Vocab List 1 Flashcards
(100 cards)
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abase
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to humiliate
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abash
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to embarrass/ to shame
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acquisitive
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greedy
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acquit
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to find not guilty
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agenda
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program
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aggrandize
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to exaggerate
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amorous
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feeling love; passionate
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amorphous
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shapeless, irregular
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appalling
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to cause horror
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apparition
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a ghost/ ghostly object
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arrears
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unpaid debts; the state of being in debt
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arsenal
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a facility for storing or producing armaments
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auxiliary
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giving assistance or aid; secondary; additional
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avail
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to help; to be of use; to serve
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belligerent
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hostile, combative
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bemoan
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to mourn; to lament
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brawn
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big muscles; great strength
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brazen
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impudent; bold
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capitulate
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to surrender
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capricious
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unpredictable
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cherub
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a super cute child
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chicanery
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trickery
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cognitive
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recognizing
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cognizant
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perceptive, conscious
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concurrent
occurring or existing simultaneously
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condescend
to act as if superior; to stoop or deign to do something
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contiguous
adjoining/adjacent
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contingent
dependant
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covet
to wish for enviously
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cower
to shrink away or huddle up in fear
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decorous
proper; well-mannered
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decree
an official order, usually having the force of law
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denote
a mark or sign of; indicate
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denounce
to condemn, criticize
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dire
disastrous; desperate
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dirge
a funeral song
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dissonant
inharmonious
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dissuade
to persuade not to
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edict
an official decree
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edifice
a big, imposing building
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encroach
to trespass; to invade
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endear
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved
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estimable
worthy of admiration; capable of being estimated
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estrange
to make unfriendly or hostile; to cause to feel removed from
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expulsion
exclusion; forcing out, exile
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expunge
to strike or blot out; erase; obliterate
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fetish
an object of obsessive reverence, attention, or interest
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fetter
to restrain
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foster
to promote the growth or development of
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founder
to fail; to sink
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grievous
tragic; agonizing; severe
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grimace
to make a sharp contortion of the face
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idiom
an expression whose meaning is different from the literal meaning of the words
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idiosyncrasy
peculiarity
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inalienable
sacred; incapable of being transferred, lost, or taken away
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inane
silly; senseless
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infer
to conclude
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infinitesimal
infinitely small
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integral
essential; indispensible
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interim
meantime; an intervening time; a temporary arrangement
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judicious
exercising sound judgment
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junta
a small group ruling the country after a coup d'etat
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lugubrious
exaggeratedly mournful
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luminous
giving off light
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mentor
teacher
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mercenary
a hired soldier
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nemesis
unconquerable opponent; one who seeks revenge to right a wrong
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neologism
new word
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ominous
threatening; menacing; portending doom
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omniscient
all-knowing; having infinite wisdom
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paranoia
unreasonable anxiety
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pernicious
extremely evil
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perpetrator
the one who committed the act
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porous
filled with many tiny holes
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portent
omen
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presuppose
to assume beforehand
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prevail
to triumph
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protocol
diplomatic etiquette and customs
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protract
to prolong (make longer)
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quixotic
foolish romantic
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quizzical
teasing; mocking; questioning; inquisitive
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reiterate
to say again
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relegate
to banish
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reticent
restrained
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retort
to reply to
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sarcasm
irony; jokingly or bitingly saying the opposite of what is meant
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sardonic
mocking
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slander
spoken injurious falsehood
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stoic
indifferent to pain, pleasure
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stolid
not easily roused to emotion; impassive; apathetic; phlegmatic
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suppress
to overpower; to subdue; to quash
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surfeit
excess
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thesis
a theory to be proven
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thorny
full of difficulties; tough; painful
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underlying
basic; fundamental; only noticeable under scrutiny
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undermine
to impair; to subvert (lessen the effectiveness of); to weaken by excavating underneath
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vicissitude
a change or variation (as in ups and downs in life)
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vie
to strive in competition or rivalry with another
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wrath
deep anger; fury
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zealous
fervent; fervid; impassioned; passionate
