Vocab List 10 Flashcards
(100 cards)
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absolute
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total
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absolve
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to forgive
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adulterate
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to contaminate, to corrupt
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advent
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arrival; coming; beginning
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allusion
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indirect reference
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aloof
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standoffish, uninvolved
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antipathy
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firm dislike, animosity, abhor
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antipodal
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exactly opposite
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arbitrary
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random, capricious
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arcade
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an arched passageway
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astringent
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harsh; severe; withering
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astute
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shrewd; keen in judgment
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banal
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unoriginal; boring; ordinary; trite
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bandy
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to toss back and forth; to exchange
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blight
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plant disease
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bliss
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perfect contentment; extreme joy
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cache
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a hiding place
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cacophony
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harsh mixture of sounds
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cavalier
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arrogant, haughty
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cavil
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to quibble; to raise trivial objections
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clandestine
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concealed or secret for an evil or subversive purpose
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classic
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top-notched
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complicity
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participation in wrongdoing
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comply
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to act or be in accordance with
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conjure
to summon as if by magic
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connive
to cooperate secretly
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cope with
to deal with successfully
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copious
abundant
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curb
to restrain or control
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curfew
time limit
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dejected
depressed; disheartened
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delapidated
broken down; fallen into ruin
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desultory
without purpose
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detachment
lack of interest
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dismay
confusion
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dismay
agitation of mind; perturbation; alarm
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dotage
senility; foolish affection
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dour
forbidding; severe; gloomy
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elusive
hard to pin down; evasive
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emaciate
to make extremely thin through starvation or illness
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ephemeral
lasting a very short time
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epicure
a person with refined taste in wine or food
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exhaustive
thorough
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exhort
to urge strongly
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facile
skillful in a superficial way
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faction
a group with a cause
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foible
minor character flaw, weakness
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folly
foolishness; insanity; imprudence
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gastronomy
the art of eating well
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generic
general; common
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heterogeneous
varied; mixed
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heyday
golden age
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impervious
impenetrable
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impetous
impulsive; extremely impatient
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indict
to charge with an offense or crime
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indifferent
not caring; mediocre
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inquisition
ruthless questioning; an official investigation characterized with cruelty
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insatiable
hard or impossible to satisfy
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inviduous
causing envy or resentment; offensively harmful
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inviolate
free from injury; pure
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lethargy
sluggishness
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levity
lightness
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martyr
one who dies for a cause
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materialistic
preoccupied with material things; greedy for possessions
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mores
customary moral standards
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moribund
dying
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obeisance
to bow or curtsy; deep reverence
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obfuscate
to confuse
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painstaking
extremely careful
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palatable
pleasant to the taste; delicious
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paucity
scarcity
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peccadillo
minor offense
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placebo
a fake medication; a fake medication used as a control in tests of the effectiveness of drugs
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plaintive
expressing sadness
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predilection
natural preference
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predispose
to make susceptible; to put in a frame of mind for; to incline towards
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proletariat
industrial working class
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proliferate
to spread rapidly
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puritanical
very severe and strict about morals
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purported
rumored; claimed
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recant
to publicly deny
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recidivism
the act of repeating an offense
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reprehensible
worthy of blame
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repress
to keep under control
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rudimentary
basic
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rue
to feel sorrow over
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sensual
devoted to be pleasure
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sensuous
delighting the senses
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specter
ghost; phantom
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spectrum
a broad sequence or range of different but related things or ideas
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substantive
having substance
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subterfuge
artifice; a trick or stratagem; a ruse
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tantamount
equivalent to
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tautological
redundant
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transient
temporary
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transitory
not lasting long
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vapid
dull; boring
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vehement
intense
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volition
will
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voluminous
large; extensive; having great volume
