Core Vocab 156-205 (Affix) Flashcards

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Expunge

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to erase; to destroy

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excise

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to cut out or off from; to remove from a passage or sentence of text

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expurgate

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to remove something considered unsuitable

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Extricate

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to get out of a difficult situation or entanglement

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Exorbitant

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unreasonably expensive

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repudiate

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to refuse to accept

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reticent

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holding back thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs; restrained or reserved

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rebuff

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to reject ungraciously

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resurgent

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rising again, sweeping or surging back

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deleterious

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causing harm or damage

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decry

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publicly denounce

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despondent

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downcast

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morose

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downcast and ill-tempered

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debunk

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to put down by exposing false and exaggerated claims

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deride

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to put down with contemptous jeering, to ridicule or laugh at

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derisive

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expressing contempt or ridicule

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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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relentless, inevitable

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insurmountable

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to great to be overcome

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irreverent

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lacking proper respect or seriousness, disrespectful

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irresolute

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uncertain how to act or proceed

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circumspect

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cautious and careful, prudent

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circuitous

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indirect in language, behavior, or action

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circumvent

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to bypass, to avoid by artful maneuvering

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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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incorrect

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melliflous

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smooth and sweet, flowing like honey

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acrimonious

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filled with bitterness, sharpness in words, rancorous

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abstemious

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temperate in eating and drinking

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malodorous

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foul-smelling

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heinous

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wicked, evil, abominable

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egregious

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outrageously bad

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gratuitous

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unwarranted, unnecessary