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Reading 8 List 4-5 Flashcards

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Alluring

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Highly attractive

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Apprehension

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A fearful expectation or anticipation

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Convalescent

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Recovering from illness

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Devotee

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A follower or admirer

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Dissemble

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To behave unnaturally, hide under false appearance, make believe with the intent to deceive

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Elusive

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Difficult to grasp by the mind

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Facetious

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Cleverly amusing, silly, treating serious issues with a inappropriate humor

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Fortify

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Add nutrient to, to make stronger, prepare for military confrontation

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Heckling

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Shouting to interrupt a speech when you disagree, protest

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Inexorable

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Unstoppable, unavoidable, unmoving, unwavering

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Latent

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Not presently active

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Munificent

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Very generous

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Nimble

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Moving quickly and lightly, mentally quick

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Obstreperous

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Noisily aggressive and stubborn

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Ornate

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Rich and decorative, elaborate and detailed

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Panacea

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Goddess of healing, remedy for all illnesses

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Pejorative

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Expressing disapproval

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Placidity

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Calmness, quiet

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Precipitate

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Hurry, done with haste, bring out abruptly, hurl or throw violently

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Probity

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Have strong morals

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Proponent

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Supporter

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Punctilious

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Precise accordance with details

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Recapitulation

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Early themes are repeated, recap, brief review or summary

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Rejuvenate

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Become young again, get or give new life or energy

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Repudiate
Cast off, disown, reject as untrue, refuse to pay
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Revelation
Revealing
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Salutary
Promoting physical well being, beneficial to health
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Sojourner
Temporary resident, traveler
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Substantiate
Solidify, strengthen, make real or concrete, give reality to
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Sustenance
The financial means whereby one lives, a source of materials to nourish the body
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Tentative
Uncertain, unsettled
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Ungainly
Lacking grace, difficult to manage
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Vacuous
Devoid of intelligence, purpose, expression, matter
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Vilify
To spread negative information about
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Wary
Caution
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Abstract
Existing only in the mind,
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Baffle
A full plate that controls or directs the flow of energy, hinder or prevent
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Callous
Emotionally hardened, rough or thick by wear
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Conventional
Accordant with tradition
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Dexterous
Physically skilled
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Dissolute
Immoral
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Embody
To represent
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Euphuism
A replacement for an offensive word
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Fortitude
Courage, strength
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Hegemony
Dominance, leadership
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Inexplicable
Unable to explain
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Intrinsic
Belonging solely to its nature
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Misnomer
And incorrect or not suitable name
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Musing
Calm lengthy consideration
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Nominal
Existing in name only
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Obtrusive
Sticking out, noticeable, protruding
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Absolve
Forgive
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Orthodox
Of what's commonly accepted
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Paradigm
A standard or typical example
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Pellucid
Easily understandable, see through
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Perspicacity
Cleverness
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Plagiarize
Take somone else's words without acknowledgement
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Precocious
Developed early
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Proclivity
Tendency, natural inclination
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Propound
To propose, put forward as an idea
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Punctuate
Single out as important, point out
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Relinquish
Free from hold, give up, turn away from, part with possession or right, release, yield control of another
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Rescind
Draw back, take back an offer
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Reverberate
Resonate, reflect, spring back
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Sanctimonious
Self righteous, excessively or hypocritically pious
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Solicitous
Hovering attire ness, full anxiety and concern
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Spurious
Born out of wedlock, plausible but false, intended to deceive
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Subterfuge
A miss presentation of an activities true nature
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Sycophant
Person who tries to please others for personal gain
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Tenuous
Very weak, little importance
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Truculent
Defiantly aggressive, hostile
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Unctuous
Slimy creepy, excessively suave in a matter of speech
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Uniformity
Lacking diversity, a state where everything has no varying
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Vanquish
Come out better in competition, race, of conflict

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