Spelling Exam Flashcards
(185 cards)
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Conscientious
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Wishing to do what is right.
Bill was conscientious when doing his work because he never lied
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Desiccate
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To remove the moisture of something to preserve it
I desiccated the fruits so o could eat in the spring
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Embarrass
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Double r and double s
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Gauge
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Spelling. au not ua.
Measure of contents. Ex: fuel gauge in a car
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Commitment
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Double m single t
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Graffiti
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Double f single t
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Hypocrisy
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crisy not cracy
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Judgment
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No e. juDGMent
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Millennium
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Double l double n
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Occurrence
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Double c double r and ence NOT ance
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Principal and principle
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Principal- n. leader of school. Adj. first in order of importance.
Principle- the main ideas of sometimes
Ex: jesus taught his principles
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Receive
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ei not ie
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Separate
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SepArate not sepErate
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Unnecessary
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double n and double s
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Bereft
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Deprived up, made unhappy through a loss. ADJ
Mike was bereft of friends in his old age
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Dour
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Unyielding, gloomy. ADJ
The look on his his face was four when his dog peed inside
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Fortitude
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Courage in facing difficulties. NOUN
Hw showed great fortitude when he came back from losing the soccer game
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Gape
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To stare with an open mouth because of awe. VERB
He gaped after the great goal
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Insidious
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Sly, treacherous. ADJ
There was an insidious plan to overthrow the king
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Intimation
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Hint, indirect suggestion. NOUN
She gave an intimation of her suicide.
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Opulent
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Luxurious, wealthy. ADJ
The rich King had opulent furniture.
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Stolid
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Not easily moved, mentally or emotionally. ADJ
The stolid boy did not cheer when he got an award
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Tentative
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Hesitant. ADJ
The boy was tentative to steal.
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Warily
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wArily not wEArily
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Adroit
Skillful, especially in the hands.
He was adroit at doing card tricks
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Averse
Having a deep hated for something. ADJ
The boy was averse to running
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Cursory
Hasty, quick, not thorough. ADJ
He took a cursory glance at the book.
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Duplicity
Treachery, deceitfulness. NOUN
The man was killed because of his duplicity to his gang.
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Extol
To praise extravagantly. VERB
I extolled Steven Gerrard for like amazingness.
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Feasible
Possible, able to be done
The test was feasible
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Impervious
Not affected or hurt by. Immune to ADJ
I am impervious to pain
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Nostalgia
A longing for something in the past.
I got a feeling of nostalgia when I remembered my friends from war
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Quintessence
The most typical example of something. NOUN
Messi is the quintessence of soccer
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Tepid
Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, uninterested. ADJ
I had a tepid response to doing the dishes.
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Artifice
A skillful or ingenious devise, a clever trick. NOUN
the teacher was deceived by the students artifice.
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Coerce
To compel, to force. VERB
I coerced you to do work.
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Craven
A coward. NOUN. Cowardly. ADJ
He was craven when he fled from the battlefield.
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Culinary
Related to cooking. ADJ
My culinary skills are horrible.
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Fallow
To plow but not to seed. VERB
Land that is plowed but not seeded. NOUN
The land of the farmer was fallow because he died.
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Inclement
Stormy, harsh, severe. ADJ
the weather was inclement
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Muse
To think about in a dreamy way. To ponder. VERB
I mused about world peace
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Negligible
So unimportant that it can be disregarded. ADJ
The minutia was negligible.
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Perpetuate
To make permanent or long lasting. VERB.
The hated was perpetuated by then never seeing each other again.
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Precedent
An example, something that people want to imitate. NOUN
Apple set the precedent for smart phones.
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Punitive
Aiming at punishment. ADJ
The general ordered punitive actions on the rebels.
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Redress
To set right, to remedy. VERB
He redressed the laws in the government.
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Sojourn
Temporary stay. NOUN. To stay for a time. VERB
He went on a sojourn to Africa.
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Urbane
Fancy manner and style. ADJ
The urbane man always used to eat with his knife and fork.
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Ascertain
To find out. VERB
Sherlock Holmes ascertained committed the murder
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Attainment
An accomplishment. NOUN
By winning the squash tournament, I had an attainment.
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Bequeath
To give or pass on. VERB
My father bequeathed all his money to me.
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Cogent
Forceful, convincing. ADJ
He made a cogent argument.
