Word List 5 Flashcards by Joseline lu

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Astral

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Relating to the stars

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Astringent

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Binding, causing contraction

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Astronomical

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Enormously large or extensive

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Astute

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Wise, shrewd, keen

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Asunder

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Into parts, apart

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Asylum

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Place or refuge or shelter, protection

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Atavism

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Reversion to an earlier type

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Atheistic

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Denying the existence of God

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Atrocity

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Brutal dead

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Atrophy

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Waste away

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Attain

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Achieve or accomplish

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Attentive

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Alert and watchful

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Attenuate

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Make thin, weaken

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Attest

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Testify, bear witness

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Attribute

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Essential quality

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Attrition

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Gradual decrease in number

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Atypical

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Not normal

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Audacious

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Daring, bold

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Audit

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Examination of accounts

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Auditory

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Pertaining to the sense of hearing

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Augury

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Omen, prophecy

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August

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Impressive, majestic

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Auspicious

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Favoring success

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Austere

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Forbiddingly stern

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Authenticate

Confirm as genuine

Authoritarian

Favoring or enforcing strict obedience to authority

Authoritative

Having the weight of authority

Autocratic

Having absolute, unchecked power

Automaton

Robot, person performing a task mechanically

Autonomous

Self-governing

Avarice

Greediness for wealth

Aver

Assert confidently

Averse

Reluctant, disinclined

Aversion

Firm dislike

Avert

Prevent, turn away

Aviary

Enclosure for birds

Avid

Greedy, eager for

Avocation

A hobby or minor occupation

Avow

Declare openly

Avuncular

Like an uncle

Awe

Solemn wonder

Awry

Crooked, wrong, amiss

Axiom

Self-evident truth requiring no proof

Azure

Sky blue

Babble

Chatter idly

Bacchanalian

Drunken

Badger

Pester, annoy

Badinage

Teasing conversation

Baffle

Frustrate, perplex

Bait

Harass, tease

Baleful

Deadly, having a malign influence

Balk

Foil or thwart, stop short, refuse to go on

Ballast

Heavy substance used to add stability or weight

Balm

Something that relieves pain

Balmy

Mild, fragrant

Banal

Hackneyed, commonplace

Bandy

Discuss lightly or glibly

Bane

Cause of ruin, curse

Bantering

Good-natured ridiculing

Barb

A sharp projection near the end of an arrow