VocabxD Flashcards

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Abstemious

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sparing; temperate

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Allure

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to influence , sway , or entice with some tempting appeal

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Aperture

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A hole or an opening

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Articulate

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To speak distinctly, expressing oneself clearly

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Atone

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to make amends

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Benevolence

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Kindness, generosity , charity

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Bequeath

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To hand down , to give or leave in a will

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Bestial

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Brutality lacking reason, having the attributes of a savage

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Cajole

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to persuade with deliberate flattery, coax, wheedle

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Chaste

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morally pure

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Cherubic

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innocent appearing wholesome

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Chronic

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marked by long duration, by frequent recurrence over a long period of time

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Converge

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to move together

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Coquette

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A woman who flirts with men without sincere affection

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Credulous

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believing on slight evidence, gullible

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Decorousness

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proper behavior

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Defile

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to make dirty, desecrate, pollute

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Defunct

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no longer existing, dead

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Demur

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irresolution , indecision, uncertainty, to hesitate, delay, object

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Elated

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very happy about something, having elevated spirits

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Emaciated

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very thin usually as a result of starvation, wasting away

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Estrange

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to alienate, separate

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Evocative

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Calling forth calling to mind

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Ferocity

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savagery

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Fertile
capable of reproducing
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Furtive
secret in an underhanded way, stealthy
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Fuse
to mix o join usually melting
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Germinal
Being in the earliest stage of development
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Heretical
Contrary to church doctrine or accepted beliefs or standards
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Hideous
very ugly, offensive, shocking
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Hypothesize
Reaching a conclusion based on an assumption , something that is not proven
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Ignoble
of lowly origin, without honor
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Impudent
disrespectful, characterized by improper bold behavior
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Incongruity
not confiding , disagreeing , not compatible
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Indefatigable
Tireless, incapable of being fatigued
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Ingratiate
To make an effort to gain good favor with someone
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Interminable
having o seeming to have no end, wearisomely protracted
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Latent
not visible, dormant
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Lecher
one who indulges excessively in sexual activity, lasciviousness
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Luscious
very pleasant to the taste
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Malicious
motivated by hate or deliberate intent to harm
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Melancholy
Depression of spirits
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Mosaic
making a picture of design by using various small piece of multicolored material
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Oblique
slanting ,indirect, evasive, devious , misleading
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Odious
Deserving hate or contempt
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Orthodox
Conforming to established standards, conventional
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Paradoxical
Something that appeared false or contradictory but is actually correct
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Patronizing
having a condescending attitude
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Perpetuate
to prolong the existence of something
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Pneumatic
pertaining to air or gas
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Prodigious
extraordinary in bulk, quantity, or degree, great in size, enormous
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Profundity
profound knowledge, intellectual depth
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Propriety
correct conduct
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Recapitulation
summary
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Reproach
to blame for something , a disgrace
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Resonant
echoing , continuing to sound
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Revere
to honor, to regard with respect
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Rigor
Strictness, severity
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Rudiment
an essential element or skill , also the early stages of development
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Scrupulous
very principled , very careful and conscientious, punctilious
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Sententious
given to excessive moralizing
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Soliloquy
talking to oneself, a dramatic monologue allowing a character to reveal thoughts
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Stoic
A stoical person, not showing passion or feeling , indifference , impassive
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Superb
of very high quality
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Superfluous
beyond what is needed or required, an overflow
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Surreptitious
secret, clandestine , stealthy
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Synthetic
artificial
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Teeming
filled to overflowing , present in a large amount
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Transcended
surpassed, exceeded
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Utopian
Having the characteristics of an ideally perfect place
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Vivacious
full of life, very animated
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Warranted
Justified