Word List 9 (continued) Flashcards
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Contravene
A
to go against
2
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Copious
A
plentiful
3
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Cosmographer
A
one who studies the order of the universe
4
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Creed
A
a system of beliefs
5
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Culinary
A
relating to cookies
6
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Curtail
A
to shorten
7
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Dearth
A
a shortage; an absence
8
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Debunk
A
to expose an untruth
9
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Deed
A
act
10
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Deftly
A
skillfully
11
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Deleterious
A
harmful
12
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Depose
A
to remove from office
13
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Desiccate
A
to dry out
14
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Desultory
A
aimless
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Devoid
A
missing
16
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Diatribe
A
angry speech attacking someone
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Digress
A
to wander away
18
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Din
A
loud, continuous noise
19
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Disband
A
to separate
20
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Discursive
A
wandering from one topic to another
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Disparate
A
different
22
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Disseminate
A
to spread widely
23
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Dissuade
A
to persuade someone not to do something
24
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Divest
A
to take something away from someone else
25
Dolt
stupid person
26
Dour
silent and gloomy
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Drone
one who talks constantly and monotonously
28
Duplicity
hypocrisy
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Edict
a command by an authority
30
Effigy
a statue or image of a person
31
Elegiac
sad
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Elucidate
to make clear
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Embellish
to decorate
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Emphysema
lung disease
35
Encipher
to put into code
36
Ensconce
to settle comfortably or smugly
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entrenched
held tightly stuck
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Ephemeral
short-lived
39
Equivocate
to keep changing one's mind
40
Estrange
to keep at a distance or to stop caring for someone
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Euphony
harmony
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Excursion
trip
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Exorcism
removing evil spirits
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Exposition
explanation
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Extraneous
extra; unnecessary
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Eyesore
ugly thing
47
Facsimile
exact copy
48
Fatuous
silly, foolish
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Fervor
intensity
50
Fiendish
evil
51
Flaunt
to show off
52
Flout
to reject openly
53
Forensics
the study or argumentation
54
Fountainhead
beginning
55
Frugal
careful not to spend a lot of money
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Fussbudget
fussy person
57
Galleon
large ship
58
Gamut
entire range of something
59
Garrulous
overly talkative`
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Genre
type
61
Geyser
spring that shoots up hot water and steam
