11&12 Flashcards

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Agile

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Characterized by ability to move quickly with suppleness and grace

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Antidote

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Something that relives the effects of poison

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Ascertain

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To find out definitely, to determine

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Benevolence

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Kindness, generosity, charity

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Desolate

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Deserted, without inhabitants, barren

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Din

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Loud and discordant noises, cacophony

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Dissuade

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To advise against, to talk out of

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Distend

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To expand, to swell

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Enervation

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Weakness

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Eulogy

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Praise or tribute

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11
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Fitful

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Irregular

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Indelible

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Cannot be removed, washed away or erased

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Inert

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Unable to move or to act, sluggish

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Malevolence

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I’ll will or evil intentions

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Obliterate

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To remove all traces of, to do away with, to destroy completely, to cancel

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Ornate

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Excessively decorated

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Paucity

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Scarcity, few ness of number, dearth

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Piety

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Devotion and reverence to God

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Precarious

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Dangerous, risky, not a secure situation

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Prosaic

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Commonplace, uninspired, banal

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Quiescent

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Inactive, dormant

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Scintillating

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Sparkling, shining, or flashing

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Squalid

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Filthy in appearance, sordid

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Vexation

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Discomfort or distress

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Abridge

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To shorten, to diminish

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Alacrity

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Prompt and cheerful response

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Antipathy

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A dislike, distaste, or enmity

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Augment

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To make greater or to supplement

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Bombastic

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Using inflated language, pompous

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Decry

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To speak against, to rail against, to disparage

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Eclectic

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Coming from a variety of diverse sources

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Enhance

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To make better, to improve

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Euphonious

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Pleasant or agreeable, dulcet

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Fervid

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Ardent, burning, impassioned

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Impecunious

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Without money

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Ingratiate

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To make an effort to gain good favor with someone

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Luxuriant

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Abundant in growth, very fertile

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Paltry

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Trifling, petty, worthless

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Pedantry

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A to of showing off learning in a manner that is needless and unimaginative

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Placid

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Peaceful, calm

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Preclude

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To make impossible

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Promontory

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Land or rock projecting into a body of water

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Raze

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To completely destroy

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Secular

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Nonreligious, worldly

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Static

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Having no motion, showing little change

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Tact

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A keen sense for what is appropriate or tasteful in delicate situations

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Torpid

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Sluggish, inactive, dull

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Vindicated

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Cleared of accusations or charges

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Vindictive

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Revengeful, spiteful

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Abet

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To encourage or to assist