Vocabulary Flashcards
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N.- loud approval; applause
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Acclaim
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Adj.-Not easy to understand; theoretical
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Abstract
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V.- to agree or consent to an opinion
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Acquiesce
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Adj.- not yielding; firm
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Adament
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N.- An enemy; foe
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Adversary
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N.- supporter; defender
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Advocate
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Adj.- showing good taste; artistic
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Aesthetic
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V.- to lessen or make easier
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Alleviate
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Adj.- distance in interest; reserved; cool
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Aloof
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N.- controversy; dispute
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Altercation
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Adj.- common; pretty; ordinary
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Banal
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V.- to make small; to think lightly of
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Belittle
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N.- one who helps others; a donor
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Benefactor
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Adj.- kind; generous
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Benevolent
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Adj.- mild; harmless
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Benign
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Adj.- prejudiced; influenced; not neutral
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Biased
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Adj.- irreligious; away from acceptable standards
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Blasphemous
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Adj.- happy; cherry; merry
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Blithe
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N.- briefness; shortness
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Brevity
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Adj.- honest; truthful; sincere
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Candid
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Adj.- in agreement with; harmonious
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Compatible
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Adj.- content; self-satisfied; smug
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Complacent
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Adj.- yielding; obedient
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Compliant
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Adj.- all-inclusive; complete; thorough
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Comprehensive
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V.- to settle by mutual adjustment
Compromise
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V.- to acknowledge; admit; to surrender; to abandon one's position
Concede
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Adj.- in few words; brief; condense
Concise
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To come down from one's position or dignity
Condescend
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V.- to overlook; to forgive
Condone
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Adj.- easy to see; noticeable
Conspicuous
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V.- to violate a holy place or sanctuary
Desecrate
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Adj.- separated; not interested; standing alone
Detached
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V.- to prevent; to discourage; to hinder
Deter
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Adj.- instructive; dogmatic; preachy
Didactic
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V.- to stray from the subject; to wander from topic
Digress
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N.- hard work
Diligence
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Adj.- distinguishing one thing from another
Discerning
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N.- disagreement; lack of harmony
Discord
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V.- to distinguish one thing from another; to demonstrate bias
Discriminating
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N.- intense dislike
Disdain
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N.- act of clarifying adding details
Elaboration
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N.- the ability to speak well
Eloquence
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Adj.- hard to catch; difficult to understand
Elusive
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V.- to imitate; to copy; to mimic
Emulate
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V.- to support; approve of; to recommend
Endorse
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V.- to create; to bring about
Engender
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V.- to improve; to complement; to make more attractive
Enhance
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N.- mystery; secret; perplexity
Enigma
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Adj.- temporary; brief; short-lived
Ephemeral
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Adj.- doubtful; uncertain
Equivocal
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Adj.- fussy; hard to please
Fastidious
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Adj.- passionate; intense
Fervent
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Adj.- changeable; unpredictable
Fickle
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Adj.- accidental; happy by chance; lucky
Fortuitous
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N.- overeater
Glutton
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Adj.- easily fooled
Gullible
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V.- to interfere with; to hinder
Hamper
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N.- opinion contrary to popular belief
Heresy
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V.- to obey; to yield to
Heed
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Adj.- assumed; uncertain
Hypothetical
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V.- to make understandable
Illuminate
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Adj.- unreal; false; deceptive
Illusory
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Adj.- unwilling to believe; skeptical
Incredulous
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Adj.- lenient; patient
Indugent
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Adj.- natural; inborn
Inate
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Adj.- incapable of being touched; immaterial
Intangible
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Adj.- weak; fatigued
Languid
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V.- to praise
Laud
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Adj.- lazy; passive
Lethargic
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N.- silliness; lack of seriousness
Levity
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Adj.- spiteful; vindictive
Malicious
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N.- depression; gloom
Melancholy
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N.- penny pincher; stingy person
Miser
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V.- to alleviate; to lesson; to soothe
Mitigate
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Adj.- moody; despondent
Morose
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Adj.- longing for the past; filled with bittersweet memories
Nostalgic
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Adj.- new
Novel
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V.- to cancel; to invalidate
Nullify
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Adj.- not easily understood; dark
Obscure
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Adj.- threatening
Ominous
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Adj.- traditional; accepted
Orthodox
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Adj.- biased; one-sided
Partisan
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Adj.- full of insight; aware
Perceptive
