Words Flashcards

Learn meaning and Synonymous (22 cards)

1
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To pray humbly, begu

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Supplicate

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2
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Unnecessary, excessive, more than enough

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Superfluous (sue-per-fa-less)

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3
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Severe in manner; lacking softness; ridge

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Austere

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4
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To reduce or lower; put or bring down

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Abase

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5
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Increase in numbers, mutliply, to grow

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Profilerate

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6
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Thin or slender in form; lacking in clarity

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Tenuous

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7
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Fine, completely satisfactory; OK

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Copacetic

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8
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Lacking sense, significance or ideas; Silly, stupid

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Inane

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9
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Undefiled, stainless, clean; free from obscenity

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Chaste

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10
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To abstain or keep away from; avoid

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Eschew (es-choo)

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11
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Large number

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Myraid

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12
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Withdrawal from society

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Reclusive

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13
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Someone who is dazzling skilled in any field

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Virtuous

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14
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To depart in a sudden or secret manner

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Abscond (ab-skond)

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15
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Sexual desire, lust, longing

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Concupiscence (con,-cube-pen-sence

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16
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Greedy, inordinately or wrongfully desirous for wealth or possession.

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Covetous (cov-it-tis)

17
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To roam about in pursuit of pleasure

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Gallivant (gal-la-vant)

18
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Similar, consistent or in agreement

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Concordant (con-cord-ant)

19
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Directly opposed or contrasted; opposite

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Antithetic (an-tuh-thet-ick)

20
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Sweet sounding, sweetly or smoothly flowing

Flowing with honey

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Mellifluous (ma-lif-flu-is)

21
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Commonplace or dull; unimaginative

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Prosaic (pro-za-ic)

22
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To bewilder; confound, confuse

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Flummox (fla-mex)