Set 1 Flashcards

(53 cards)

1
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Abdicate

A

To denounce, abandon

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Abstemious

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Sparing in eat or drink

Antonym: gluttonous

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3
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Accolade

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Honor, high praise

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4
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Agglomeration

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Collection or mass, heap

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5
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Altruistic

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Unselfish, concerned about others

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6
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Anodyne

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Pain reliever

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7
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Apogee

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When a satellites orbit is furthest from the sun

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8
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Bellicose

A

Inclined to start fights

Antonym: pacific

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9
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Biped

A

Has two feet

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10
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Boreal

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Northern

Antonym: austral

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11
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Bromidic

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Lacking originality

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12
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Bucolic

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Pastoral

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13
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Burnoose

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Hooded Arabic cloak

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14
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Cacophony

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Harsh sounds, noise

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Calumny

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Lie told to damage someone’s reputation, slander

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16
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Catharsis

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Purification of emotion through art

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17
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Dross

A

Waste from molten metal

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18
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Chimerical

A

Wildly fanciful or visionary

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19
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Cogent

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Convincing, compelling

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20
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Debacle

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A violent breakdown, sudden overthrow

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21
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Deprecate

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Belittle

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22
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Diaphanous

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Sheer, delicate

23
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Dilettante

24
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Doggerel

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Comic, loose verse

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Ebullient
Lively, enthusiastic
26
Effusive
Overflowing, very demonstrative
27
Elucidate
To make clear, shed light on
28
Ephemeral
Lasting a short time, transient
29
Explicate
Explain
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Fervid
Very hot, an intense feeling or emotion
31
Flag
To weaken or slow down
32
Foray
To ravage or pillage, sudden brief invasion
33
Gain say
To deny or contradict
34
Halcyon
Peaceful
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Herpetophobia
Fear of snakes
36
Homily
A sermon
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Hyaline
Transparent, glassy
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Immiscable
Not able to be mixed
39
Impugn
To attack, especially as false
40
Inculcate
To teach by recognition
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Iniquitous
Wicked
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Invective
Abusive language
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Jejune
Juvenile
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Knave
Sly deceitful man or boy
45
Ligneous
Wood like
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Litigate
Try in court, protest in law
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Martinet
Strict disciplinarian
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Misogynistic
Hatred of women
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Nadir
Lowest point, opposite of zenith
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Nexus
Connection
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Nyctophobia
Fear of the dark
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Obsequious
Obedient
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Ocher
Earthly yellow or red