21-40 Vocab Flashcards

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Acquiesce

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(Verb) to give in

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Benevolent

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(Adj) kind or generous

(Noun) benevolence

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Benign

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(Adj) not causing harm or damage/ harmless

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Enthrall

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(Verb) to hold the attention of someone by being very exciting, interesting, or beautiful/ to amaze

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Exemplary

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(Adj) serving as a desirable model/ good example

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Infamous

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(Adj) well known for being bad: known for evil acts or crimes/ causing people to think you’re bad or evil

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Gratis

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(Adj) free

(Adverb) do something for free

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Ghastly

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(Adj)very shocking or horrible/ bad

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Glutton

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(Noun) a person who eats too much/ someone who wants a large amount of something

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Loathe

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(Verb) to hate someone or something very much

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Morbid

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(Adj) relating to unpleasant subjects such as death/not healthy or normal
Preoccupied with gloomy or unpleasant things such as death
An abnormal or unhealthy I treat in disturbing or unpleasant subjects

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Atrophy

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(Noun) gradual loss of muscle or flesh usually because of disease or lack of use
Declining strength or vigor due to underuse or neglect

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Caustic

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(Adj) able to destroy or burn something by chemical action

Very harsh and critical

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Desiccate

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(Verb) to dry up/ to preserve a food by drying
Dehydrated
(Adj) desiccated

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Disdain

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(Noun) a feeling of strong dislike or disapproval or something or someone you think does not deserve respect

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Bypass

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(Verb) to get around
(Noun) a road that goes around a blocked or very crowded area
A medical procedure done to allow blood to flow past a blocked blood vessel to reach the heart

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Curb

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(Verb) to control or restrain
(Noun) something that controls or limits something else
A short border along the edge or the street

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Disperse

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(Verb) to distribute or scatter

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Engender

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(verb) to be the source of something

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Accord

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(Adverb) to be in agreement or harmony

(Noun)an agreement