Abdicate-Cliche Flashcards

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Absolute

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not qualified or diminished in any way; total

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Abdicate

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(of a monarch) renounce one’s throne

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Accost

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approach and address someone boldly or aggressively

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Adamant

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refusing to be persuaded or to change one’s mind

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Adverse

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preventing success or development; harmful; unfavorable

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Agrarian

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of or relating to cultivated land or the cultivation of land

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Allusion

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an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference

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Amiable

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having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner

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Antithesis

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a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else

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Arduous

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involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring

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Augment

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make something greater by adding to it; increase

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Benefactor

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a person who gives money or other help to a person or cause

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Cadence

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a modulation or inflection of the voice

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Censure

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express severe disproval of; typically in a formal statement

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Cliche

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a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original though

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