Word List 10 E-I Flashcards
(35 cards)
1
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effrontery
A
open rudeness
2
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elegy
A
song or poem for the dead
3
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edifice
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a large building
4
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enumeration
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a numbered list
5
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epochal
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important, pertaining to a particular period of history
6
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erudition
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knowledge acquired from books
7
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ethereal
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not physical, spiritual
8
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execrable
A
very bad
9
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faction
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a group of people who think the same way
10
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fecund
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fertile
11
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fetid
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having a bad smell
12
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fledgling
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- inexperienced person
2. young bird
13
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forgo
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to do without, to give up
14
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fractious
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disobedient, unruly, irritable
15
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fulsome
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- gross, offensive
2. lavish, overdone
16
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futile
A
useless, unsuccessful
17
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galvanize
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- to inspire or stimulate sudden action
2. to prevent rust with a zinc coating
18
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gaunt
A
thin, grim
19
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genteel
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upper class, elegant, polite
20
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gibe
A
to ridicule
21
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glacial
A
cold, unfriendly
22
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gratis
A
free or charge
23
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harbinger
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a sign or omen, a messenger
24
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herculean
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of great power or difficulty
25
immutable
unchangeable
26
impetus
motivation, driving force
27
improvidence
lack of foresight
28
indigent
extremely poor
29
indubitable
certain, definite
30
infatuation
foolish or impulsive love
31
inkling
beginning of an idea
32
inscrutable
mysterious, hard to understand
33
insurmountable
impossible to overcome
34
intractable
hard to manage, disobedient
35
irascible
bad-tempered
