Vocabulary (Not made by Ariz) Flashcards
(72 cards)
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Apathetic
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Showing no feeling or concern
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Ardent
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Enthusiastic
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Fervid
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Enthusiastic
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Intolerant
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Narrow-minded
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Dogmatic
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Opinionated
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Liberal
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Open-minded
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Phlegmatic
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Unemotional
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Passionate
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Showing feeling
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Eager
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Showing excitement towards something
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Decrease
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Go down
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Augmentation
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Making something greater in size
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Amplify
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To make something louder
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Fervor
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Passionate feeling
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Indifference
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Lack of interest
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Precedent
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An earlier event or action
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Brandishing
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Wave or flourish
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Enunciator
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Speak clearly
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Ponderously
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To think
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Eloquence
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Persuasive writing
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Titantic
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Size or power
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Deference
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Humble
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Sine Die
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Without assigned for further meeting
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Sotto Voce
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Quiet voice
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Stridently
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Having a harsh sound
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Paradoxically
A statement that seems self-contradictory
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Insinuate
To suggest slyly
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Rotogravures
Printing process
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Lamentations
Showing grief
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Impassioned
Filled with or showing great emotion
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Biased
Unfairly prejudiced, for or against
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Fervent
Having or displaying a passionate intensity
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Crescendo
With a gradual increase in sound
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Zeal
Enthusiastic
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Arbitrary
Random choice or personal whim, rather than any system or reason
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Condescendingly
Having or showing a feeling of patronizing superiority
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Fatuity
Something foolish
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Zoology
The scientific study of the behavior, structure, physiology, classification and distribution of animals.
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Infringement
The action of breaking the terms of a law, agreement, etc
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Archaeology
The study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains
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Anthropologist
People that practice the study of humanity
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Incontrovertible
Not able to be denied or disputed
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Unorthodox
Contrary to what is usual
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Benign
Kindly
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Pagan
A person holding religious beliefs, other than those of main world religions
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Hypothesis
A proposed explanation or guess
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Perdition
(Christian theology) A state of eternal punishment, which a sinful person passes after death
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Doggedly
Persistant
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Sancity
State of being holy
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Fable
Short story, typically using personification, conveying a lesson
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Unassailable
Unable to be attacked
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Geology
Science that deals with earth's physical structures and substances
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Audacity
Willingness to
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Bailiff
A person who looks after prisoners
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Frond
Leaf like part of the hand
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Patriarch
Male head of the family
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Vested
Assigned to
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Agnostic
A person who believes nothing is known
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Extradite
Sending a criminal to the country where the committed the crime
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Unctuosly
Flattering
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Indeterminate
Uncertain
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Precepts
Rules
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Heretic
A person that believes
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Haylards
A rope used to hoist
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Evolutionists
A person who believes in the theory of evolution
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Contemptuously
Scornful
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Dogma
Set of principles
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Cynical
Believing that people are motivated by self-interest
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Caricatured
Make comical representation
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Infidel
People who don't believe certain things of their religion
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Suffrage
The right to vote
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Connotations
A second meaning to a word
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Incredulity
Lack of belief
