526-529 Flashcards

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Abhor

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hate, detest

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abstruse

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hard to understand, secret, hidden

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acrimonious

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caustic, stinging, bitter in nature

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litigate

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to make subject of a lawsuit

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prodigal

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wasteful

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allegory

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figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another ie Dr. Lewis’s stories

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amatory

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pertaining to lovers or lovemaking

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amorous

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inclined to love, esp sexual love

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inamorata

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female lover

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amicable

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characterized by exhibiting good will

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ambulatory

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of, pertaining to, or capable of walking

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perambulator

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one who makes a tour of inspection on foot

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animus

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hostile feeling or attitude

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equanimity

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mental or emotional stability, especially under tension

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magnanimous

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generous in forgiving an insult or injury

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annals

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a record of events, esp yearly

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antebellum

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before the war (especially the American Civil war)

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antediluvian

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belonging to the period before the biblical flood, very old or old-fashioned

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misanthrope

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one who hates humanity or humans

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philanderer

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one who carries on flirtations

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antipathy

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antipodal

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on the opposite side of the globe

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apogee

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the highest or most distant point

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apocryphal

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of doubtful authorship or authenticity

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apostasy
a total desertion of one's religion, principles, party, cause, etc
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belittle
to regard something as less impressive than it actually is
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bemoan
to express pity for
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belie
to misrepresent, contradict
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benign
having a kindly disposition
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bona fide
in good faith, without fraud
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recidivist
one who repeatedly relapses, as into crime
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percipient
having perception; discerning, discriminating
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precept
a commandment or direction given as a rule of conduct
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capitulate
to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms
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incarnation
being invested with a bodily form
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castigate
to punish in order to correct
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chaste
free from obscenity, decent
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centrist
of or pertaining to moderate political or social ideas
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certitude
freedom from doubt
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anachronism
an obsolete or archaic form
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chronometer
time piece with a mechanism to adjust for inaccuracy
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circumambulate
to walk about or around
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incisive
penetrating, cutting
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cloister
a courtyard bordered with covered walks, especially in a religious institute
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preclude
to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of
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proclivity
inclination, bias
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conciliate
to placate, win over
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incursion
a hostile entrance into a place, esp suddenly
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cursory
going rapidly over something, hasty, superficial
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accretion
an increase by natural growth
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credo
any formula of belief
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credulity
willingness to believe or trust too readily