49-55 Flashcards

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incandescent

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brilliant, giving off heat or energy

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incantation

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a chant

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incense

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to make very angry

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incessant

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unceasing

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incipient

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emerging, beginning to grow

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incisive

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cutting right to the heart of the matter

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incongruous

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not consistent, not harmonious

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incorrigible

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incapable of being reformed and changed

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increment

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increase

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indifferent

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not caring

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indigenous

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native

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indigent

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poor

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indignant

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angry, insulted by injustice

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indolent

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lazy

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indulgent

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lenient, yielding

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ineffable

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incapable of being expressed through words

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inept

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incompetent

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inert

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inactive

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inexorable

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relentless; unavoidable (like waves)

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infamous

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famous for bad things

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infatuated

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foolishly attracted

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infer

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to deduce

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infinitesimal

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very very very small

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ingenuous

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frank, real

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inherent

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intrinsic

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injunction

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a command or order

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innate

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inherent

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innocuous

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harmlessly innocent

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inordinate

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excessive, unreasonable

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insatiable

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hard or impossible to satisfy; avaricious

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insidious

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treacherous, sneaky

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insinuate

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to hint, to creep in

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insipid

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dull, bland, banal

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insolent

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arrogant, haughty

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instigate

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to provoke

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insular

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isolated

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insurgent

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a rebel, rebel against government

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integral

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essential

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integrate

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to combine two or more into a whole

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intractable

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uncontrollable; stubborn

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intransigent

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uncompromising; stubborn

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intrinsic

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part of the essential nature of something; inherent

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introspective

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tending to think about oneself

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inundate

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to flood

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invective

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abusive speech

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inveterate

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habitual; firm in habit

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irascible

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easily angered or provoked

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ironic

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meaning the opposite

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irrevocable

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irreversible

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itinerant

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moving from place to place

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judicious

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exercising sound judgment

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juxtapose

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to compare side by side

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kinetic

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active; lively

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labyrinth

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maze

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laconic

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using few words, to the point of rude

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lament

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to mourn

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lampoon

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to satirize, to mock

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languish

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to become weak

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largess

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generously giving and donation

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latent

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present giving of gifts

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laud

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to praise

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legacy

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something handed down from the past

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lethargy

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sluggishness

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levity

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lightness, unseriousness

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libel

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a written or published falsehood that injures the reputation

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litigate

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to try in court

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loquacious

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talking too much

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lucid

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clear

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lugubrious

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exaggeratedly mournful

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luminous

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giving off light