Word List 3 Flashcards
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Converse
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Chat; Talk informally
2
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Docile
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Obedient; Easily managed
3
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Intrepid
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Fearless
4
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Despot
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Tyrant; Harsh, authoritarian ruler
5
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Incidental
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Not essential; Minor
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Abut
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Border upon; Adjoin
7
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Apolitical
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Having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs
8
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Shambles
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Wreck; Mess
9
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Comely
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Attractive; Agreeable
10
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Pedagogy
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Teaching; Art of education
11
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Stanza
A
Division of a poem
12
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Defer
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Give in respectfully; Submit; Delay
13
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Lexicon
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Dictionary
14
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Impecunious
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Without money
15
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Enthrall
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Capture; Enslave
16
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Bane
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Cause of ruin; Curse
17
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Slight
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Insult to one’s dignity; Snub
18
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Limpid
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Clear
19
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Declivity
A
Downward slope
20
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Blighted
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Suffering from a disease; destroyed
21
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Bumptious
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Self-assertive
22
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Malicious
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Hateful; Spiteful
23
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Perfidious
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Treacherous; Disloyal
24
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Carnivorous
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Meat-eating
25
Debilitate
Weaken; Enfeeble
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Arable
Fit for growing crops
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Execute
Put into effect; Carry out
28
Apprise
Inform
29
Winnow
Sift; Separate good parts from bad
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Virtue
Goodness, moral excellence; Good quality
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Diversion
Act of turning aside; Pastime
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Incisive
Cutting; Sharp
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Quiver
Case for arrows; Tremble
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Wan
Having a pale or sickly color; Pallid
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Noxious
Harmful
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Herbivorous
Grain-eating
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Irrevocable
Unalterable; Irreversible
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Pigment
Coloring matter
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Inclement
Stormy; Unkind
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Predator
Creature that seizes and devours another animal; Person who robs or exploits others
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Betoken
Signify; Indicate
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Hostility
Unfriendliness; Hatred
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Retroactive
Of a law that dates back to a period before its enactment
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Mite
Very small object or creature; Small coin
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Jargon
Language used by a special group; Technical terminology; Gibberish
