Vocab List 6 Flashcards
(100 cards)
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abjure
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to reject
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abnegate
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to renounce
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adduce
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to cite; to bring forward as proof
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adherent
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follower
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alienate
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to estrange
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allege
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to assert without proof
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animosity
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resentment; hostility
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annex
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to add or attach
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apprise
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to inform
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approbation
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approval
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askance
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with suspicion or disapproval
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aspersion
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a slanderous or damning remark
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avuncular
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like an uncle
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awry
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off course
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bestow
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to present as a gift; to confer
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bilious
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ill-tempered; cranky
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bucolic
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charmingly rural
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buffoon
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a joker; especially one who is coarse or acts like an ass
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castigate
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to chastise, to punish
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cataclysm
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a violent upheaval; a disaster
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circuitous
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roundabout
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circumlocution
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indirect expression
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compatible
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harmonious; consistent
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compelling
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forceful
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confluence
a flowing together
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confound
to bewilder; to amaze; to throw into confusion
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conventional
common
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conversant
familiar; experienced
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critique
a critical review
30
crude
raw
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defile
to make foul, dirty, or unclean
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definitive
conclusive
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derelict
neglected; delinquent; deserted; abandoned
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deride
to ridicule
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discrepancy
difference; inconsistency
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discrete
unconnected
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doctrinaire
committed to a theory
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document
to support with evidence; especially written evidence
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egregious
extremely bad
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elation
a feeling of great joy
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enormity
extremely evil
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ensue
to follow in order
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evoke
to call up or produce (feelings, memories, etc.)
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exacerbate
to make worse
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extricate
to free from difficulty; to free from guilt
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extrovert
outgoing person
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flagrant
glaringly bad; notorious
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flaunt
to show off
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furtive
secretive; sly
50
futile
hopeless; useless
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harbinger
a precursor; an indication; an omen
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harry
to harass, annoy, or prove a nuisance
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impeach
to bring an accusation against
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impeccable
flawless
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incisive
cutting right to the heart of the matter
56
inclination
tendency; preference; liking
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inherent
part of the nature of
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inimical
unfavorable; harmful; detrimental; hostile
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intransigent
unyielding; stubborn
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intrepid
fearless
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larceny
theft; robbery
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lascivious
lustful; obscene; lewd
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malleable
easy to shape or bend
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mandate
command to do something
65
misanthropic
hating mankind
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mitigate
to moderate the effect of
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nonchalant
indifferent; coolly unconcerned; blase
68
nostalgia
longing for the past
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ostensible
misleadingly apparent
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ostentatious
showing off
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paternal
fatherly
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pathology
the science of diseases
73
phantasm
apparition; ghost; phantom
74
philanthropy
love for mankind
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precept
rule to live by
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precipitate
to cause to happen abruptly
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prodigy
extremely talented child
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profane
irreverent; blasphemous
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pseudonym
a false name; an alias
80
psyche
the human soul; the mind; the spirit
81
ratiocination
logical reasoning
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rationale
underlying reason; basis; reasoning
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renounce
to disown
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reparation
paying back
85
rhetoric
formal writing or speaking
86
ribald
indecent or vulgar; off-color
87
secede
to withdraw formally from an organization
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seclusion
aloneness; withdrawal from other people
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soporific
sleep inducing
90
sordid
vile
91
stymie
to thwart, hinder
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subjugate
to subdue and dominate
93
synthesis
combining of parts
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systemic
affecting the entire system, especially the entire body
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torpor
sluggishness
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tortuous
winding; twisting; serpentine; full of curves
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usurp
to seize wrongfully
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usury
lending money at an extremely high rate of interest
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visionary
dreamer
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vitiate
to make impure