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Expunge
To erase, to obliterate. VERB.
His prison record was expunged because he bribed them with a million dollars.
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Finite
Having limits, lasting for s limited amount of time. (Opposite of infinite). ADJ
The man had a finite number of job possibilities.
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Malevolent
Bad, spiteful. Opposite of benevolent.
The teacher was malevolent for assigning so much homework.
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Omniscient
All-knowing. ADJ
God is omniscient.
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Scrupulous
Exact, very careful. ADJ
The student was very scrupulous with his handwriting.
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Skulk
To move about stealthily. VERB
The robber skulked around the street.
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Supercilious
Proud. Feeling better than someone else.
The king felt supercilious to his servants.
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Uncanny
Strange, weird. ADJ
He had an uncanny skill to play football.
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Venial
Easily excused, pardonable. ADJ.
The crime was venial because there was a more important case on the horizon.
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Altruistic
Unselfish, concerned with welfare of others. ADJ
I was feeling altruistic when I donated to Unicef
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Assent
To express agreement. VERB. An agreement. NOUN
I gave her my assent to go to the store.
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Benefactor
Someone who does good to others. NOUN
He became my benefactor when he gave me money when I was broke.
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Chivalrous
Courageous, courteous. ADJ
The knight in shining armor was chivalrous
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Clemency
Mercy, humaneness. NOUN
The woman had great clemency when she forgave me for killing her husband.
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Diffident
Shy, timid. ADJ
The 3rd was diffident when he met older boys.
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Discrepancy
Difference, lack in agreement. NOUN.
There was a discrepancy between the athletes and the mathletes.
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Embark.
To start. To invest. VERB
He embarked on his journey
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Indomitable
Unconquerable. ADJ
The Spartans were indomitable.
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Infallible
Without errors. Perfect. ADJ
Steven Gerrard is infallible in all his matches.
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Plod
To walk or work slowly. VERB
He plodded along to school dreading the day ahead of him.
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Pungent
A sudden sensation. A stinging or biting. ADJ
The onion soup had a pungent smell.
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Remiss
Careless, neglectful in performance. ADJ
He was remiss in doing his homework.
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Repose
To rest. VERB. Relaxation. NOUN
He reposed after his exams.
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Temerity
Boldness, rashness. NOUN
Ares had great temerity in all his battles.
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Truculent
Aggressive, fierce and cruel.
ADJ.
The truck driver was truculent on the highway.
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Unfeigned
Natural, sincere. ADJ
Opposite of feigned.
Jesus's teaching are unfeigned.
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Virulent
Extremely poisonous, malice. ADJ.
The virulent man hit the boy.
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Monologue
Along speech made by ONE person. NOUN.
The teacher gave a monologue.
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Monarch
A person who runs a kingdom. A Large black and orange butterfly. NOUNS.
I met the monarch of England.
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Monogram
A design composed of letters. NOUN
He made his own monogram.
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Monopoly
When one company has excluding control of one time of business.
Google has a monopoly on search engines.
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Monolithic
A big block of stone. NOUN. A large company that acts as one unit. NOUN
He carried a monolith because he was strong.
Apple is a monolith
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Unanimous
Being in complete agreement. ADJ
Everyone agreed unanimously to build a wall.
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Unilateral.
One-sided. ADJ
There was a unilateral decision to eat pie.
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Duplex
A dwelling with two living units.
I lived in a duplex house.
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Duplicate
To make an identical copy on something. VERB
I duplicated my history review sheet.
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Bilateral
Having two sides. ADJ
America and the U.K. made a bilateral peace peace agreement.
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Bipartisan
Involving 2 political parties. ADJ
The presidential debate was bipartisan.
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Besect
To divide into to equal parts. VERB
I bisected the square
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Triumvirate
A group of three, especially in authority. NOUN
The triumvirate took control of Russia.
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Quadrant
Something divided into 4 pieces. NOUN.
We divided the soccer field into quadrants for practice.
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Quartet
A musical performance of 4 people playing instruments. NOUN.
There was a string quartet at the opera.
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Quatrain
A grouping of 4 lines of poetry. NOUN
Shakespeare often used quatrains.
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Decimate
To destroy. To kill one in every ten. VERB.
I decimated the Indian troops.
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Decathlon
An athletic event with 10 events. NOUN
I won the decathlon in Pakistan.
