Vocab E Flashcards

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Impingement

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I have a noticeable effect on someone or something, especially a bad one

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Inexorable

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That cannot be stopped or changed

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Approbation

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Approval or agreement

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Redress

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To correct something that is unfair or wrong

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Replete

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Filled with something; with a full supply of something

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Personage

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An important or famous person

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Misnomer

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A name or word that is not appropriate or accurate

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Expurgate

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To cut out parts of a piece or writing because those parts could be offensive; to censor

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Garner

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To obtain or collet something such as information, support; to gather

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Translucent

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Allowing light to pass through but not transparent

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Oblivion

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A state of being unaware of what’s happening

The state of being completely forgotten

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Penury

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The state of being very poor

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Consolidate

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To join things together into one; to be joined into one

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Bemuse

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To confuse

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Totalitarian

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Of a form of government that has complete power and control over its people

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Amoral

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Not following any moral rules and not caring about right and wrong

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Fidelity

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Loyalty

Accuracy

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Inordinate

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Far more than is usual or expected

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Surly

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Bad tempered and rude

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Stolid

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Now showing much emotion or interest remaining always the same and not reacting it changing

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Subscribe

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To agree with or support an opinion, a theory

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Staple

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Forming a basic, large, or important part of something

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Omnipotent

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Having total power; able to do anything

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Moribund

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In a very bad conduction; dying

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Uncanny

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Strange and difficult to explain

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Vignette

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A short piece of writing or acting that clearly shows what a particular person, situation, etc is like

A small picture or a drawing

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Categorical

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Expressed clearly and with great certainty

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Sequel

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A book, movie, play that continues the story of an early one

Something that happens after an earlier event

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Desiccate

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To remove the moisture from

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Bereft

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Completely lacking something; having lost something

Sad and lonely because one has lost something

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Destitute

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Without money food and the other things necessary for life very poor

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Censorious

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Tending to criticize people or things a lot

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Palliate

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To make something such as an illness less painful or unpleasant without fixing it or curing it

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Excise

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To cut out

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Panorama

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A view of a wide area of land