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Adj.- enduring for all time
Perpetual
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Adj.- marginal; outer
Peripheral
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N.- dilemma; a state of uncertainty
Quandary
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Adj.- old-fashioned; unusual; odd
Quaint
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Adj.- experienced; indefinite
Qualified
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N.- mutual; having the same relationship to each other
Reciprocal
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V.- to correct
Rectify
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V.- to retract, to discard
Rescind
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Adj.- wise; cunning
Sagacious
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Adj.- noticeable; prominent
Salient
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Adj.- of inferior quality; cheap
Shoddy
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N.- a novel or play that use humor of irony to expose folly
Satire
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N.- payment for work done
Stipend
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Adj.- smoothly agreeable or polite
Suave
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Adj.- unnecessary; extra
Superfluous
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Adj.- persistently holding to something
Tenacious
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Adj.- lacking warmth, interest, enthusiasm, lukewarm
Tepid
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V.- to prevent from accomplishing a purpose; to frustrate
Thwart
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Adj.- poisonous
Toxic
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V.- to take place; to come about
Transpire
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N.- apprehension, uneasiness
Trepidation
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Adj.- swollen; inflated
Tumid
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N.- unrest; agitation
Turmoil
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Adj.- ever present in all places; universal
Ubiquitous
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Adj.- buried; Concealed
Ulterior
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Adj.- of strange nature; weird
Uncanny
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Adj.- clear; definite
Unequivocal
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Adj.- simple; plain; modest
Unpretentious
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V.- to weaken; to ruin
Undermine
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Adj.- inconspicuous; reserved
Unobtrusive
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Adj.- cultured; suave
Urbane
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N.- the act of lending money at illegal rates of interest
Usury
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N.- imaginary land with perfect social and political systems
Utopia
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Adj.- containing nothing; empty
Vacuous
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N.- wanderer; one without a fixed place
Vagabond
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Adj.- rambling; wandering; transient
Vagrant
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N.- bravery
Valor
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Adj. Employing the same words as another; literal
Verbatim
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Adj.- wordy; talkative
Verbose
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N.- dizziness
Vertigo
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V.- to slander
Vilify
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V.- to grow gradually smaller
Wane
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Adj.- unruly; excessive
Wanton
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V.- to justify, to authorize
Warrant
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V.- to try to persuade; to coax
Wheedle
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V.- to sharpen
Whet
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Adj.- fanciful; amusing
Whimsical
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N.- violent or unrestrained anger; fury
Wrath
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V.- to wilt; to shrivel; to humiliate; to cut down
Wither
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Adj.- mocking; cynical
Wry
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N.- an attraction to foreign peoples, cultures, or customs
Xenophile
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N.- an unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners
Xenophobia
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N.- hardness; collar; bond
Yoke
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N.- former period of time
Yore
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N.- believer; enthusiast; fan
Zealot
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N.- point directly overhead in the sky
Zenith
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Abstract
Adj.- not easy to understand; theoretical
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Acclaim
N.- loud approval; applause
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Acquiesce
V.- to agree or consent to an opinion
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Adament
Adj.- not yielding; firm
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Adversary
N.- an enemy; foe
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Advocate
N.- supporter, defender
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Aesthetic
Adj.- showing good taste; artistic
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Alleviate
V.- to lesson or make easier
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Aloof
Adj.- distant in interest; reserved; cool
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Altercation
N.- controversy; dispute
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Banal
Adj.- common; pretty; ordinary
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Belittle
V.- to make small; to think lightly of
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Benefactor
N.- one who helps others; a donor
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Benevolent
Adj.- kind; generous
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Benign
Adj.- mild; harmless
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Biased
Adj.- prejudiced; influenced; not neutral
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Blasphemous
Adj.- irreligious; away from acceptable standards
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Blithe
Adj.- happy; cheery; merry
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Brevity
N.- briefness; shortness
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Candid
Adj.- honest; truthful; sincere
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Compatible
Adj.- in agreement with; harmonious
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Complacent
Adj.- content; self-satisfied; smug
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Compliant
Adj.- yielding; obedient
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Comprehensive
Adj. All-inclusive; complete; thorough
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Compromise
V.- to settle by mutual adjustment
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Concede
V.- to acknowledge; admit; to surrender; to abandon one's position
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Concise
Adj.- in few words; brief; condense
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Condescend
V.- to come down from one's position or dignity
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Condone
V.- to overlook; to forgive
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Conspicuous
Adj.- easy to see; noticeable
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Desecrate
V.- to violate a holy place or sanctuary
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Detached
Adj.- separated; not interested; standing alone
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Deter
V.- to prevent; to discourage; to hinder
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Didactic
Adj.- instructive; dogmatic; preachy
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Digress
V.- to stray from the subject; to wander from topic
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Diligence
N.- hard work
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Discerning
Adj.- distinguishing one thing from another
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Discord
N.- disagreement; lack of harmony
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Discriminating
V.- to distinguish one thing from another; to demonstrate bias
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Disdain
N.- intense dislike
