Vocabulary Words Flashcards
(71 cards)
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established rules or customs
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formaility
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enormous
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prodigious
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injurious, harmful to health or well-being
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deleterious
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threatening
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ominous
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calmly, quietly
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placidly
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random
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desultory
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showing no emotion
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impassive
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unhappily
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disconsolate
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pale
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pallid
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defeated
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vanquished
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smelly
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fetid
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not reciprocated
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unreuited
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urge on, stir up
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instigate
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reduce in value
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depreciate
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waterfall
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cascade
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clean in style, not ornate
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chaste
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attractive in a cheap, flashy way
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meretricious
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ruins
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ravages
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tactful, respectful
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discreet
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jostled, knocked about
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buffeted
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unable to be satisfied
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insatiable
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foretelling of a future event, good or evil
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omen
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gave out, radiated
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irradiated
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hang about, lingered
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loitered
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trying, attempting
endevoring
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rude, impolite
impertinent
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slightly ill
quamish
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showing good judgement
judicious
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sweet smelling plant
heliotrope
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talking in an unconnected way
maundering
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large glass bottle
carboy
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bad smelling substence
asafeida
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withdraw from the canvas means
to give up
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wrapped around
lassoed
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large gourdlike fruit
calabash
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to lessen, decrease
Syn. - Ebb, diminish, subside, wanes
Ant. - wax
abate
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to declare, assert
Syn. - declare, avouch, maintain, warrant, advocate
Ant. - deny, negate, disavow, repudiate
affirm
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a rival, opponent, adversary
antagonist
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lack of feeling, indifference
| Syn. - lethargy, torpor, supor
apathy
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to attack
assail
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greed for money, cupidity
| Syn. - covetous
avarice
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frank, honest, truthful
candid
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strong criticism, condemnation
| Syn. - Censorious, impeachment
censure
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to mention, refer to, quote (for proof or example)
| Syn. - incite, recite, excite
cite
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to compel, bring about force
coerce
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a guess, inference
| Syn. - supposition, speculation, assumption, presumption, proposition, hypothesis
conjuncture
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abundant, plentiful
| Syn. - Ample, bountiful, profuse, cornucopia
copious
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bold opposition, open challenge
defience
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a great downpour or flood
deluge
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sullen, gloomy, sour
| Syn. - dismal\
dour
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outstanding, prominent
| Syn.- Renowned, distinguished, illustrious, notorious
Imminent
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allure, attract, beguile
| Syn. - Lure, inveigle, cajole, beguile, seduce
Entice
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distinctive age or outstanding time period
| Syn. - era, millennium, eon
epoch
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irregular, wandering, having no fixed course, large rock deposited by a glacier
Syn. - Err, errant, erroneous, aberration
erratic
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to pretend
| Syn. - feint
Feign
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deciet, trickery
guile
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forerunner, herald
| Syn. - precursor
harbringer
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unquestioning, implied
implicit
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beg, entreat, plead
| Syn. - Solicit, entreat, duplicate, importune
implore
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insulting behavior, impudence
insolence
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lingo, technical language
| Syn. - gobbledygook, cant, argot, vernacular, gibberish
jargon
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a bow or curtsy, respect
| Syn. - salaam
obsinence
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to haunt, beset, harass
| Syn. - harassment
obcess
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deeply thoughtful, wistful
| Syn. - reverie
pensive
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a wide-spread virus
pestilence
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calm, serene, unruffled
| Syn. - tranquil demure, sedate, bovine, imperturbable, stoical
placid
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powerful, very effective
potent
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ecstasy thrills, keen delight
| Syn. - gusto, relish, enchantment, transport, entranced, enthralled
rapture
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a group of attendants
| Syn. - cortege, convoy
retinue
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oppression or unjust government
| Syn. - autocrat, dictator, despot
tyranny
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vocally noisy, clamorous, loudly insistent
| Syn. - clamorous, obstreperous, boisterous, strident
vociferious
