Flashcards in Word List 31 Deck (43):
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aberration
n. wandering or staying away; in optics, failure of rays to focus
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abnegation
n. repudiation; self-sacrifice
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abut
v. border upon' adjoin
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acclimate
v. adjust to climate
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acephalous
adj. headless
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acerbity
n. bitterness of speech and temper
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acquiescence
n. submission; compliance
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adjunct
n. something attached to but holding an inferior position
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adjure
v. request solemnly
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admonition
n. warning
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advert
v. refer to
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adulterated
adj. made impure or spoiled by the addition of inferior materials
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advent
n. arrival
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aegis
n. shield' defense
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affable
adj. courteous
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aeon
n. long period of time; an age
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afferent
adj. carrying toward the center
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affidavit
n. written statement made under oath
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afflatus
n. ispiration
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agrarian
adj. pertaining to land or its cultivation
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agronomist
n. scientist engaged in the management of land
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amazon
n. female warrior
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ambivalence
n. the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
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amoreal
adj. nonmoral
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amortization
n. act of reducing a debt through partial payments
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anachronism
n. an error involving time in a story
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analgesic
adj. causing insensitivity to pain
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animus
n. hostile feeling or intent
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anneal
v. reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling
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anodyne
n. drug that relives pain; opiate
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aphasia
n. loss of speech due to injury
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apologue
n. moral fable
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apropos
prep. witch reference to; properly
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archetype
n. prototype; primitive pattern
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arrogate
v. claim without reasonable grounds
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arroyo
n. gully
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aseptic
adj. preventing putrefaction or blood poisoning by killing bacteria
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atavism
n. resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents
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atelier
n. workshop; studio
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aureole
n. sun's corona; halo
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auroral
adj. pertaining to the aurora borealis
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auscultation
n. act of listening to the heart or lungs to discover abnormalities
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