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1-8 Flashcards

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Edification

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Noun- improvement or enlightenment

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Malfeasance

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Noun- misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official

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Feasible

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Adjective; capable of being accomplished

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Surfeit

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Noun: condition of being too full; overabundance

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Magnum opus

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Noun: the greatest risk of an artist, writer, or composer

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Modus operandi

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Noun: manner of working

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Opulent

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Adjective: possessing or exhibiting great wealth; affluent

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Synergy

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Noun: the power that results from the combination of two or more forces

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Liturgy

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Noun: a pattern of prayer or warship

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Lethargy

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Noun: a state of sluggishness inactivity and apathy

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Laborious

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Adjective: requiring mental or physical effort

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Belabor

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To discuss into much detail or to attack

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Elaborate

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Verb: to explain in great detail

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Stanch

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Verb: to stop the flow of

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Staunch

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Adjective: firm and steadfast

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Extant

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Still in existence; not destroyed

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Restive

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Adjective: resisting authority; difficult to control or restless; fidgety

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Apropos

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With regard to

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Depose

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To remove from office or power

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Static

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Having no motion or change

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Ecstasy

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Noun; intense Joy or delight

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Stasis

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Condition in which there is no change

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Entity

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Noun; A being

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Essence

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Noun: the most important ingredient; the crucial element

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Quintessential

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Adjective: the most typical, ideal, or important

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Verdure

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Noun: greenery; fresh and ripe vegetation

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Verdant

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Adjective: green; less with vegetation

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Viridity

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Noun: lack of experience; innocence

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Candid

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Adjective: open and sincere

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Candor

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Noun: frankness or sincerity of expression; openness

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Incandescent

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Shining brightly

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Pallor

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Noun: Extreme or unnatural paleness

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Pallid

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Adjective: Lacking color; dull

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Appall

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Verb: to fill with Horror or disapproval

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Livid

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Adjective: enraged; furious

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Denaigrate

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Verb: to attack the character of; to mock

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Peccadillo

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Noun: a small sin or fault

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Impeccable

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Adjective: having no flaws

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Peccant

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Violating a moral law; sinful

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Pejorative

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Adjective: negative and critical; insulting

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Impair

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Verb: to cause to diminish, as in strengths, value, or quality

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Malign

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Qverb: to speak of maliciously; insult

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Malinger

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Verb: to pretend to be sick in order to avoid something

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Malaise

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Noun: a sense of unease; depression

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Negligent

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Adjective: not properly attentive

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Negligible

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Unimportant; insignificant

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Negate

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To cancel the effect of; nullify

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Discomfit

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Verb – to embarrass and confuse

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Jocose

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Adjective: cheerful ; Merry

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Jocular

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Adjective: characterized by joking

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Festoon

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Verb: to drape or adorn festively

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Fete

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Verb: to honor with a banquet or feast

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Bacchic

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Adjective: of or related to wild celebration

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Bacchanal

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Noun: a drunken party or celebration

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Plaintive

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Adjective: sorrowful; expressing or evoking mourning or sadness

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Plaint

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Noun: a lament or complaint

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Elegy

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Noun: a song or poem memorializing something or someone

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Elegiac

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Adjective: morning that which is lost or past; sorrowful

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Somnolent

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Adjective: drowsy; sleepy

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Soporific

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Adjective: causing sleep or fatigue

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Sopor

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Noun: sleep; drowsiness

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Languid

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Adjective: lacking energy; weak

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Languish

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Verb: to waste away

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Languor

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Noun: lack of physical or mental energy

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Vigilant

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Adjective: on the alert; watchful

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Vigilante

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Noun: someone who takes law enforcement into their own hands

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Acquiesce

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Verb: to give in

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Requiem

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Noun: a song or religious service for the dead or lost

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Quittances

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Noun: a repayment; compensation

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Fortuitous

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Adjective: happening by lucky accident or chance

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Fortuity

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Noun: chance or accident

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Auspices

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Noun: protection or support; patronage

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Auspicious

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Adjective: followed by favorable circumstances

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Predestination

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Noun: the belief that one’s fate has been determined in advance by a higher power

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Destine

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Verb: intend for a specific end or purpose

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Consortium

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Noun: a group of companies or institutions

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Consort

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  1. Verb: to keep company; associate

2. Noun: a companion, especially a romantic one

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Propitious

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Adjective: lucky; favorable

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Propitiate

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Verb: to soothe or satisfy; to appease

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Importune

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Verb: to urge our bed without end

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Importunate

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Adjective: extremely demanding; insistent

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Rapport

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Noun: a positive relationship

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Insufferable

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Adjective: impossible to bear intolerable

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Preferential

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Adjective: giving or showing in advantage to one over another

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Euphoria

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Noun: a feeling of great happiness or well-being

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Congested

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Adjective: overcrowded; too tightly packed

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Gestate

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Verb: to conceive and develop in the mind and body

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Gesticulate

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Verb: to make gestures for emphasis

11th grade vocab (2 decks)

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