cumulative Flashcards
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ambidextrous
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able to use both hands equally well
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adulterate
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to corrupt/make worse or making it hv lesser value
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augment
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to increase/make larger
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bereft
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deprived of/ made unhappy
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deploy
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to arrange/to form up
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dour
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gloomy/ill-humored
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fortitude
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courage in facing difficulties
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gape
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stare with an open mouth
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gibe
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an expression of disrespect/scorn
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guise
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an external appearance/mask
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insidious
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intend to deceive
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initmation
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to hint or a hint
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opulent
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wealthy
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pliable
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pletniful/rich
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reiterate
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to repeat
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stolid
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not easily moved
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tentative
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hesitant, uncertain
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unkempt
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not properly maintained, not combed
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verbatim
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word for word, exactly as written/spoken
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warily
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cautiously: with great care
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adroit
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skillful/expert in use of hands
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amicable
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peaceable/friendly
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averse
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opposed to
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belligerent
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warlike/aggresive
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benevolent
kindly/charitable
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Cursory
hasty, not thorough
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Duplicity
deceitfulness or misleading
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extol
to praise highly
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Feasible
capable of being accomplished
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Grimace
to make sharp/twisted expression
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Holocaust
great destruction resulting in a great loss of life
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Impervious
unaffected by or incapable of
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Impetus
the impelling force, the force that sets a body in motion
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Jeaopardy
risk of loss
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Meticulous
excessively careful and precise
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Nostalgia
a sentimental longing for the past
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quintessence
most typic example or representation of
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retrogress
to move backward
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scrutinize
to evaluate or examine closeley
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tepid
moderately warm or an absence of enthusiasm
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adversary
enemy
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alienate
to cause to become unfriendly or to with draw
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artifice
something made up to achieve an end
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coerce
to pressure or force
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culinary
relating to kitchen or cookery
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craven
fear, cowardly
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demise
failure, death, termination of
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exhilarate
to cause to feel happy or to excite
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fallow
marked by inactivity, potentially useful but not taken care of
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harass
to irritate or torment
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Inclement
stormy: harsh severe in attitude
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Liquidate
to eliminate
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muse
to think about in a dreamy way
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negligible
so unimportant it can be disregarded
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perpetuate
to make permanent or long lasting
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precedent
an example that serves as a basis
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punitive
inflicting or aiming at punishment
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redress
to set right or remedy
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sojourn
to say for a time, (temporary stay)
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urbane
refined in manner or style
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affiliated
associated
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ascertain
to find out
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attainment
an accomplishment
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bequeth
to pass on as inheritance
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cogent
forceful: conniving relevant
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converge
to meet at a point
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disperse
distribute over an area
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esteem
respect and admiration, typically for a person
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expunge
erase or remove completely
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finite
having limits or bounds
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invulnerable
impossible to harm or damage
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malevolent
having or showing ill will; wishing evil to harm others
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nonchalant
feeling or appearing casually calm
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omniscient
knowing everything
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panancea
a solution or remedy for all
