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3-4 Vocab Pt 3 Flashcards

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Alleviate (v)

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To lessen pain or discomfort

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Allay (v)

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To lessen fear; to calm; to relieve pain

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Ameliorate (v)

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To make better; to make better; to lessen pain, difficulty or tension

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Appease (v)

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To make tranquil or quiet, especially by giving into another’s demand; to pacify

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Assuage (v)

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To alleviate; to lessen pain or conflict; to pacify

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Conciliate (v)

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To win a person over through special considerations or persuasive methods; reconcile

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Mediate (v)

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To act as a go-between in settling conflict or disputed between people or opposing sides

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Mitigate (v)

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To make or become less severe; to lessen pain or damage

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Mollify (v)

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To pacify, soothe or appease; to make less severe or violent

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Pacify (v)

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To calm; to make peaceful; to restore to a tranquil state

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Placate (v)

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To make calm; to soothe

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Quell (v)

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To pacify; to subdue; to quiet down

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Banal (adj)

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Full or stale because of overuse; trite; hackneyed

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Cliche (adj)

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An idea or expression that has become stale due to overuse

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Derivative (adj)

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Unoriginal; taken from something already existing

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Hackneyed (adj)

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Made commonplace by overuse; trite; one who copies the work of others

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Insipid (adj)

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Lacking flavor or taste; unexciting

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Lackluster (adj)

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Lacking vitality; energy; or brightness; boring

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Mundane (adj)

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Commonplace; ordinary

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Platitude (n)

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Quality of being dull; an obvious remark uttered as if it were original

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Trite (adj)

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Unoriginal and stale due to overuse

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Prosaic (adj)

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Dull;; commonplace

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Vapid (adj)

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Lacking freshness and zest; flat; stale

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Arrogant (adj)

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Overbearing; proud; haughty

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Braggart (adj)

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One who boasts a great deal

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Complacent (adj)

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Self-satisfied; smug

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Contemptuous (adj)

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Lacking respect; scornful

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Disdainful (adj)

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Full of bitter, scorn and pride; aloof

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Egotistic (adj)

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Excessively self- absorbed; very conceited

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Haughty (adj)

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Having great pride in oneself and dislike for others

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Insolent (adj)

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Boldly disrespectful speech or behavior; rude

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Narcissistic (adj)

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Having to do with extreme self adoration and a feeling of superiority to everyone

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Ostentatious (adj)

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Having to do with showing off; protections

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Presumptuous (adj)

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Too forward or bold; overstepping proper bounds

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Pretentious (adj)

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Claiming or pretending increased importance; ostentatious; affected my grand

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Supercilious (adj)

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Looking down on other; proud; scornful

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Swagger (v)

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To walk around in a proud, showy manner; to vast in a loud manner

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Bombastic (adj)

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Using language in a pompous way; speaking to impress others

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Circumlocution (n)

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Speaking in circle; round-about speech

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Colloquial (adj)

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Pertaining to common everyday speech; conversational

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Diffuse (adj)

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Spread out, not concise; wordy

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Digress (v)

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To wander off from subject or topic spoken about

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Eloquence (n)

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Artful ease with speaking; speech that can influence people’s feelings

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Garrulous (adj)

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Talkative, loquacious

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Grandiloquent (adj)

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Using big fancy words to impress others

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Loquacious (adj)

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Very talkative; liking to talk; garrulous

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Prattle (v)

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To speak on and on in a senseless and silly manner; to talk foolish

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Ramble (v)

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To speak on and on in a senseless and silly manner; to talk foolishly

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Ramble (v)

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To talk on and on pointlessly without clear direction

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Rant (v)

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To talk very loudly, even wildly; rave

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Rhetorical (adj)

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Relating to speech that is used to persuade or have some effects; insincere in expression

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Verbose (adj)

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Using too many words; wordy; long-winded

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Brevity (n)

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Briefness or conciseness in speech or writing

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Concise (adj)

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Using few words in speaking and writing

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Laconic (adj)

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Using few words in speech

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Pithy (adj)

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Brief and full of meaning and substance

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Quiescent (adj)

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Quiet; still; inactive

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Reticent (adj)

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Not talking too much; reserved

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Succinct (adj)

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Clearly and briefly stated; concise

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Taciturn (adj)

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Silent; sparing if words; closed-mouthed

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Terse (adj)

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Using only the words that are needed to make the pout; very concise, sometimes to the point of rudeness

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