Flashcards in Unit 12D Deck (20):
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appreciable
sufficient to be noticed or measured; detectable
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autocratic
absolute in power or authority; domineering, dictatorial
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blanch
to remove the colour from; to make or turn pale; to parboil, bleach
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blasphemy
a act, utterance, or writing showing contempt for something sacred; profanity, imprecation
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brawny
strong, muscular; strapping
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concerted
planned or performed in cooperation with others
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contend
to fight, struggle; to compete; to argue; battle, vie
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humane
kind, merciful; sympathetic, kindhearted, compassionate
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illustrious
very famous, distinguished; eminent, renowned
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intolerable
unbearable; insufferable
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irreverent
disrespectful; profane, sacrilegious
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laborious
not easy, requiring hard work; hardworking
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lithe
needing easily, limber
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maltreat
to abuse, use roughly or crudely
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ponder
to consider carefully, reflect on; ruminate
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subversive
intended to undermine or overthrow; traitorous
one who advocates or attempts to undermine a political system; a revolutionary
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synthetic
made or put together by people, artificial
something artificial
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temperate
mild, moderate; mellow, balanced
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venomous
poisonous, spiteful; mean, malicious, malevolent, virulent
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