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Direct Vocab 4 Flashcards

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aerial

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(adj.) somehow related to the air

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aesthetic

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(adj.) artistic, related to the appreciation of beauty

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affable

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(adj.) friendly, amiable

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affinity

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(n.) a spontaneous feeling of closeness

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affluent

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(adj.) rich, wealthy

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affront

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(n.) an insult

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aggrandize

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(v.) to increase or make greater

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aggregate

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  1. (n.) a whole or total
  2. (v.) to gather into a mass
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aggrieved

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(adj.) distressed, wronged, injured

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agile

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(adj.) quick, nimble

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agnostic

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(adj.) believing that the existence of God cannot be proven or disproven

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agriculture

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(n.) farming

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aisle

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(n.) a passageway between rows of seats

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alacrity

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(n.) eagerness, speed

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alias

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(n.) a false name or identity

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benevolent

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(adj.) marked by goodness or doing good

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benign

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(adj.) favorable, not threatening, mild

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bequeath

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(v.) to pass on, give

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clemency

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(n.) mercy

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clergy

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(n.) members of Christian holy orders

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cloying

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(adj.) sickeningly sweet

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coagulate

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(v.) to thicken, clot

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coalesce

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(v.) to fuse into a whole

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cobbler

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(n.) a person who makes or repairs shoes

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coerce

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(v.) to make somebody do something by force or threat

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cogent

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(adj.) intellectually convincing

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cognizant

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(adj.) aware, mindful

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coherent

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(adj.) logically consistent, intelligible

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collateral

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  1. (adj.) secondary
  2. (n.) security for a debt
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colloquial

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(adj.) characteristic of informal conversation

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collusion

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(n.) secret agreement, conspiracy

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deride

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(v.) to laugh at mockingly, scorn

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derivative

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(adj.) taken directly from a source, unoriginal

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desecrate

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(v.) to violate the sacredness of a thing or place

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desiccated

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(adj.) dried up, dehydrated

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desolate

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(adj.) deserted, dreary, lifeless

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despondent

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(adj.) feeling depressed, discouraged, hopeless

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despot

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(n.) one who has total power and rules brutally

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destitute

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(adj.) impoverished, utterly lacking

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deter

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(v.) to discourage, prevent from doing

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eminent

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(adj.) distinguished, prominent, famous

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emollient

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(adj.) soothing

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emote

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(v.) to express emotion

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empathy

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(n.) sensitivity to the feelings of others and feel as they feel

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empirical

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  1. (adj.) based on observation or experience
  2. (adj.) capable of being proved or disproved by experiment
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emulate

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(v.) to imitate

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enamor

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(v.) to fill with love, fascinate

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encore

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(n.) the demand of the audience for continued performance

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feral

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(adj.) wild, savage

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fervent

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(adj.) ardent, passionate

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fetid

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(adj.) having a foul odor

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gluttony

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(n.) overindulgence in food or drink

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harangue

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  1. (n.) a ranting speech
  2. (v.) to give such a speech
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impute

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(v.) to ascribe, blame

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inane

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(adj.) silly and meaningless

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inarticulate

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(adj.) incapable of expressing oneself clearly through speech

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incarnate

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  1. (adj.) existing in the flesh, embodied
  2. (v.) to give human form to
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incendiary

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  1. (n.) a person who agitates
  2. (adj.) inflammatory, causing combustion
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incessant

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(adj.) unending

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laudatory

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(adj.) expressing admiration or praise

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lavish

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  1. (adj.) given without limits
  2. (v.) to give without limits
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maverick

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(n.) an independent, nonconformist person

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mawkish

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(adj.) characterized by sick sentimentality

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maxim

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(n.) a common saying expressing a principle of conduct

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neophyte

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(n.) someone who is young or inexperienced

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nocturnal

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(adj.) relating to or occurring during the night

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obsolete

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(adj.) no longer used, out of date

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obstinate

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(adj.) not yielding easily, stubborn

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pert

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(adj.) flippant, bold

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pertinacious

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(adj.) stubbornly persistent

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perusal

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(n.) a careful examination, review

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pervasive

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(adj.) having the tendency to spread throughout

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petulance

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(n.) rudeness, irritability

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philanthropic

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(adj.) charitable, giving

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phlegmatic

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(adj.) uninterested, unresponsive

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pillage

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(v.) to seize or plunder, especially in war

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pinnacle

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(n.) the highest point

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pithy

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(adj.) concisely meaningful

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quell

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(v.) to control or diffuse a potentially explosive situation

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refract

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(v.) to distort, change

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refurbish

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(v.) to restore, clean up

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refute

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(v.) to prove wrong

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regurgitate

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  1. (v.)to vomit
  2. (v.) to throw back exactly
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relegate

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  1. (v.) to assign to the proper place
  2. (v.) to assign to an inferior place
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seminal

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(adj.) original, important, creating a field

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sensual

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(adj.) involving sensory gratification, usually related to sex

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sensuous

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(adj.) involving sensory gratification

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serendipity

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(n.) luck, finding good things without looking for them

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serene

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(adj.) calm, untroubled

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tome

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(n.) a large book

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torpid

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(adj.) lethargic, dormant, lacking motion

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torrid

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(adj.) giving off intense heat, passionate

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tortuous

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(adj.) winding

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tractable

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(adj.) easily controlled

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unctuous

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(adj.) smooth or greasy in texture, appearance, manner

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venerable

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(adj.) deserving of respect because of age or achievement

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venerate

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(v.) to regard with respect or to honor

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veracity

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(n.) truthfulness, accuracy

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wily

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(adj.) crafty, sly

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zephyr

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(n.) a gentle breeze

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