Vocab Flashcards by kaitlyn kocis

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Antidote

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something that relieves the effects of poison

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Adversity

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misfortune

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Benevolence

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kindness, generosity, charity

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Culpable

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deserving blame; guilty

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Discursive

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rambling, moving from one topic to another randomly

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Dissuade

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to advice against, to talk out of

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Eclectic

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coming from a variety of diverse sources

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Hypothesize

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to reach a conclusion based on an assumption

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Ingrate

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an ungrateful person

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Ingratiate

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to make an effort to gain good favor with someone

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Intractable

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stubborn, difficult to manage, headstrong

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Precarious

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dangerous, risky, not situation

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Preclude

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to make impossible

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Predilection

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preference

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Promontory

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land or rock projecting into a body of water

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Prosaic

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commonplace, uninspired, banal

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Raze

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to completely destroy

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Shroud

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wrap, screen from view

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Torpid

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sluggish, inactive, dull

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Viable

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capable of working, functioning, or developing adequately

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Abstracted

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removed in thought, lost in one’s own mind

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Burgeon

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to sprout, to newly emerge

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Byzantine

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complicated, devious

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Crass

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coarse, crude, and unrefined

Decry

to speak against, to rail against, to disparage

Din

loud and discordant noises, cacophony

Euphonious

pleasant or agreeable (sound); dulcet

Indulgent

lenient, especially toward oneself

Inundate

to flood, to overflow

Munificent

very generous

Paucity

scarcity, fewness of number, dearth

Pedantry

act of showing off learning in a manner that is needless and unimaginative

Piety

devotion and reverence to God

Scintillating

sparking, shining, or flashing

Squalid

filthy in appearance, sordid

Static

having no motions, showing little change

Suffrage

right to vote

Turbulence

wild or disturbing activity

Vexation

discomfort or distress

Vindictive

revengeful, spiteful