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Voracious

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desiring or consuming great quantities

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Indiscriminate

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choosing at random without careful selection

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Eminent

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of high reputation, outstanding

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Steeped

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soaked, drenched, saturated

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Replete

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completely filled or supplied with

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Abound

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to exist in great number

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Prognosticate

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to predict or for tell a future event

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Automaton

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a robot or mechanical person

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Matron

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older married woman

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Paradox

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a statement that first may seem absurd but may in fact be true

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Realm

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special field of someone or something, kingdom

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Annals

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historical records

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Compound

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to increase or add to

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Tinge

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a trace, smattering or slight degree

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Badger

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to pester, nag, annoy, persistently

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Implore

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to plead urgently for aid or mercy

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Drudgery

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unpleasant, dull, or hard work

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Interminable

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unending

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Perceive

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to understand, know, become aware of

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Laconic

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expressing much in a few words

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Throng

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crowd

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Intrepid

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brave

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Accost

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to approach and speak to

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Reticent

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silent

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Furtive

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secret, stealthy

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Felon

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person guilty for a major crime

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Plethora

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excess

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Hapless

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unfortunate

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Irate

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angry or incensed

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Pretext

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an excuce

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Fabricate

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to lie, to construct

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Adroit

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skillful

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Gesticulate

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move arms energetically

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Vigilant

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watchful

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Avid

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eager

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Cajole

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war

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Rudimentary

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elementary

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Enhance

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intensify, heighten

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Nuance

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slight variation in tone, meaning etc

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Loathe

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to hate

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Reprimand

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to show sharp disapproval

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Lackluster

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dull

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Caustic

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sarcastic, bitting

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Wrest

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take by force

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Infamous

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having a bad reputation

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Jostle

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to shove hard

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Dupe

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a person easily tricked

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Incipient

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just begging to exist

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Inadvertent

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heedless, not attentive

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Ominous

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threatening

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Tremulous

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quivering

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Repudiate

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to reject, decline

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Cessation

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a stopping

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Bristle

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stiffen with fear or anger

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Euphemism

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a less offensive term

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Mundane

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worldly

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Incongruous

A

inappropriate

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Condolence

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pity

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Stipulate

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to specify a condition

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Rampant

A

going unchecked, widespread

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Inane

A

foolish

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Ethics

A

code of principals

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Concur

A

agree

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Clandestine

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secret, undercover

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Flagrant

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outrages, glaringly bad

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Admonish

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to warn, to reprove

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Duress

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compulsion, force

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Culprit

A

the guilty person

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Inexorable

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inflexible, unrelenting

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Egregious

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remarkably bad

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Distraught

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mentally confused, crazed

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Duplicity

A

cunning, trickery

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Acrimonious

A

bitter

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Paucity

A

scarcity

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Elicit

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to draw forth

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Pernicious

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harmful, causing injury

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Tolerate

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to put up with, to bear

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Construe

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to make a deduction, to infer

79
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Impunity

A

freedom from punishment

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Alacrity

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do something quickly or lively action

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Disdain

A

hate or contempt

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Belligerent

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warlike or a hostile person

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Intimidate

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to be frighten by someone

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Feint

A

false attack

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Pugnacious

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enjoys fighting or an aggressive person

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Brash

A

disrespectful

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Scoff

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sneer out or make fun of

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Belittle

A

make less important

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Tangible

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something you can touch or having an actual form or proof

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Laceration

A

jagged wound or series cut

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Castigate

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to correctly punish someone

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Sordid

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dirty, terrible, horrible

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Octogenarian

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person in their eighties

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Solace

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easing of grief

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Aspirant

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candidate for high position

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Dregs

A

most worthless part

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Frenzy

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wild fit or loose control

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Scurrilous

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terrible, dirty, coarse

English 3 AP Vocabulary (6 decks)

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