12th Flashcards

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Alienable

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Transferable to another person’s ownership

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Adamant

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Stubbornly unyielding

A very hard substance

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Amalgamate

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To combine into a single unit or whole

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Analgesia

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The inability to feel pain but without a loss of consciousness

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Antidote

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An agent used to counteract a poisonous or noxious substance

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Aqueduct

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A pipe of channel that usually supplies largy cities with its water supply

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Barb

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A cutting comment

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Blanch

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To take the color out of: to cause to become pale

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Bland

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Gentle in manner; lacking distinctive flavor; not stimulating

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Blandish

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To persuade in a flattering manner

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Coalesce

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To come together

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Cramp

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A sharp pain caused by a sudden contraction of a muscle; something that restrains freedom of function

To restrict

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Deploy

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To spread out men in battle systematically or strategically

Ant: concentrate

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Depose

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T make a statement under oath

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Desiccant

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A substance that absorbs moisture or water

A drying agent

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Disentangle

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To free from entanglement or difficulty

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Emancipate

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To free from oppression or bondage

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Evanescent

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Vanishing like vapor

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Exalt

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To intensify; to elevate in rank, powerm or character

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Ford

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A shallow are in a body of water where it is possible to cross

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Fungi

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A subdivision of plants which include molds, mushrooms, and mildews

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Grandeur

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The quality of being grand or magnificent

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Grandiloquent

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Extravagant in language or manner

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Inane

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Lacking substance or meaning; void of sense or intelligence

Ant: meaningful

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Liberal
Marked by generosity; not limited to established attitudes or views
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Libertine
A person free of moral restrictions usually in reference to menw
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Nibble
To eat in small bites
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Nuance
A substle distinction or variation
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Plangent
Having a loud and resounding sound | Ant: muffled
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Primp
To take excessive care in dressing; to groom oneself
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Qualified
to be modified or resticted by giving exeptions Ant: categorical, unconditional Cf. categorical imperative by Kant
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Rabble
A confued or complictd crowd that lacks control; a tumultuous crowd of vulgar, noise people Syn: mob
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Rabid
Crazy or extreme in actions and thought
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Rubicund
Having a healthy reddish color Ant: wan Syn: sanguine, florid
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Scant
Having an inadequate or insufficient supply
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Sham
Not genuine; fake A deceptivr act of imitation; a counterfeit To pretend to be something; to feign
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A sinew
A cord or band that connects muscle and bone
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Spelunker
One whose hobby is to explore caves
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Stalemate
The state of being deadlocked
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Stalwart
Characterized by outstanding strength of the body, mind, or spirit One who is strong and sturdy in body; and unwaverring supporter of an organization or cause
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Stammer
To speak with involuntary repetitions of stops
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Stifle
To smother or suffocate by confinement
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Subdue
To defeat; to reduce or tone down the intensity if
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Subjugate
To bring under authority or control
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Sway
To move back and forth; to cause to change a decision or opinion
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Sybarite
One who is luxuruous or extremely sensual
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Tranquil
Free from anxiety or disturbance
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Transgress
To exceed or go beyond set limits; to break a law
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Transient
Passing throughh with inly a brief stay
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Urbane
Notably well-mannered and worldly