Words Flashcards
(120 cards)
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Orthodox
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Conventional
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Salutary
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Something that teaches you a lesson, beneficial
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Precipice
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Steep slope
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Desecrate
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To damage or pollute holy place
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Ornate
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Highly decorated
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Frankincense
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A sweet, smelling incense
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Observant
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Quick to notice
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Tiff
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Minor argument
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Regiment
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Military unit
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Nurture
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To take care
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Incessant
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Without pause or stop
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Satiate
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To satisfy
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Effusive
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Emotionally unrestrained
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Stickler
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Person who insists on something
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Sagacity
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Wisdom
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Connoisseur
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Appreciator and judge of art
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Heather
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An evergreen plant
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Self possessed
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Confident
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Truncate
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Cut short
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Ludicrous
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Ridiculous
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Ruble
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Russian currency
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Crimson
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Deep red
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Begrudge
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To give reluctantly
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Fond
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To like
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Conflagration
Great fire
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Opaque
Allowing little light to pass through
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Precipitous
Done in a hurry
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Truant
Someone absent without permission
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Skepticism
Doubt, or disbelief
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Mutton
Sheep
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Coriander
A herb, also known as, cilantro
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Would
Maybe, hope, wish to happen
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Dejected
Upset and depressed
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Perilous
Dangerous
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Scanty
Insufficient
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Nonplussed
Confused to the point of being unable to act or speak
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Unanimous
In complete agreement
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Ominous
Threatening
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Derogatory
Uncomplimentary
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Affect
/Effect
Affect - verb, to influence
Effect - noun, the result
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Girdle
That which encircles
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Crimson
Deep red
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Mutton
Sheep
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Enigmatic
Puzzling
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Procure
To obtain
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Poignantly
Intensely
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Abstain
Not partaking in some activity or action
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Articulate
Well spoken
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Discourse
The verbal interchange of ideas
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Exhortation
Urging or incitement by strong appeals
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Innumerable
Too many to be counted
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Conjecture
To infer
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Deformity
Disfigurement
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Despondence
discouragement
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Arbiter
One who decides or holds the power
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Supple
Flexible
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Execration
Utter devastation
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Genial
Favorable to growth or comfort
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Verdure
Lush vegetation
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Tinge
To affect or modify in character
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Capacious
Spacious
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Anecdote
A short, usually funny story
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Nondescript
Featureless and thus hard to describe
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Truncate
Cut short
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Truant
Someone absent without permission
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Antidote
Remedy for poison
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Impious
Wicked
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Exemplify
To serve as a good example
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Extenuating
Lessening, reducing/ guilt diminishing
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Convalesce
Get better after illness
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Incessant
Never stopping/ending
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Valor
Bravery
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Sever
To cut or separate
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School
Group of fish
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Levity
Lack of seriousness
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Vast
Very great, enormous
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Foolhardy
Unthinking and rash
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Pervasive
Spread through every part
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Spontaneity
Impulsive action
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Conjecture
Speculation
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Reverence
Profound respect
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Intractable
Hard to manage
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Conciliating
Agreeable
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Derision
Mockery
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Perfidious
Disloyal
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Illusion
Allusion
Elusive
Delusion
Deceiving
To reference art or culture
Hard to grasp
Crazy
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Spurious
Phony, false
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Emaciated
Very skinny
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Ablution
A washing or cleansing
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Blithesome
Cheerful
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Castigate
to punish
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Coerce
To force
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Decapitate
To behead
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Egotism
Self-conciet
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Fawn
A young deer
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Dormant
Not active
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Efface
Erase
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Embitter
Cause someone to feel bitter
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Empirical
Based on observation and experimentation
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Endorse
Approve, support
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Enigma
Mystery
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Equitable
Fair
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Fathom
Understand
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Generic
General, not specific
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Hail
Signal, greet, call out
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Forbearance
Patience, self control, restraint
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Alliteration
When there is multiple repeating should sounds or letters, adjacent or next to each other
Eg sweet birds sang
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Incarnate
In the flesh
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Incredulous
Disbelieving, skeptical
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Lofty
Tall
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Malign
Evil
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Myopic
Nearsighted
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Odiferous
(Or odoriferous)
Having a strong, unpleasant smell
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Opaque
Not transparent
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Plebeian
Common citizen
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Quash
Reject
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Rejuvenate
Make young again
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Hedonist
Pleasure seeker
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Silo
Storage unit
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Intuitive
Instinctive, untaught
