Word List 9 E-I Flashcards
(30 cards)
1
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effigy
A
a statue or image of a person
2
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elegiac
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sad
3
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encipher
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to put into code, to disguise
4
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ensconce
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to settle comfortably or snugly
5
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entrenched
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held tightly, stuck
6
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equivocate
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to keep changing one’s mind
7
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estrange
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- to keep at a distance
2. to stop caring for someone
8
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euphony
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harmony, pleasant sound
9
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facsimile
A
exact copy
10
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fatuous
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silly, foolish
11
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fiendish
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evil
12
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flout
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to reject openly
13
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fountainhead
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beginning, origin
14
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fussbudget
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fussy person
15
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galleon
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large ship
16
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gamut
A
entire range of something
17
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girth
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width
18
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grating
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irritating, harsh-sounding
19
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hamlet
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small town or village
20
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helmsman
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one who steers a ship
21
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hone
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to sharpen
22
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ignoramus
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one who knows nothing
23
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impetuous
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impulsive, spontaneously passionate or violent
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incessant
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never-ending
25
inculcate
to teach through repetition
26
indices
measures, methods of comparing things (plural of index)
27
inextricable
impossible to remove
28
iniquity
wickedness
29
insular
by itself, insulated
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invocation
prayer
