Chapter 1: Communication - Vocabulary Flashcards by Chelsea Mongeau Affholter

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Abberrant

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Deviant, abnormal

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Abrogate

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Annul, revoke

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Abysmal

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Endless, immense

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Accretion

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Addition, expansion

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Acolyte

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Admirer, fan

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Acrimonious

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Sarcastic

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Adroit

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Skillful

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Aeon

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Infinitely long time

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Allegory

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Symbolic story

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Arcane

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Esoteric or obscure

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Aver

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Allege

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Banal

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Ordinary

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Berceuse

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Lullaby or peaceful music

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Capacious

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Spacious or vast

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Capricious

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Flighty, impulsive

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Cataclysm

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Catastrophe

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Catharsis

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Purging or venting

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Cerulean

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Blue (like the sky)

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Convival

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Festive, merry

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Copious

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Abundant

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Denigrate

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Defame, slander

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Deprecate

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Condemn, criticize

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Desuetude

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Period of disuse

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Diffident

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Reserved, insecure

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Dilatory

To cause delay

Doltish

Moronic

Draconian

Cruel, harsh

Ebullient

Sparkling

Edifice

Building, structure

Eleemosynary

Charitable

Empirical

Pragmatic

Encomium

Praise, tribute

Enervate

To tire, debilitate

Epicurean

Connoisseur

Epithet

A disparaging term

Erudite

Learned, scholarly

Esoteric

Confidential, obscure

Expiate

To make amends

Expository

Explanatory

Fastuous

Arrogant, ostentatious

Fatuous

Foolish, silly

Flagellate

To punish by whipping

Fortuitous

By luck, accidental

Gambol

Cavort, play

Garrulous

Talkative

Halcyon

Golden

Harbinger

Forerunner, herald

Heterogeneous

Diverse, varied

Iconoclastic

Dissident

Ignominious

Degrading, shameful

Imbue

To endow, to infuse

Impugn

To attack

Indolent

Lazy

Ineffable

Indescribable

Inertia

Failure to move

Innocuous

Harmless

Insipid

Dull, empty

Irascible

Cantankerous, ornery

Lascivious

Lecherous, lustful

Loquacious

Talkative, verbose

Lyceum

Hall for public lectures

Magnanimous

Generous

Malapropism

Misuse of a word

Mendacity

Lies

Mendicant

A parasite, mooches

Morass

Quagmire, awkward or complex hazardous situation

Myopic

Lacking forsight

Neolithic

Outmoded

Nemesis

Downfall, ruin

Nescience

Ignorance

Nettle

Irritate

Numinous

Mysterious, spiritual

Obdurate

Stubborn

Officious

Nosey, obtrusive

Ossify

To become rigid

Ostensible

Apparent

Panacea

Cute-all

Panoply

Ceremonial array

Paradox

Contradiction

Pejorative

To belittle, make worse

Percipient

Discerning

Peremptory

Unchallengeable

Perspicuous

Clear

Perfunctory

Superficial, routine

Pique

Arouse interest, provoke

Platitude

Cliche

Plebeian

Common, crude

Plenary

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