vocabulary 1-50 Flashcards
(50 cards)
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amicable
A
friendly
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ameliorate
A
improve
3
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altruistic
A
unselfish
4
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alacrity
A
eagerness
5
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acrimonuous
A
bitterness
6
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accost
A
approach aggressively
7
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abstemious
A
resistant (not endulgent)
8
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abortive
A
failing to accomplish result
9
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abjure
A
to reject something
10
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abhor
A
detest, hate
11
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belligerent
A
hostile, aggressive, confrontational
12
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banal
A
lacking originality
13
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avarice
A
greed
14
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audacity
A
boldness
15
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artless
A
innocent
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artifice
A
dishonesty, fabrication, to trick or deceive
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ardent
A
enthusiastic, eager, passionate
18
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appellation
A
giving name to something, someone
19
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anomaly
A
abnormality
20
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anathema
A
something disliked
21
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choleric
A
bad tempered
22
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celerity
A
speed of motion
23
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caustic
A
frätande
24
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capricious
A
unpredictable
25
cant
hypocritical
26
callous
insensitive
27
cajole
to persuade someone
28
cache
hoard, store
29
burgeon
grow rapidly
30
blatant
obvious, flagrant
31
cursory
hasty
32
culpable
to blame, guilty
33
contort
twist or bend
34
consternation
distress, surprise, fear, fright
35
conjecture
guess, speculation
36
conflagration
big fire
37
complicity
involvement
38
complacent
smug, proud, gloating
39
cogent
convincing
40
clique
group
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disparate
very dissimilar
42
discern
distinguish
43
diatribe
condemnation, criticism, bashing
44
detriment
harm to / of
45
desultory
lacking enthusiasm
46
derogatory
disrespectful attittude
47
decrepit
worn out
48
decadence
excessive indulgence
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debris
waste, trash
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dearth
lack of, poverty
