Vocab Flashcards
(115 cards)
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Abbreviate
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To make briefer or shorten
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Abrasive
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Rough, grinding, irritating
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Abridge
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To shorten or reduce
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Absolve
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To free from guilt
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Abstain
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To refrain or hold back
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Accentuate
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To emphasize or stress
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Acrimonious
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Biting or harsh
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Adaptable
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Able to change
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Adulation
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Extreme admiration
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Adversary
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Enemy or opponent
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Adversity
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Misfortune or hardship
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Aesthetic
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Relating to art or beauty
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Affected
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False or artificial
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Aggressive
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Forceful, attacking, energetic
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Alacrity
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Prompt or speedy
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Allege
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To state without proof
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Alleviate
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To make better or more bearable
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Ambiguous
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Having two or more possible meanings
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Ambivalent
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Uncertain or having contradictory feelings
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Amiable
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Likeable, agreeable, friendly
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Amicable
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Friendly and peaceable
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Amplify
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To expand or increase
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Anachronistic
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Out of the proper time
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Anarchy
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Absence of law or order
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Anomaly
Something different or irregular
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Antagonism
Hostility or conflict
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Antiseptic
Very clean or fighting infection
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Apathy
Lack of interest or concern
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Arable
Able to grow crops
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Arbiter
A judge or referee, able to settle disputes
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Arbitrary
Random or based on personal preference
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Arcane
Little known, mysterious, obscure
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Ardor
Strong feeling of passion/energy
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Arid
Very dry and boring
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Ascetic
Practicing self discipline
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Assiduous
Working with care and attention
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Astute
Observant and intelligent
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Atypical
Unusual, not typical
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Audacious
Bold, daring, adventurous
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Audible
Able to be heard
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Auspicious
Promising good fortune
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Authoritarian
Demanding blind obedience to leaders
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Belated
Delayed past proper time
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Belie
Present false appearance
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Benevolent
Wishing or doing good
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Berate
To scold or criticize
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Bereft
Lacking or deprived of
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Bombastic
Inflated or pompous in style
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Bourgeois
Middle class
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Buttress
Something that supports or strengthens
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Camaraderie
A sprit of friendship
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Candor
Open and honest
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Capricious
Unpredictable
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Carnivorous
Meat eating
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Carping
Unfairly/excessively critical
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Catalytic
Causing, bringing about, producing a result
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Caustic
Burning or corrosive
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Censure
Placing blame
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Chaos
Extreme disorder
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Circuitous
Indirect, winding
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Circumlocution
Speaking in a roundabout, confusing way
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Circumscribe
Defined by limits or boundaries
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Circumvent
To get around or avoid
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Clandestine
Secret
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Cloying
Overly sweet or sentimental
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Cogent
Forceful and convincing
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Cognizant
Aware and mindful
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Cohesive
Unified, sticking together
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Collaborate
To work together
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Colloquial
Informal in language, conversational
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Competent
Having the skill and knowledge needed
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Complacent
Smug, self-satisfied
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Composure
Calm and self-assured
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Conciliatory
Seeking agreement/compromise
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Concise
Expressed briefly and simply
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Condescending
Having an attitude of superiority toward another
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Condolence
Pity for another's sorrow, sympathy
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Confidant
Someone entrusted with another's secrets
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Conformity
Agreement or adherence to rule/custom
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Consensus
General agreement among a group
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Consolation
Relief or comfort from sorrow/suffering
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Consternation
shock, amazement, dismay
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Consummate
to complete, finish or perfect
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Contaminate
to make impure
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Contemporary
modern, current; from the same time
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Contrite
sorry for past misdeeds.
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Conundrum
a riddle, puzzle, or problem
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Convergence
the act of coming together in unity of similarity.
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Convoluted
twisting, complicated, intricate.
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corroborating
supporting with evidence; confirming
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corrosive
eating away, gnawing, or destroying
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Credulity
willingness to believe, even with little evidence
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Criterion
a standard of measurement or judgement
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Critique
a critical evaluation
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culpable
deserving blame; guilty.
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Cumulative
made up of successive additions.
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Curtail
to shorten
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Debased
lowered in quality, character, or esteem
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Debunk
to expose as false or worthless.
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Decorous
having good taste; proper, appropriate
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Decry
to criticize or condemn
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deduction
a logical conclusion, especially a specific conclusion based on general principles.
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Delegate
to give authority or responsibility.
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Deleterious
harmful
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Delineate
To outline or describe.
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Demagogue
a leader who plays dishonestly on the prejudices and emotions of his followers.
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Demure
modest or shy
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Denigrate
To criticize or belittle
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Depose
To remove from office, specially from a throne.
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Derelict
Neglecting one's duty.
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Derivative
Taken from a particular source.
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Desolate
empty, lifeless, and deserted; hopeless, gloomy.
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Destitute
very poor
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Deter
To discourage form acting
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Detractor
someone who belittles or disparages
