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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

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Marked by generosity; not limited to established attitudes or views

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Libertine

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A person free of moral restrictions usually in reference to menw

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Nibble

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To eat in small bites

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Nuance

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A substle distinction or variation

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Plangent

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Having a loud and resounding sound

Ant: muffled

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Primp

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To take excessive care in dressing; to groom oneself

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Qualified

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to be modified or resticted by giving exeptions

Ant: categorical, unconditional

Cf. categorical imperative by Kant

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Rabble

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A confued or complictd crowd that lacks control; a tumultuous crowd of vulgar, noise people

Syn: mob

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Rabid

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Crazy or extreme in actions and thought

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Rubicund

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Having a healthy reddish color

Ant: wan
Syn: sanguine, florid

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Scant

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Having an inadequate or insufficient supply

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Sham

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Not genuine; fake
A deceptivr act of imitation; a counterfeit
To pretend to be something; to feign

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A sinew

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A cord or band that connects muscle and bone

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Spelunker

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One whose hobby is to explore caves

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Stalemate

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The state of being deadlocked

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Stalwart

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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

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To speak with involuntary repetitions of stops

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Stifle

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To smother or suffocate by confinement

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Subdue

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To defeat; to reduce or tone down the intensity if

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Subjugate

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To bring under authority or control

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Sway

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To move back and forth; to cause to change a decision or opinion

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Sybarite

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One who is luxuruous or extremely sensual

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Tranquil

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Free from anxiety or disturbance

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Transgress

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To exceed or go beyond set limits; to break a law

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Transient

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Passing throughh with inly a brief stay

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Urbane

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Notably well-mannered and worldly

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