100-150 Flashcards

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Peripheral

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On or having to do with the outer edge

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Penury

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Extreme poverty

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Proclivity

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Tendency, leaning

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Recalcitrant

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Disobedient, resisting authority

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Undulating

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Moving in a wavelike manner

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Volatile

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Highly unstable; explosive

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Ambiguous

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Having more than one meaning

Ambi<> 2
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•••••••••••••2 guessed meanings

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Tolerance

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Respect for the ways and views of others

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Embellish

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To decorate; I add fictitious details to

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Efface

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To erase; to make less noticeable

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Conform

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I fit in; to act in agreement with

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Virtue

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Moral excellence

Virtue-> purtue-> pure

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Eulogy

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High praise (usually for someone who has died)

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Acquiesce

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To give in

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Competent

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Capable; sufficiently skilled

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Censor

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To prevent publication of

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Contempt

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Strong dislike, scorn

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Buoyant

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Cheerful; capable of floating

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Prodigal

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Wasteful with money

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Tact

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Sensitivity, courtesy

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Resilient

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Capable of recovering quickly

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Monarch

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Ruler

“The monarch will be crowned”

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Indulge

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To give in to (a desire)

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Dawdle

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To waste time

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Recant
To take back (a statement)
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Parsimony
Extreme stinginess
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Platitude
A dull, overused remark Latitudes vary from place to place whereas platitude is common to all
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Desultory
Aimless, haphazard, unconnected
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Partisan
Strongly supporting one party or cause
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Vigor
Strength, energy
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Compatible
Capable of working in harmony
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Extol
To praise highly Being EXtra TOL(tall) is a matter of praise
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Petulant
Irritable, touchy
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Acrimony
Bitterness
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Cultivate
To grow; to improve
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Disparage
To put down, to belittle
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Erratic
Wandering, inconsistent The acts is erotic scenes are quite erratic
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Beneficial
Helpful, good
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Levity
Lightness of behavior or feeling
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Ameliorate
To make better, to improve
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Deride
To laugh at, make fun of cruelly
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Bane
Something that harms or destroys Think of batman
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Anarchy
Disorder, absence of government control
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Provincial
Narrow-minded, unsophisticated
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Soluble
Capable of being dissolved
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Conspicuous
Obvious, readily apparent
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Consolidate
To join together, merge
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Extremities
Not essential, not related to
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Expunge
To remove, erase
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Trifling
Unimportant
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Objective
Not affected by personal feeling