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deck4 Flashcards

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invalidate

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to cancel

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disparage

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to speak in a disapproving or slighting manner

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meritorious

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deserving reward of praise

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verisimilitude

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resemblance to the truth

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embellish

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to decorate

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prosperity

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wealth

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neural

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pertaining to a nerve, the nervous system, or the brain

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irony

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a use of words in which the intended meaning is very different from the literal sense

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vanguard

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the leading position in army or fleet

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muse

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to meditate; to consider thoughtfully

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auditory

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relating to the sense of hearing

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disdain

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a feeling of contempt

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defunct

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having ceased to exist of live

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translucent

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letting light through, but no visual details

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engulf

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to swallow up; overwhelm

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prodigious

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wonderful

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hearten

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encourage

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sluggish

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lazy

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verdant

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to green

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office

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a duty or function assigned to someone

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incite

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to provoke and urge on

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nascent

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coming into being

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brazen

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showing shameless, insolent boldness

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partisan

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a strong, often militant, supporter

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indigenous

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native, occurring naturally

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relinquish

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to surrender of release

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repository

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a place where things are kept for safekeeping

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hearsay

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rumor

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orchestrate

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to arrange so as to achieve a desired effect

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monarch

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one who rules a state, usually for life and by hereditary right

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bequeath

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to pass down to; to hand down, esp. in a will

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laughingstock

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a person or thing that is the object of laughter

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radical

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favoring fundamental or extreme change

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excavate

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to expose to view by digging out

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adjudicate

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to judge

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patriarch

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a man who rules a family clan

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throng

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crowd

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flora

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plants as a group, esp. of a specified region or time

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deride

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to ridicule

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wake

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track of turbulence left by something moving through water

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articulate

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able to express oneself clearly and effectively

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composure

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a calm state of mind, esp. as the result of self-control

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lethargic

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dull; sluggish; moving slowly

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mesmerize

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to hypnotize or spellbind

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macabre

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suggesting the horror of death

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grime

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dirt; mud

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brawn

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muscles; strength

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coalesce

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to grow together

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evanescent

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fading from sight

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anterior

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placed before or in front

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ingenious

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inventive, cunning, clever

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hogwash

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worthless of false speech or writing

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circuitous

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being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course

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exhaustive

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thorough

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sedentary

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sitting down most of the time

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shoddy

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inferior or cheap

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litany

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a long, repetitive recitation

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virulent

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extremely infectious or harmful

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advent

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a coming or an arrival, esp. of something very important

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grandiose

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impressive

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centrifugal

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moving away from the certer

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premeditate

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to think out, plan, or scheme beforehand

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resonant

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strong and deep in tone

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vie

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to compete

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tangible

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able to be touched or treated as real

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impede

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to obstruct

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blemish

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a flaw that harms the appearance of something

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figment

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something that is created

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goad

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to prod or urge, as if with a pointed stick

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homogeneous

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uniform; of the same kind

71
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hypothesis

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a tentative explanation

72
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shoal

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an area of shallow water

73
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benchmark

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a standard to which other things are compared or by which they are measured

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innovative

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marked by new or unusual way of doing things

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hierarchy

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a ranking according to status or ability

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reserved

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self-restrained and withdrawn in speech and manner

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bedlam

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any place or condition of noise and confusion

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humdrum

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dull; routine; commonplace

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fluctuate

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to move back and forth or up and down

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nettle

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to bother

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slander

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a false, oral statement that damages a person’s reputation

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arid

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dry and barren

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assuage

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to lessen pain or distress

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mediate

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to resolve by working with the conflicting parties

85
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clarify

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to make clear or easier to understand

86
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procrastinate

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to delay

87
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envelop

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to enclose or surround

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fluent

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easy; graceful

89
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mandate

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a command

90
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discrepancy

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lack of agreement

91
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eyesore

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something that is unpleasant or offensive to view

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nativity

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birth, esp. with reference to place, time, etc

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opportune

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suitable for a particular purpose

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balmy

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soothing, mild, pleasant

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recapitulate

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to summarize

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determinate

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having exact limits; final; firm in purpose

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cite

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to refer to or quote

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flotsam

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wreckage of a ship or its cargo found floating on the sea

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marshal

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to arrange in order

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empirical

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based on experience rather than a theory

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