Vocab Flashcards

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Equivocal

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Open to more than one interpretation

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Anomaly

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Deviation from what is normal

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Lucid

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Expressed clearly easy to understand

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Precipitate

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To throw away violently or bring about abruptly

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Assuage

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Make less intense

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Erudite

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Having or showing great knowledge or learning

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Opaque

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Not transparent

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Prodigal

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Spending money or resources freely

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Enigma

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A person or thing that is mysterious

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Fervid

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Intensely enthusiastic or passionate

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Placate

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Make someone less angry

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Zeal

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Great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause

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Abstain

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Restrain oneself from doing

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Audacious

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Showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks

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Desiccate

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To dry up

To preserve

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Laudable

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Deserving praise and commendation

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Pedant

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Someone who shows off learning

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Vacillate

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Alternate or waiver between different opinions or actions

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Adulterate

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To make impure

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Capricious

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Changing’s one’s mind and quickly

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Engender

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To produce, cause, or bring about

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Homogenous

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Of the same kind

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Loquacious

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Tending to talk a great deal

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Pragmatic

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Dealing with things sensibly or realistically

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Volatile

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Easily aroused or changeable, lovely explosive

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Apathy

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Lack of interest, enthusiasm or concern

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Corroborate

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Confirm or give support

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Ephemeral

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Lasting for a very short time

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Laconic

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Using very few words

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Mitigate

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Make less severe

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Propriety

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The state or quality of conforming to conventionally excepted standards

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Myriad

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A countless or extremely great number

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Quixotic

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Exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical

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Derision

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Mockery

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Impasee

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Situation in which no progress is possible

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Capitulate

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Cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand

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Acrimony

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Bitterness or ill feeling

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Gainsaid

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Deny or contradict

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Ebullience

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The quality of being cheerful and full of energy

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Altruistic

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showing a disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others; unselfish.

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Candid

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Truthful and straightforward

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Benevolent

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Characterized by or expressing goodwill

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Candor

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the quality of being open and honest in expression; frankness.

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Morose

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Sullen and I’ll tempered

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Abashed

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Embarrassed or ashamed

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Dolorous

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Feeling or expressing great sorrow

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Congenial

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Pleasant because of personality

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Arcane

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Understood by few

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Reticent

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Not revealings one thought or feelings

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Abjured

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Solemnly renounce

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Chagrin

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Distress or embarrassment

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Deriding

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Express or contempt for; ridicule

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Chagrin

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Distress or embarrassment

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Sardonic

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Grimly mocking or cynical