Vocab, batch #4 (1-25) Flashcards

1
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Primordial

A

existing at the very beginning

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2
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Pristine

A

in the original long ago state

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3
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Puerile

A

childish

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4
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Superannuated

A

advanced in years, very old

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5
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Venerable

A

worthy of respect because of advanced age

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6
Q

Carryon

A

decaying flesh of a carcass

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7
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Dross

A

waste

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8
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Expurgate

A

to get rid of, to purify

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9
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Offal

A

waste parts of a butchered animal

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10
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Slatternly

A

untidy

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11
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Sloven

A

person who is habitually untidy, dirty, or careless

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12
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Squalid

A

filthy from regret

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13
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Contiguous

A

things that are touching or adjoining

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14
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Propinquity

A

kinship

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15
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Axiom

A

self-evident truth

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16
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Cogitate

A

to think over

17
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Eclectic

A

choosing ideas, methods, etc. from various sources

18
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Fallacious

A

misleading or deceptive

19
Q

Fallible

A

liable to be mistaken

20
Q

Heterodox

A

rejecting regularly accepted beliefs or doctrines

21
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Indubitable

A

unquestionable

22
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Sophistry

A

clever but deceptive reasoning

23
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Specious

A

superficially true, reasonable, attractive, or just (but not really)

24
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Tenable

A

capable of being maintained or defended

25
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Prelapsarian

A

before fall of mankind