Vocabulary 1 4th Quarter Flashcards

(50 cards)

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praise, an award

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accolade

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absent of luxury

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ascetic

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abhor

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to loathe (to hate, detest)

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to loathe (to hate, detest)

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abhor

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accolade

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praise, an award

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go give (as in a will), hand down

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bequeath

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charlatan

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one who claims to know something he/she does not

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ascetic

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absent of luxury

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dearth

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a lack, a scarcity

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bequeath

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go give (as in a will), hand down

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a lack, a scarcity

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dearth

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diffidence

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shyness, reserve

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conflagration

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large fire

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shyness, reserve

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diffidence

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ethereal

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heavenly, usually delicate or light

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large fire

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conflagration

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heavenly, usually delicate or light

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ethereal

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18
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showing high spirits

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effervescent

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19
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expunge

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to remove, erase

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20
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one who claims to know something he/she does not

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charlatan

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effervescent

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showing high spirits

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implausible

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not believable

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duplicity, deceitfulness

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incompatibility

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to remove, erase
expunge
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insularity
qualities of an island; narrow-minded
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guile
duplicity, deceitfulness
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morose
gloomy
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not believable
implausible
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incongruity
incompatibility
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to pacify, to appease
placate
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qualities of an island; narrow-minded
insularity
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gloomy
morose
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poignant
piercing, sharp | affecting the emotions
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lacking sophistication
provincial
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placate
to pacify, to appease
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piercing, sharp | affecting the emotions
poignant
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to repeat
reiterate
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spontaneous
acting on impulse
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provincial
lacking sophistication
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acting on impulse
spontaneous
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synthesis
combining parts into a whole
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poisonous
toxic
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ability to use words easily, fluent, glib (talks fluently and easily)
voluble
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reiterate
to repeat
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vigilant
very alert, watchful
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combining parts into a whole
synthesis
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very alert, watchful
vigilant
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toxic
poisonous
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voluble
ability to use words easily, fluent, glib (talks fluently and easily)