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Bicentennial
Happening every 200 years. ADJ And NOUN.
America celebrated the bicentennial of it's independence.
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Centenary
A hundred year period. NOUN and ADJ.
My grandpa celebrated his centenary birthday.
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Centigrade
Referring to the measure of temperature. ADJ
There was a centigrade thermometer.
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Pandemonium
An uproar. NOUN
There was pandemonium after Liverpool beat Chelsea.
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Omnipotent
All powerful. ADJ
The kind of Persia was omnipotent.
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Omnipresent
All present. ADJ
Hated was omnipresent in war.
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catholic
Liking everything. ADJ
I have catholic views on sports.
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Totalitarian
One person or party has absolute control in government. ADJ
The North Korean government is totalitarian.
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Cloister
A place where monks live. NOUN
When I went to Rome, we saw the cloisters.
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Preclude
To make impossible, VERB
I precluded my friend from coming to the party.
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Inception
The beginning of something. NOUN
Since the inception of phones, my life has been amazing.
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Incipient
Early stages of something. ADJ
My life is in a incipient stage.
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Anihilate
To destroy completely. VERB
I annihilated the German troops.
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Nihilism
The rejection of moral or religious beliefs. NOUN.
Murder is ok from a nihilists point of view
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Negate
To disapprove, to nullify. VERB.
I negated the idea of communism.
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Renegades
One who deserts a group, an outlaw. NOUN
The renegade soldier felt regret.
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Vacuous
Empty, without purpose. ADJ
The vacuous conversation made me fall asleep.
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Vanity
Loving your appearance. NOUN.
Something wordless or terrible. NOUN
Ronaldo has great vanity.
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Vaunt
To boast. VERB
He vaunted about winning the Olympics.
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Aperture
An opening, especially one the admits light. NOUN
The aperture in the window helped me find my way.
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Overt
Done or shown openly. ADJ
I was overt about loving Liverpool.
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Microbe
An organism so small it cannot be seen by the naked eye. NOUN
We saw microbes through microscopes in science class.
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Microcosm.
A small example of something bigger. NOUN
My school is a microcosm of NYC.
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Minutia
Very unimportant detail. NOUN
There is much minutia we need to know for our science exam.
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Attenuate
To make smaller. VERB. To weaken. VERB
The attenuated dog had been starved for 2 weeks.
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Tenuous
Very thin. ADJ
The idea that communism is the best form of government is very tenuous.
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Satiate
To satisfy an appetite fully. VERB
My food appetite was satiated after I us a whole streak.
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Comply
To do as one has asked or told. VERB
I complied with the rules of my teacher
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Implement
A tool of utensil. NOUN. To carry out. VERB.
Liverpool implemented their defensive strategy well.
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Replete
Abundantly supplied. ADJ
His drawer was replete of candy.
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Copious
Plentiful, in large amounts. ADJ
The amount of candy in my room is copious.
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Macrocosm
The universe or any great society. NOUN
The world is a macrocosm
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Magnanimous
Generous, noble. ADJ
Steven Gerrard is a magnanimous person.
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Magnate
A wealthy influential person. NOUN
My grandfather was a magnate.
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Magnitude
Greatness of importance or size. NOUN
The bear had great magnitude.
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Megalomania
A form of mental illness when a person has exaggerated ideas of his or her importance. NOUN
An obsessive idea to do things on a grand scale. NOUN
Donald Trump has megalomania
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Polygamy
The system of having more than one spouse at one time. NOUN
Donald Trump takes polygamy to another level.
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Polygon
A shape with many sides. NOUN
I learnt about polygons in math class.
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Antebellum
A time before war, typically the civil war. ADJ
The antebellum time period was very depressing.
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Antecedent
A thing or event that proceeds. NOUN
The whip is the antecedent of the nae nae.
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Anterior
Coming before in position or time. ADJ
A tadpole is anterior to a frog
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Avant-garde
Ahead of its time, especially in arts. ADJ
The new bond movie is avant-garde
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Vanguard
The foremost position, especially in an army or fleet. NOUN
The vanguard of the troops were very brave.
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Precept
A command of a rule of conduct. NOUN
Follow Jesus's precepts and you will go to heaven.
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Predestination
A belief that what happens in human life has already been determined by some higher power. NOUN
I belief in predestination.
