A Flashcards
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abash
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to make ashamed, to embarrass
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abate
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to reduce , to subside
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abdicate
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to step down from a position of power of responsibility
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abberation
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deviate from the standard
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abhor
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to hate very
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abject
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hopeless
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abnegate
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to reject, to deny oneself thing
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abortive
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unsuccessful
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abridge
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to shorten, to condense
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absolute
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total, perfect
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absolve
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to forgive or free from blame
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abstinent
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abstaining; voluntarily not doing something
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abstract
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theoretical, impersonal
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abstruse
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hard to understand
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absymal
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extremely hopeless
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accolade
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an award; an honor
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accost
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to approach and speak to someone
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acerbic
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bitter; sour ; severe
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acrid
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harsh; like acid
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acrimonious
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full of spite; bitter; nasty
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acumen
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mental sharpness
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acute
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sharp
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adamant
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stubborn; completely inflexible
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address
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to speak to; to direct ones attention to
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adherent
follower ; supporter; believer
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admonish
to warn ; to scold gently
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adroit
skillful
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adulation
wild or excessive admiration; flattery
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adulterate
to contaminate; to make impure
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adverse
unfavorable
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aesthetic
having to do with artisitc beauty
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affable
easy to talk to
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affectation
unnatural or artificial behavior
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affinity
sympathy; attraction; kinship; similarity
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affluent
rich ; prosperous
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agenda
program
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agrarian
relating to land
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aggregate
sum total
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agnostic
one who believes that the existence of a god can be neither proven
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alacrity
cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond
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allege
to assert without proof
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alleviate
to relieve; to lessen
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allocate
to distribute
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alloy
a combination of two or more things
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allusion
an indirect reference
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aloof
uninvolved
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alturism
selflessness
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ambience
atmosphere
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ambiguous
unclear in meaning
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ambivalent
undecided; neutral
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ameliorate
to make better or more tolerable
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amenable
obedient; agreeable
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amenity
pleasantness; attractive or comfortable feauture
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amiable
friendly; agreeable
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amnesty
an official pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy
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amoral
lacking sense of right or wrong
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amorous
feeling loving; espeacially in a sexual sense
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amorphous
shapeless
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anachronism
something out of place in history
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analogy
a comparison of one thing to another
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anarchy
absence of government or control
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anecdote
a short account of a humorous or revealing incident
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anguish
mental pain
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animosity
resentment
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anomaly
an aberration; a deviation
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antecedent
someone or something that went before
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antipathy
firm dislike; a dislike
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antithesis
the direct opposite
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apartheid
racial segregation ; 인종차별
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apathy
lack of interest; lack of feeling
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aphorism
a brief, often witty saying
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apocalypse
a prophetic revelation
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apocryphal
dubious authenticity
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apotheosis
elevation to divine status
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appease
to soothe
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appreciate
increase in value
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apprehensive
worried; anxious
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approbation
approval; praise
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appropriate
to take without permission
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aptitude
capacity for learning
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arbiter
one who decides
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arbitrary
randam
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arcane
mysterious
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archaic
extremely old
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archetype
an original model or pattern
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ardent
passionate
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arduous
hard; difficult
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aristocratic
of noble birth
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artful
wily
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artifice
a clever trick
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ascendency
supremacy; domination
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ascetic
hermitlike; practicing self-denial
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assiduous
hardworking; busy; quite diligent
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assimilate
to take in; to absorb
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assuage
to soothe; to pacify; to relieve pain
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astute
shrewd
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attrition
gradual wearing away
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audacity
boldness
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augment
to make bigger
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auspicious
favorable
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austere
unadorned
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autocratic
ruling with absolute authority
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autonomous
acting independently
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avarice
greed; excessive love of riches
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avow
to claim
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avuncular
like an uncle
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awry
off course
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axiom
self-evident rule or truth
