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Basic Word List # 4 Flashcards

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Ambivalence

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lack of clarity; wavering; being undecided

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Cantankerous

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bad-tempered; quarrelsome

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Derogatory

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uncomplimentary

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Exemplify

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to serve as a good example

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Impecunious

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having no money

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Lucid

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clear

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Ornate

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highly decorated

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Precipice

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steep slope

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Salubrious

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health-giving

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Truant

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shirker; someone absent without permission

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Ambulatory

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able to walk around (used of hospital patients)

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Capacious

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spacious

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Desecrate

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to damage or pollute a holy place

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Exhaustive

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complet and thorough

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Impious

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wicked; profane

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Ludicrous

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ridiculous; silly

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Orthodox

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Conventional

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Precipitous

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done in a hurry

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Salutary

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something which teaches you a lesson; beneficial

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Truncate

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cut short

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Ameliorate

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make better

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Capitulate

A

surrender; give in to

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Desecration

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spoiling something holy

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Exonerates

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acquits; absolves; removes blame

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Impoverished

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destitute; poor

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Lukewarm

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  1. unenthusiastic

2. neither hot nor cold

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Ossify

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  1. turn to bone

2. become fixed and rigid

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Preclude

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prevent or make impossible

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Sanctimonious

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hypocritically holy

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Tumult

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uproar; noise

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Amelioration

A

improvement

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Carping

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constant criticism

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Desist

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stop; discontinue; cease

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Exorcism

A

getting free/ rid of; eliminating (especially demons)

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Impromptu

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unrehearsed; spontaneous

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Lummox

A

clumsy person

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Ostentatious

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showy

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Precocious

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developing early

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Sanction

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give approval to

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Turpitude

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depravity

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Amiable

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friendly

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Cartographer

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person who makes maps

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Despondent

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having no hope; miserable

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Expatriate

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refugee; emigrant; someone living away from his own country

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Inadvertent

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not intentional

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Luscious

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juicy; moist; succulent

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Oust

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push out of a position

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Predecessor

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one who came before

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Sanguinary

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bloodthirsty; bloody

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Tyro

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novice; beginner

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Amity

A

friendship

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Castigate

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scold strongly

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Destitution

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hardship; poverty; misery

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Expedient

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convenient; practical

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Incantation

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chant; invocation; prayer

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Lynch

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assassinate; kill; illegal hanging

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Overt

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obvious; cheerful

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Ubiquitous

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found everywhere; omnipresent

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Amorphous

A

lacking in shape

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Catharsis

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purging of pent-up emotions

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Deter

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put off; prevent

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Expedite

A

make faster

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Incarceration

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putting in prison

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Machinations

A

plots and plans

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Overwrought

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worked up; in an emotional state

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Preeminent

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famous; outstanding

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Sardonic

A

mocking

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Unalloyed

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undiluted; total

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Analgesic

A

medicine to combat pain

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Caucus

A

type of private political meeting

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Deteriorate

A

worsen; decline

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Exposition

A

clear explanation

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Incessant

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without stopping

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Maelstrom

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whirlpool; storm in the ocean

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Palatable

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good to eat; agreeable

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Prerogative

A

right or privilage

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Savant

A

person with knowledge

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Unctuous

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oily; using excessive flattery

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Analogous

A

comparable

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Caustic

A

burning

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Detrimental

A

harmful

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Extol

A

praise

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Incipient

A

just beginning

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Maganimous

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generous; big hearted

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Palisade

A

fence made of pots

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Prescient

A

having fore-knowledge

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Scale

A

to climb

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Undermined

A

damaged; attacked

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Anarchy

A

chaos; lack of government

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Cavalcade

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procession of vehicles

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Devoured

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greedily eaten/ consumed

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Extradite

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deport from one country back to the home country

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Inclination

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tendency; a leaning toward

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Magnate

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powerful businessman

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Palliative

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a remedy that improves but doesn’t cure

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Presentiment

A

a feeling that something might happen

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Scapegoat

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person on whom blame is placed for faults of others

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Underscore

A

emphasize

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Predicament

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dilemma; difficult situation

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Sanguine

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optimistic; cheerful

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