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CCR Vocabulary

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What is the meaning of the vocabulary word?

Word

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Definition

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Potent

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powerful; mighty

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Robust

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having strength or vigorous health

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Hardy

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bold; brave; robust; capable of enduring difficulty

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Insurmountable

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not able to be climbed or overcome; insurperable

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Immune

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marked by protection; exemption; not susceptible to

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Vehement

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deeply felt; impassioned; intense

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Infamous

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famous for something bad

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Notorious

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well-known for evil; infamous

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Pugnacious

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inclined to fight; quarrelsome

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Belligerent

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warlike; hostile

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Virulent

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extremely poisonous; virus-like

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Formidable

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causing fear, dread, or apprehension

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Ruthless

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having no mercy

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Callous

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having no sympathy for others

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Unyielding

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inflexible

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Misanthrope

A

one who hates people

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Insidious

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gradually harmful

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Jingoist

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an extreme patriot

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Vulnerable

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Open to injury or attack

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Susceptible

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Vulnerable: prone to

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Gullible

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easily fooled

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Oblivious

A

lacking mindful attention

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Submissive

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Tending to give in to authority: servile

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Innocuous

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Producing no injury or effect

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Mercenary

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one who serves in an army for money

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Ally

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a friend or fellow participant in a common cause

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Biased

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a prejudice: a preference

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Partisan

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Exhibiting allegiance to a cause

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Impartial

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Unbiased: treating all equally

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Neutral

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Not aligned with a cause: not taking a side

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Indifferent

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Not caring for one thing or another; unbiased

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Appease

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To make quiet; calm

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Mollify

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To ease a bad temper

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Relinquish

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To give up

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Pacifist

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A person who promotes peace and harmony

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Evade

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To avoid or move away from

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Recant

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To withdraw or regret a former belief or opinion

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What is the meaning of the vocabulary word?

Parry

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To evade a blow; dodge; deflect

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Extricate

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To release or free from entanglement; to disengage

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Malice

A

Ill will; intent to cause harm

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What is the meaning of the vocabulary word?

Reprehensible

A

Deserving of disapproval

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Revulsion

A

strong pulling or drawing away

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44
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Nefarious

A

extremely wicked

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Defiant

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daring; bold; resistant to authority

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What is the meaning of the vocabulary word?

Obstinate

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stubborn; unyielding; firm in position

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Resentment

A

persistent ill will at something seen as wrong

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Vindictive

A

wanting to get revenge

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Vendetta

A

a prolonged feud of bitter hostility

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Vengeance

A

punishment inflicted in retaliation

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Enmity

A

hatred or ill will

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Aversion

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a strong dislike; strongly opposed to

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Provoke

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to anger, arouse, bring to action

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Instigate

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to urge forward

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55
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Vilify

A

to make abusive statements

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56
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Obliterate

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to completely destroy

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57
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Stymie

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to block an effort; to create difficulties

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Mortify

A

to humiliate severly

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Subjugate

A

to bring under control; conquer; subdue

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Suppress

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to stop by putting an end to activities

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What is the meaning of the vocabulary word?

Raze

A

to tear down; demolish

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Rout

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to force or drive out; a disastrous defeat

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Usurp

A

seize without legal fight

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Supplant

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to replace by force

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Plunder

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to take something by force

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Pillage

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to loot or plunder

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Exploit

A

a heroic feat

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Retaliate

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to take revenge

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What is the meaning of the vocabulary word?

Manipulate

A

to manage deceitfully for personal advantage

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Covert

A

secret; concealed

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Undermine

A

to weaken by wearing away gradually and unnoticeably

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Subvert

A

to cause the covert ruin of something; to corrupt

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Duplicity

A

deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech

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Surreptitious

A

secret and stealthy; furtive

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What is the meaning of the vocabulary word?

Upshot

A

the final result

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Serene

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calm; tranquil

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Reconcile

A

to restore to friendship or harmony

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Renown

A

fame

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Prominent

A

inportant; standing out

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Prestige

A

high regard in other people’s eyes

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Virtue

A

moral exellence; goodness

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Modest

A

humble; shy; limited in size, amount, or aim

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Humble

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not proud or haughty

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Prudent

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careful; having forsight

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Integrity

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having moral character, honesty

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Propriety

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keeping standards of proper behavior; appropriateness

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Scrupulous

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having strict moral standards

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Meticulous

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marked by extreme attention to detail, careful

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Sycophant

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one who kisses up to others

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Pious

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deeply religious

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Theology

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the study of God and His relation to the world

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Revere

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to regard with awe

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Venerate

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revere

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Vitality

A

great physical or mental strength

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Vital

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essential to continued worth or well-being

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Vivid

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sharp; intense; producing strong or clear

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Jovial

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joyous; happy; full of good fellowship

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Vigor

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vitality; energy

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Zeal

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eagerness in pursuit of something; fervor

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Viable

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capable of living, developing, or functioning

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Salutary

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favorable to or promoting health

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Theraputic

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of or relating to treatment; medicinal

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Resolution

A

firmness in having reached a decision or in

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Rectify

A

to set right; remedy

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Stabilize

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to make stable, steadfast, or firm

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Facilitate

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to make easier; to help

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Redress

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to set right; correct; remedy

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Sloth

A

a lazy person

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Indolent

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lazy

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Listless

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characterized by lack of inclination or energy

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Sluggish

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lazy

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Stupor

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a state of extreme apathy or of mental lethargy

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Dormant

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asleep; inactive

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Apathy

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lack of interest; lack of feeling

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Negligence

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carelessness

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Soporific

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sleep-inducing; boring

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Condemn

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to criticize; pronounce guilty

