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RTM 396 Vocab. > A-B > 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 subside, to reduce

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Abdicate

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To step down from a position of power or responsibility

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Aberration

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Something not typical; a deviation from the standard

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Abhor

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To hate very, very much; to detest

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Abject

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Hopeless; extremely sad and servile; defeated

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Abnegate

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To deny oneself things; to reject; to renounce

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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; unlimited

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Absolve

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To forgive or free from blame; to free from sin; to free from an obligation

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Abstinent

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Abstaining; voluntarily not doing something pleasant that is bad for you or has a bad reputation

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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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Abysmal

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Extremely hopeless or wretch; bottomless

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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 aggressively

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Acerbic

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Sour; severe; like acid in temper, mood or tone

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Acquiesce

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To comply passively; to accept; to assent; to agree

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Acrid

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Harshly pungent; bitter

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Acrimonious

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Full of spite; bitter; nasty

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Acumen

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Keenness of judgement; mental sharpness

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Acute

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Sharp; shrewd

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Adamant

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Stubborn; unyielding; completely inflexible

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Address

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To speak to; to direct one’s attention to

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Adherent

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Follower; supporter; believer

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Admonish

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To scold gently; to warn

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Adroit

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Skillful; dexterous; clever; shrewd; socially at ease

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Adulation

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Wild or excessive admiration; flattery

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Adulterate

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To contaminate; to make impure

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Adverse

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Unfavorable; antagonistic

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Aesthetic

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Having to do with artistic beauty; artistic

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Affable

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Easy to talk to; friendly

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Affectation

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Unnatural or artificial behavior, usually intended to impress

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Affinity

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Sympathy; attraction; kinship; similarity

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Affluent

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Rich; prosperous

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Agenda

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Program; the things to be done

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Aggregate

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Sum total; a collection of separate things mixed together

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Agnostic

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One who believes that the existence of a God can be neither proven nor disproven

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Agrarian

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Relating to land; relating to the management or farming of land

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Alacrity

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Cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond

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Allege

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To assert without proof

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Alleviate

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To relieve, usually temporarily or incompletely; to make bearable; to lessen

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Allocate

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To distribute; to assign; to allot

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Alloy

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A combination of two or more things, usually metals

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Allusion

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An indirect reference (often to a literary work); a hint

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Aloof

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Uninvolved; standing off; keeping one’s distance

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Altruism

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Selflessness; generosity; devotion to the interests of others

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Ambience

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Atmosphere; mood; feeling

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Ambiguous

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Unclear in meaning; confusing; capable of being interpreted in different ways

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Ambivalent

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Undecided; having opposed feelings simultaneously

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Ameliorate

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To make better or more tolerable

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Amenable

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Obedient; willing to give in to the wishes of another; agreeable

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Amenity

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Pleasantness; attractive or comfortable feature

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Amiable

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Friendly; agreeable

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Amnesty

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An official pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy

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Amoral

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Lacking a sense of right and wrong; neither good nor bad; neither moral nor immoral; without moral feelings

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Amorous

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Feeling loving, especially in a sexual sense; in love; relating to love

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Amorphous

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Shapeless; without a regular or stable shape; bloblike

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Anachronism

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Something out of place in time or history; an incongruity

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Analogy

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A comparison of one thing to another; similarity

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Anarchy

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Absence of government or control; lawlessness; disorder

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Anecdote

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A short account of a humorous or revealing incident

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Anguish

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Agonizing physical or mental pain

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Animosity

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Resentment; hostility; ill will

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Anomaly

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An aberration; an irregularity; a deviation

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Antecedent

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Someone or something that went before; something that provides a model for something that came after it

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Antipathy

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Firm dislike

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Antithesis

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The direct opposite

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Apartheid

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The former policy of racial segregation and oppression in the Republic of South Africa

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Apathy

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Lack of interest; lack of feeling

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Aphorism

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A brief, often witty saying; a poverb

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Apocalypse

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A prophetic revelation, especially one concerning the end of the world

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Apocryphal

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Of dubious authenticity; fictitious; spurious

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Apotheosis

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Elevation to divine status; the perfect example of something

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Appease

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To soothe; to pacify by giving in to

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Appreciate

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To increase in value

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Apprehensive

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Worried; anxious

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Approbation

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Approval; praise

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Appropriate

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To take with permission; to set aside for a particular use

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Aptitude

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Capacity for learning; natural ability

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Arbiter

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One who decides; a judge

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Arbitrary

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Random; capricious

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Arcane

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Mysterious; known only to a select few

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Archaic

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Extremely old; ancient; outdated

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Archetype

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An original model or pattern

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Ardent

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Passionate; enthusiastic

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Arduous

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Hard; difficult

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Aristocratic

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Of noble birth; snobbish

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Artful

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Crafty; wily; sly

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Artifice

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A clever trick; cunning

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Ascendancy

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Supremacy; domination

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Ascetic

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Hermitlike; practicing self-denial

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Assiduous

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Hardworking; bus; quite diligent

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Assimilate

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To take in; to absorb; to learn thoroughly

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Assuage

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To soothe; to pacify; to ease the pain of; to relieve

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Astute

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Shrewd; keen in judgement

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Atheist

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One who does not believe in the existence of any god or divine being

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Attrition

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Gradual wearing away, weakening or loss; a natural or expected decreases in numbers or size

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Audacity

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Boldness; reckless daring; impertinence

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Augment

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To make bigger; to add to; to increase

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Auspicious

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Favorable; promising; pointing to a good result

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Austere

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Unadorned; stern; forbidding; without excess

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Autocratic

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Ruling with absolute authority; extremely bossy

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Autonomous

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Acting independently

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Avarice

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Greed; excessive love of riches

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Avow

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To claim; to declare boldly; to admit

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Avuncular

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Like an uncle, especially a nice uncle

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Awry

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Off course; twisted to one side

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Axiom

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A self-evident rule or truth; a widely accepted saying

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Banal

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Unoriginal; ordinary

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Bane

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Poison; torment; cause of harm

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Bastion

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Stronghold; fortress; fortified place

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Beget

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To give birth to; to create; to lead to; to cause

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Belabor

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To go over repeatedly

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Beleaguer

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To surround; to besiege; to harass

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Belie

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To give a false impression of; to contradict

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Belittle

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To make to seem little; to put someone down

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Beligerent

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Combative; quarrelsome; waging war

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Bemused

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Confused; bewildered

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Benefactor

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One who provides help, especially in the form of a gift or donation

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Benevolent

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Generous; kind; doing good deeds

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Benign

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Gentle; not harmful; kind; mild

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Bequest

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Something left to someone in a will

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Bereaved

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Deprived or left desolate, especially through death

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Beset

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To harass; to surround

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Blasphemy

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Irreverence; an insult to something held sacred; profanity

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Blatant

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Unpleasantly or offensively noisy; glaring

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Blight

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A disease in plants; anything that injures or destroys

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Blithe

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Carefree; cheerful

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Bourgeois

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Middle class, usually in a pejorative sense; boring conventional

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Bovine

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Cow related; cowlike

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Brevity

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Briefness

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Broach

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To open up a subject for discussion, often a delicate subject

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Bucolic

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Charmingly rural; rustic; country like

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Bureaucracy

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A system of government administration consisting of numerous bureaus or offices especially one run according to inflexible and inefficient rules; any large administrative system characterized by inefficiency lots of rules and red tape

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Burgeon

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To expand; to flourish

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Burlesque

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To ludicrous, mocking, lewd imitation

RTM 396 Vocab. (1 decks)

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