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Elaboration
N.- act of clarifying; adding details
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Eloquence
N.- the ability to speak well
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Elusive
Adj.- hard to catch; difficult to understand
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Emulate
To imitate; to copy; to mimic
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Endorse
V.- to support; to approve of; to recommend
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Engender
V.- to create, to bring about
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Enhance
V.- to improve; to complete; to make more attractive
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Enigma
N.- mystery; secret; perplexity
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Ephemeral
Adj.- temporary; belief; short-lived
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Equivocal
Adj.- doubtful; uncertain
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Fastidious
Adj.- fussy; hard to please
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Fervent
Adj.- passionate; intense
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Fickle
Adj.- changeable; unpredictable
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Fortuitous
Adj.- accidental; happening by chance; lucky
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Glutton
N.- overeater
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Gullible
Adj.- easily fooled
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Hamper
V.- to interfere with; to hinder
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Heresy
N.- opinion contrary to popular belief
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Heed
V.- to obey, to yield to
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Hypothetical
Adj.- assumed; uncertain
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Illuminate
V.- to make understandable
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Illusory
Adj.- unreal; false; deceptive
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Incredulous
Adj.- unwilling to believe; skeptical
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Indulgent
Lenient; patient
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Innate
Adj.- natural; inborn
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Intangible
Adj.- incapable of being touched; immaterial
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Languid
Adj.- weak; fatigued
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Laud
V.- to praise
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Lethargic
Adj.- lazy; passive
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Levity
N.- silliness; lack of seriousness
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Malicious
Adj.- spiteful; vindictive
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Melancholy
N.-depression; gloom
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Miser
N.-penny pincher; stingy person
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Mitigate
V.- to alleviate; to lesson; to soothe
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Morose
Adj.- moody; despondent
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Nostalgic
Adj.-longing for the past; filled with bittersweet memories
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Novel
Adj.-new
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Nullify
V.- to cancel; to invalidate
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Obscure
Adj.- not easily understood; dark
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Ominous
Adj.- threatening
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Orthodox
Adj.- traditional; accepted
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Partisan
Adj.-biased; one-sided
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Perceptive
Adj.- full of insight; aware
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Perpetual
Adj.- enduring for all time
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Peripheral
Adj.- marginal; outer
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Quandary
N.- dilemma; a stage of uncertainty
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Quaint
Adj.- old fashioned; unusual; odd
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Qualified
Adj.- Experienced; indefinite
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Reciprocal
N.- mutual; having the same relationship to each other
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Rectify
V.- to correct
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Rescind
V.- to retract; to discard
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Sagacious
Adj.- wise; cunning
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Salient
Adj. Noticeable; prominent
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Shoddy
Adj.- of inferior quality; cheap
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Satire
N.- a novel or play that uses humor or irony to escape folly
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Stipend
N.- payment for work done
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Suave
Adj.- smoothly agreeable or polite
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Superfluous
Adj.-. Unnecessary; extra
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Tenacious
Adj.- persistently holding to something
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Tepid
Adj.- lacking warmth, interest, enthusiasm; lukewarm
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Thwart
V.- to prevent from accomplishing a purpose, to frustrate
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Toxic
Adj.- poisonous
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Transpire
V.- to take place; to come about
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Trepidation
N.- apprehension; uneasiness
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Tumid
Adj. Swollen, inflated
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Turmoil
N.- unrest; agitation
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Ubiquitous
Adj.- ever present in all places; universal
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Ulterior
Adj.- buried; concealed
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Uncanny
Adj.- of a strange nature; weird
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Unequivocal
Adj.- clear; definite
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Unpretentious
Adj.- simple; plain; modest
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Undermine
V.- to weaken; to ruin
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Unobtrusive
Adj.- inconspicuous; reserved
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Urbane
Adj.- cultured, suave
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Usury
N.- the act of lending at illegal rates of interest
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Utopia
N.- imaginary land with perfect social and political systems
255
Vacuous
Adj.- containing nothing; empty
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Vagabond
N.- wandering; one without a fixed place
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Vagrant
Adj.- rambling; wandering, transient
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Valor
N.- bravery
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Verbatim
Adj.- employing the same words as another; literal
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Verbose
Adj.- wordy; talkative
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Vertigo
N.- dizziness
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Vilify
V.- to slander
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Wane
V.- to grow gradually smaller
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Wanton
Adj.- unruly; excessive
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Warrant
V.- to justify; to authorize
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Wheedle
V.- to try to persuade; to coax
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Whet
V.- to sharpen
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Whimsical
Adj.- fanciful; amusing
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Wrath
N.- violent or unrestrained anger; fury
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Wither
V.- to wilt to shrivel; to humiliate; to cut down
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Wry
Adj.- mocking; cynical
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Xenophobia
N.- an attraction to foreign peoples, cultures, of customs
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Xenophobia
N.- an unreasonable fear or hated of foreigners
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Yoke
N.- harness; collar; bond
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Yore
N.- former period of time
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Zealot
N.- believer; enthusiast, fan
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Zenith
N.-point directly overhead in the sky
