Word List 2 Flashcards
(50 cards)
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acumen
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mental keenness
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acute
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perceptive, keen, brief and severe
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adage
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proverb
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adamant
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hard, inflexible
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adapt
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alter, modify
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addiction
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compulsive habitual need
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addle
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muzzle, drive crazy, become rotten
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address
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direct speech to, deal with or discuss,
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adept
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expert at
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adhere
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stick fast
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adherent
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supporter follower
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adjacent
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adjoining neighboring close by
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adjunct
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something added on or attached
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admonition
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warning
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adopt
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choose to0 follow, legally take a child, assume an attitude, formally accept
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adorn
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decorate
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adroit
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skillful
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adulterate
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make impure by adding impure or tainted substances
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advent
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arrival of someone or something notable
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adversary
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opponent
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adversity
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unfavorable fortune, hardship
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adverse
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unfavorable, preventing success
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advocacy
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support
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advocate
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urge, plead for
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aesthetic
artistic
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affable
easily approachable
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affected
artificial, pretended
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affinity
kinship
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affirmation
positive assertion, confirmation
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affliction
state of distress, cause of suffering
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affluence
abundance
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afford
have enough money to pay for, provide
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aftermath
consequences
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agenda
items of business at a meeting
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agent
means or instrument, personal representative
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aggrandize
increase or intensify
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aggregate
gather, accumulate
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agressor
attacker
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agility
nimbleness
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agitate
stir up, disturb
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agnostic
one who is skeptical of the existence of god
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alacrity
cheerful promptness
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alias
an assumed name
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alienate
make hostile, separate
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alimentary
supplying nourishment
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alimony
payments made to an ex spouse after divorce
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allay
calm pacify
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allege
state without proof
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allegiance
loyalty
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allegory
story in which characters are used as symbols
