Vocab Flashcards

(40 cards)

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To be little, depreciate

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Deprecate

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Giving a hypocritical appearance of piety

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Sanctimonious

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Having little substance or strength

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Tenuous

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Short, abrupt, dismissive

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Brusque

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Wickedness or sin

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Iniquity

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To regard with respect or to honor

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Venerate

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Dried up, dehydrated

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Desiccated

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Having a foul odor

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Fetid

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The highest point, culminating point

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Zenith

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Full of yearning; musingly sad

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Wistful

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A strong dislike, repugnance

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Antipathy

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Original , ancient

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Primeval

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Diversified, distinctly marked

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Variegated

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Not inclined to talk

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Taciturn

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Favorable

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Propitious

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Practicing restraint as a means of self-discipline, usually religious

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Ascetic

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Believing that oneself is all that exists

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Curse, expression of ill will

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An aggressive argument against a specific opinion

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Even that occurs by chance

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A strong liking toward something

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Smooth or greasy in texture, appearance, manner

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Experiencing through another

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Concerned, attentive

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Advanced, developing ahead of time
Precocious
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Wild, savage
Feral
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Not free flowing, syrupy
Viscous
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Small in quantity
Paucity
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Sleepy, drowsy
Somnolent
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Ready to serve
Servile
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To move in waves
Undulate
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Light, airy, transparent
Diaphanous
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Lacking color
Plaid
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I'm the process of being born or coming into existence
Nascent
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Silly, foolish
Fatuous
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A remedy for all ills or difficulties
Panacea
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Existing everywhere, widespread
Ubiquitous
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Equivalent in value or significance
Tantamount
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Stealthy
Surreptitious
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Eager to follow rules of conventions
Punctilious