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Vocab 3 Flashcards

1
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Deleterious

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Harmful

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Unobtrusive

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Not noticeable; seeming to fit in well with the things around

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3
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Entrapping

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To cause someone to do something they would not usually do

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4
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Tempering

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To make something less extreme

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5
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Bonhomie

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friendliness and happiness

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Fealty

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Loyalty, especially to a king or queen

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Levity

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Humour or lack of seriousness, especially during a serious situation

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Munificent

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Larger or more generous than is usual or necessary

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Jettison

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Go get rid of something or someone that’s not necessary or wanted

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10
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Distill

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Destilar

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11
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Baseness

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A lack of honour or morals

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12
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Discomfiting

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Making you feel uncomfortable or uncertain

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13
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Recrudescence

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A sudden new appearance and growth, especially of something dangerous and unpleasant

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14
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Enfeeble

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To make someone or something very weak

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15
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Misnomer

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A name that does not suit what it refers

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Deft

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Skillful, clever or quick

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Wanting

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Missing; not having something

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Supersede

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To replace something or someone; especially something older or more old fashioned

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Snare

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A trick or situation that deceived you or involves you in a problem you don’t know about

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Boon

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Something that’s helpful and improves the quality of life.

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21
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Fringe

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Extreme; not part of the mainstream; unconventional or peripheral

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Convoluted

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Very twisted

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Aver

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To say something that is certainly true

24
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Avert

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To prevent something bad from happening

25
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Entreaty

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An attempt to persuade someone to do something

26
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Prolixity

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The fact of using too many words, being boring or difficult to read or listen to

27
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Forthrightness

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The quality of being honest or direct in what you say or do

28
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Trite

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Expressed too often to be interesting

29
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Industriousness

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The fact of working hard

30
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Assail

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To attack someone violently or to criticize someone

31
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Denouement

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The end of a story

32
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Cull

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To select from a group

33
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Rankle

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To cause anger, irritation or deep bitterness

34
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Tack

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To join in a slight or hasty manner

35
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Fissiparous

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Inclined to cause or undergo division into separate parts or groups

36
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Abrogates

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To abolish by authoritative action

37
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Mien

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A person’s appearance or manner

38
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Claqué

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A group of sycophantic followers

39
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Defanging

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To make someone harmless or ineffectual

40
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Fledging

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Something that’s immature, inexperienced or underdeveloped

41
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Lagniappe

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Something that’s given as a bonus

42
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Flagitious

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Criminal, villainous

43
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Uncongenial

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Not friendly or pleasant to be with

44
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Fungible

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Replaceable by another identical item, mutually interchangeable

45
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Mettlesome

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Inspirited, ardent, brave

46
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Incensed

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Very angry, enraged

47
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Pecuniary

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Relating to or involving money

48
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Insular

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Narrowly restricted in outlook or scope

49
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Imprecatory

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Invoking evil or curse

50
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Evinced

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Revealed the presence of

51
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Whipsawed

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Subjected to two difficult situations or two opposing pressures at the same time

52
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Antípods

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The direct opposites of something

53
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Zeniths

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Culminating points

54
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Punctilious

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Attentive to minute details

55
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Fastidious

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Acting with careful attention to detail

56
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Discombobulated

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Confused and disconcerted

57
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Addled

A

Unable to think clearly, confused

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