Vocab Flashcards
(60 cards)
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Cogitate
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To think deeply about
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Edifice
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Tall building
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Sagacious
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Very wise
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Scaffold
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Raised platform
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Pillory
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Device in which the head and hands are placed for punishment
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Ensue
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To follow as a result
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Pessimism
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Negativity, gloominess
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Demeanor
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Behavior or outward appearance
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Physiognomy
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Facial expressions that let others know how you feel
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Reprove
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To scold
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Jocular
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Easy to get on with
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Profligate
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Wasteful
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Fracas
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Fight among people
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Contentious
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Wanting to start a fight
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Daunt
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To cause fear
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Ostentatious
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Flashy but not necessarily gaudy
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Miserly
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Frugal
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Corroborate
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Affirm
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Fervent
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Impassioned
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Caveat emptor
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Buyer beware
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Embellish
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Exaggerate, add detail
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Precarious
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Dangerous, unstable
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Pious
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Very religious
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Candid
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Honest
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Provincial
Unsophisticated
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Refute
To deny
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Servile
To act as a servant
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Discord
Disagreement
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Obscure
Hard to see
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Innovate
To create/invent
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Garb
Clothing
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Pragmatic
Practical
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Enigma
Mystery
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Virulent
dangerous
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Articulate
To speak well
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Insipid
Boing, bland, blah
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Hedonistic
Pleasure seeking, selfish
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Assuage
To soothe, calm
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Avaricious
Greedy
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Amity
Friendship
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Anathema
Curse
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Condone
To forgive
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Indolence
Laziness
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Insolence
Rudeness
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Levity
Humor
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Disparage
To talk badly about
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Astute
Clever
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Analogous
Comparable
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Saccharine
Overly sweet/ fake sweet
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Preclude
To make impossible
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Volatile
Unstable/ changeable
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Peripheral
The outer edge
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Caustic
Burning, complimentary
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Aesthetic
Ability to appreciate art/ beauty
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Ascetic
Self denial, denying worldly pleasure
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Capricious
Unpredictable
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Rescind
To repeal
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Ambivalent
Undecided, empathetic
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Innocuous
Harmless
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Emulate
To copy something/ someone
