Vocab List 10 (596-550) Flashcards by maddie Killeen

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ardent

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showing enthusiasm

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arrogant

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overbearing, proud, haughty

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assuage

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to alleviate, to lesssen pain or conflict, to pacify

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autonomous

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independent

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avid

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showing enthusiasm

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bungle

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botch, mismanage, spoil

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buttress

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truss, foundation, support

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corpulence

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stoutness, obesity

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coterie

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small group of people who share interests and meet frequently

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crass

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vulgar, grossly ingnorant, indelicate

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credulous

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gullible, unsuspecting, naive

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cryptic

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enigmatic, obscure, secret, puzzling

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culinary

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having to do with cooking, preparing meals

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divination

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prediction, prophecy, forecast

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dogged

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stubborn, determined

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dolt

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cretin,fool, dimwit, idiot

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dubious

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irresolute, incertain, moot

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duplicity

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cunning, fraud, trickery, deception

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expunge

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obliterate, remove, erase, exterminate

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expurgate

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delete, edit

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extpemporaneous

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sponatneous, impromptu

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extol

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praise, land, hail, glorify

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extradite

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transfer a person to another jursidiction for possible prosecution

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extricate

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remove, loosen, untie

exuberant

overflowing with vitality and good spirits

furtive

clandestine, secretive, surreptitious

guzzle

gulp, swill, consume to excess

hoary

frosted, grey, grizzled

inveigh

abuse, criticize, rebuke

inveterate

habitual, chronic

irascible

testy, touchy, irritable

ludicrous

outlandish, silly, ridiulous

lurid

shockingly vivid, horrifying, sensational

mundane

boring, ordinary, typical, tedious

munificent

generous, extravagant, philanthropic

noxious

harmful, malignant

ostracize

exclude, isolate, shun

puerile

juvenile, immature, childish

pugilism

boxing

pugnacity

eagerness to fight

pulchritude

beauty, physical appeal

pulverize

grind, crush, smash

rudiment

beginning, foundation or source

ruffian

brutal person, cruel and sadistic person

ruminate

contemplate, think about

sybarite

someone devoted to luxury, pleasure-seeker

sycophant

flatterer

turgid

swollen, bombastic, distended

turpitude

depravity, baseness, shamefulness

upshot

final result, conclusion, end

voracious

greedy, gluttonous, ravenous, insatiable

vouchsafe

confer, grant, permit

woe

anguish, grief, affliction

writhe

squirm, twist

yowl

long mournful cry