Word List 65 Flashcards

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Mutability

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Ability to change in form; Fickleness

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Timorous

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Fearful; Demonstrating fear

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Amend

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Correct; Change, generally for the better

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Drone

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Talk dully; Buzz or murmur like a bee

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Anguish

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Acute pain; Extreme suffering

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Enumerate

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List; Mention one by one

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Revert

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Relapse; Backslide; Turn back to

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Sanctimonious

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Displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness

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Pristine

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Characteristic of earlier times; Primitive; Unspoiled

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Shirk

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Avoid (responsibility, work, etc.)

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Wean

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Accustom a bay to not nurse; Give up a cherished activity

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Lewd

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Lustful

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Nauseate

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Cause to become sick; Fill with disgust

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Plenitude

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Abundance; Completeness

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Infirmity

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Weakness

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Incorporate

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Introduce something into a larger whole; Combine; Unite

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Imperceptible

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Unnoticeable; Undetectable

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Bestial

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Beastlike; Brutal

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Invective

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Annihilate

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Perjury

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False testimony while under oath

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Anonymous

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Having no name

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Convoluted

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Coiled around; Involved; Intricate

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Sanction

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Approve; Ratify

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Appall
Dismay; Shock
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Acetic
Vinegary
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Nip
Stop something's growth or development; Snip off; Bite; Make numb with cold
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Shrewd
Clever; Astute
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Gaffe
Social blunder
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Austere
Forbiddingly stern; Severely simple and unornamented
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Profusion
Overabundance; Lavish expenditure; Excess
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Beatific
Giving bliss; Blissful
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Sanctuary
Refuge; Shelter; Shrine; Holy place
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Brawn
Muscular strength; Sturdiness
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Litigation
Lawsuit
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Venial
Forgivable; Trivial
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Paradigm
Model; Example; Pattern
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Ambivalence
The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
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Yen
Longing; Urge
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Permeable
Penetrable; Porous; Allowing liquids or gas to pass through
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Incompatible
Inharmonious
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Apex
Tip; Summit; Climax
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Centrifugal
Radiating; Departing from the center
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Baffle
Frustrate; Perplex
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Spat
Squabble; Minor dispute