A Flashcards by Mira Chawla

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Abandon

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To give up

To withdraw from

To give oneself over

To cease from maintaining, practicing, using, etc

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Abbreviate

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To make briefer (ex: United States of America to USA)

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Abdicate

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To discard

To formally renounce a throne, high position, or function

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Abhor

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To hate, loathe

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Abridge

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To condense, summarize

To diminish

To deprive

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Abrupt

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Sudden

Rude, curt

Being cut or broken off

Lacking smoothness or continuity

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Abundant

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Ample, in large amounts

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Abyss

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A deep gulf or great space

Intellectual or moral depths

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Acclaimed

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Praised, famous

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Accord

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To grant or give

To bring into agreement

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Acknowledge

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To recognize

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Acrid

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Sharp, harsh, pungent

Deeply violent or bitter

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Acumen

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Keenness and depth of perception

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Acute

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Characterized by sharpness or severity

Marked by keen discernment or intellectual perception

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Adamant

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Unshakable, insistent, unyielding

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Adapt

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Too make fit by modification

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Adept

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Proficient, expert

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Adhere

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To hold fast or stick

To give support or maintain loyalty

To bind oneself to observance

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Adhesive

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Tending to stick

Tending to remain in association or memory

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Admire

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To feel respect and approval for

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Admonish

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To indicate duties or obligations to

To give friendly advice

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Adversary

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One that opposes or resists

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Aesthete

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Having sensitivity for beauty

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Affiliate

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To associate with

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Agenda

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Schedule

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Aggrandize

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To make larger, enhance

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Aggravate

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To make worse or more serious

To rouse displeasure

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Aggregate

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Clustered

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Agile

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Having ability to move quickly and w/ grace

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Ail

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To give pain to

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Aimless

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Without a plan or course

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Akin

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Similar, related

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Alarmed

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Feeling a sense of danger

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Allege

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To assert without proof

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Aloof

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Removed or distant

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Alter

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To make slightly different

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Altruism

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Unselfish regard for others

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Amalgamate

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To unite, merge

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Ambiguous

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Doubtful, uncertain

Capable to being understood in multiple ways

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Ambivalent

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Having simultaneous and contradictory attitudes

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Ameliorate

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To make better

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Amiable

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Friendly

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Amorphous

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Having to definite form or character

Lacking unity

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Analyze

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To study

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Ancient

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Really old

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Androgynous

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Neither feminine nor masculine

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Anguish

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Extreme pain, distress, anxiety

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Animosity

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Strong hate

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Annex

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To attach as a quality, consequence, of condition

To unite

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Antagonistic

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Showing dislike or opposition

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Antipathy

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Dislike

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Anxious

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Worried

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Apprehension

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Suspicion or fear

Arrest

Perceiving or comprehending something

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Approximate

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Nearly correct or exact

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Arbitrary

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Existing at random or by

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Arid

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Dry

Lacking in interest and life

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Ascertain

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To find out or learn with certainty

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Ascetic

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Practicing strict self-denial personally or spiritually

Austere

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Aspect

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Gaze

A part

A status or phase

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Aspiration

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Ambition

Audible breath

The act or breathing or drawing in and out

Withdrawal of tissue and fluid from the body

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Assail

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To attack

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Assent

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To agree or approve of

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Assert

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To state or declare

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Assess

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To determine the rate, amount, value

To impose

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Assured

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Guaranteed

Confident

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Astonish

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To surprise

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Attenuate

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To weaken

To reduce to severity, virulence, or vitality of

To make thin

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Austere

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Stern, cold

Simple

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Astute

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Crafty, wily

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Audible

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Able to be heard

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Auspicious

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Showing or suggesting future success

Prosperous

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Authentic

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Conforming to or based on fact

Real, actual

Like the original

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Authoritative

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Having authority or power

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Avarice

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Greediness