751-875 Flashcards
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Savor
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To taste or smell, esp. with pleasure; n. The taste or smell
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Fluster
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To make nervous or upset
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Relief
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A distinction or prominence due to contrast
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Habitat
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The place where a person or things is ordinarily found; a particular type of natural emvironment
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Platitude
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A commonplace remark delivered as if it were important
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Sabotage
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To deliberately obstruct or destroy
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Minutiae
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Trivial details
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Effervescent
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Giving off gas bubbles; showing high spirits or excitement
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Desiscate
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To dry completely
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Gregarious
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Seeking and enjoying the company of others; tending to move in a group
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Sojourn
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A brief visit
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Listless
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Having no interest in what is going on about one; languid; spiritless
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Secular
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Not religious; worldly
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Defer
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To delay; to put off
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Surfeit
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An excess
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Compunction
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A feeling of uneasiness caused by sense of guilt
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Decapitate
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To cut off the head
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Rejuvenate
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To restore energy or an appearance of youth
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Chronology
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Arrangement of events in time
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Provincial
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Limited in perspective; unsophisticated
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Pliant
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Easily bent; pliable; adaptable or compliant
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Melodramatic
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Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental
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Paramount
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Supreme; ranking higher than others in power or importance
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Precocious
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Developing earlier than usual, esp. mentally
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Syntax
The way words are arranged to form phrases, clauses, and sentences
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Euphoria
A feeling of great happiness
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Detach
To separate from a larger mass; disengage or remove (physically or emotionally)
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Animosity
Bitter hostility, esp. that which provokes punitive action
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Bard
A poet
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Revere
To honor
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Guffaw
To laugh loudly and crudely; n. a loud burst of laughter
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Inveterate
Establish for a long time; habitual
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Tenable
Able to be maintained in argument; rationally defensible; able to be held against assault; defensible
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Mitigate
To improve by lessening the severity of
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Giddy
Dizzy, lightheaded
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Diction
Word choice in speech or writing; degree of clarity in speaking
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Negligent
Careless; inattentive
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Omnipotent
All-powerful
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Propagate
To multiply or reproduce; to transmit; to extend to a wider area
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Malinger
To act sick in order to avoid work
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Convene
To bring together
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Eschew
To avoid, to shun
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Arable
Suitable for growing crops (of land)
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Optimum
The most favorable point or condition
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Err
Mo make a mistake
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Scoff
To make fun of; to ridicule
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Saturate
To soak or fill to capacity
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Excruciating
Severely painful
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Douse
To wet thoroughly
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Restitution
Compensation for a loss
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Accomodate
To oblige; to provide a service or favor, to fit
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Disrepute
The absence or loss of reputation
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Impervious
Completely resistant to penetration; unaffected
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Squalid
Having a dirty or lowly appearance
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Truncate
To cut short
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Consolidate
To combined into a whole; to strengthen
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Flaunt
To display ostentatiously; to show off; to boast
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Deter
To prevent or discourage from acting by means or fears or doubt
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Demographics
The distribution of human population groups
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Autonomy
Independence; self-goverment
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Demeanor
Outward behavior, esp. the reveals one's personality or attitude
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Vindicate
To clear of blame with supporting arguments or proof
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Iniquity
Extreme immorality or injustice; wickedness
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Incapacitate
To make unable to function in normal activities; disable
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Salutary
Beneficial; favorable to health
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Lore
Knowledge about a particular subject, esp. Of a traditional or popular nature
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Innate
Possessed at birth; inborn
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Drivel
Stupid or childish talk
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Predilection
A special liking for something; a preference
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Trace
A faint amount
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Disparage
To speak in a disapproving or slighting manner; to belittle
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Trove
A collection of valuable items
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Jut
To stick out; project
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Escalate
To increase or intensify
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Congenial
Suited to one's needs or nature; friendly; sympathetic
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Candor
Frankness or sincerity of expression
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Projectile
Something thrown or fired
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Motley
Having elements of great variety; composed of many colors
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Expedite
To speed up
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Heterodoz
Not in agreement with accepted beliefs, esp. religious dogma
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Benevolent
Characterized by doing good
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Hierarchy
A ranking according to status or ability; a group having authority
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Tender
To offer formally; n. A legal offer; something, esp. money, offered in payment
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Staid
Serious and settled; sedate
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Dissemble
To deceive or conceal; to hide one's motives; to simulate
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Competent
Capable and skilled
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Prognosis
The anticipated progress of recovery
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Ingratiate
To bring oneself into another's favor or good graces by conscious effort
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Saga
A long pose narrative, offer telling of adventure or heroism; a long, detailed report
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Curb
To restrain or control
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Elicit
To draw out; to invoke
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Oppress
To persecute with a excessive use of power
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Immaculate
Perfectly clean
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Objective
Having actual existence or reality; not influence by emotion or personal prejudice
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Affliction
Pain; suffering; anything causing pain
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Implore
To ask for urgently; to beg
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Mollify
To soothe the temper; to pacify; to appease
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Fertile
Producing abundantly; prolific
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Ignominy
Shame; didhonor
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Dissipate
To scatter; to spend wastefully
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Bait
To torment or harass; to lure
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Score
To make cuts or lines on
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Belligerent
eager to fight; aggressive; engaged in warfare
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Autocracy
Rule by one person with unlimited power
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Suffuse
To spread through or over (as with light or color)
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ambiguous
Having more than one possible interpretation
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Painstaking
Very thorough; careful
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Diaphanous
Of transparent or translucently fine texture; delicate and insubstantial
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Innuendo
An indirect suggestion about someone or something, esp. of a negative nature
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Callow
Inexperienced; not developed; immature
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Remedial
Supplying a remedy; intended to correct
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Solemn
A serious; grave
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Expanse
A large amount of something spread out
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Largess
Generosity in giving gifts
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Impair
To make worse; to damage
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Gracious
Having or showing kindness; courtesy, charm, ect.
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Immaterial
Not significant or relevant
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Intervene
To come between two things
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Stultify
To cause to lose interest, become bored, or feel dull and not alert
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Loft
Very high; noble
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Recant
To formally take back a previous statement
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Emanate
To send forth; to come forth
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Coin
To devise a new word or phrase
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Arduous
Difficult; laborious
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Vitality
The force that distinguishes life from death
