pleasure as a way of life
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Hegemony
leadership; especially of one nation over another
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Heresy
any belief that is strongly opposed to established beliefs
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Hermetic
impervious(unaffected) to external influences
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Heyday
golden age
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Hiatus
break; often from work
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Hierarchy
an organization based on rank or degree
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Histrionic
overly dramatic
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Homily
sermon, a long or tedious piece of admonition or reproof; a lecture
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Homogenous
uniform
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Husbandry
thrifty management of resources
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Hyperbole
an exaggeration used as a figure of speech
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Hypothetical
uncertain, unproven
