English Exam Vocab

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defamation

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an abusive attack on a person’s character or good name

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inculcation

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teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction

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inhumane

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reflecting a lack of pity or compassion

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abrogation

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an official or legal cancellation

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mitigation

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the action of lessening in severity or intensity

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blatantly

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in a completely obvious manner

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conjure

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summon into action or bring into existence

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bemused

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perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements

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propitiation

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the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity

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dissembling

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pretending with intention to deceive

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trepidation

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a feeling of alarm or dread

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ineffable

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defying expression or description

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obscurity

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the state of being indistinct due to lack of light

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resurgence

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bringing again into activity and prominence

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faction

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a dissenting clique

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malevolence

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wishing evil to others

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theocracy

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a political unit governed by a deity

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enthralled

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filled with wonder and delight

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lascivious

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driven by lust

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remiss

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failing in what duty requires

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unalienable

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incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another

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tranquility

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an untroubled state that is free from disturbances

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supine

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lying face upward

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inviolate

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safe from harm or desecration

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comport

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behave in a certain manner

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slake

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satisfy, as thirst

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delusive

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inappropriate to reality or facts

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supplication

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the act of communicating with a deity

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colossus

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someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful

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subjugation

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forced submission to control by others

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extenuate

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lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or degree of

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spurned

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rebuffed (by a lover) without warning

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inflammatory

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arousing to action or rebellion

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commiserate

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feel or express sympathy or compassion

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benevolence

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disposition to do good

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teeming

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abundantly filled with especially living things

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inestimable

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beyond calculation or measure

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abhorrence

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hate coupled with disgust

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imbibe

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take in liquids

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insidious

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working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way

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indiscernible

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difficult or impossible to perceive

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incredulously

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in a disbelieving manner

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vicariously

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indirectly, as, by, or through a substitute

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redolent

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having a strong pleasant odor

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incessantly

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without interruption

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ecstatic

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feeling great rapture or delight

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meretricious

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tastelessly showy

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amorphous

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having no definite form or distinct shape

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bulbous

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rounded and bulging

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supercilious

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having or showing arrogant disdain or haughtiness

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adventitious

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associated by chance and not an integral part

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gibberish

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unintelligible talking

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rakish

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marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners

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lethargic

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deficient in alertness or activity

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elude

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escape, either physically or mentally

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fractious

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easily irritated or annoyed

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florid

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elaborately or excessively ornamented

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portentous

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of momentous or ominous significance

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euphemism

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an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one

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vacuous

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devoid of matter