#6 Flashcards

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Vacillate

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To change ones mind continually

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Steadfast

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Firm, sure

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Castigate

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To critics or punish severely

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Unwitting

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Not aware

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Amicable

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Friendly

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Elucidate

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To make clear

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Revise

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To correct or improve

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Comprehensible

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Capable of being understood

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Ascetic

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Rejecting physical comforts

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Cryptic

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Secret, mysterious

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Venerate

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To respect

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Ostentatious

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Showy, intended to impress

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Bias

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Preference, prejudice

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Augment

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To add to, increase

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Vivid

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Lifelike

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Pessimism

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A tendency to expect the worst

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Assess

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To Evaluate, estimate

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Repudiate

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To reject

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Enervate

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To drain energy

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Reprove

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To scold

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Vigilant

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Watchful, alert

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Raze

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To demolish

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Trivial

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If little importance

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Defame

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To harm the reputation of

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Depravity

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Wickedness

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Disseminate

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To spread wildly

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Corrugated

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Covered with grooves or ridges

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Dogmatic

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Stubbornly certain in a belief

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Induce

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To cause

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Rue

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To regret

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Sinuous

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Curvy; graceful in movements

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Squalor

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Filth; misery

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Stasis

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Balance; motionless

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Tantamount

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Equivalent in effect

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Truncate

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To shorten

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Grant

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To give

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Render

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To make, become

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Serene

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Calm, peaceful

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Parody

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A humorous imitation of a work of art

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Disgruntled

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Dissatisfied

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Eccentric

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Abnormal

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Auspicious

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Favourable

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Restraint

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Holding back in feelings or behaviour

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Congeal

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To solidify

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Vex

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To irritate

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Intricate

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Complex

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Extravagant

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Given to excessive spending

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Dubious

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Doubtful

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Piety

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Religiousness

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Sect

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A small group united by religious belief

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Resent

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To be annoyed as a result of injury

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Disparity

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Difference

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Flourish

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To grow quickly

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Virtuoso

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A highly skilled musician

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Amorphous

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Formless

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Dissuade

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To discourage

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Enmity

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Hatred

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Opportune

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Suitable; well timed

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Presumptuous

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Overly forward

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Hilarity

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Merriment

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Altercation

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An argument or quarrel

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Discrepancy

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Lack of agree

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Taper

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To lessen; to become smaller at one end

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Spurn

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To reject with scorn

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Prominent

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Important, well-known

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Sustain

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To support, keep alive

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Eloquent

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Skilled and persuasive in speaking

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Plausible

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Believable, reasonable