Word List 4 Pt2 Flashcards

(50 cards)

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Amity

A

Friendship

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Castigate

A

Scold strongly

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3
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Destitution

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Hardship; poverty ; misery

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4
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Expedient

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Conventional; practical

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5
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Incantation

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Chant; invocation; prayer

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6
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Lynch

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Assassinate; kill; illegal hanging

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7
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Overt

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Obvious; not hidden

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Predicament

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Dilemma; difficult situation

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9
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Sanguine

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Optimistic; cheerful

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Ubiquitous

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Found everywhere; omnipresent

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Amorphous

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Lacking in shape

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12
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Catharsis

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Purging of pent-up emotions

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13
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Deter

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Put off; prevent

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14
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Expedite

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Make faster

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15
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Incarceration

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Putting in prison

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16
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Machinations

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Plots and plans

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17
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Overwrought

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Worked up; in an emotional state

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Preeminent

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Famous; outstanding

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19
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Sardonic

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Mocking

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20
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Unalloyed

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Undiluted; total

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21
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Analgesic

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Medicine to combat pain

22
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Caucus

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Type of political meeting

23
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Deteriorate

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Worsen; decline

24
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Exposition

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Clear explanation

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Incessant
Without stopping
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Maelstrom
Whirlpool; storm in the ocean
27
Palatable
Good to eat; agreeable
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Prerogative
Right or privilege
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Savant
Person with knowledge
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Unctuous
Oily; using excessive flattery
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Analogous
Comparable
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Caustic
Burning
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Detrimental
Harmful
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Extol
Praise
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Incipient
Just beginning
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Magnanimous
Generous; big hearted
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Palisade
Fence made of posts
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Prescient
Having fore-knowledge
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Scale
To climb
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Undermined
Damaged; attacked
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Anarchy
Chaos; lack of government
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Cavalcade
Procession of vehicles
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Devoured
Greedily eaten/consumed
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Extradite
Deport from one country back to the home country
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Inclination
Tendency; a leaning toward
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Magnate
Powerful business man
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Palliative
A remedy that improves but doesn’t cure
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Presentiment
A feeling that something might happen
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Scapegoat
Person on whom blame is placed for faults of others
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Underscore
Emphasise