14th Flashcards

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Abiding

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Ant: evanescent

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Abide

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To endure; to remain fixed in a state or condition

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Accessible

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Able to be influenced; approachable; easily understandable

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Amble

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To walk slowly

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Ambrosial

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Pleasing to the taste or small

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Amicable

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Friendly and peaceful

Ant: inimical

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Aphorism

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A short saying containing a principle

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Arid

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Extremely dry

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Ascetic

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Strict self-discipline for religious reasons

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Aside

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Deviation; a message that strays from the main theme

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Augur

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One who foretells using omens

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Avid

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Enthusiastically dedicated

Ant; indifferent

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Chiatoscuro

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An artistic method or design that employs light and dark shades without concern for color

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Chicanery

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Illegal deception or trickery

Ant: aboveboard

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Cliche

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An overly familiar phrase

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Embolden

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To make bold; to encourage

Ant: spurn

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Facetious

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Merry or jocular

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Gash

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A deeply cut flesh wound

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Genteel

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Elegant and refined in manner; polite

Ant: churlish

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Incendiary

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A person who intentionally sets fire; an agitation

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Incense

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To make very angry

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Labyrinth

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A complicated maze where someone is easily lost

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Lacerate

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To cut or tear open; to cause deep mental or emotional pain to

Syn: distress

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Licentious

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Not having moral restraints, especially sexual restraints

Ant: moral restraint

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Nebulous
Lacking distinct form
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Nicety
Delicacy or exactness of perception; a subtle distinction Syn: precision
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Noble
Syn: lofty
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Peccadilo
A slight sin or fault
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Recalcutrant
Opposing or defiant of authority
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Recant
To renounce a previous belief or statement
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Saboteur
One who sanotages
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Sobriety
Seriousness in manner; self-restraint
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Sublime
Majestic; lofty and eminent; impressive and noble
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Subsidiary
Of the second importance; furnishing support
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Subterfuge
A deceptive artifice that conceals the truth
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Subvert
To overturn from the foundation
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Succor
Help when in trouble or need Syn: relief
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Taciturn
Not talkative; uncommunicative Ant: loquacious
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Vibrant
Full of life Ant: flagging
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Waver
To be indecisive or vacillate