Vocab Words Flashcards
(99 cards)
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Pertinacity
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Stubbornness
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Irresolute
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Undecided ; wavering
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Contumacy
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A stubborn rebelliousness
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Obsequious
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Fawning
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Indefatigable
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Tireless
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Éclat
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Brilliant success
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Obdurate
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Heardhearted
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Dour
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Marked by harshness,sternness , or ill temper
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Stoic
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Unaffected by feelings
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Insatiable
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Impossible to Satisfy
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Prodigal
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Wastefully extravagant
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Florid
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Flushed with rosy color
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Myriad
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Referring to a large but undetermined number
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Replete
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Plentiful ; abounding
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Avarice
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Extreme Greed
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Parsimony
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Extreme Stinginess
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Voluminous
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Having great volume, size or number
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Inundate
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To overwhelm
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Austere
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Severe or stern ; somber
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Insatiable
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Impossible to Satisfy
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Bilk
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To swindle money
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Iniquity
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Wickedness
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Impute
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To attribute the fault or responsibility to
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Restitution
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Compensation for loss
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Reprehensible
Deserving of blame
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Vindicate
To clear Blame
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Redress
To right a wrong
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Contrite
Regretful
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Adduce
To cite an example of means of proof in augment
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Confound
To mix up
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Conundrum
A self- contradictory problem ; a dilemma
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Equivocate
To use evasive language to mislead
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Perpicacity
Sharpness ; acuteness of understanding
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Patent
Obvious ; plain
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Consture
To interpret
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Cryptic
Having hidden meaning
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Paradox
Something with contradictory aspects
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Rudimentary
Elementary ; basic
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Unwonted
Not habitual or ordinary ; unusual
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Outlandish
Strikingly bizarre
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Anomaly
Something departing from normal form
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Aberrant
Deviating form the expected course
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Incongruous
Lacking in harmony
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Endemic
Common in or unique to a certain location or population
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Eccentricity
The quality of straying from what is conventional
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Mundane
Commonplace
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Paragon
Model perfection
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Ubiquitous
Seeming to be everywhere at the same time
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Pinnacle
Peak ; most successful point
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Obviate
To make unnecessary
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Raze
To level the ground
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Surmount
To overcome
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Wrest
To obtain by force or great effort
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Stultify
To make useless or inffective
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Despoil
To plunder
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Deleterious
Harmful
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Effectual
Fully adequate
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Sanguine
Optimistic
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Tirade
A long, angry speech
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Few
To baffle
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Deplore
To condemn
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Revel
To make merry; to celebrate
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Mercurial
Quick and changeable temperament; volatile
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Domineering
Tyrannical
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Disconsolate
Hopelessly dejected or sad
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Lachrymose
Tearful
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Peaceful
Halcyon
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Minuscule
Tiny ; very small
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Wane
To diminish in power or size
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Picayune
Petty ; trivial
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Incalculable
Beyond measurement
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Commodious
Spacious
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Gamut
The complete range of something
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Iota
A tiny bit
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Lofty
Elevated in character
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Vestige
A visible trace
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Finite
Having an ending or a boundary
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Timorous
Apprehensive ; timid
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Clemency
Mercy
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Ingrate
An ungrateful person
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Heinous
Evil ; abominable
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Piety
Religious reverence
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Sacrilegious
Extremely irreverent toward what is considered scared
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Sanctimony
False show of righteousness
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Credo
A statement of beliefs
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Apathetic
Indifferent
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Sanctity
Sacredness
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Consecrate
To declare as holy
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Mecca
A center of interest
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Berserk
Destructively violent
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Trek
A difficult journey
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Nabob
A wealthy person
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Saga
An epic tale
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Juggernaut
An overwhelming force
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Kowtow
To show servant - like submission ; to fawn
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Shibboleth
A word or pronunciation that is particular to a certain group
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Jubilee
a gala celebrating a fiftieth anniversary
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Maelstrom
An unsettling or violent situation
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Audacious
Daring, fearless