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Preempt
To take possession of something before anyone else does. VERB
I preempted the computer so my friends could not use it.
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Premonition
A belief that something bad is going to happen. NOUN
I had a horrible premonition that Steven Gerrard was going to get injured.
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Preposterous
Absurd, crazy. ADJ
Communism in America is a preposterous idea for Donald Trump.
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Pretentious
Showy, flashy, pompous. ADJ
Donald Trumps building are very pretentious.
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Premier
The first in time or importance. ADJ. A prime minister of head of state. NOUN
Liverpool is the premier soccer team in the UK.
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Primate
An ape. NOUN. An archbishop who ranks higher than anyone else. NOUN
Primates evolved into humans.
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Prime
First in rank, quality, importance or time. To prepare something or someone. VERB
Liverpool are the prime soccer team in the UK.
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Primeval
Belonging to the first ages, ancient. ADJ
Cavemen are primeval.
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Primordial
Original, fundamental. ADJ
Language is a primordial skill.
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Posterior
Situated behind or at the back of. ADJ
I am in the posterior position in class.
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Posterity
Future generations. NOUN
I will give lots of money to my posterity.
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Posthumous
Occurring after death. ADJ
The book was published posthumously.
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Artifact
Anything made by humans. NOUN
The Monalisa was a important artifact.
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Artless
Uncultured, uninteresting. ADJ
The artless girl had never been out of New York City.
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Artisan
Skilled craftsman. NOUN
Hephaestus is an artisan.
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Ode
A song or poem addressed to someone specifically. NOUN
I wrote an ode to Steven Gerrard because I love him.
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Parody
A spoof of something, a humorous imitation of a piece of literature. NOUN.
There are many parodies of hotline bling.
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Rhapsody
Speech or writing expressing great enthusiasm. NOUN
I made a rhapsody of the beauty of Antigua.
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Incantation
The chanting of words to make a magical thing happen. NOUN
Abracadabra is a famous incantation.
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Recant
To take back a statement previously made. VERB
Hitler never recanted his views about Jewish people.
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Depict
To draw or paint a figure. VERB
I depicted an elephant in art class.
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Pictograph
A picture representing words. NOUN.
Chinese pictographs are difficult to read.
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Accrue
To gain something. VERB
I accrued happiness when Liverpool won the BPL.
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Crescendo
A gradual increase in sound. NOUN.
There was a crescendo when the riot gained more followers.
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Excrescence
Abnormal growth. NOUN
I tried not to stare at the person on the train who had an excrescence on their head.
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Beneficence
Doing good, causing good to be done. NOUN
He showed beneficence when he was giving to charity.
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Efficacious
Effective. ADJ
The study period for the exams was very efficacious.
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Facile
Easily done or attained. ADJ
The test was facile, I got an A.
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Facsimile
An exact copy of a book, painting, document etc. NOUN
I made a facsimile of my Latin book so I didn't need to bring it home.
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Faction
A group within a larger group. (Think of section.) NOUN
The Tea Party is a faction of the Republican Party.
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Mollify
To calm, to make gentler. VERB
The class was mollified when the teacher announced that the test was moved to next week.
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Context
Background of words that influences the meaning. NOUN
He didn't understand the joke because he took it out of context.
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Pretext
A false reason put forward to conceal the true one. A lie. NOUN
I used the pretext that I had Ebola to miss school.
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Argot
A specialized vocabulary used for a group of people. NOUN
The nerds used argot that we did not understand.
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Boustrophedonic
Writing written in alternate lines. NOUN
Boustrophedonic writing is very hard to read.
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Crepuscular
Becoming active at twilight. ADJ
The crepuscular bug only came around at twilight.
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Diaphanous
Of such fine texture it may be transparent. ADJ
Curtains are diaphanous.
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Insouciance
Lack of concern. NOUN
He showed great insouciance about his tests and we always got F's.
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Louche
Of questionable taste. ADJ
The dress was louche, only weird people liked it.
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Palaver
Unimportant chatter. NOUN and VERB.
The was much palaver at the dinner party.
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Pertinacious
Holding firmly to an opinion. ADJ
He was pertinacious about loving bananas.
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Puissance
Power. NOUN
The king had great puissance.
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Susurrus
A soft whispering noise. NOUN
I heard a susurrus in the woods after dinner.
