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2019 final vocab Flashcards

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amenable

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liable, answerable, willing, obedient

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amorphous

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having no definite form, shapeless

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cajole

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to persuade someone to do something through soothing deception

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calamity

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state of misery caused by loss

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debase

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to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character

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efface

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to eliminate or make distinct

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elucidate

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to make clear

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ferocity

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extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality, intensity

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flourish

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to grow, thrive, achieve, prosper, make bold

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haughty

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blatantly and disdainfully proud

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inane

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empty, lacking significance, meaning, or point

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indolence

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inclination to laziness

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infallible

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incapable of error, not deceiving, misleading, or disappointing

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inscrutable

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not able to be interpreted, investigated, or understood

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languid

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weak due to something; from exhaustion; sluggish, lacking force or quickness of movement

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penitent

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expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

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perfunctory

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routine, lacking interest or enthusiasm

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antiquated

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out of style, old, advanced in age

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dilapidated

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decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse

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atrophy

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decrease in size, wasting away or progressive decline (misuse)

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clandestine

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secrecy

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conciliate

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to gain by pleasing acts, to appease or to make friendly or agreeable

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cursory

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rapidly and ofter superficially performed or produced

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derision

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use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt

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enmity

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positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will

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extricate

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to distinguish from a related thing, to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty

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forbearance

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to have patience

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frivolous

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of little weight or importance, lacking seriousness

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garrulous

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rambling, annoyingly talkative

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impetuous

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impulsive passion

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industrious

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constantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied; diligent hard worker

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infamous

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having the worst reputation, well known for being bad

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insolent

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insultingly contemptuous in speech or conduct, exhibiting boldness or effrontery (in speech)

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levity

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lightening the mood usually at the wrong time (frivolity)`

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oblivion

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forgetting

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paradoxical

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unusual, things that don’t fit together

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perjury

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violation of an oath or vow by swearing to what is untrue

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rancor

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bitter deep-seated ill will )one sided angriness)

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sycophant

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servile self-seeking flatterer; kiss-up

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vacillate

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sway or can’t decide between two things

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vivify

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to give life to

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accolade

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mark of acknowledgment or award

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ascetic

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strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline

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bequeath

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to hand down, to give or leave by will

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charlatan

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fraud, faker

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conflagration

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fire, conflict, war

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dearth

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famine, lack of

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diffident

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hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence, reserved

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effervesce

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bubble, hiss, and foam as gas escapes, show liveliness or exhilaration

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effulgence

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radiant, brilliance

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ethereal

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relating to regions beyond the earth, heavenly, lack of material substance

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guile

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deceitful cunning, duplicity

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implausible

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provoking disbelief

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incongruous

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not harmonious, incompatible, inconsistent with itself

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insular

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of, relating to, or constituting an island, isolated people

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provincial

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living or coming from a province

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synthesis

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parts to form a whole

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vigilant

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alertly watchful to avoid danger

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voluble

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easily rolling or turning or rotating; rapid speech

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affinity

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relationship by marriage, kinship, natural likeness

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blasphemous

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impulsively irrelevant, disrespectful

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buttress

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something that supports or strengthens

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corroborate

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to support with evidence or authority, make more certain

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deplete

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to lessen markedly in quantity, content, power, or value

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despotic

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tyrant, a ruler with absolute power

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replete

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fully or abundantly filled

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empirical

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based or observation or evidence, observable data

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homogenous

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of the same or a similar kind or nature

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incontrovertible

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not open to question, indisputable

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extraneous

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not forming an essential or vital part

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irascible

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marked by a hot temper and easily provoked anger

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laconic

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the use of minimum words, concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious

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magnanimity

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a generous act

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scrupulous

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moral integrity, strict for what is right and proper

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sublime

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exalt in dignity or honor

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surreptitious

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acting or doing something clandestinely or secretly

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spurious

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not being what it is said to be; false or fake

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veracity

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devotion to the truth

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zeal

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eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something

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amiable

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generally agreeable, being friendly sociable

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vicarious

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performed or suffered by one person as a substitute for another

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discursive

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moving from topic to topic

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estrange

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to remove or alienate

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exonerate

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to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship; to clear from obligation or blame

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gratuitous

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not involving a return benefit, compensation, or consideration; costing nothing, free

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indignation

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anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean

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induce

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effect, cause, produce

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intractable

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not easily manipulated, cured, or managed

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lucid

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clear to understanding

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misanthrope

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a person who what or distrusts humankind

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munificent

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generous in giving, lavish

92
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recluse

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marked by withdrawal from society

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stupefy

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to make stupid, groggy, insensible, astonish, astound

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terse

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smoothly elegant; polished, short

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transient

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passing quickly into and out of existence

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adulation

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excessive or slavish admiration or flattery

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chimera

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illusion or fabrication of the mind

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culpable

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guilty, criminal, blameworthy

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decadent

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decay or decline, self-indulgence

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entreat

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negotiate, intercede, make earnest request, please in order to persuade, ask urgently

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