Word List 7 Flashcards

(37 cards)

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Adumbrate

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To foreshadow

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Desultory

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Lacking a purpose

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3
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Castigate

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To criticize

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4
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Commingling

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Combining

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5
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Espouse

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Promote

I was surprised to learned that Michael espoused a pro-life ideal

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Obviate

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Render unnecessary

cell phones obviated the landline phone

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7
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Ardent

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Passionate

Ardent fruit

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8
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Vapid

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Bland, uninteresting

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9
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Acquiescent

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Submissive

AKA: obsequious

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10
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Convalescent

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Recovering

I am a PTSD convalescent

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Strident

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Shrill

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12
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Bellicose

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Eager to fight

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13
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Consternation

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Anxiety or dismay at something unexpected

I was filled with consternation when I got the new clinical job

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Aberrant

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Incorrect

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15
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Borne

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Tolerated

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Ascetic

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Sycophantic

18
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Eschew

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Admonish

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To warn or reprimand

The job of a lifeguard requires admonishing kids not to do a million different things

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Abstemious

21
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Esconce

22
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Disparate

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Different

Some twins try to be disparate to set themselves apart

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Succored

24
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Beleagured

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Troubled

The rising COVID cases beleagured public health specialists

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Exult
To rejoice
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Inexorable
Relentless
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Voguish
Popular
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Incipient
Just beginning to happen
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Brandish
Wave something as a threat or excitement
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Averred
Stated to be the case
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Rhapsodize
Write or speak about something highly
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Sagacious
Having keen judgment
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Anathematize
Condemn
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Reproach
To accuse someone of something
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Impertinent
Rude
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Extricate
Free from difficulty
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Ostensible
Appearing to be true Similar to apocryphal which is something that is stated to be true but actually isn't.