Vocabulary On The Final Flashcards

(42 cards)

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Aesthetic

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Having to do with beauty or order

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Antipathy

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Hostility; hatred

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Apathetic

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Not interested

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Apolitical

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Having no interest in politics

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Cautionary

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Intended to serve as a warning

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Circumvent

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To avoid by going around

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Civic

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Having to do with the business of a town or country

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8
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Colloquial

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Of or related to informal speech

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9
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Congress

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Come together

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Connotation

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An image associated with a word

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Conscientious

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Diligent and careful

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12
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Cosmopolitan

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Worldly or sophisticated

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13
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Degrade

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To lower in dignity or esteem

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Demographic

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Having certain characteristics in common

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Denotation

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The dictionary definition of a word

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Dictate

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To give an order

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Effervescent

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Highly spirited

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Eloquent

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Powerful or expressive

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Evocative

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Calling forth a vivid image

20
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Acrimonious

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Exhibiting harsh sharpness in speech or mood

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Fervent

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Passionately excited

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Imbibe

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Imprecation

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Incursion

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An attack on another’s territory

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Indolent
Lazy
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Inquisitive
Curious
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Insipid
Dull; uninteresting
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Irrational
Not based on reason
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Locution
Style or action of speaking
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Malediction
A recital of words intended to harm
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Pandemic
Having an effect on a large region
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Persuasion
Habit or type
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Precarious
Threatened or unsafe
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Precursor
That which comes before
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Putrefy
To rot
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Reconcile
To bring back into agreement
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Recourse
Help for a problem
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Requisition
Act of ordering or demanding something
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Unconscionable
Not obeying moral laws
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Virile
Masculine
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Virtue
Right action
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Virtuoso
Someone extraordinarily skilled in a particular art