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Chapter 5: Mighty Affixes Flashcards

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Expunge, Excise, Expurgate

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To take OUT; to delete; to remove

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Eccentric

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Literally OUT of the center; departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm; an odd, UNCONVENTIONAL person

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Extricate

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To get OUT of a difficult situation or entanglement

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Exemplary

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Standing OUT from the norm; outstanding; worthy of imitation

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Enumerate

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To count OUT; to list; to tick off the reasons for

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Elusive

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OUT of reach and therefore difficult to catch, define, or describe

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Exorbitant

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Literally OUT of orbit and therefore unreasonable expensive

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Redundant

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Needlessly repetitive; saying things AGAIN and AGAIN

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Repudiate, Recant, Renounce

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To take BACK; to reject; to DISAVOW

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Relinquish

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To surrender or give BACK a possession, right, or privilege

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Resilient

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Bouncing BACK from ADVERSITY or misfortune; recovering quickly

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Reaffirm

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To assert AGAIN; to confirm; to state positively

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Reticent

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To hold BACK one’s thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs; restrained or reserved

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Rebuff

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To repel or dive BACK; to bluntly reject

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Renovate

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To make new AGAIN; restore by repairing and remodeling

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Rejuvenate

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To make young AGAIN; to restore youthful vigor and appearence

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Resurgent

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Rising AGAIN; sweeping or surging BACK

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Repugnant

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ABHORRENT; offensive to the mind or senses; causing distaste or AVERSION

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Deleterious

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Going DOWN in the sense of having a harmful effect; injurious

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Decry

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To put DOWN in the sense of openly condemning; to express strong disapproval

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Despondent, Morose

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DOWNCAST; very dejected; FORLORN

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Denouce

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To put DOWN in the sense of making a formal accusation; to speak against

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Demise

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Sent DOWN in the sense of ending in death; the cessation of existence or activity

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Debunk

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To put DOWN by exposing false and exaggerated claims

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Deride, Derisive

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To put DOWN with contemptuous jeering; to ridicule or laugh at

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Devoid

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DOWN in the sense of being empty; completely lacking in substance or quality; BEREFT; vacant

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Impeccable

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Having NO flaws; perfect

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Implacable

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NOT capable of being PLACATED or appeased

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Inexorable

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NOT capable of being stopped; relentless; inevitable

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Incoherent

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NOT coherent and therefore lacking organization; lacking logical or meaningful connections

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Insurmountable

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NOT capable of being surmounted or overcome

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Irreverent

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Lacking proper respect of seriousness; disrespectful

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Irresolute

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NOT RESOLUTE; uncertain how to act or proceed; INDECISIVE; VACILLATING

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Circumspect

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Looking carefully AROUND - thus cautious and careful; PRUENT; discreet

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Circuitous

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CIRCULAR and therefore indirect in language, behavior, or action, roundabout

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Circumvent

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To circle AROUND and therefore bypass; to avoid by artful manuvering

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Circumscribe

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To draw a line AROUND and therefore to narrowly limit or restrict actions

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Magnanimous

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FILLED WITH generosity and forgiveness; forgoing resentment and revenge

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Erroneous

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FILLED WITH errors; wrong

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Momentous

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FILLED WITH importance; very significant

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Mellifluous

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Smooth and sweet; flowing like honey

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Ominous

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FILLED WITH menace; threatening

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Acrimonious

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FILLED WITH bitterness; sharpness in words; RANCOROUS

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Copious

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FILLED WITH abundance; plentiful

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Abstemious

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FILLED WITH moderation; TEMPERATE in eating and drinking

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Malodorous

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FILLED WITH an unpleasant odor; foul-smelling

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Tedious

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FILLED WITH boredom; very tiresome; dull and fatiguing

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Heinous, Egregious

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Flagrantly, conspicuously bad; abominable; shockingly evil; monstrous; outrageous

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Gratuitous

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Unwarranted; not called for by the circumstances; unnecessary

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Precarious, Perilous

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Uncertain; characterized by a lack of security or stability

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