Better Vocab Words🤯 Flashcards by Meg Hironaka | Brainscape

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Diminution

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To make smaller, decrease

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Feign

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Replicate, fake

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Evasion

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To exit, escape

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Reduction

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Decrease, diminution

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Abhor

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Loathe, despise

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Deliberate

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Intended, a deliberate attempt

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Discourse

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Conversation, written communication

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Deviation

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Irregularity, anomaly

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Luster

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Gloss, like the Milky Way

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Obscure

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Unknown, hidden

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Implicate

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Connect, witness showing proof

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Stoically

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Aloof, unemotionally, a detective

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Demonstrably

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Obvious, clear, to show

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Indignantly

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Unfair, resentful

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Appalling

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Shock, atrocious

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Atrocious

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Shock, appalling

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Ample

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Plentiful, enough

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Preface

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Prologue, prelude, intro

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Vigorous

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Energetic, superhero, healthy

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Upright

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Moral, noble, a good citizen

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Assent

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Agreement, thumbs up

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Bashful

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Hesitant, flutter shy

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Commodities

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Products like copper and coffee

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Occupations

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Job or career

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Hazards

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Danger, fires

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Grievances

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Wrong or indignantly

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Fraudulent

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Shady like a criminal

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Copious

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Abundant or ample

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Notorious

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Infamous like zoro

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Prolific

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Productive, a prolific author has lots of books

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Comprehensive

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Tiring, complete

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Derision

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Ridicule, taunt

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Influence

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Effect, a boss

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Deficits

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Loss, deficits in budget

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Primer

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Prep coat for a face or fence

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Dialogue

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Conversation, chat

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Articulate

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Clear

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Inert

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Harmless

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Quaint

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Odd

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Deft

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Skillful

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Torrid

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Hot, humid, desert

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Tactful

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Polite, to have manners

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Emulate

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Copy, feign

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Boisterous

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Noisy, Thea

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Affable

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Friendly, easy to talk too

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Usurped

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People that take control of an area.

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Fastidious

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Critical or demanding

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Fervent

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To show warmth, intensity of spirit or enthusiasm

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Bestial

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savagely cruel and depraved.

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Loquacious

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Wordy, talkative

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Jocund

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Merry, cheerful

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Meticulous

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To show extreme attention to details, precise