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1-100 Flashcards

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aberrant

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deviating from proper course

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abate

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to reduce in amount

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abstruce

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diffucult to understand

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acerbic

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sour or bitter

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adhere

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to carry out a plan

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adorning

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to decorate

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adroit

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skillful and adept under pressing conditions

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advocate

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to speak. argue in favor of

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aeon

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indefinitely long period of time

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affability

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sociability

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affectation

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artificiality. unnatural behavior

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agrarianism

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movement for equitable distribution of land

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amalgam

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mixture

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amalgamate

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to unite

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ameliorate

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to make better

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amenable

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responsive to advice. tractable

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animus

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feeling if animosity. ill will

dislike

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anomalies

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deviation from the normal rule

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apathy

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indifference

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antiseptic

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preventing infection by inhibiting the growth

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antipathy

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strong feeling of repulsion

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aplomb

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self confident assurance

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apoplectic

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extremely angry

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appalled

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to fill with dismay

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apprehensive

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anxious and fearful

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approbation

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praise. warm approval

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appropriate

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to set apart

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apropos

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at an appropriate time

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apt

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appropriate

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arcane

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known by only a few

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ardent

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passionate

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arduous

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difficult

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arrest

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to stop

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artifice

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artful expedient

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askari

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soldier. policeman

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assiduity

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persistent application. dilligence

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atavism

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reversion to an earlier time

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atonality

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lack of tonality

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atypical

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unusual

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auta

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intangible quality that surround a person

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auspicious

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attended by favorable circumstances. propituius

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austere

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somber and grave

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authenticity

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being trustworthy

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automaton

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self operating machine. robot

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Avant-garde

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group active in application of nee techniques

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avarice

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desire for wealth. greed

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banality

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something trie, obvious, predictable. commonplace

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bane

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cause of death, destruction

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beguile

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to deceive by guile. (influence by trickery)

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belligerent

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eager to fight. aggrssive

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bipartisan

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supported by two political parties

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blandishment

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phrase used to coax by flattery

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bog

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wetland

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bolster

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to support

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bombastic

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pompous speech or writing

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boon

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benefit bestowed (smthg to be thanked for)

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bowdlerize

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to modify by shortening

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braggart

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bragger

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brash

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hasty and unthinking

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brevity

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being brief in duration

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brusque

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abrupt and curt in manner or speech

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capricious

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impulsive and unpredictable

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carnivalesque

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like merrymaking or a festival

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carp

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to complain. find fault in a disagreeable way

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caustic

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corrosive. causing a burning sensation as from intense emotion

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cavalier

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gallant or chivalrous man esp. serving as escort to a woman or high position

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celerity

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speed. swiftness of action

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assuage

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to satisfy or appease

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astute

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having shrewdness and discernment esp. with respect to one’s own concerns

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authoritative

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highly reliable. of acknowledged accuracy

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autonomy

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independence

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baleful

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portending evil. ominous

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beneficiary

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recipient of funds or other benefits

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bequeathed

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to pass on to another. to hand down

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abhorrence

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a feeling of repugnance

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abrupt

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unexpectedly sudden

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abstemious

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sparingly used. restricted to bare necessities

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abundance

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great or plentiful amount

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acclaim

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to praise enthusiastically

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acolyte

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devoted follower

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acquaintance

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knowledge of a person acquired by a relationship less intimate than friendship

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acrimonious

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butter and sharp in language or tone

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acumen

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quickness, accuracy, keenness of judgement

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adamant

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stubbornly unyielding. impervious to appeals or reason.

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aesthetic

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artistically beautiful to pleasing appearance

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agitate

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to upset. disturb.

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allusion

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instance if indirect reference

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aloof

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distant physically or emotionally

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altruistic

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unselfish concern for others. selflessness

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ambiguous

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open to more than one interpretation

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ambivalence

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coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings

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anachronistic

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one thats out if its proper or chronological order

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anecdote

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short account of an interesting incident

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anonymous

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having an unknown authorship

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antagonize

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to incur the dislike of

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aantecedent

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one that precedes another

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antediluvian

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extremely old and antiquated

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antithesis

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direct contrast. opposition

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archaic

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relating to characteristic of a much earlier period

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articulate

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expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language

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