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Direct Hits Affixes Vocabulary 5 Flashcards

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anti

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against

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sub

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under

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multi

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many

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peri

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around

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Paramount

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vital

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e-, ex-

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out

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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, convetional, 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 unreasonably expensive

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Grandiose

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pretentious

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re-

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back, again

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Redundant

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needlessly repetitive; saying things again and again

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Implore

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urge

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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 (or return) 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; state positively

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Reticent

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

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Revered

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deeply respected or admired

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Rebuff

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to repel or drive 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 appearance

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juvenis

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young

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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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pugn, pug

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fighting (from pugnus, a fist)

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Pugnacious

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disposed to fight, quarrelsome, combative

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Pugilist

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a boxer, one who fights with his fists

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Repugnance

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fighting back, extreme dislike, aversion, disgust, antipathy

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Impugn

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to fight against, attack, challenge, the motives of

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de-

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down

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Deleterious

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going down in the sense of having a harmful effect; injurious

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Sedentary

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lacking physical activity

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Decry

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to put down in the sense of openly condemning; to express strong dissaproval

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Bohemian

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characteristic of artists or intellectuals who live without regard for conventional rules

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Despondent, Morose

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downcast; very dejected; forlorn

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Denounce

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to put down in the sense of a 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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Hearsay

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Deride, Derisive

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to put down with contemtuous jeering; to ridcule 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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im-, in-, ir-, il-

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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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Melancholy

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ad-

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to, toward

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com-

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Colloquium

A

a speaking together

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dis-

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Dispel

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to push in different directions

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ob-

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against, toward

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sub-

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under, up from below

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circu-

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Circumspect

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looking carefully around - thus cautious and careful; prudent; discreet

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Reiterates

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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 maneuvering

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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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-ous

A

filled with, having the qualities of

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Magnanimous

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filled with generosity and forgivenesss; 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 important; very significant

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Steadfast

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fixed, unswerving

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Mandated

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Mellifluous

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smooth and sweet; flowering like honey

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Ominous

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filled with menace; threatening

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Portend

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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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Malodorious

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filled with an unpleasant odor; foul-smelling

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Emit

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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; chockingly evil; monstrous; outrageous

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Turpitude

86
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Infamous

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widel but unfavorably known perpetrator (person who commits a bad act)

87
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Gratuitous

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unwarranted; not called for by circumstances; unnecessary

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Precarious, Perilous

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uncertain; characterized by a lack of security or stability

89
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Surpassed

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to go beyond

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