Words 5 Flashcards

(48 cards)

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candescent

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glowing or dazzling from great heat

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candor

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unreserved, honest expression

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incarnation

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a particular physical form or state
a particular life
the embodiment of a deity or concept

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carnal

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bodily, corporeal

relating to the physical feelings and desires of the body

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florid

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tinged with red, ruddy

marked by emotional or sexual fervor

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devious

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deviating from a right, accepted, or common course

cunning

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intransitive

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characterized by having a direct object

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ambient

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existing or present on all sides

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ambience

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the feeling or mood associated or elicited by a place

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seditious

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intending to incite resistance to or insurrection against the government

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derelict

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abandoned, rundown

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innocuous

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harmless, inoffensive

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ambivalence

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simultaneous and contradictory feelings or attitudes towards an object, person, or action
uncertainty about feelings or course of action

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efflorescence

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flowering

developing, blossoming

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noxious

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harmful + unpleasant

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evanescent

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lasting only for a short time, then disappearing

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provenance

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origin, source

history of ownership of a valued object or work of art

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subvention

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assistance or financial support given for a specific purpose

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circumvent

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to manage to get around, especially by ingenuity

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dereliction

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intentional abandonment

intentional or conscious neglect

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via

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by way of, by use of

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obviate

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to make (something) unnecessary
to anticipate + prevent something
to remove (a need or difficulty)
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contravention

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violation, contradiction

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obit

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a notice of a person’s death, usually with a short biographical account

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voracious
very eager, especially for food
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facile
shallow, simplistic | fluent, poised, assured
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facility
ability to do something easily or well | a building where a particular activity occurs
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pellucid
very clear, shining
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lucid
clearly expressed + easy to understand | having full use of one's faculties
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translucent
allowing some light to pass through
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candid
honest | blunt
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defection
desertion of one's country or cause in favour of an opposing one
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irascible
easily angered or provoked
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obnoxious
very offensive, unpleasant, or rude
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pre-adolescent
a child that has not yet hit puberty
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ire
anger
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inefficiency
the quality of not producing the intended effect and wasting resources
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delinquent
a person who behaves in an illegal or generally unacceptable way
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deviant
straying from an accepted norm
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trival
insignificant, trifling
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obsolescence
the process of going out of style or becoming outdated
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obsolete
out of style or outdated
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ambivalent
having or showing simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings about someone or something
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omnificent
unlimited in creative power
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omnipotence
the quality of having virutally unlimited authority or influence
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Omnibus
an automotive public vehicle designed to carry a large number of passengers
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omniscient
all-knowing
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omnivore
an organism that eats both meat and plants