Vocab Final Flashcards
(122 cards)
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Auspicious
A
Adj
Promising success
Syn-propitious
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Entailment
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N
Limited inheritance
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Edification
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N
Promote moral improvement
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Obstreperous
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Adj
To clamor against
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Philippic
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N
Long verbal attack
Syn- rebuke tirade
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Volition
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N
Power to make own decisions
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Temerity
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N
The quality of being confident or unafraid of danger in a bad way
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Feral
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Adj
Wild savage fierce or animal like
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Sordid
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Adj
Very bad and dishonest
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Pinion
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N. V
To fasten or bind
Fastener
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Stolid
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Adj
Showing little or no emotion
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allegiance
A
loyalty or devotion to a person, group, or cause
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cease
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to stop doing something
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concensus
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general agreement
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crucial
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extremely significant or important
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gallant
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brave, spirited, nobleminded, magnificant
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grapple
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to seize another in a firm grip, wrestle
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mortify
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to embarras
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trepidation
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fear and hesitation
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variable
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SOMETHING that can be changed or is inconsistant
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wane
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to decrease in stregnth
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ambigous
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unclear
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capacity
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the maximum amount or number that can be recieved
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conventional
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traditional
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diffusion
the scattering or combining of particles or people
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elite
the best and most skilled
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fervently
done with great intensity
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indigenous
native to or originated from
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sanctuary
a place where one is safe or holy
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morale
the spirit of a group that makes them want to succeed
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egocentric
centered around yourself
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hoi polloi
the many
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feign
to pretend or fake something
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impeach
to accuse someone in high office
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Illuminate
To brighten or fill with light
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Lugubrious
Excessively mournful or gloomy
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Juxtaposition
The placement of two triumphs side by side
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Magistrate
A judge in a court that handles smaller cases
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Exonerate
To free from blame
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Macabre
Having to do with death or horror
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Nostalgia
A bittersweet longing of things from the past
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Xenophobic
A unreasonable fear or foreign things
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Isthmus
A narrow strip of land bordered by water that connects two larger land masses
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Flibbertigibbet
A fool or silly person
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Misanthrope
A person who dislikes people or society
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Balderdash
Stupid, meaningless talk or writing
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Acme
The highest point or pinochle
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Abate
To reduce in amount
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Belligerent
Argumentative or aggressive in behavior
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Elated
Happy or overjoyed
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Emancipate
To set free or let go
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Immobile
Incapable of moving around
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Lachrymose
Wanting or tending to cry
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Meticulous
Detail oriented or careful
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Ordeal
A terribly difficult nor trialsome experience
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Sovereign
A monarch, king, or ruler
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Stipulate
To require demand as part of a agreement
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Stride
To walk with vigor
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Surreptitiously
Obtained, done, or made secret or stealth
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Tirade
A verbal bashing
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Vehemently
Strenuously, forcefully, or with intensity
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Atrophy
A wasting away of an organ or body part due to disuse
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Catalyst
Something that creates a change
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Cynical
Distrustful of the motives of others, sarcastic or pessimistic
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Entrepreneur
Aperson who starts their own business
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Exertion
Strenuous effort
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Insidious
Appearing to be innocent, but really deadly
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Obfuscate
To confuse
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Retail
The sale of goods to an individual
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Vivacious
Full of life and spirit
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Wholesale
The sale of good good from a factory or production company to a store for resale to the public
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beseech
to beg or plead
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copious
plentiful
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cower
to draw back in fear
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fester
to become infected
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fortutious
to happen by chance or accident
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gravity
the severity or a situation
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heerogenous
consistingof many different parts or kinds, many dissimilar elements
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impair
to make worse
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justify
to show to be just or right
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languish
to become weak or feeble
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raze
to tear down or demolish
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regresion
returining to a former state
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secede
to break away or withdraw from
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torrent
a rushing, flooding, unceasing stream or water
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wrest
to pull away or take by violence
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confront
to face boldly
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friction
dissension or conflicts between people
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futile
incapeable of produciong any result
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indifferent
showing no interest or concern
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inert
unable to move or act
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intrusive
invading someone's privacy
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sylvan
pertaining to or inhabiting the woods
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ultimatum
a final, uncompromising demand or set of terms issued by a arty to a dispute
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volatile
quickly changing or fluctuating
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gaffe
a blunder or socially embarrasing mistake
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defunct
not operating or functioning
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herculean
of extraordinary power or intensity
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pulchritudinous
beautiful
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logjam
a blockage deadlock or impasse
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lilliputian
extremely small or tiny
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bona fide
real, authentic
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interminable
never-ending
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Assuage
V
| To lessen intensity of or ease
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Taciturn
Adj
Disenclined to talk
Reticent-syn
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Vapid
Adj
Lacking liveliness
Insipid-syn
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Predilection
N
| In favor of something before knowledge of it
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Nebulous
Adj
| Hazy or vague
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Condescension
N
A patronizing additive
Syn-patronizing
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Pestilence
N
| Epidemic disease
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Ascertain
V
| To learn by investigation got examining
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Aberration
N
| Unexpected departure from normal
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Lineament
Distinctive shape of body
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Umbrage
N
| Feeling of annoyance or displeasure
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Rectitude
N
| Moral integrity
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Interdict
V. N
| To prohibit or forbid
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Palliation
N
| Hiding seriousness with excuses
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Cantankerous
Adj
| Bad temper argumentative
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Corroborate
V
| To support with evidence or authority
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Glean
V
| To gather
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Acrimonious
Adj
| Bitter in feeling language or manner
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Mollify
V
| To soothe in temper or disposition
