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Basic Words 2 and 3 Flashcards

1
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Flush

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To be in abundance

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2
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Replete

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Completely stocked or furnished with something

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3
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Extenuating

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Making less guilty or more forgivable

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4
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Unconscionable

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Unreasonable; excessive

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5
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Bellicose

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Warlike; inclined to quarrel

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Hodgepodge

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A confusing mixture or jumble

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Catalyst

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Something that speeds up an event

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Junta

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An aggressive takeover by a group (usually military)

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Sanctimonious

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Making a show of being pious; holier-than-thou

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Badger

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To pester

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Preemptive

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Done before someone else can do it

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12
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Moment

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Significant and important value

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Melee

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A wild, confusing fight or struggle

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14
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Heyday

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The pinnacle or top of a time period or career

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Becoming

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Appropriate, and matches nicely

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Imponderable

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Impossible to estimate and figure out

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17
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Fleece

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To deceive

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18
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Check

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To limit (usually modifying the growth of something)

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Checkered

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Marked by disreputable or unfortunate happenings

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Cadaverous

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Emaciated; gaunt

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21
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Virago

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An ill-tempered or violent woman

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Amok

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In a frenzied or uncontrolled state

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23
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Immaterial

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Not relevant

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Stem

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To hold back or limit the flow or growth of something

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Aboveboard

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Open and honest

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26
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Apex

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The highest point

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27
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Vicarious

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Felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another

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Wax

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To gradually increase in size or intensity

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Beatific

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Blissfully happy

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30
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Pugnacious

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Eager to fight or argue; verbally combative

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Desecrate

A

To willfully violate or destroy a sacred place

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32
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Pittance

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A small amount (of money)

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33
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Scintillating

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Describes someone who is brilliant and lively

34
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Errant

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To be wandering; not sticking to a circumscribed path

35
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Ferret

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To search for something persistently

36
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Start

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To suddenly move in a particular direction

37
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Raft

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A large number of something

38
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Animosity

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Intense hostility

39
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Advocate

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N. Speak, plead, or argue in favor of

40
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Impermeable

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Does not allow fluids to pass through

41
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Ornate

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Marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details

42
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Autonomously

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Acting independently; self-governing (of a country)

43
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Consummate

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Having or revealing supreme mastery or skill

44
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Thwart

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Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

45
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Transitory

A

Lasting a very short time

46
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Guffaw

A

Laugh boisterously

47
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Disheartened

A

Made less hopeful or enthusiastic

48
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Disenfranchise

A

Deprive of voting rights

49
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Resolve

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Reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation

50
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Archaic

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So old as to appear to belong to a different period

51
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Malleable

A

Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out

Easily influenced

52
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Appreciable

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Large enough to be noticed ( usu. refers to an amount

53
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Raffish

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Marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness

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Impede

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Be a hindrance or obstacle to

55
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Inclement

A

(Of weather) unpleasant, stormy

Used of persons or behavior; showing no mercy

56
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Degrade

A

Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally

57
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Fete

A

To celebrate a person

58
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Elusive

A

Difficult to capture or difficult to remember

59
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Proponent

A

A person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea

60
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Morose

A

Ill tempered and not inclined to talk; gloomy

61
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Renege

A

Fail to fulfill a promise or obligation

62
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Ascendancy

A

The state that exists when one person or group has power over another

63
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Moot

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Open to argument or debate; undecidable in a meaningless or irrelevant way

64
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Robust

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Sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction

65
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Fledgling

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Adj. Young and inexperienced

N. Any new participant in some activity

66
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Avid

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Marked by active interest and enthusiasm

67
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Ingenuity

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The power of creative imagination

68
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Flounder

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Behave awkwardly; have difficulties

69
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Incessant

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Uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing

70
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Patronize

A

Treat condescendingly

71
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Deter

A

Turn away from by persuasion

72
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Boon

A

A desirable state

Adj. very close and convivial

73
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Snide

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Expressive of contempt; derogatory or mocking in an indirect way

74
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Apprehension

A

Fearful expectation

75
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Dearth

A

A lack or shortage

76
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Plodding

A

(Of movement) slow and laborious

77
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Entice

A

Get someone to do something through promises

78
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Respite

A

A pause from doing something (as work)

79
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Malady

A

A disease or sickness

80
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Discriminate

A

Recognize or perceive the difference

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