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Denounce

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to criticize publicly

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Spurn

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to reject strongly

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Refute

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to disprove

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Scorn

A

extreme dislike involving anger and disgust

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Reproach

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to find fault with; scold

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Repundiate

A

to reject with strong disapproval

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Reproof

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disapproval; criticism

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Rebuff

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to refuse sharply

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Negate

A

to deny the truth value of; to invalidate

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Upbraid

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to find fault with; blame

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Censure

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harsh criticism

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Relevant

A

related, significant to the matter at hand

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Trivial

A

unimportant

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Extraneous

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not essential; having no relevance

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Superfluous

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unnecessary; excessive; extra

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Pompous

A

showy parade of importance

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Pretentious

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characterized by the assumption of dignity and importance

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Presumptuous

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overstepping due bounds of propriety or courtesy

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Supercilious

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thinking a lot of oneself and little of others; haughty

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Scarcity

A

insufficient supply; rarity

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Meager

A

dificient in quality of quantity; scanty

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Threadbare

A

worn out; meager

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Paucity

A

an insufficient amount; dearth

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Insolvent

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unable to pay debts; bankrupt; impoverished

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Thrifty

A

practicing economy

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Miser

A

one who hoards his wealth

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Close-fisted

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stingy

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Parsimonious

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stingy; frugal

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Massive

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bulky; heavy; large

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Abundant

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great in quantity

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Rife

A

abundant

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Substantial

A

considerable in quantity; consisting of or relating to

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Replete

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abundantly supplied or filled

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Voluminous

A

large quantity (of writing), to fill many volumes

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Surfeit

A

an excessive amount; overindulgence of eating and drinking

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Prodigious

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extraordinary in size or amount

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Prosperity

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state of being financially successful

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Prodigal

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Extravagant; wasteful

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Spendthrift

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one who spends wastefully

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Aesthetic

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dealing with the beautiful

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Refined

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improved or perfected by pruning or polishing

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Luxuriant

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characterized by abundant growth; rich; lush

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Lavish

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expended or pronounced in abundance

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Insipid

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not interesting; boring; silly

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Superficial

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on the surface; shallow

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Brevity

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conciseness; shortness of duration

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Understated

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avoiding obvious emphasis or embellishment

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Terse

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brief; neatly concise in language

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Taciturn

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quiet; saying little

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Curt

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terse; marked by rude shortness

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Laconic

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concise; to the point of seeming rude

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Provincial

A

unsophisticated; narrow-minded

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Parochial

A

very narrow in scope; narrow-minded

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Obtuse

A

not sharp; dull; blockheaded

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Phenomenon

A

an observable fact or event

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Paradigm

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example; pattern; model; archetype

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Theorize

A

to form a theory; to speculate

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Speculation

A

the act of thinking, pondering, or reflecting on something

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Esoteric

A

understood by only a select few

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Obscure

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not clear; not noticeable; not important

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Untenable

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not able to be defended

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Articulate

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speaking well or clearly

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Verbose

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wordy; having too many words

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Rhetorical

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concerned with the art of speaking or writing effectively

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Vociferous

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crying out noisily; loud

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Garrulous

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talkative or chatty

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Exhort

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an act or instance of appealing urgently

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Tirade

A

a long, harsh speech, often abusive

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Diatribe

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bitter and abusive speech or writing

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Variable

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changeable; not constant

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Contract

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to reduce in size

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Transition

A

change

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Transient

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passing in and out of existence; fleeting; short-lived

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Mutable

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capable of being changed in form, quality, or nature

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Volatile

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(1) subject to constant change; (2) easily evaporated

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Sporadic

A

occurring occasionally; infrequent

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Mobile

A

can be moved

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Reactionary

A

favoring a former and usually outmoded political or social order

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Capricious

A

led by whim or fancy; erratic

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Erratic

A

inconsistent; irregular

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Unique

A

rare; uncommon

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Novice

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a person who is new at something; inexperienced

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Novel

A

new

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Innovative

A

characterized by a new idea, method, or novelty

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Tentative

A

uncertain; hesitant

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Preclude

A

to make impossible; to exclude

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Sustain

A

support; nourish; maintain

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Predilection

A

inclination toward something; bias

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Dogmatic

A

stubbornly opinionated

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Unimpeachable

A

beyond doubt; not to be attacked or discredited

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Uniform

A

constant; without variety

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Monotonous

A

unvarying in tone; extremely repetitious

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Mundane

A

everyday; ordinary

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Trite

A

stale; overused; hackneyed

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Conventional

A

based on custom; traditional; mundane

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Infallible

A

incapable of making a mistake

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Irrefutable

A

not able to be disproved

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Valid

A

being true or confirmed

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Verifiable

A

able to be proven or authenticated

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Skeptical

A

doubting (not gullible)

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Implausible

A

not having truth or credibility

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Equivocal

A

open to interpretation: uncertain

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Fertile

A

capable of producing vegetation or offspring; lush and abundant

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Fruitful

A

yielding or producing fruit or results

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Fecundity

A

creativity and/or intellectual productivity

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Prolific

A

marked by abundant inventiveness or productivity

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Embellish

A

decorate; to enhance by adding ornamental details

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Hyperbole

A

obvious exaggeration

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Spurious

A

not genuine, authentic or true

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Apocryphal

A

of doubtful origin or authenticity; fictitious

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Hypocrisy

A

saying one thing and doing another

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Morose

A

gloomy, sullen

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Barren

A

unproductive; infertile

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Ominous

A

foreboding or foreshadowing evil

English IV (2 decks)

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