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Day 22-24 Flashcards

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1
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prolific

A

producing many offspring

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attest

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to bear witness, testify

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garrulous

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very talkative

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cognate

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related by birth

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vilify

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to speak ill of, defame, slander

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eschew

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to abstain, to keep away from, shun

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abysmal

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extremely or hopelessly bad

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insipid

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lacking in flavor, dull

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disseminate

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to scatter or spread widely

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improvident

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without planning or foresight; negligent

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subvert

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to undermine, corrupt

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impudence

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impertinence, insolence

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perpetuate

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to make something last

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14
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abrogate

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abolish, annul

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exhort

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to urge or incite by strong appeals

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respite

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interval of relief

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turpitude

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vile, shameful

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perspicacity

A

keeness of observation or understanding

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demur

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to doubt, objections

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invective

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censure, reproach

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21
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corupulence

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obesity, fatness

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22
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mendacious

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false, dishonest

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23
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extol

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to praise highly, laud

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24
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incongruous

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not fighting, absurd

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pedantic

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showing off learning

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pragmatic

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a belief in approaching problems through practical rather than theoretical means

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exuberent

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widely joyous

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deprecate

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express disapproval

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parochial

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limited, narrow in scope

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intractable

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hard to treat, relieve, or cure

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diffident

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timid, shy

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catharsis

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purifying, cleansing

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primordial

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original, existing from the beginning

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curtail

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to shorten

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corroborate

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supporting with evidence, confirming

36
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nadir

A

lower point

37
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periphery

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the relatively minor/irrelevant

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salutary

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favorable, promoting

39
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disaffected

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discontented, disloyal

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ascetic

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practicing strict self-discipline for moral or spiritual reasons

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punitive

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having to do with punishment

42
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poignant

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pungent to the smell, bitter

43
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parsimony

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excessive economy, frugality

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intransigent

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uncompromising, refsing

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desecrate

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to abuse something sacred

46
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precipitate

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to throw down from the height

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querulous

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full of complaints

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hidebound

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excessively rigid, dry and stiff

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mundane

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worldly, earthly

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lugubrious

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mournful, dismal

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soporific

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tending to cause sleep

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latent

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the state of being dormant

53
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hypochondria

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unfounded belief that one is often ill

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partisan

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reflecting strong allegiance to a particular party

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burgeon

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to grow, develop

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attentuate

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to weaken, reduce

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depravity

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sinfulness, immoral

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conflate

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to fuse into one entity

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benighted

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unenlightened

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surfeit

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to excess

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mendacious

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false

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buttress

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something that supports and strengthens

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profuse

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lavish, extravagent

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obtuse

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blunt, stupid

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flippant

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disrespectful, shallow

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vicissitude

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a change, alternation

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lien

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right to possess

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malediction

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curse

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sordid

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filthy,contemptible

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vicarious

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indirect

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sanctimonious

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showing false

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bucolic

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pastoral, rural

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